Mondo Hollywood

Long considered a cult classic, "Mondo Hollywood" captures the underside of Hollywood by documenting a moment in time (1965-67), when an inquisitive trust in the unknown was paramount, hope for the future was tangible and life was worth living on the fringe. An interior monologue narrative approach is used throughout the film, where each principal person shown not only decided on what they wanted to be filmed doing, but also narrated their own scenes. The film opens with Gypsy Boots (the original hippie vegan - desert hopping blender salesman), and stripper Jennie Lee, working out 'Watusi-style' beneath the 'Hollywood' sign -- leading into the 'sustainable community' insight of Lewis Beach Marvin III, the S&H Green Stamp heir, who lived in a $10 a month garage while owning a mountain retreat in Malibu.

5.3

120 min

Cast

Jayne Mansfield

Hedy Lamarr

Brigitte Bardot

Frank Zappa

Bobby Beausoleil

as Himself - Cupid

Jay Sebring

Ann-Margret

Rodney Bingenheimer

Julie Andrews

Alfred Hitchcock

Ram Dass

Coleman Francis

Carol Cole

Cher

Arlene Dahl

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Elizabeth Taylor

Mary Ure

James Stewart

Jane Russell

Mary Pickford

Ann Miller

Elsa Lanchester

Carolyn Jones

Rock Hudson

Greer Garson

Vince Edwards

Steve McQueen

Ginger Rogers

Frank Sinatra

Nancy Sinatra

Danny Thomas

Elke Sommer

Andy Williams

Debbie Reynolds

Ronald Reagan

Princess Margaret

Troy Donahue

Rudi Gernreich

Gypsy Boots

Dale Davis

Carazini

Theodore Charach

Carl Franzoni

Valerie Porter

Margaretta Ramsey

Vito Paulekas

Jimmy Carl Black

Antony Armstrong-Jones Snowdon

as Himself (archive footage)

Jennie Lee

Lewis Beach Marvin III

Gail Zappa

Director

Robert Carl Cohen