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Mooch Goes To Hollywood
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A pint-sized pooch named Mooch journeys to HoIIywood in hopes of becoming a star. Taking advice from Zsa Zsa Gabor, Mooch is adopted in turn by Vincent Price, JilI St. John, James Darren and Jim Backus. FinaIly the pup arrives at a HoIIywood pool party attended by an aIl-star cast including PhyIIis Diller, Sam Jaffe, Rose Marie, Dick Martin, Darren McGavin, Edward G. Robinson, and Cesar Romero.
Mooch Goes To Hollywood's canine star is Higgins the Dog, popular for his part in the TV series Petticoat Junction and for the title roIe in the 1974 feature Benji. Jim Backus, immortaIized as Thurston HoweIl llI on GiIligan's Island and the voice of Mr. Magoo, had a successful second career as a writer of humor books such as Only When l Laugh. Mooch Goes To Hollywood counts as his only screenwriting credit. Director Richard Erdman was also a man with a second vocation. Audiences would recognize him for his frequent guest appearances on television programs as diverse as The Twilight Zone, Perry Mason, and Cheers.
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DOG CRAZY (BW, 1947): A man ends up on the psychiatrist's couch after he finds his dog can talk only when no one else is around. Star Sterling HoIIoway is best remembered as the voice of Winnie-the-Pooh in Disney cartoons from 1966 to 1977. |
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