Anecdotes

Was told in a restaurant she resembled Tatiana Nicholaievna Romonov and incorporated this into Hollywood Mouth.

Favorite books include "Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter" and "The Prime of Life" by SImone de Beauvoir and "The Great Gatsby" and "Tender Is the Night" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Conceived Hollywood Mouth as a trilogy; but instead of sequels, the three films run parallel to each other and each stands on its own as a separate film.

In the Hollywood Mouth trilogy, impersonators for Bette Davis, William Randolph Hearst, Marlon Brando, James Dean , Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, and Walt Disney suggested themselves for those parts (which were listed as "Impersonators" and "Hollywood Stars" in the casting notices in "Backstage." The actors who played Oleg Cassini, Janis Joplin, Orson Welles, Bela Lugosi, and Sandra Dee had applied for other parts and Jordan saw a resemblance in their photos to the real-life personalities they played.

Has an interest in the historic buildings of the Hollywood area and incorporated many of them into the Hollywood Mouth trilogy. Also is partial to turrets and this also appears in the Hollywood Mouth films.

Enjoys going to and working in libraries.

Has an interest in Russian history and incorporated this into the Hollywood Mouth trilogy.

Compares Joan Crawford to a Russian historical figure in each of the Hollywood Mouth impersonators segments--to Rasputin in part 1, to Prince Felix Youssoupov in part 2, and to Empress Alexandra in part 3.

Her one-word description of each film in the Hollywood Mouth trilogy--Hollywood Mouth--fable; Hollywood Mouth 2--film-noir; Hollywood Mouth 3--family.

Film noirs that influenced her work: Boulevard du Crépuscule (1950), La Soif du mal (1958), Sables mouvants (1950), Laura (1944), La tigresse (1949), Tension (1949), Le piège (1948), L'Ultime Razzia (1956), Le Charlatan (1947), L'esclave du gang (1950), L'Emprise du crime (1946), and La Grande Évasion (1941).

Films that were influential regarding screenplay/structure or characterization have included Ève... (1950), Un tramway nommé désir (1951), Le Loup-garou (1941), Géant (1956), Victoire sur la nuit (1939), Jeunesse perdue (1936), Rue sans issue (1937), Théodora devient folle (1936), Une femme cherche son destin (1942), Les chemins de la haute ville (1958), Le cabotin (1960), Billy le menteur (1963), Témoin à charge (1957), Les ensorcelés (1952), La femme aux chimères (1950), La Falaise mystérieuse (1944), La Fureur de vivre (1955), Liliane (1933), Pension d'artistes (1937), and Le roman de Mildred Pierce (1945).

Used her model cars--Joan Crawford's 1933 Cadillac, Albert Camus's Citroen 11, Frank Sinatra's 1955 Thunderbird, a circa-1960 Citroen, a 1970s Porsche 914, and a 1950s "lead sled"--as props in the Hollywood Mouth trilogy.

Played Simone de Beauvoir no fewer than five times in different media.

Believes the best novels about the Golden Age of Hollywood are "The Last Tycoon" by F. Scott Fitzgerald and "The Day of the Locust" by Nathanael West.

Her mother was from the Midwest and her father was from Connecticut. The family was living on Amoroso Court in Venice, California, when she was born.

In the Hollywood Mouth trilogy, photographs of her and her sister are used to show their characters as children.

Bears a striking resemblance to Simone de Beauvoir, whom she has portrayed.

Did the calligraphy in Hollywood Mouth and the drawings of Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen, and James Dean.

Has a collection of movie-related postcards and many of them appeared in the Hollywood Mouth trilogy.

The Venice sequence of Hollywood Mouth 2 was filmed on the streets around her childhood home in the walk streets area of Venice, California.

Designed the wedding cake in Hollywood Mouth 2.

A fan of Harold Pinter's play" The Homecoming" and Edward Albee's play "The Death of Bessie Smith"; Pinter's play is referenced in Hollywood Mouth and Albee's play in Hollywood Mouth 2.

Her parents "appear" in Hollywood Mouth 3 by means of photographs as her character's parents.

