Malice in Wonderland (1985 film) explained

Genre:	Biography Comedy Drama
Director:	Gus Trikonis
Executive Producer:	Judith A. Polone
Producer:	Jay Benson
Screenplay:	Jacqueline Feather David Seidler
Starring:	Elizabeth Taylor Jane Alexander
Music:	Charles Bernstein
Location:	Los Angeles
Cinematography:	Philip H. Lathrop
Editor:	Allan Jacobs
Company:	Incorporated Television Company
Network:	CBS
Runtime:	94 minutes 120 minutes (with commercials)
Country:	United States
Language:	English

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.