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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.
Keywords
surfing
underground
lsd
counter-culture
hollywood
los angeles, california
freaks
mondo
1960s
sunset strip
hippies
hippie exploitation
Casts
Vito Paulekas
Carl Franzoni
Gypsy Boots

Ram Dass

Frank Zappa

Bobby Beausoleil
Himself - Cupid
Margaretta Ramsey
Dale Davis
Theodore Charach
Valerie Porter

Jay Sebring
Carazini
Rudi Gernreich

Rodney Bingenheimer

Jimmy Carl Black

Carol Cole

Coleman Francis
Antony Armstrong-Jones Snowdon
Himself (archive footage)
Lewis Beach Marvin III

Jayne Mansfield

Alfred Hitchcock
Jennie Lee
Crews
Robert Carl Cohen
Director
Robert Carl Cohen
Editor
Mike Curb
Music
Allen Porter
Title Graphics
Robert Carl Cohen
Cinematography
Arthur N. Gilbert
Executive Producer
Davie Allan
Music