Hollywood Hoodlum

Hollywood Hoodlum was filmed in 1934 with Frank Albertson playing studio PR man Daniel Patrick Ryan. Fist and bullets fly when a dangerous scheme is hatched by cocky Dan Ryan a fast talking Hollywood PR man runs afoul of the mob. In desperate effort to jump start production of Supreme Pictures' latest gangster film, The Racketeer, Ryan convinces the director Sigfried Sonoff to cast an actual mobster in the lead role. He plans to fool Sonoff by hiring an unknown actor to pose as a real gangster. Ryan's job gets complicated when the actor mistakenly punches on a true-life mob boss Joe Romano. When revenge driven Romano takes the star and the leading lady hostage the make believe world of the Racketeer suddenly becomes all to real. Also known as Hollywood Mystery.

• Actors: June Clyde, Frank Albertson, José Crespo, Tenen Holtz, Stanley Price

• Directors: B. Reeves Eason

The following guns were used in the movie Hollywood Hoodlum:

Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Pistol

Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Nickel - .32 ACP

Joe Romano (Stanley Price) holds a Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Pistol on Tony Capello

Joe Romano (Stanley Price) fighting with a Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Pistol in his hand

Colt Official Police Revolver

Example of Colt Official Police - .38 Special

Dan Ryan (Frank Albertson) holds a Colt Official Police Revolver in his hand

Dan Ryan (Frank Albertson) holds a Colt Official Police Revolver in his hand