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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Year:

1976

Duration:

92 min

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

4.4

Director:

Michael Winner

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1976-05-26

Filming Locations: Arlington Theater, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Dean Stockwell

Dennis Morgan

Tour Guide

Shecky Greene

Tourist

Phil Leeds

Dog Catcher

Cliff Norton

Dog Catcher

Madeline Kahn

Estie Del Ruth

Teri Garr

Fluffy Peters

Romo Vincent

Short Order Cook

Bruce Dern

Grayson Potchuck

Sterling Holloway

Old Man on Bus

William 'Billy' Benedict

Man on Bus (as William Benedict)

Dorothy Gulliver

Old Woman on Bus

William Demarest

Studio Gatekeeper

Art Carney

J.J. Fromberg

Virginia Mayo

Miss Battley

Henny Youngman

Manny Farber

Rory Calhoun

Philip Hart

Billy Barty

Assistant Director

Henry Wilcoxon

Silent Film Director

Ricardo Montalban

Silent Film Star

Jackie Coogan

Stagehand 1

Aldo Ray

Stubby Stebbins

Ethel Merman

Hedda Parsons

Yvonne De Carlo

Cleaning Woman

Joan Blondell

Landlady

Andy Devine

Priest in Dog Pound

Broderick Crawford

Special Effects Man

Richard Arlen

Silent Film Star 2

Jack La Rue

Silent Film Villain

Dorothy Lamour

Visiting Film Star

Phil Silvers

Murray Fromberg

Nancy Walker

Mrs. Fromberg

Gloria DeHaven

President's Girl 1 (as Gloria De Haven)

Louis Nye

Radio Interviewer

Johnny Weissmuller

Stagehand 2

Stepin Fetchit

Dancing Butler

Ken Murray

Souvenir Salesman

Rudy Vallee

Autograph Hound

George Jessel

Awards Announcer

Rhonda Fleming

Rhoda Flaming

Ann Miller

President's Girl 2

Dick Haymes

James Crawford

Tab Hunter

David Hamilton

Robert Alda

Richard Entwhistle

Eli Mintz

Tailor

Ron Leibman

Rudy Montague

Fritz Feld

Rudy's Butler

Edward Ashley

Second Butler

Kres Mersky

Girl in Arab Film

Jane Connell

Waitress

Janet Blair

President's Girl 3

Dennis Day

Singing Telegraph Man

Mike Mazurki

Studio Guard

The Ritz Brothers

Cleaning Women

Jesse White

Rudy's Agent

Carmel Myers

Woman Journalist

Jack Carter

Male Journalist

Jack Bernardi

Fluffy's Escort

Victor Mature

Nick

Barbara Nichols

Nick's Girl

Army Archerd

Premiere MC

Fernando Lamas

Premiere Male Star

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Premiere Female Star

Cyd Charisse

President's Girl 4

Huntz Hall

Moving Man

Doodles Weaver

Man in Mexican Film

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Mexican Projectionist (as Pedro Gonzales-Gonzales)

Edward Le Veque

Prostitute Customer (as Eddie Le Veque)

Edgar Bergen

Professor Quicksand

Ronny Graham

Mark Bennett

Morey Amsterdam

Custard Pie Star

Eddie Foy Jr.

Custard Pie Star

Peter Lawford

Slapstick Star

Patricia Morison

Star at Screening

Guy Madison

Star at Screening

Regis Toomey

Burlesque Stagehand

Alice Faye

Secretary at Gate

Ann Rutherford

Grayson's Studio Secretary

Milton Berle

Blind Man

James Brodhead

Priest (as James E. Brodhead)

John Carradine

Drunk

Keye Luke

Cook in Kitchen

Walter Pidgeon

Grayson's Butler

Augustus von Schumacher

Won Ton Ton

Gary Bankel

Cop Outside Theater (uncredited)

Toni Basil

Awards Ceremony Guest (uncredited)

Brian Gusse

Cop Outside Theater (uncredited)

Harry Ritz

Cleaning Woman (uncredited)

Jimmy Ritz

Cleaning Woman (uncredited)

Marty Thomas

Troublemaker Outside Theater (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Final film of Barbara Nichols.

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Eighty-year-old Eddie Le Vecque (Edward Le Veque), who appears as the prostitute's customer, was the last surviving member of the original Keystone Kops.

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Marilyn Monroe is referenced when a little blonde girl is playing on the lawn nude, lying on her stomach. Her mother says, "Get your clothes on, Norma Jean." Norma Jean was Monroe's real name (Norma Jean Baker) and the pose referenced her early print photography work as a calendar model (before entering the film business).

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Goofs

Date on Won Ton Ton's slab in courtyard of Grauman's Chinese Theater is dated 1923 - but theater didn't even open until 1927.

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Moments after they emerge from ocean soaking wet, Estie and Won Ton Ton are completely dry.

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Quotes

Estie Del Ruth: Success is nothing without the dog you love to share it with.

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