It Came from Hollywood (1982)

Directors:

Malcolm Leo
Andrew Solt

Writer:

Dana Olsen (writer)

Release Date:

10 December 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Comedy

Plot:

Popular comedians watch and give comments about the worst and silliest films from Hollywood.

Plot Keywords:

Hollywood | Host | Montage | Bizarre | Narration

Cast

Dan Aykroyd	...	Himself
John Candy	...	Himself
Cheech Marin	...	Himself
Tommy Chong	...	Himself
Gilda Radner	...	Herself
Don E. Carney	...	Gorilla Radio Announcer
Honey Sheperd	...	Punk With Rat
Teena Nickolas	...	Candy Counter Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julie Adams	...	(archive footage)
John Agar	...	(archive footage)
Charlotte Austin	...	(archive footage)
Raymond Bailey	...	(archive footage)
Claudia Barrett	...	(archive footage)
George Barrows	...	(archive footage)
Jacques Bergerac	...	(archive footage)
James Best	...	(archive footage)
Whit Bissell	...	(archive footage)
John Breckinridge	...	(archive footage)
Bob Bryant	...	(archive footage)
Steve Calvert	...	(archive footage)
Gary Clarke	...	(archive footage)
Robert Clarke	...	(archive footage)
Gary Conway	...	(archive footage)
Tommy Cook	...	(archive footage)
Carolyn Craig	...	(archive footage)
James Craig	...	(archive footage)
Criswell	...	(archive footage)
Peter Cushing	...	(archive footage)
Lou Cutell	...	(archive footage)
Cathy Downs	...	(archive footage)
Tom Drake	...	(archive footage)
Douglass Dumbrille	...	(archive footage)
Margaret Dumont	...	(archive footage)
Peter Dyneley	...	(archive footage)
Elaine Edwards	...	(archive footage)
Jason Evers	...	(archive footage)
Dolores Fuller	...	(archive footage)
Ingrid Goude	...	(archive footage)
Peter Graves	...	(archive footage)
Lorna Gray	...	(archive footage)
Roosevelt Grier	...	(archive footage)
Marilyn Hanold	...	(archive footage)
Susan Hart	...	Clips from 'The Slime People' (archive footage)
Raymond Hatton	...	(archive footage)
Allison Hayes	...	(archive footage)
Olin Howland	...	(archive footage)
William Hudson	...	(archive footage)
Robert Hutton	...	(archive footage)
Helen Jay	...	(archive footage)
Tor Johnson	...	(archive footage)
June Kenney	...	(archive footage)
Sandra Knight	...	(archive footage)
Glenn Langan	...	(archive footage)
Joanna Lee	...	(archive footage)
Virginia Leith	...	(archive footage)
Bela Lugosi	...	(archive footage)
George Lynn	...	(archive footage)
Dudley Manlove	...	(archive footage)
Paul Marco	...	(archive footage)
Scott Marlowe	...	(archive footage)
Norma McCarty	...	(archive footage)
Wanda McKay	...	(archive footage)
Mona McKinnon	...	(archive footage)
Gordon McLendon	...	(archive footage)
Ray Milland	...	(archive footage)
Julie Mitchum	...	(archive footage)
Clayton Moore	...	(archive footage)
Antonio Moreno	...	(archive footage)
George Nader	...	(archive footage)
Dave O'Brien	...	(archive footage)
Lyn Osborn	...	(archive footage)
Patricia Owens	...	(archive footage)
Nestor Paiva	...	(archive footage)
Kim Parker	...	(archive footage)
Drew Pearson	...	(archive footage)
Earl Rowe	...	(archive footage)
Randy Stuart	...	(archive footage)
Gloria Talbott	...	(clips from 'The Cyclops' and 'I Married a Monster from Outer Space') (archive footage)
Russ Tamblyn	...	(archive footage)
Marshall Thompson	...	(archive footage)
Tom Tryon	...	(archive footage)
Forrest Tucker	...	(archive footage)
Mamie Van Doren	...	(archive footage)
Emil Van Horn	...	(archive footage)
Yvette Vickers	...	(archive footage)
Gregory Walcott	...	(archive footage)
Grant Williams	...	(archive footage)
Edward D. Wood Jr.	...	(archive footage)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Paramount had planned to release the film on DVD in 2002. Due to copyright issues with several of the clips featured in the film, the release was ultimately canceled.

Movie Connections:

Features Missile to the Moon (1958)

Soundtrack:

Goin' to Heaven on a Mule

celebration of b-movies

It came from Hollywood features clips from some of the best b movies ever featuring;plan 9 from outer space,attack of the 50 foot woman,the killer shrews,glen or Glenda,son of Godzilla,the thing with two heads, Frankenstein meets the space monster,horror of party beach,and much more.but some of the movie clips shown are a list movies like day the earth stood still,war of the worlds,and the incredible shrinking man. hosted in segments by;Gilda radner,Dan ackroyd,john candy,and cheech and chong(they host getting high in the movies)its a fine hodgepodge of classic movie clips.it was put together very well and hopefully soon they will release this to DVD.i remember them showing this in place of Saturday night live once and they chopped it up.the getting high segment was missing of course and the racy clip from sunny side up with AL Jolson in black face was snipped.if you never seen this and you love Hollywood's b movies and some a list movies you will enjoy it came from Hollywood.and like john candy says in the beginning there's dirty parts too,not really its pg rated and there's no nude scenes.some adult language but thats it.bevare of the scene from glen or Glenda with bela Lugosi its a trip.some of the other films are i married a monster from outer space,mars needs women,amazing colossal man,cyclops,crawling eye,the manster,incredible melting man,attack of the mushroom people,Santa Claus vs the martians(with Pia zadora)beginning of the end,the giant claw,reefer madness,marijuana,and many others i didn't list.i recommend it came from Hollywood.its fun and its funny.10 out of 10.