Mondo Hollywood

Mondo Hollywood by Robert Carl Cohen

5.30

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

Vito Paulekas

Vito Paulekas as

Carl Franzoni

Carl Franzoni as

Gypsy Boots

Gypsy Boots as

Ram Dass

Ram Dass as

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa as

Bobby Beausoleil

Bobby Beausoleil as Himself - Cupid

Margaretta Ramsey

Margaretta Ramsey as

Dale Davis

Dale Davis as

Theodore Charach

Theodore Charach as

Valerie Porter

Valerie Porter as

Jay Sebring

Jay Sebring as

Carazini

Carazini as

Rudi Gernreich

Rudi Gernreich as

Rodney Bingenheimer

Rodney Bingenheimer as

Jimmy Carl Black

Jimmy Carl Black as

Carol Cole

Carol Cole as

Coleman Francis

Coleman Francis as

Antony Armstrong-Jones Snowdon

Antony Armstrong-Jones Snowdon as Himself (archive footage)

Lewis Beach Marvin III

Lewis Beach Marvin III as

Jayne Mansfield

Jayne Mansfield as

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock as

Jennie Lee

Jennie Lee as

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