Celluloid Heroes

For the play by David Williamson, see Celluloid Heroes (play).

"Celluloid Heroes"
Single by the Kinks
from the album Everybody's in Show-Biz
B-side"Hot Potatoes"
Released24 November 1972
RecordedMay–June 1972
StudioMorgan (London)
GenreSoft rock
Length6:19 (album/UK single version)
4:39 (US single edit)
LabelRCA 2299
SongwriterRay Davies
ProducerRay Davies
The Kinks singles chronology
"Supersonic Rocket Ship"
(1972) 		"Celluloid Heroes"
(1972) 		"Sitting In The Midday Sun"
(1973)

"Celluloid Heroes" is a song performed by the Kinks and written by their lead vocalist and principal songwriter, Ray Davies. It debuted on their 1972 album Everybody's in Show-Biz.

The song names several famous actors of 20th century film, and also mentions Los Angeles's Hollywood Boulevard, alluding to its Hollywood Walk of Fame. The actors mentioned are Greta Garbo, Rudolph Valentino, Bela Lugosi, Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, George Sanders, and Mickey Rooney, although the verse mentioning the latter three is omitted in some recorded versions of the song (e.g. on One for the Road).

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