Plot
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.
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Cast
Jayne Mansfield
Hedy Lamarr
Brigitte Bardot
Frank Zappa
Bobby Beausoleil
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
Himself (archive footage)
Jennie Lee
Lewis Beach Marvin III
Gail Zappa
