Malice in Wonderland
Malice in Wonderland
Release: 1985-01-01
·Runtime: 120m
·★ 7.1
Comedy
Drama
TV Movie
Struggling actress Hedda Hopper can't get a break in Hollywood, even though an acquaintence of hers is the extremely powerful gossip monger Louella Parsons - maker and breaker of careers (and lives) through her daily syndicated newspaper column. The big movie moguls, fed up with Parson's power over their stars, decide to de-claw her by setting up gossip Hopper as a competitor in the rumour industry. What they couldn't forsee was that Hopper would become as big as Parsons -- and every bit as much of a pain. Based on the true life stories of two of the most powerful (and arguably dangerous) women of Hollywood's hay-day.
Cast
Douglas Emerson
as Young Bill Harper
Mark L. Taylor
as Howard Strickling
Robert Darnell
as Heiner
Vernon Weddle
as Sam Goldwyn
Denise Crosby
as Carole Lombard
Bonnie Bartlett
as Ida Koverman
Noni White
as 1st Lady Journalist
Elizabeth Taylor
as Louella Parsons
Joyce Van Patten
as Dema Harshbarger
Thomas Byrd
as William Hopper
B.J. Ward
as June
Richard Dysart
as Louis B. Mayer
Rick Lenz
as Iceman
Teddy Wilson
as Collins
Jason Wingreen
as Jack Warner
Anne Haney
as Dema's Secretary
Jon Cypher
as Dr. Harry 'Docky' Martin
Jan Tříska
as Mike Romanoff
Craig Richard Nelson
as Radio Producer (uncredited)
Jane Alexander
as Hedda Hopper
Leslie Ackerman
as Harriet Parsons
Mary McCusker
as Dot
John Pleshette
as Tommy Gallep
Nancy Travis
as Ann
Allen Williams
as Joel
Keith Walker
as Albert
Tim Robbins
as Joseph Cotten
