Main Cast: Daphne Zuniga, Costas Mandylor, Missy Crider, Charlotte Chatton, Sammi Davis
Release Year: 1997
Country: US
Run Time: 88 minutes
Plot
The actress Peg Entwistle (aka Lillian Millicent Entwistle) appeared as Hazel in David O. Selznick's Thirteen Women (1932), and tragically, on September 18, 1932, she leaped from the letter "H" of the Hollywood sign. An opening re-creation of Peg Entwistle's fatal plunge establishes the mood for this dark Hollywood drama, and then the action moves to a bar, operated by Jack (Costas Mandylor). The bar is the haven for a group of aspiring actresses who came in search of the Hollywood dream but instead serve as stand-ins for well-known screen stars. After three days on pills and alcohol, Garbo stand-in Shirley (Daphne Zuniga) has a run-in with mean-spirited Bette Davis-double Monica (Jordan Ladd). The stand-ins assemble at Jack's bar to stage a bitchy birthday party for Jean Harlow-look-alike Martha Anne (Sammi Davis), dysfunctional at age 30. Mae West-stand-in Peggy (Charlotte Chatton) and Dietrich-double Rhonda (Missy Crider) are also on hand for the festivities. The screenplay by Ed Kelleher and director Harvey Keith expands and embellishes Kelleher's one-act play. Shown at the 1997 Hamptons Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
Michael Hirshenson - Associate Producer, Diah Wymont - Costume Designer, Harvey Keith - Director, Richard Trevor - Editor, Roy Silver - Executive Producer, Bill Elliott - Composer (Music Score), Michael Seymour - Production Designer, Andrzej Sekula - Cinematographer, Jon Rothschild - Producer, Harvey Keith - Screenwriter, Ed Kelleher - Screenwriter, Ed Kelleher - Play Author
