Hoop-La (1919)
Comedy | 26 January 1919
Principal photography at National Film Corp. of America’s studio in Hollywood, CA, was nearing completion by 3 Oct 1918, as stated in that day’s edition of Wid’s Daily. The feature was referred to by its working title, The Springtime of Youth. According to the 19 Oct 1918 Exhibitors Herald and Motography, lead actress Billie Rhodes researched her role as a circus performer by spending two weeks with a three-ring circus, accompanied by one of the film’s two directors. The 26 Oct 1918 issues of Motion Picture News and Moving Picture World stated that horserace sequences were filmed at the Southern California Fair in Riverside, CA.
The picture was scheduled for release on 26 Jan 1919 under its official title, Hoop-La, as stated in the 11 Jan 1919 Moving Picture World. An article in the 8 Mar 1919 Moving Picture World reported that National Film Corp. president William Parsons leased the Kinema Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, for the feature’s one-week engagement, beginning 9 Feb 1919. The theatre entrance was decorated to resemble a circus tent. Isadore Bernstein was identified as the studio’s general manager. The 21 Feb 1919 Variety referred to the picture as Hoop-La, the Circus Girl.
The Mar 1919 Reel and Slide listed three edits to the film, recommended by the National Juvenile Motion Picture League of New York: “views of girls in tights in Part 1,” “whipping of clown and drinking at bar in Part 2,” and “scene of drunken husband in Part 5.”
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Principal photography at National Film Corp. of America’s studio in Hollywood, CA, was nearing completion by 3 Oct 1918, as stated in that day’s edition of Wid’s Daily. The feature was referred to by its working title, The Springtime of Youth. According to the 19 Oct 1918 Exhibitors Herald and Motography, lead actress Billie Rhodes researched her role as a circus performer by spending two weeks with a three-ring circus, accompanied by one of the film’s two directors. The 26 Oct 1918 issues of Motion Picture News and Moving Picture World stated that horserace sequences were filmed at the Southern California Fair in Riverside, CA.
The picture was scheduled for release on 26 Jan 1919 under its official title, Hoop-La, as stated in the 11 Jan 1919 Moving Picture World. An article in the 8 Mar 1919 Moving Picture World reported that National Film Corp. president William Parsons leased the Kinema Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, for the feature’s one-week engagement, beginning 9 Feb 1919. The theatre entrance was decorated to resemble a circus tent. Isadore Bernstein was identified as the studio’s general manager. The 21 Feb 1919 Variety referred to the picture as Hoop-La, the Circus Girl.
The Mar 1919 Reel and Slide listed three edits to the film, recommended by the National Juvenile Motion Picture League of New York: “views of girls in tights in Part 1,” “whipping of clown and drinking at bar in Part 2,” and “scene of drunken husband in Part 5.”
An unrelated stage production, similarly titled Hoop La, was mentioned in the 22 Mar 1918 Variety. A 1933 Paramount Pictures release, also titled Hoop-la (see entry), was based on the 1927 play The Barker by John Kenyon Nicholson.
Various sources have stated that the Robertson-Cole Co. was a banker and exporter for the National Film Corp. of America, although the 11 Jan 1919 Moving Picture World identified the distributor as Affiliated Distributing Corp.
According to the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) Treasures from the Film Archives database, this film is extant.
The Springtime of Youth
Hoop-La Charters is the beautiful star of Minor's Mammoth Circus, a one-ring outfit that tours county fairs and small towns, where she delights crowds with her bare-back riding, trapeze act, and clowning. Her guardian is Old Toodles the clown, who raised the girl from infancy at the behest of her deceased father. The naïve Hoop-La accepts the attentions of a horseman named Joe McGee and rejects Tony Barrows, the scion of a wealthy family, who is really in love with her. When Hoop-La learns that she has inherited her father’s fortune, she marries Joe to avoid a dull society life with Tony. However, Hoop-La soon tires of Joe’s decadent behavior and promises to support him financially if he leaves. After she moves into a luxurious home, Joe plans to reclaim Hoop-La as his wife, but he is soon killed while setting fire to a circus tent. Hoop-La later marries Tony after he returns from the ...
Hoop-La Charters is the beautiful star of Minor's Mammoth Circus, a one-ring outfit that tours county fairs and small towns, where she delights crowds with her bare-back riding, trapeze act, and clowning. Her guardian is Old Toodles the clown, who raised the girl from infancy at the behest of her deceased father. The naïve Hoop-La accepts the attentions of a horseman named Joe McGee and rejects Tony Barrows, the scion of a wealthy family, who is really in love with her. When Hoop-La learns that she has inherited her father’s fortune, she marries Joe to avoid a dull society life with Tony. However, Hoop-La soon tires of Joe’s decadent behavior and promises to support him financially if he leaves. After she moves into a luxurious home, Joe plans to reclaim Hoop-La as his wife, but he is soon killed while setting fire to a circus tent. Hoop-La later marries Tony after he returns from the war.
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