Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)

Director:

Michael Winner

Writers:

Arnold Schulman (writer) and
Cy Howard (writer)

Release Date:

26 May 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Introducing The Dog Who Launched 1000 Stars.

Plot:

In 1924 Estie comes to Hollywood to become an actress, but the dog, that followed her becomes the star. But Hollywood has its own rules of success.

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Dog Actor | Film Making | Film In Film | Character Name In Title

Cast

Bruce Dern	...	Grayson Potchuck
Madeline Kahn	...	Estie Del Ruth
Art Carney	...	J.J. Fromberg
Phil Silvers	...	Murray Fromberg
Teri Garr	...	Fluffy Peters
Ron Leibman	...	Rudy Montague
Robert Alda	...	Richard Entwhistle
Morey Amsterdam	...	Custard pie star
Army Archerd	...	Premiere emcee
Richard Arlen	...	Silent film star #2
Billy Barty	...	Assistant director
Edgar Bergen	...	Prof. Quicksand
Milton Berle	...	Blind man
Janet Blair	...	President's girl #3
Joan Blondell	...	Landlady

Also Known As:

Won Ton Ton (USA) (poster title)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-12 (1978) (cut) | Finland:K-16 (1977) (uncut) | USA:PG | Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Arlington Theater, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Don Ameche and Cesar Romero were approached for cameo roles but were unavailable (they are still sometimes wrongly credited as having appeared in the movie).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: 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.

Movie Connections:

Features The Return of Boston Blackie (1927)

Liked it, but can't find it

I saw this movie years ago, and really liked it. It got bad reviews and disappeared from view. I have not seen it on TV or video stores. Kahn was great and so were the many cameos. Give it a try if you can find it.