Hollywood Steps Out

Hollywood Steps Out is a 1941 short cartoon by Warner Brothers, directed by Tex Avery, that features caricatures of Hollywood celebrities of the day. The setting is at the famed Ciro's nightclub, where they are seen having dinner. The stars then start dancing to music by conductor Leopold Stokowski.

One attractive feature of the short is the "bubble dance" made famous by Sally Rand (who did not give permission to use her image in this short, and was replaced by the fictional "Sally Strand"). She does this dance in lieu of her equally famous fan dance, as she had "checked" her fans at the coatroom earlier in the cartoon. She maneuvers a large bubble on stage, as well as playing "peek-a-boo" with her (apparently) nude body. Harpo Marx bursts her bubble, she reacts with shock (although it turns out she is wearing a barrel) and the curtain closes to signal the end of the exotic dance.

Stars Caricatured

• Cary Grant
• Greta Garbo
• Johnny Weissmuller
• Clark Gable
• Edward G. Robinson
• Ann Sheridan
• Harpo Marx
• James Cagney
• Leon Schlesinger
• Henry Binder
• Humphrey Bogart
• George Raft
• Bing Crosby
• Claudette Colbert
• Leopold Stokowski
• Oliver Hardy
• Tyrone Power
• Sonja Henie
• Boris Karloff
• The Three Stooges
• James Stewart
• Dorothy Lamour
• Mickey Rooney
• Rita Hayworth
• Judy Garland
• Lewis Stone
• Peter Lorre
• Cesar Romero
• Sally Rand
• Kay Kyser
• Henry Fonda
• Buster Keaton
• Wallace Beery
• William Powell
• C. Aubrey Smith
• George Brent
• Errol Flynn
• Spencer Tracy
• Ned Sparks
• Mischa Auer
• Arthur Treacher
• J. Edgar Hoover
• Jerry Colonna
• Groucho Marx

See also

• Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography