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Woody Allen has fun in old Hollywood in his latest comedy, "Cafe Society," in which a neurotic New Yorker gets a taste of Tinseltown.

Jesse Eisenberg returns as the Allen surrogate, this time as Bobby Dorfman, who leaves his New York home to get a job in 1930s Hollywood with his uncle Phil Stern (Steve Carell), a high-powered talent agent. Soon, Bobby falls for Vonnie (Kristen Stewart), a secretary in Uncle Phil's office, though she warns him she's already seeing somebody.

Time passes, and Bobby returns to New York, becomes manager of a club owned by his gangster brother, Ben (Corey Stoll), and marries a beautiful divorcĂ©e, Veronica (Blake Lively) — which is when Vonnie shows up again in his life.

The romantic merry-go-round of the plot is a mere trifle, though it includes Allen's increasingly icky fascination with older men pining for younger women. But the legendary cinematographer Vittorio Storaro beautifully captures the sunny glamour of old Hollywood and the gilt-edged gaudiness of New York clubs, while Allen populates those glittering worlds with a cast that seems born to them.

'Cafe Society'

Opens Friday, July 29, at area theaters; rated PG-13 for some violence, a drug reference, suggestive material and smoking; 96 minutes.