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Malice in Wonderland (1985 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Malice in Wonderland' is a 1985 American made-for-television biographical film based on the 1972 novel 'Hedda and Louella: A Dual Biography of Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons' by George Eells. Starring Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Alexander, it tells the based-on-real-life stories of powerful Hollywood gossip columnists Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, once friends and later rivals. The film premiered on CBS on 12 May 1985. The film was a ratings success gaining an 18.3 rating equaling to 15,536,700 households tuning in its original air date.
Cast
* Elizabeth Taylor as Louella Parsons
* Jane Alexander as Hedda Hopper
* Richard Dysart as Louis B. Mayer
* Joyce Van Patten as Dema Harshbarger
* Jon Cypher as Dr. Harry 'Docky' Martin
* Leslie Ackerman as Harriet Parsons
* Bonnie Bartlett as Ida Koverman
* Thomas Byrd as William Hopper
* Joel Colodner as Andy Kenderson
* Rick Lenz as Iceman
* Mary McCusker as Dot
* John Pleshette as Tommy Gallep
* Eric Purcell as Orson Welles
* Tim Robbins as Joseph Cotten
* Mark L. Taylor as Howard Strickling
* Nancy Travis as Ann
* B.J. Ward as June
* Vernon Weddle as Sam Goldwyn
* Allen Williams as Joel
* Theodore Wilson as Collins
* Jason Wingreen as Jack L. Warner
* Helen Baron as Ellen
* Thomas Bellin as Hotel Clerk
* Denise Crosby as Carole Lombard
* Robert Darnell as Heiner
* Christine Dickinson as Betty
* Douglas Emerson as Young Bill Harper
* Edith Fields as Mrs. Washburn
* Lyla Graham as Mrs. Clayton
* Anne Haney as Dema's Secretary
* Mindi Iden as Starlet
* Leigh Kavanaugh as 2nd Journalist
* Amelia Laurenson as Elizabeth Arden
* Galen Thompson as Hal
* Jan Tska as Mike Romanoff
* Keith Walker as Albert
* Gary Wayne as Clark Gable
* Noni White as 1st Journalist
* Craig Richard Nelson as Radio Producer
Crew
* Director as Gus Trikonis
* Producer as Jay Benson
* Music as Charles Bernstein
* Cinematographer as Philip H. Lathrop
* Film Editing as Allan Jacobs
* Production Designer as John D. Jefferies Sr.
* Costume designer as Nolan Miller
Home media
'Malice in Wonderland' was released on Region 1 DVD on June 28, 2004 with a running time of 94 minutes.
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