Bio
Hollywood is a small community dating back to 1870 that was merged with the city of Los Angeles in 1910. After the development of a prominent film industry in Los Angeles, it began to become synonymous with the home of the entertainment industry and eventually the name of the motion picture industry of the United States. Known for some of the most expensive homes in the area (outside Beverly Hills) and a culturally-rich ethnic population, it is also Ginger's hometown, although she mostly mentions it when she's referring to the movie industry itself.
Actors
Through the series, Ginger and the castaways have mentioned the names of several prominent and well-known stars from Hollywood, including:
- Theda Bara in Castaways Pictures Presents
- Richard Burton in Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend and A Nose by Any Other Name
- Charles Boyer and John Wayne in The Postman Cometh
- Gregory Brian (fictional) in You've Been Disconnected
starred in "Dracula Goes Surfing" - Lloyd Bridges in Gilligan's Living Doll
- Charlie Chaplin in Castaways Pictures Presents
- Cassius Clay in Beauty Is as Beauty Does
- Gary Cooper in New Neighbor Sam
- Tony Curtis in A Nose by Any Other Name
- Eva and Zsa Zsa Gabor in Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow and Bang! Bang! Bang!
- Greta Garbo in Gilligan the Goddess
- James Garner in A Nose by Any Other Name
- Cary Grant in several episodes
- Tab Hunter in Rescue from Gilligan's Island
The Professor suggests him as a role model to college girls - Charleton Heston in Rescue from Gilligan's Island
- Rock Hudson in several episodes
- Burt Lancaster in A Nose by Any Other Name
- Fredrick March and James Mason in Agonized Labor
- Paul Newman in Rescue from Gilligan's Island
- Gregory Peck in Seer Gilligan and A Nose by Any Other Name
- Mary Pickford in Castaways Pictures Presents
- Walter Pigeon in The Pigeon
- Jimmy Stewart in A Nose by Any Other Name
- Carol Summers (fictional) in You've Been Disconnected
starred in "Dracula Goes Surfing" - Rudolph Valentino in Castaways Pictures Presents
- John Wayne in So Sorry, My Island Now, A Nose by Any Other Name and Gilligan Goes Gung-Ho
- Johnny Weissmuller in Beauty Is as Beauty Does
Movies
- "Beau Geste" from New Neighbor Sam
Starred Gary Cooper - "Belly Dancers From Bali Bali" from Voodoo
Starred Ginger Grant - "The Bird People Meet The Chicken Pluckers" from The Little Dictator
Starred Ginger Grant - "The Count of Monte Cristo" from Gilligan Goes Gung-Ho
- "Dracula Goes Surfing" from Sorry, You've Been Disconnected
- "Frankenstein Goes Surfing" from Sorry, You've Been Disconnected
- "The Ginger Grant Story" from Sorry, You've Been Disconnected
- "Jaws" from Rescue from Gilligan's Island
one of two movies Gilligan saw after getting rescued - "King Kong" from Big Man on a Little Stick and Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend
Mary Ann and Mrs. Howell compare Duke Williams and The Gorilla to the titular character - "Land of the Vampires" from Voodoo Something to Me
Ginger lost role for being the wrong blood type - "Rain Dancers From Rango Rango" from Voodoo
Starred Ginger Grant - "San Quentin Blues" from Gilligan Goes Gung-Ho
- "Sing A Song Of Sing Sing" from Gilligan Goes Gung-Ho
Gilligan saw the movie three times - "Standing Cow - Daughter of Sitting Bull" from The Little Dictator
Ginger lost role in it since she couldn't fire a gun - "Star Wars" from Rescue from Gilligan's Island
one of two movies Gilligan saw after getting rescued - "The Ten Commandments" from Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Ginger references it while moving the huts
TV Shows
- Ben Casey (1961-1966) in A Nose by Any Other Name
Ginger once played a nurse, and Mr. Howell once patterned himself after Dr. Zorba from the series - Bonanza (1959-1973) in The Postman Cometh
The Skipper mentions the Ponderosa - The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971) in The Big Gold Strike
Mr. Howell says he can get Gilligan on the show
Sayings
- "In Hollywood, the tighter the dress, the more the girl circulates." - X Marks the Spot
Trivia
- The following titles, "Attack of the 50-Foot Anteater," "The Cowgirl and Pistol Pete," "Dracula's Women," "House on the Hill," "Housewives From Mars," "Land of the Vampires" and "Singing in the Clouds" are also attributed as movies Ginger once starred in, but they're not mentioned anywhere in the series and may actually come from non-canon sources.
- In Agonized Labor, Ginger describes a Rock Hudson movie about a rich man who lost all his money then jumped off a cliff, although she tells the Professor it was only the stuntman who jumped.
- Russell Johnson imitates Cary Grant in episodes St. Gilligan and the Dragon and The Postman Cometh.
- The Skipper imitates John Wayne and Gilligan imitates Charles Boyer in The Postman Cometh.
- In Beauty Is as Beauty Does, when the Professor describes his fitness regime to Mary Ann, she says she doesn't want to end up like Johnny Weissmuller. She also comments she wants to beat Ginger and Mrs. Howell, not Cassius Clay.
- John Wayne is the idol of the Japanese Sailor in So Sorry, My Island Now.
- Ginger compares King Kaliwani to Greta Garbo in Gilligan the Goddess.
- Ginger asks Gilligan if he named Walter the Pigeon after actor Walter Pigeon.
- The Skipper refers to Ginger and Mary Ann as the Gabor sisters in Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow. Ironically, Zsa Zsa Gabor stars as Erika Tiffany Smith in Erika Tiffany Smith to the Rescue.
- Ginger calls Gilligan a pint-sized John Wayne in Gilligan Goes Gung-Ho.
Episodes
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