Hooray For Hollywood - Richard Whiting|Johnny Mercer, Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting

Hooray for Hollywood

That screwy ballyhooey Hollywood

Where any office boy or young mechanic

Can be a panic

With just a good looking pan

And any barmaid

Can be a star maid

If she dances with or without a fan

Hooray for Hollywood

Where you’re terrific if you’re even good

Where anyone at all from Shirley Temple

To Aimee Semple

Is equally understood

Go out and try your luck

You might be Donald Duck

Hooray for Hollywood

Hooray for Hollywood

That phoney super-Coney Hollywood

They come from Chillicothes and Paducas

With their bazookas

To get their names up in lights

All armed with photos

From local rotos

With their hair in ribbon and legs in tights

Hooray for Hollywood

You may be homely in your neighborhood

But if you think that you can be an actor

See Mr. Factor

He’ll make a monkey look good

Within a half an hour

You’ll look like Tyrone Power

Hooray for Hollywood