Hollywood Boulevard (1976) on Netflix
Candy Wednesday comes to Los Angeles from Indiana to become an actress. Miracle Pictures takes her on as a stunt driver, and the studio's shoots are plagued by strange, deadly accidents.
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Plot summary
Candy Wednesday leaves Indiana for Los Angeles to make it as an actor. Walter Paisley takes her on as a client, but work is slow to arrive. Pulled into a bank robbery as the getaway driver, she is hired by Miracle Pictures as a stunt driver. On the lot she meets Eric Von Leppe, the starlet Mary McQueen, the producer P.G. and Pat, a scriptwriter, and she and Pat fall in love. Acting parts follow, and she befriends two other starlets, Bobbi and Jill, while the studio's shoots are shadowed by strange, deadly accidents.
Cast
- Rita Georgeas Bobbi Quackenbush
- Richard Doranas P.G.
- John Krameras Duke Mantee
- George Frayneas Commander Cody
- George Wagneras Cameraman
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Hollywood Boulevard came out of a bet between producer Jon Davison and Roger Corman that Davison could make a film cheaper than any other made at New World Pictures. Corman granted him $60,000 and only ten days of shooting instead of the usual 15.
- Roger Corman originally wanted Roberta Collins for the lead, but Joe Dante, Jon Davison and Allan Arkush fought for Candice Rialson, who got the part.
- Paul Bartel said they feared the film would run short, so the cast improvised a series of "TV interviews" in which each major character sketches in some of his own background.
- Joe Dante, Jon Davison and Allan Arkush say the part of producer P.G. was turned down by Barry Gordon and Dwayne Hickman.
- Hollywood Boulevard was shot over ten days in October 1975 on short ends of raw stock left over from other movies.