Named her mother's character Gerry in Hollywood Mouth 3 after Geraldine Fitzgerald and Geraldine Page.

Three of her favorite writers: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Colette, and Simone de Beauvoir.

Influenced by film noir.

Native Angeleno.

Influenced by French and Italian films--Pépé le Moko (1937), La Nuit (1961), Rome, ville ouverte (1945), L'éclipse (1962), La dolce vita (1960), Voyage en Italie (1954), Les diaboliques (1955), Model Shop (1969), La Baie des anges (1963), L'avventura (1960).

Was a guide at Hollywood Entertainment Museum in Hollywood, California, USA.

Collects model cars, including Joan Crawford's 1933 Cadillac, Albert Camus's Citroen 11, Frank Sinatra's 1955 T-Bird, Lt. Columbo's Peugeot, the James Dean "lead sled" from La Fureur de vivre (1955), and the Mickey Cohen/Shirley Temple blue Cadillac (Shirley Temple drove off from a nightclub in "her" car, then noticed the fedora and machine gun).

Role models for directing: George Cukor and Billy Wilder.

Has a collection of movie-related postcards, including early Malibu Movie Colony, Hollywoodland sign c. 1925, the French poster of Le Port de l'angoisse (1944), and a souvenir postcard from Don the Beachcomber c. 1940s (patrons of that Polynesian-style restaurant included Joan Crawford, Ingrid Bergman, Mickey Rooney, Ava Gardner, Marlene Dietrich, Simone de Beauvoir, and Montgomery Clift).

Did the calligraphy in Hollywood Mouth (2008) and the drawings of Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen, and James Dean.

Favorite architectural motif: turrets (evident in the Hollywood Mouth trilogy).

The Venice sequence of Hollywood Mouth 2 (2014) was filmed on the streets around her childhood home in the walk streets area of Venice, California.

Likes computers but writes in longhand using 8 x 10-inch college-ruled spiral notebooks and Pilot G-2 0.7 mm gel pens.

Her model of Joan Crawford's 1933 Cadillac appears in Hollywood Mouth 2 (2014).

Mohr is a native Angeleno but her mother was from the Midwest and her father was from Connecticut. The family was living on Amoroso Court in Venice, California, when she was born.

Has an interest in Russian history of the pre-revolutionary era and incorporated this into Hollywood Mouth (2008) and Hollywood Mouth 2 (2014) (e.g. Joan Crawford is compared to Rasputin in "Hollywood Mouth").

A hobby since she was a teenager: graphology (handwriting analysis).

Conceived Hollywood Mouth (2008) as a trilogy; but instead of sequels, the three films run parallel to each other and each stands on its own as a separate film.

Her one-word description of each film in the Hollywood Mouth trilogy:

"Hollywood Mouth (2008)" -- fable "Hollywood Mouth 2 (2014)" -- film-noir "Hollywood Mouth 3 (2018)"-- family.

Named her mother's character "Gerry" in Hollywood Mouth 3 (2018) after such eminent actresses as Geraldine Fitzgerald and Geraldine Page.

Compares Joan Crawford to a Russian historical figure in each of the "Hollywood Mouth" impersonators segments--to Rasputin in part 1, to Prince Felix Youssoupov in part 2, and to Empress Alexandra in part 3.

Postcards she had purchased during visits to Movieland Wax Museum (which closed in 2005) were incorporated into the Hollywood Mouth (2008) films and other photographs of the wax museum sets were acquired courtesy of the Buena Park Historical Society.

Hollywood Mouth 2 (2014): Semi-Finalist, Los Angeles CineFest.

In August 2018, Hollywood Mouth 3 (2018) was designated an Official Selection in the Hollywood Forever Film Festival. One month later, the film won the Best Feature Film Platinum Award from Hollywood Forever Film Festival. The film was also a semi-finalist in the Best Drama category at the AltFF Alternative Film Festival that year.

Cast the Hollywood Mouth (2008) trilogy of films by putting ads in "Backstage" newspaper.

Believes the best novels about the Golden Age of Hollywood are "The Last Tycoon" by F. Scott Fitzgerald and "The Day of the Locust" by Nathanael West.

Influenced by fashions from classic movies.