Stand-Ins Movie Review 1997

Would-be actresses in pre-WWII Hollywood find themselves looking for fame and unwillingly settling for stand-in status. The girls all hang out at Jack's (Mandylor) bar, where Greta Garbo-double, druggie Shirley (Zuniga), battles with cynical Bette Davis stand-in, Monica (Ladd), as they celebrate the birthday of Jean Harlowish Martha Anne (Davis), along with Mae West clone Peggy (Chatton) and Marlene Dietrich stand-in Rhonda (Crider). This desperate gang are bitchy and frustrated and, of course, theatrical. Based on Kelleher's one-act play.

Distribution

First Look Home Entertainment, 8000 Sunset Blvd., East Penthouse, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (323)337-1000, Fax: (323)337-1078, Email: info@firstlookmedia.com, URL: http://www.firstlookmedia.com, Remarks: A division of First Look Pictures

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 89 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Showbiz Dramas, Behind the Scenes, L.A., Female Bonding, Bar & Grill, Adapted from a Play, Period Piece: 1940s

Screenplay

Harvey Keith, Ed Kelleher

Cast

Daphne Zuniga, Jordan Ladd, Sammi Davis, Missy (Melissa) Crider, Charlotte Chatton, Costas Mandylor, Katherine Heigl

Cinematography

Andrzej Sekula

Director

Harvey Keith

Music

Bill Elliott

Producer

Jon Rothschild, Roy Silver, Tetragrammation Films, Overseas Film Group