Malice in Wonderland (1985 film)

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 Tříska 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.