Widely considered to be silent comedian Harold Lloyd's best sound effort, Movie Crazy offers a fascinating behind-the-camera look at the studio system in the early days of talkies. Lloyd plays a movie-struck Kansas boy who, through a mix-up, is invited to come to Hollywood to make a screen test. Once there, he causes all sorts of trouble on the set; while waiting for the studio heads to decide what to do with him, he falls in love with an actress (Constance Cummings). The studio powers end up signing him to a lucrative contract after realizing his comedy potential. Movie Crazy belongs to the tradition of such silent films as Merton of the Movies, Ella Cinders, and Show People, which told the same story of small-town clods associating with movie stars. Lloyd cut the film down to 81 minutes for a reissue in 1949. The UCLA Archive has restored Movie Crazy to the 95-minute version released by Paramount in 1932.-Gerard DesserePreserved with funding by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation.