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"FORGOTTEN LEADING LADIES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD" (062) Nov 18, 2024

"FORGOTTEN LEADING LADIES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD" - 11/18/2024

A friend of mine once said that in Hollywood the toilet flushes every seven years. Meaning after about seven years, no one remembers who you are. Whether that’s true or not, there are many classic film stars who were once popular, who have faded away into obscurity. We covered men a few months ago, and now we are giving the ladies their due. Join us as we talk about four fabulous actresses who deserve to be remembered — LIZABETH SCOTT, MARIE WINDSOR, ELLA RAINES, and GERALDINE FITZGERALD.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

“Biography of Lizabeth Scott,” August 1951, Paramount Pictures;

“Liz Scott Slaps Libel Suit on Confidential Mag,” July 26, 1955, Variety;

“Cut Actress Lizabeth Scott Out of Texan’s Will,” May 12, 1971, Variety;

"Geraldine’s Long Journey,” June 13, 1971, New York Times;

“Lizabeth Scott,” November 1971, by Don Stanke, Film Fan Magazine;

Merv Griffin Interview with Geraldine Fitzgerald, 1977;

Arlene Francis Interview with Geraldine Fitzgerald, 1985;

Katie Kelly Interview with Geraldine Fitzgerald, 1985;

“The Alluring Lizabeth Scott,” February 1993, by David M. Goodspeed, American Movie Classic magazine;

“In Search of Lisabeth Scott: The Sphinx from Scranton,” Summer 2002, by Max Pierce, Films of the Golden Ages;

“Marie Windsor A Shining Light,” piute.org;

“Marie Windsor Tales of Noir and B Movies,” October 31. 1997, by Jerry Renshaw, The Austin Chronicle;

“Marie Windsor, Femme Fatale And Queen of the B's, Dies at 80,” Dec. 14, 2000, New York

Times;

“Geraldine Fitzgerald, 91, Star of Stage and Film, Dies,” July 19, 2005, New York Times;

“Lizabeth Scott: Sultry Woman of Film Noir (Obit),” February 8, 2015, Los Angeles Times;

“A Light In the Dark: Ella Raines and Film Noirs Working Girls,” Fall 2015, by Imogen Sara Smith, Noir City magazine;

“A Centenary Celebration of Ella Raines: Radiant Film Stars Daughter Reflects on Her Mother’s Career,” August 6, 2020, by Leticia Magalhães, Cine Suffragette;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

Movies Mentioned:

LIZABETH SCOTT:

You Came Along(1945);

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946);

Dead Reckoning (1946);

Desert Fury (1947);

I Walk Alone(1947);

Pitfall (1948);

Too Late for Tears (1949);

Paid In Full(1950);

Dark City (1950);

The Company She Keeps (1951);

Red Mountain (1951);

The Racket (1951);

Stolen Face (1952);

Bad For Each Other (1953);

Scared Stiff (1953);

Loving You (1957)

Pulp (1972);

MARIE WINDSOR:

Unexpected Uncle (1941);

Weekend For Three(1941);

All American Co-ed (1941);

The Hucksters (1947);

Song of the Thin Man (1947);

Three Musketeers (1948);

The Kissing Bandit (1948);

Force of Evil (1948);

Outpost in Morocco (1949);

Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend (1949);

Hellfire (1949);

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949);

Dakota Lil (1950);

Little Big Horn (1951);

The Narrow Margin (1952);

Cat Women of the Moon (1953);

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy(1955);

The Killing (1956);

ELLA RAINES:

Corvette K-225(1943);

Cry Havoc (1943);

The Phantom Lady (1944);

Hail The Conquering Hero (1944);

Tall In The Saddle (1944);

The Suspect (1944);

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945);

White Tie and Tails(1945)

Brute Force (1947);

The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947);

The Walking Hills (1949);

Impact (1949);

The Man In The Road (1956);

GERALDINE FITZGERALD:

Blind Justice (1934);

Dark Victory (1939);

Wuthering Heights (1939);

The Gay Sisters (1942);

Watch on the Rhine (1943);

Wilson (1944);

Nobody Lives Forever (1946);

Three Strangers (1946);

Ten North Frederick (1958);

The Pawnbroker (1964);

Rachel, Rachel (1968);

Harry and Tonto (1974);

Arthur (1981);

Do You Remember Love (1985);

Arthur 2: On The Rocks (1988);

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“FAVORITE CLASSIC FILMS OF THE 1960s” (061) Nov 11, 2024

EPISODE 61 - “FAVORITE CLASSIC FILMS OF THE 1960s” - 11/11/2024

The decade of the 1960s was an exciting time in filmmaking. The stodgy studio contract system was starting to give way to a new crop of independent cinematic auteurs, often associated with the "New Hollywood" era, including Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, Sam Peckinpah, Arthur Penn, John Cassavetes, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and Peter Bogdanovich. These edgier films pushed the creative boundaries and social themes to reflect the changing times. In this episode, Steve and Nan discuss some of their favorite films of the decade and why they had such an impact!

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Some Like It Cool (2002), by Michael Freehand;

Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), by Mark Harris;

Jean Simmons: Her Life and Career (2022), by Michelangelo Capua;

“Veronica Cartwright talks about ‘The Birds’,” February 8, 2008, YouTube;

“Here’s to You, Mr. Nichols: The Making of ‘The Graduate’,” February 25, 2008, by Sam Kashner, Vanity Fair;

“Tippi Hedren On Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’,” April 29, 2009, The American FIlm Institute;

“The Revenge of Alfred Hitchcock’s Muse,” October 5, 2012, New York Magazine;

“Tippi Hedren: Hitchcock Ruined My Career,” December 7, 2012, Huffington Post;

“Throwback Thursday: Shirley MacLaine Recalls Filming Lesbian Drama ‘Children’s Hour’ in 1961,” June 4, 2015, Hollywood Reporter;

“The Underappreciated Genius of ‘Planet of the Apes’,” May 18, 2024, by Janelle Bouie, New York Times;

“The Children’s Hour,” October 16, 2024, Episode 257, Feminist Frequency Podcast;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

IBDB.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

The Graduate (1967), starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Elizabeth Wilson, Murray Hamilton, Buck Henry, Marion Lorne, Alice Ghostly, Brian Avery, William Brooke, and Norman Fell;

The Birds (1963), Starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, and Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffies, Charles McGraw, Richard Deacon, and Elizabeth Wilson;

Days of Wine and Roses (1962), starring Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford, Jack Klugman, Alan Hewitt, Maxine Stuart, Debbie Megowan, and Jack Albertson;

Planet of the Apes (1968), starring Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter, Roddy McDowell, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison, James Whitmore, and James Daly;

The Happy Ending (1969), starring Jean Simmons, John Forsyth, Shirley Jones, Lloyd Bridges, Teresa Wright, Bobby Darin, Kathy Fields, Dick Shawn, Nanette Fabray, and Tina Louise;

The Children’s Hour (1961), starring Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Faye Bainter, Karen Balkin, Veronica Cartwright, and Hope Summers;

In The Heat Of the Night (1967), starring Rod Steiger, Sidney Poitier, Lee Grant, Warren Oats, Beah Richards, William Schallert, and Larry Gates;

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"THELMA RITTER: CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH" (060) Nov 04, 2024

EPISODE 60 - "THELMA RITTER: CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH" - 11/04/2024

There's a scene in the classic 1950 film All About Eve where Eve Harrington (ANNE BAXTER), a star-struck fan who has infiltrated the life of Broadway star Margo Channing (BETTE DAVIS), is telling the tragic story of her past to Margo and her friends. While Margo and company are drawn into the sad circumstances of Eve's life, Margo's acerbic dresser Birdie, played to perfection by the great THELMA RITTER, is not buying her sob story. After Eve finishes, Birdie mutters, "What a story! Everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." This is probably the moment I fell in love with Ritter. With her heavy New York accent, diminutive size, working-class charm, and sarcastic zingers, she made a career of stealing scenes from big stars and making the most of her time on screen. She played characters wiser than most, and her characters certainly didn’t suffer fools gladly. She is a cinematic treasure, and we celebrate her as our Star of the Month.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

All About Eve: The Complete Behind-The-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made (2001), by Sam Staggs;

All About Thelma and Eve: Sidekicks and Third Wheels (2002), by Judith Roof;

Actresses of a Certain Character (2007) by Axel Nissen;

“Thelma Ritter, Versatile Actress with Raspy Voice Dies at 63,” February 5, 1969, New York Times;

“Ten Women that Changed the Face of Film Forever,” March 8, 2019, by Harry Fletcher, The Standard;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

IBDB.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Miracle on 34th Street (1947), starring Maureen O’Hara, Edmund Gwenn, John Payne, and Natalie Wood;

Call Northside 777(1948), starring James Stewart, Richard Conte, and Helen Walker;

A Letter To Three Wives(1949), starring Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Jeffrey Lynn, Connie Gilchrist, and Barbara Lawrence;

Father Was a Fullback (1949), starring Fred MacMurray and Maureen O’Hara;

All About Eve (1950), starring Bette Davis, Ann Baxter, Gary Merrill, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, George Sanders, Marilyn Monroe, Gregory Ratoff, and Barbara Bates;

The Mating Season (1951), starring John Lund and Gene Tierney;

The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951), starring Jean Peters and Scott Brady;

With a Song in My Heart (1952), starring Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne, Robert Wagner, and Helen Westcott;

Titanic (1953), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Clifton Webb, Robert Wagner, and Brian Aherne;

Pick Up On South Street (1953), starring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, and Richard Kiley;

As Young As You Feel (1951), starring Monty Woolley, David Wayne, Jean Peters, Constance Bennett, Marilyn Monroe, Allen Joslyn, and Albert Dekker;

Rear Window (1954), starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendel Corey, and Raymond Burr;

Daddy Long Legs (1955), starring Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron;

The Proud and Profane (1956), starring William Holden and Deborah Kerr;

A Hole In The Head (1959), starring Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, and Eleanor Parker;

Pillow Talk (1959), starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson

The Misfits(1961), starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, and Eli Wallach;

Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), starring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Neville Brand, Betty Field, Telly Savalas, Edmond O’Brien, and Hugh Marlowe;

How The West Was Won (1962), starring James Stewart, Gregory Peck, John Wayne, Debbie Reynolds, Henry Fonda, Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, and Richard Widmark;

Move Over Darling (1963), starring Doris Day, James Garner, and Polly Bergen;

Boeing, Boeing (1965), starring Tony Curtis and Jerry Lewis;

What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968), starring George Peppard and Mary Tyler Moore;

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"POLITICS: THROUGH THE LENS OF CLASSIC CINEMA" (059) Oct 28, 2024

EPISODE 59 - "POLITICS: THROUGH THE LENS OF CLASSIC CINEMA" - 10/28/2024

As we all get ready to go to the polls and vote in what might be the most important election of our lives, we wanted to take a look at politics in the films of old Hollywood. This week, we explore the movies that reflected the politics and the issues of the day and left an indelible mark on cinema. From labor wars in New Mexico to a mayor’s race in New England to the early years of Abraham Lincoln, join us as we take a look at some great political movies.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Hearst Over Hollywood (2002), by Louis Pizzitola;

Pictures at A Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of a New Hollywood (2008), by Mark Harris;

Hollywood’s White House (2010), by Peter C. Rollins and John E. O’Connor;

The Great Depression on Film (2022), by David Luhrssen;

“The Best Man Took On Cutthroat Campaigning,” August 21, 2024, The Hollywood Reporter;

“How Blacklisted Hollywood Artists Joined Forces to Make a Truly Subversive film,” June 6, 2024, forward.com;

“Subversives: Salt of the Earth,” UCTV

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

IBDB.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Gabriel Over the White House (1933), starring Walter Huston, Karen Morely, Franchot Tone, Dickie Moore, David Landau, Arthur Byron, Jean Parker, and C. Henry Gordon;

Salt of the Earth (1954), starring Juan Chacón, Rosaura Revueltas, Mervin Williams, Henrietta Williams, and Virginia Jencks;

The Great McGinty (1940), starring Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff, William Demarest, Allyn Joslyn, Louis Jean Heydt, Thurston Hall, Jimmy Conlin, and Arthur Hoyt;

The Best Man (1964), starring Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams, Margaret Leighton, Ann Sothern, Lee Tracy, Shelley Berman, Kevin McCarthy, and Gene Raymond;

The Last Hurrah (1958), starring Spencer Tracy, Jeffery Hunter, Dianne Foster, Pat O’Brien, Basil Rathbone, Donald Crisp, James Gleason, John Carradine, Willis Bouchey, Ricardo Cortez, Ken Curtis, Frank Albertson, Anna Lee, and Jane Darwell;

The Parallax View (1974), starring Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, William Daniels, Walter McGinn, and Hume Cronyn;

Three Days of the Condor (1975), starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow, John Houseman, Addison Powell, Tina Chen, Walter McGinn, Michael Kane, Carlin Glynn, and Hank Garrett;

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), starring Raymond Massey, Ruth Gordon, Gene Lockhart, Mary Howard, Minor Watson, Howard Da Silva, and Alan Baxter;

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"CLASSIC CINEMA'S HORROR HEROES: BELA LUGOSI & BORIS KARLOFF" (058) Oct 21, 2024

EPISODE 58 - "CLASSIC CINEMA'S HORROR HEROES: BELA LUGOSI & BORIS KARLOFF" - 10/21/2024

When you think of the classic Universal Studios monster movies of the 1930s and 1940s, the two names that come to mind are always BORIS KARLOFF and BELA LUGOSI. These two titans of the horror film genre gave us endless hours of chills and thrills in their portrayal of such iconic movie monsters as Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, and The Mummy. This week’s Halloween episode pays tribute to the films and lives of these two incredible actors.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Karloff: The Life of Boris Karloff (1972), by Peter Underwood;

The Films of Boris Karloff (1974), by Richard Bojarski;

Lugosi: The Forgotten King (1986), Documentary;

Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster (2011), by Stephen Jacobs;

No Traveler Returns: The Lost Years of Bela Lugosi (2916), by Gary D. Rhodes & Bill Kaffenberger;

Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff (2017), by Gregory William Mank;

Boris Karloff: A Gentleman’s Life (2018), by Scott Allen Nollen;

Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula (2023), by Koren Shami;

“Actor Bela Lugosi, Dracula of Screen, Succumbs After Heart Attack at 73, August 17, 1956, Los Angeles Times;

“Boris Karloff Dead: Horror-Movie Star,” February 4. 1969, New York Times;

“Boris Karloff Dies In London Hospital at 81,” February 4, 1969, Los Angeles Times;

“In ‘The Black Cat,’ the Titans of Terror, Karloff and Lugosi, Face Off,” Oct. 26, 2018, New York Times;

BelaLugosi.com

RogerEbert.com

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

IBDB.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

BELA LUGOSI:

The Silent Command (1923);

The Thirteenth Chair (1929);

Dracula (1931);

Freaks (1932);

Mark of the Vampire (1935);

Murder In the Rue Morgue (1932);

Island of Lost Souls (1932);

The Black Cat (1934);

The Raven (1935);

Ninotchka (1939), starring Greta Garbo;

Son of Frankenstein (1939), starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi;

Black Friday (1940);

You’ll Find Out (1940);

The Devil Bat (1940);

The Saint’s Double Trouble (1940);

The Wolf Man (1942);

The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942);

The Corpse Vanishes (1942);

Bowery At Midnight (1942);

Ghosts on the Loose (1943);

Zombie’s on Broadway (1945);

The Body Snatcher (1945);

Genius At Work (1946);

Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948);

Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957);

BORIS KARLOFF:

The Lightning Raider(1919);

The Hope Diamond Mystery (1920);

The Deadlier Sex (1920);

The Hellion (1923);

Omar The Tentmaker (1922);

Dynamite Dan (1924);

Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927);

The Criminal Code (1930);

Frankenstein (1931);

Scarface (1932);

The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932);

The Mummy(1932);

The Ghoul (1933);

Gift of Gab (1934);

The Invisible Ray (1935);

The Raven (1935);

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935);

The Son of Frankenstein (1939);

Mr. Wong, Detective (1938);

Black Friday (1940);

You’ll Find Out (1940);

House of Frankenstein (1944);

The Body Snatcher (1945);

Isle of the Dead (1945);

Bedlam (1946);

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947);

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1948);

The Strange Door (1951);

The Black Castle (1952);

The Island Monster (1954);

The Raven (1963);

The Terror (1963);

Die, Monster, Die! (1965);

Caldron of Blood (1968);

How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966);

Targets (1968);

The Crimson Cult (1968);

Fear Chamber (1968);

House of Evil (1968);

Isle of the Snake People (1971);

The Incredible Invasion (1971);

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"OLD HOLLYWOOD'S UNLIKELY CASANOVA: GENE MARKEY" (057) Oct 13, 2024

EPISODE 57 - “Old Hollywood’s Unlikely Casanova: Gene Markey” - 10/14/2024

GENE MARKEY was an interesting character. He was a Hollywood writer and producer who had a decent, but not spectacular career. But what makes him so fascinating is the company he keeps. This man was once married to three of the most beautiful and fascinating women in the world: JOAN BENNETT, HEDY LAMARR, and MYRNA LOY. He later left Hollywood behind and married a wealthy Kentucky horsewoman and lived happily ever after. This week we explore the life, career, and loves of this most unlikely Casanova.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Ecstasy and Me (1966), by Hedy Lamarr

Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming (1987), by James Kotsilibas & Myrna Loy

The Bennetts: An Acting Family (2004), by Brian Kellow;

Hollywood at the Races: Film's Love Affair With The Turf (2019), by Alan Shuck;

Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film (2021), by Ruth Barton;

“Gene Markey, Author, Screenwriter, Producer, and Breeder of Horses Dies,” May 2, 1980, New York Times;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

IBDB.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

The Floradora Girl (1930), starring Marion Davies;

The Great Lover (1931), starring Adolphe Menjou & Irene Dunne;

She Wanted A Millionaire (1932), starring Joan Bennett & Spencer Tracy;

As You Desire Me (1932), starring Greta Garbo;

Baby Face(1933), starring Barbara Stanwyck;

Little Women (1933), starring Katharine Hepburn, Frances Dee, Joan Bennett, & Jean Parker;

Midnight Mary (1934), starring Loretta Young;

Fashions of 1934 (1934), starring Bette Davis;

Champagne Charlie (1936), starring Paul Cavanaugh;

Private Number (1936), starring Loretta Young & Robert Taylor;

Girl's Dormitory (1936), starring Ruth Chatterton;

Wee Willie Winkie (1937), starring Shirley Temple;

On The Avenue (1937), starring Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll & Alice Faye;

Suez (1938), starring Tyrone Power & Loretta Young;

Kentucky (1938), starring Loretta Young, Richard Greene, & Walter Brennan;

The Little Princess (1939), starring Shirley Temple;

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), starring Basil Rathbone;

Lillian Russell (1940), staring Alice Faye;

Algiers (1938), starring Charles Boyer & Hedy Lamarr;

Lady of The Tropics (1939)

Boom Town (1940), starring Clark Cable, Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr & Claudette Colbert;

The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946), starring Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews & Teresa Wright;

Moss Rose (1947), starring Victor Mature & Peggy Cummins;

The Bachelor and The Bobby-Soxer (1947), withCary Grant, Myrna Loy, & Shirley Temple;

The Song Of The Thin Man(1947), starring William Powell & Myrna Loy;

Mr. Blanding Builds His Dream House (1948), starring Cary Grant & Myrna Loy;

Cheaper By The Dozen (1950), starring Clifton Webb, Myrna Loy, & Jeanne Crain;

Glory (1955) starring Margaret O’Brien;

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“MARJORIE REYNOLDS: CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH” (056) Oct 06, 2024

EPISODE 56 - “MARJORIE REYNOLDS: CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH” - 10/07/2024

Most film fanatics agree that after the Paramount Picture’s holiday classic “Holiday Inn” (1942), actress MARJORIE REYNOLDS, who gave a star-turn as struggling actress Linda Mason who gets a break singing and dancing in the seasonal nightclub run by BING CROSBY, should have been a big star. However, for reasons not quite clear, she didn’t rise into the stratosphere. While she had a very respectable and long career, she just didn’t soar to the top, as expected. As our Star of the Month, we will take a look into Marjorie Reynolds’ life and career and explore our theories on why “Holiday Inn” did not make her a major star.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Christmas In the Movies (2023), by Jeremy Arnold;

Whatever Became of…10th Series (1986), by Richard Lamparski;

My Heart Belongs (1976), by Mary Martin;

Scarlet Fever (1977), by William Pratt (including the collection of Herb Bridges);

The Film Lovers Companion (1997), by David Quinlan;

Biography of Marjorie Reynolds, July 25, 1942, Paramount Pictures;

“Super Cinderella,” November 1942, by William Lynch value, Silver Screen magazine;

“Marjorie’s Horse Comes In,” November 7, 1942, by Kyle Crichton, Collier’s Magazine;

Versatility Pays Off for Marjorie Reynolds,” March 10, 1944, by Hedda Hopper, Los Angeles, Times;

“Divorce Plans Discussed by Miss Reynolds,” July 23, 1951, by Hedda Hopper, Los Angeles, Times;

“Marjorie Reynolds to Be Wed to Film Editor,” May 16, 1952, Los Angeles, Times;

“Marjorie Reynolds Weds Film Editor,” May 18, 1953, The Sedalia Democrat (Missouri);

“Marjorie Reynolds: Sixty Years in the Film Business,” April 1984, by Colin Briggs, Hollywood Studio Magazine;

“Marjorie Reynolds, 79, Actress, In Classic Films and on Television,” February 16, 1997, The New York Times;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

IBDB.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Holiday Inn (1942), starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, & Virginia Dale;

Wine, Women, and Song (1933), starring Lilyan Tashman;

Murder In Greenwich Village (1937), starring Richard Arlen & Fay Wray;

Tex Rides With The Boy Scouts (1937), starring Tex Ritter;

The Overland Express (1938), starring Buck Jones;

Western Trails (1938), starring Bob Baker;

Six Shootin’ Sheriff (1938), starring Ken Maynard;

Star Spangled Rhythm (1942), starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Veronica Lake, & Alan Ladd;

Dixie (1943), starring Bing Crosby & Dorothy Lamour;

Up In Mabel's Room (1944), starring Dennis O’Keefe & Gail Patrick;

Ministry of Fear (1944), starring Ray Milland;

Three Is A Family (1944), starring Charles Ruggles & Fay Bainter;

Bring On The Girls (1945), starring Veronica Lake & Eddie Bracken;

Monsieur Beaucaire (1946), starring Bob Hope & Joan Caulfield;

The Time Of Their Lives (1946), starring Bud Abbott & Lou Costello;

Meet Me On Broadway (1946), starring Fred Brady & Spring Byington;

Heaven Only Knows (1947), Bob Cummings & Brian Donlevy;

Badmen of Tombstone (1949), starring Barry Sullivan & Broderick Crawford;

That Midnight Kiss(1949), starring Mario Lanza & Kathryn Grayson;

The Great Jewel Robber (1950), starring David Brian;

Home Town Story (1951), starring Jeffry Lynn, Alan Hale Jr, & Marilyn Monroe;

Models, Inc (1952), starring Howard Duff & Coleen Gray;

His Kind of Woman (1951), starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, & Vincent Price;

The Silent Witness (1962), starring Tristram Coffin & George Kennedy;

Pearl (1978), starring Angie Dickinson, Dennis Weaver, & Robert Wagner;

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“FAVORITE CLASSIC FILMS OF THE 1950s” (055) Sep 30, 2024

EPISODE 55 - “Favorite Classic Films of the 1950s ” - 09/30/2024

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The 1950s was a real transitional decade for classic films. As we got further away from WW2, and the Cold War began to rise up prominently, there was a cynicism across the land that influenced the content of many Hollywood movies. Films took on a grittier, more realistic feel, and the subject matters were darker and more controversial. It was the decade that sparked masterpieces like “Sunset Boulevard,” “All About Eve,” “From Here To Eternity,” “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof,” “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “Anatomy of a Murder,” “ Strangers on a Train,” “Shane,” and “High Noon.” Listen as Steve and Nan talk about some special 1950s films that inspire them.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

NewYorkTimes.com

RogerEbert.com

Movies Mentioned:

No Man of Her Own (1950), starring Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, and Richard Denning;

In A Lonely Place (1950), starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame;

A Place In The Sun (1951), starring Montgomery Cliff, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelley Winters;

Pick Up On South Street (1953), starring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, and Richard Kiley;

Witness For the Prosecution (1957), starring Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, and Elsa Lanchester;

A Face In The Crowd (1957), starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Lee Remick, Walter Matthau, and Anthony Franciosa;

Big Country (1958), starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford and Charlton Heston;

Indiscreet (1959), starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman;

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"SPECIAL GUEST: PERI GILPIN TALKS OLD HOLLYWOOD" (054) Sep 23, 2024

EPISODE 54 - "SPECIAL GUEST: PERI GILPIN TALKS OLD HOLLYWOOD" - 09/23/2024

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We all know her as the hilarious and acerbic radio producer Roz Doyle on the iconic sitcom “Frasier,” and on the reboot currently airing on Paramount Plus. This week, we have a sit-down interview with actress PERI GILPIN. Peri discusses her love of classic films, the films that inspired and influenced her, and the classic film stars who she has had the good-fortune to work with. Tune in to this very special episode.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

TheStudioTour.com;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

IBDB.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Shell (2024), starring Elizabeth Moss and Kate Hudson;

Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960);

Pillow Talk (1959);

Move Over Darling (1963);

The Thrill of It All (1963);

Switch (1991);

The Importance of Being Earnest (1952);

Tootsie (1982);

Bringing Up Baby (1938);

The Philadelphia Story (1940);

All About Eve (1950);

Star Wars (1977);

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969);

North By Northwest (1959);

The Godfather (1972);

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956);

Sense and Sensibility (1995);

The Sound of Music (1965)

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"TRIBUTE TO GENA ROWLANDS" (053) Sep 16, 2024

EPISODE 53 - “Tribute to Gena Rowlands” - 09/16/2024

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When screen legend GENA ROWLANDS passed away last month at the age of 94, she left behind a film and TV legacy that will undoubtedly influence artists for decades to come. She was an acting titan who changed the way modern audiences looked at acting. From her historic independent movies with husband JOHN CASSAVETES to mainstream Hollywood to powerful performances in iconic television films, Rowlands’ performances were always honest, complicated, and emotionally raw. There was just no one like her; and there never will be again. This week, we pay tribute to her endearing legacy on and off the screen.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Cassavetes on Cassavetes (2001), by Ray Carney;

In The Moment: My Life As An Actor (2004), by Ben Gazzara;

“Family First, Says Pretty Blonde,” November 16, 1963, The Tribune (South Bend, IN);

“I Want It All…Husband…Children…Career!” June 1975, by Ronald Bowers, Photoplay;

“NBC Offers Drama About AIDS,” November 11, 1985, by John J. O’Connor, The New York Times;

“To Mom With Love: Gena Rowlands’ Son Directs Her Latest Film,” February 23, 1997, by Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press;

“Idol Chatter: Gena Rowlands,” 1999, by Al Weisel, Premiere Magazine;

“Shop Talk: Actress Gena Rowlands, Not Much of a Shopper, Tells Tales,” February 15, 2002, by Gwen Davis, The Wall Street Journal;

“Gena Rowlands On Pioneering The Indie Film Movement With Her Late Husband John Cassavetes,” November 13, 2015, by Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter;

“Oscar Goes To Gena Rowlands,” November 14, 2015, by Susan King, Los Angeles Times;

“And The Honorary Oscar Goes To…” November 20, 2015, by Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter;

“The Notebook’s Gena Rowlands Has Alzheimer’s, Is in Full Dementia,” June 25, 2024, by Cara Lynn Shultz, People Magazine;

“Gena Rowlands, Actress Who Brought Raw Drama To Her Roles, Dies at 94,” August 14, 2024, by Anita Gates, New York Times;

TCM.com;

IBDB.com;

Movies Mentioned:

The High Cost of Loving (1958), starring Jose Ferrer;

Lonely Are the Brave (1962), starring Kirk Douglas;

The Spiral Road (1962), starring Rock Hudson;

A Child is Waiting (1963), starring Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland;

Tony Rome (1967), starring Frank Sinatra;

Faces (1968), starring John Cassavetes;

Minnie and Moskowitz(1971), starring Seymour Cassel;

A Woman Under the Influence (1974), starring Peter Falk;

Opening Night (1977), starring John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara;

A Question of Love (1978), starring Jane Alexander;

The Brink’s Job (1978), starring Peter Falk;

Gloria (1980), starring John Adams;

Tempest (1982), starring John Cassavetes;

Love Streams(1984), starring John Cassavetes;

Thursday’s Child (1984), starring Don Murray;

An Early Frost (1985), starring Aidan Quinn, Ben Gazzara;

The Betty Ford Story (1987), starring Josef Sommer;

Another Woman (1988), starring Mia Farrow;

Once Around (1991), starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter;

Night On Earth (1991), starring Winona Ryder;

Face of A Stranger (1992), starring Tyne Daly;

Crazy In Love (1992), starring Holly Hunter;

The Neon Bible (1995), starring Jacob Tierney;

Unhook The Stars (1996), starring Marisa Tomei;

She’s So Lovely (1997), starring Sean Penn;

Hope Floats (1998), starring Sandra Bullock;

Hysterical Blindness (2003), starring Uma Thurman;

The Notebook (1999), starring Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams;

Broken English (2007), starring Parker Posey;

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2014), starring Cheyenne Jackson;

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"BIG SCREEN TO SMALL SCREEN: CLASSIC CINEMA'S TV REMAKES." (052) Sep 09, 2024

EPISODE 52 - "BIG SCREEN TO SMALL SCREEN: CLASSIC CINEMA'S TV REMAKES." (052) - 09/09/2024

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Sometimes, a classic film is primed for being turned into a successful television series — think “M*A*S*H*,” “Alice,” “In The Heat of the Night,” or “Peyton Place.” But this isn’t always the case. There have been many classic films turned into TV shows with less-than-stellar results. Does anyone remember the “Casablanca" TV show on ABC with Starsky & Hutch star DAVID SOUL filling in for HUMPHREY BOGART? Don’t worry, nobody else does either! This week, we take a look at a few of the TV series that were based on classic movies that didn’t quite hit the mark.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Television Series of the 1950s (2016), by Vincent Terrace;

Encyclopedia of TV Shoes: 1925 - 2010 (2011), by Vincent Terrace;

The Complete Directory To Prime Time Network TV Shows (1988), by Time Brooks and Earle F. Marsh;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Operation Petticoat (1959), starring Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Dina Merrill, and Arthur O’Connell;

Halloween (1978), starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence;

Topper (1937), starring Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Roland Young, and Billie Burke;

How To Marry A Millionaire (1953), starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell;

The Third Man (1949), starring Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, and Alida Valli;

My Sister Eileen (1942), starring Rosalind Russell and Janet Blair;

My Sister Eileen (1955), starring Janet Leigh, Betty Garrett, and Jack Lemmon;

Please Don’t Eat The Daisies (1960), starring Doris Day and David Niven;

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison;

Casablanca (1942), staring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet;

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"RICHARD CONTE - STAR OF THE MONTH" (051) Sep 02, 2024

EPISODE 51 - “Richard Conte (Star of the Month) ” - 09/02/2024

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In the great film noir classic Thieves Highway, a gripping drama that takes on the dirty underbelly of the trucking industry, the spectacular RICHARD CONTE plays Nick Garcos, a world-weary, jaded, World War II vet who returns home. After finding his family's produce business in shambles and his father crippled, he seeks revenge against the crooked rival produce dealer who caused his father's accident. In his gripping portrayal, Conte shows his strengths as an actor. With his square shoulders, cleft chin, and intense eyes, Conte gives the impression that he means business. Conte was just as comfortable playing mobsters and street hoods as he was playing charming, sympathetic leading men. He always projected manly strength, and you knew he was no one you wanted to mess with. So say hello to our Star of the Month, RICHARD CONTE.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Bad Boys: The Actors of Film Noir (2003), by Karen Burroughs;

“Conte In the Sun,” March 3, 1946, by Thomas M Pryor, New York Times;

“A Star Comes Home,” March 3, 1950, by Louis Berg, Los Angeles Times Magazine;

“The Role I Liked Best…” May 20,1950, by Richard Conte, Saturday Evening Post;

“Richard Conte: Official Biography,” June 14, 1951, Universal Pictures;

“Conte Forms Indie Pix, TV Company,” January 21, 1960, Variety;

“Conte Has His Own Method,” February 14, 1960, by Don Albert, Los Angeles Times;

“Actor Conte, Wife Reveal Divorce,” July 12, 1962, by Harrison Carroll. LA Herald Examiner;

“Richard Conte Getting Offers He Can’t Refuse As Ideal Mafia Type,” March 14. 1973, Variety;

“Richard Conte, Cold-Eyed Movie Gangster, Dies at 61;” April 16, 1975, by Jack Jones, Los Angeles Times;

“Richard Conte Dies In Hollywood at 65,” April 23 1975, Variety;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Heaven With A Barbed Wire (1939), starring Jean Rogers and Glenn Ford;

Guadalcanal Diary (1943), Starring William Bendix, Lloyd Nolan, and Anthony Quinn;

The Purple Heart (1944), starring Dana Andrews and Farley Granger;

Captain Eddie(1945), starring Fred MacMurray and Lynn Bari;

A Bell For Adano (1945), starring Gene Tierney and John Hodiak;

A Walk In The Sun (1945), starring Dana Andrews. Lloyd Bridges, and John Ireland;

The Spider (1945), starring Faye Marlowe;

13 Rue Madeleine (1947), starring James Cagney;

The Other Love (1947), starring Barbara Stanwyck and David Niven;

Call Northside 777(1948), starring James Stewart and Helen Walker;

House of Strangers (1949), starring Susan Hayward;

Thieves Highway (1949), staring Lee J. Cobb and Valentina Cortese

Big Jack (1949), starring Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main;

Whirlpool (1950), starring Gene Tierney and Jose Ferrer;

The Sleeping City(1950), starring Coleen Gray

Under The Gun (1951), starring Audrey Totter;

The Blue Gardenia (1953), starring Anne Baxter;

Highway Dragnet (1954), starring Joan Bennett;

The Big Combo (1955), starring Cornel Wilde;

I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955). Starring Susan Hayward;

New York Confidential (1955), Starring Broderick Crawford;

Full of Life (1956), starring Judy Holiday;

The Brothers Rico(1957), starring Dianne Foster;

They Came To Cordova (1959), starring Gary Cooper and Rita Hayworth;

Ocean's 11 (1960), starring Frank Sinatra;

Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed? (1963), starring Dean Martin;

Circus World (1964), starring John Wayne and Rita Hayworth;

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965);

Tony Rome (1967);

The Lady In Cement (1968);

Hotel (1967);

Operation Eagle Cross (1968);

The Godfather (1972);

Shoot First, Die Later (1974);

Evil Eye (1975);

Violent Rome(1975);

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"BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO CLASSIC FILM STAR VERA MILES" (050) Aug 26, 2024

EPISODE 50 - “Birthday Tribute to Classic Film star Vera Miles” - 08/26/2024

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After placing 3rd runner up to Miss America in 1948 as Miss Kansas, VERA MILES soon embarked on a long and illustrious career in Hollywood and was soon working with great directors like ALFRED HITCHCOCK (“Psycho” and “The Wrong Man”) and JOHN FORD (“The Searchers” and “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”). This week, we pay tribute to Miles as she turns 95 on August 23rd. Listen as we celebrate this beautiful, talented, and somewhat underrated star.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Hitchcock’s Heroines (2018), by Caroline Young;

Women In The Films of John Ford (2014), by David Mevel;

“Vera Miles: Country Girl in Hollywood,” May 13, 1956, by J.D. Spiro, Los Angeles, Times;

“Vera Miles: She’s Alfred Hitchcock’s Newest Acting Find,” January 13, 1957, Parade Magazine;

“Vera Miles Says: I’m Glad I Was Poor,” May 1959, by Amy Francis, Screenland Magazine;

“Vera Miles: Official Biography,” September 1961, Paramount Pictures;

“The Loser Who Became A Star,” May 15, 1973, by Earl Wilson, The New York Post;

“Fighting Trim Vera Miles Still A Doer,” February 20, 1981, by Mark Hemeter, The Times-Picayne (New Orleans);

“Psycho Actress Defends Hitchcock,” June 25, 1983, by Richard Freedman, The Spokesman-Review, Newhouse News Service;

“Vera Miles: Hollywood Walk of Fame,” June 29, 2010, by Carina MacKenzie, Los Angeles Times;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

For Men Only(1952), starring Paul Henried;

The Rose Bowl Story (1952), starring Marshall Thompson;

The Charge At Feather River (1953), starring Guy Madison and Helen Westcott;

Pride of the Blue Grass (1954), starring Lloyd Bridges;

Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle(1955), starring Gordon Scott;

Wichita (1955), starring Joel McCrea;

The Searchers (1956), starring John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter;

The Wrong Man (1956), starring Henry Fonda;

Beau James (1957), starring Bob Hope;

Web Of Evidence (1959), starring Van Johnson;

The FBI Story (1959), starring James Stewart;

A Touch Of Larceny (1960), starring James Mason and George Sanders;

5 Banded Women (1960), starring Jeanne Moreau;

Psycho(1960), starring Anthony Perkins, Janey Leigh, and John Gavin;

Back Street (1961), starring Susan Hayward and John Gavin;

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), starring John Wayne and James Stewart;

A Tiger Walks (1964), starring Brian Keith;

Those Calloways (1965), starring Brian Keith, Brandon De Wilde, and Linda Evans;

Follow Me Boys! (1966), starring Fred MacMurray;

The Spirit Is Willing (1967), starring Sid Caesar;

Gentle Giant(1967), starring Dennis Weaver and Ralph Meeker;

Hellfighters(1968), starring John Wayne and Katharine Ross;

The Wild Country (1970), starring Steve Forrest;

One Little Indian (1973), starring James Garner;

The Castaway Cowboy (1974), starring James Garner;

Run For The Roses (1977), starring Stuart Whitman;

Smash Up On Interstate 5 (1976), starring Robert Conrad, Buddy Ebson, Sue Lyon, Terry Moore, and Tommy Lee Jones;

Psycho II (1983), starring Anthony Perkins;

The Initiation (1984), starring Clu Galugar and Daphne Zuniga;

Separate Lives (1995), starring Linda Hamilton and Jim Belushi;

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"BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO CLASSIC CINEMA STAR ANN BLYTH" (049) Aug 19, 2024

EPISODE 49 - “Birthday Tribute to Classic Cinema Star Ann Blyth ” - 08/19/2024

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With her crystal clear soprano voice, porcelain doll face, and fierce acting talent, ANN BLYTH became a much-in-demand star in the 1940s and 1950s. While known mostly as a romantic musical comedy star in films such as “Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid” (1948), “Rose Marie” (1954), and “Kismet” (1955), she was also a deft dramatic actress when given the chance. Who can forget her as Veda, the daughter who made JOAN CRAWFORD’s life a living hell in “Mildred Pierce” (1945), or as the downtrodden alcoholic singer in “The Helen Morgan Story” (1957)? Blyth turns 96 on August 16th and is truly a living legend. Listen this week as we pay tribute with an episode about Ann Blyth’s remarkable life and career.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Ann Blyth: Singer, Actress, Star (2018), by Jacqueline T. Lynch;

“Ann Blyth: Official Biography,” July 1956, Paramount Pictures;

“Film Actress Breaks Back in Accident,” March 10, 1945, LA Examiner;

“Actress Ready to Work After Skiing Accident,” January 18, 1946, LA Examiner;

“Ann Blyth’s Mother Dies,’ July 23, 1946, Los Angeles Times;

“Bright Future Visioned For Youthful Ann Blyth,” September 10, 1949, by Hedda Hopper, Los Angeles Times;

“Angelic Annie,” September 27, 1952, by Richard G. Hubler, Collier’s Magazine;

“The Blyth Spirit,” October 12, 1952, by William Brownell, New York Times;

“Ann Blyth: Bride of the Year,” June 1953, Photoplay Magazine;

“A Blyth Spirit From An Earlier Error,” February 28, 1985, by Jack Hawn, Los Angeles Times;

“She’s Still Singing Just As Beautifully,” March 19, 1989, by Mitchell Smyth, Toronto Daily Star;

“Looking Back: Ann Blyth” June 5, 1990, by Ann Blyth, The Hollywood Reporter;

“Playing Thier Songs,” October 14,1994, by Libby Slate, Los Angeles Times;

“Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That,” September 29, 1997, by Candace A. Wedlan, Los Angeles Times;

“Not Like Veda,” August 12, 2013, by Susan King, Los Angeles Times;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Chip Off The Old Block (1944), starring Donald O’Connor, and Peggy Ryan;

Babes On Swing Street (1944), starring Peggy Ryan;

Mildred Pierce (1945), starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Zachary Scott, Jack Carson, and Eve Arden;

Swell Guy (1946), starring Sonny Tufts;

Brute Force (1947), starring Burt Lancaster, Yvonne DeCarlo, and Ella Raines;

Killer McCoy (1947), starring Mickey Rooney;

A Woman’s Vengeance (1948) starring Charles Boyer;

Another Part of The Forest (1948), starring Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Edmond O’Brien, and Dan Duryea;

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948), starring William Powell and Irene Hervey;

Top O’ The Morning (1949), starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald;

Once More My Darling (1949), starring Robert Montgomery;

Free For All (1949), starring Robert Cummings:

Our Very Own (1950), starring Farley Granger;

Katy Did It (1951), starring Mark Stevens;

The Great Caruso (1951), starring Mario Lanza;

Thunder On the Hill (1951), starring Claudette Colbert;

All The Brother’s Were Valiant (1953), starring Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger;

Rosie Marie (1954), starring Ann Blyth;

The Student Prince (1954), starring Mario Lanza;

Kismet (1955), starring Howard Keel;

Slander (1957), starring Van Johnson and Steve Cochran;

The Buster Keaton Story (1957), starring Donald O’Connor;

The Helen Morgan Story (1957), starring Paul Newman;

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“STEVE & NAN'S FAVORITE CLASSIC FILMS OF THE 1940s” (048) Aug 12, 2024

EPISODE 48 - “STEVE & NAN'S FAVORITE CLASSIC FILMS OF THE 1940s ” - 08/12/2024

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The 1940s was a phenomenal time for movies. Auteurs like ALFRED HITCHCOCK, GEORGE STEVENS, WILIAM WYLER, and BILLY WILDER were coming into their own with important and personal films that changed the landscape of cinemas. Also, stars like BETTE DAVIS, KATHARINE HEPBURN, CARY GRANT, and HENRY FONDA were defining the screen roles that would make them legends. This week, Nan and Steve will discuss and disect a few of their very favorite films of the most golden of all decades in film.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Preston Sturges By Preston Sturges: His Life in His Words (1991), by Preston Sturges and Sandy Sturges;

George Cukor: A Double Life (2013), by Patrick McGilligan;

Raoul Walsh: The True Adventures of Hollywood’s Legendary Director (2013), by Marilyn Ann Moss;

Robert Rossen: The Films and Politics of a Blacklisted Idealist (2013), by Alan Casty;

Michael Curtiz: A Life In Film (2021), by Alan K. Rode;

Possessed: The Life of Joan Crawford (2010), by Donald Spoto;

George Stevens: The Films of a Hollywood Giant (2019), by Neil Sinyard;

Wild Bill Wellman: Hollywood Rebel (2015), by Wiliam Wellman, Jr;

Stanwyck (1994), by Axel Madsen;

Fonda: My Life (1981), by Henry Fonda;

Ingrid Bergman: My Story (1980), by Ingrid Bergman and Alan Burgess;

Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise (2020), by Scott Eyman;

Ida Lupino: A Biography (1996), by William Donati;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Christmas In July (1940), starring Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, William Demarest, Raymond Walburn, Jimmy Conlin, Rod Cameron, and Franklin Pangborn;

Penny Serenade (1941), starring Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi, and Edgar Buchanan;

The Lady Eve (1941), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, William Demarest, and Eugene Pallette;

High Sierra (1941), starring Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Joan Leslie, Cornel Wilde, Arthur Kennedy, Henry Travers, and Alan Curtis;

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Harry Morgan, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn, Jane Darwell, William Eythe, and Harry Davenport;

Gaslight (1944), starring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, Angela Landbury, and Dame May Witty;

Mildred Pierce (1945), starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Zachary Scott, Jack Carson, eve Arden, and Bruce Bennett;

All The Kings Men (1949), starring Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dry, Anne Seymour, and John Derek;

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"LAIRD CREGAR: OLD HOLLYWOOD'S RELUCTANT VILLAIN" (047) Aug 05, 2024

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EPISODE 47 - “Laird Cregar (Star of the Month) ” - 08/05/2024

With his sad, dark eyes, hulking frame, and aristocratic speech, actor LAIRD CREGAR often played the complex villain tortured by a sinister past or an unrequited love that turns into an obsession. No one played characters with suppressed anguish, a tortured soul, or darkness lingering beneath the surface better than he did. While he only made 16 films in a period of five years, he is unforgettable. His desire to be thin was his achilles heel that turned tragic. This week join us as we take a deep dive into the short life and career of this amazing actor.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy (2017), by Gregory William Mank;

“Atlas With A Grin,” by Fredda Dudley, December 1941, Screenland magazine;

“Setbacks To Fame,” by Dorothy B.Haas, June 1942, Silver Screen magazine;

“Bold, Bad, (Bluffing) Cregar,” by Barbara Berch, January 1945, Screenland magazine;

“Ripping Tales: Laird Cregar: The Forgotten Ripper,” by Kevin G. Shimick, Fall 1991, Scarlett Street;

“Queers In History: Laird Cregar,” December 9, 2012, by Elisa Rolle, livejournal.com;

“Heavy: The Life and Films of Laird Cregar,” October 7, 2013, by Jennifer Garland, Virtual Virago;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

I Wake Up Screaming (1941), starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, and Laird Cregar;

The Lodger (1944), starring Merle Oberon and Laird Cregar;

Charley’s Aunt (1941), starring Jack Benny, Kay Francis, James Ellison, and Laird Cregar;

Rings On Her Fingers (1942), starring Gene Tierney, Henry Fonda, Laird Cregar, and Spring Byington;

Hudson Bay (1940), starring Gene Tierney, Paul Muni, Vincent Price, and Laird Cregar;

Blood and Sand (1940), starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, and Laird Cregar;

This Gun For Hire (1942), starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, and Laird Cregar;

Ten Gentlemen From West Point (1942), starring George Montgomery, Maureen O’Hara, and Laird Cregar;

The Black Swan (1942), starring Tyrone Power, Maureen O’Hara, and Laird Cregar;

Heaven Can Wait (1943), starring Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main Spring Byington, and Laird Cregar;

Hello Frisco, Hello (1943), starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Lynn Bari, and Laird Cregar;

Hangover Square (1945), starring Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell, and George Sanders;

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"MARIE MCDONALD: OLD HOLLYWOOD'S ORIGINAL GONE GIRL" (046) Jul 29, 2024

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As CAROLE LANDIS was known as “The Ping Girl” and ANN SHERIDAN was known as “The Oomph” Girl,” actress MARIE McDONALD was saddled with the equally misogynistic title, “The Body.” Yes, she was tall, leggy, and curvy, but she was also talented, a fact that many of the powerful men of Hollywood seemed to forget. Unfortunately, Marie was better known for her wild private life that included seven marriages, high profile romances, tabloid escapades, and one of the most bizarre kidnappings to ever happen in Hollywood. This week, we tell the colorful story of this long-forgotten leading lady.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

"Fallen Angels" (1988), by Kirk Crivello;

Tragic Hollywood: Beautiful, Glamorous, and Dead (2013), by Jackie Ganiy;

“Marie McDonald ‘Gets Sick’ With Former Husband,” January 6, 1955, Toledo Blade;

“Millionaire Asks Divorce From Marie McDonald,” May 22, 1956, Daytona Beach Morning Journal;

“Marie McDonald Reported Held By Kidnappers,” January 4, 1957, Ellensburg Daily Record;

“Marie McDonald Tells Police How She Was Seized By Two Men,” January 5, 1957, Reading Eagle;

“Marie McDonald Stars In Police Film of Kidnapping,” January 8, 1957, The Telegraph;

“Grand Jury Probes Marie’s Kidnap,” January 16, 1957, The Deseret News;

“Marie McDonald Leaves Hospital” June 15, 1958, Reading Eagle;

“Actress Marie McDonald Weds Again,” May 25, 1959, St. Petersburg Times;

“Marie McDonald’s Fourth Husband Seeking Divorce,” September 18, 1962, Daily News;

“New Ruling Calls Marie McDonald Death Accidental,” December 30, 1965, The Toledo Blade;

“Marie McDonald, Actress, Is Dead; Autopsy Was Inconclusive, Glamour Girl Was 42,” October 21, 1965, The New York Times;

“Movie Producer Donald Taylor Apparent Suicide,” January 3, 1966, Rome News-Tribune;

“Phantom Intruders Abducted A Pin-Up Star,” July 2, 2022, Medium.com;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Pardon My Sarong (1942), staring Lou Abbott and Lou Costello;

Lucky Jordan(1942), starring Alan Ladd and Marie McDonald;

I Love a Soldier (1944), starring Paulette Goddard, Sonny Tufts, and Beulah Bondi;

Guest In The House (1944), starring Anne Baxter and Ralph Bellamy;

Getting Gertie’s Garter (1945), starring Marie McDonald and Dennis O’Keefe;

Living In A Big Way (1946), starring Gene Kelly and Marie McDonald;

The Geisha Boy (1958), starring Jerry Lewis and Marie McDonald;

Promises! Promises! (1963), starring Jayne Mansfield and Marie McDonald;

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“FORGOTTEN B-LEADING MEN OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD” (045) Jul 22, 2024

EPISODE 45 - “Forgotten B-Leading Men of the Golden Age of Hollywood” - 07/22/2024

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Sometimes, there is nothing quite like a good old B-movie. Maybe the production values aren’t the best, and maybe the story is grittier than most, but these little gems have provided hours of viewing pleasure to so many. These films also had great leading men in them. Studly, sturdy, reliable actors who might not be GARY COOPER or CARY GRANT or CLARK GABLE, but were handsome and talented and knew how to beat up the bad guys and win over the lovely leading lady. As an homage to the leading men of the B's, this week, we’ll take a look at the lives and careers of five of our favorites.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Film Actors (1965);

“Successor To Gable,” by Robbin Coons, September 30, 1943, Big Spring Daily Herald;

"John Hodiak Dies Suddenly of Heart Attack,” October 20, 1955, Los Angeles Times;

“The Story of Bob Cummings,” September 2, 1950, Voice;

“Skip E. Lowe 1987 interview with Robert Cummings,” December 17, 2016, by Alan Eicler, Youtube.com;

“Robert Cummings on Honesty,” May 1959, by Bob Cummings, Guideposts;

“Robert Cummings Is Dead at 82; Debonair Actor in TV and Film,” December 4, 1990, by Peter B. Flint, The New York Times;

“Dennis O’Keefe, Son of Vaudeville Performers Knows The Theatre,” July 7, 1939, The Times (Muncie Indiana);

"O'Keefe Achieves Stardom; Seeks Director's Post,” October 12, 1944, Los Angeles Times.

“Dennis O’Keefe, Screen Veteran, Is Dead at 60,” September 2, 1968, The Marion (Ohio) Star;

“Bill Lundigan’s Success Recipe,” March 29, 1942, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle;

“The Life Story of William Lundigan,” March 24, 1951, Picture Show;

“Actor William Lundigan Dies; Began Career in 1937,” December 22, 1975m by Ted Thackery, Jr. Los Angeles Times;

"The Life Story of Alan Marshal,” January 11, 1941, Picture Show;

“Alan Marshal, Actor, 52, Dead; Stage and Film Performers Appeared in ‘Wagon Train’,” July 10, 1961, The New York Times;

Alan.kitmarshal.site;

IMDBPro.com;

IBDB.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

JOHN HODIAK:

Maisie Goes To Rio (1944);

Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944);

Life Boat (1944);

Sunday Dinner For A Soldier (1944);

A Bell For Adano(1945;)

The Harvey Girls (1946);

Somewhere In The Night(1946);

Desert Fury (1947);

ROBERT CUMMINGS:

The Virginia Judge (1935);

Hollywood Boulevard (1936);

So Red The Rose (1935);

King's Row (1941);

Saboteur (1942);

Dial M For Murder (1954);

DENNIS O’KEEFE:

T-Men (1947);

Raw Deal (1948);

Saratoga (1937);

Topper Returns (1941);

The Story of Dr. Wassel (1944);

Up In Mabel's Room (1944);

Doll Face (1945);

Brewster's Millions (1945);

Cover Up (1949);

The Lady Wants Mink (1953);

WILLIAM LUNDIGAN:

The Lady Fights Back (1937);

Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939);

The Old Maid(1939);

Dodge City (1939);

Santa Fe Trail (1940);

A Shot In The Dark (1941);

Apache Trail (1942);

The Fabulous Dorseys (1947);

The Inside Story (1947);

Pinky (1949);

Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950);

I'll Get By (1950);

Love Nest (1951);

I'd Climb The Highest Mountain (1951);

The House on Telegraph Hill (1951);

ALAN MARSHAL:

The Garden of Allah (1936);

After The Thin Man (1936);

Night Must Fall (1937);

Parnell (1937);

Conquest (1937);

Dramatic School (1939);

Four Girls in White (1939);

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939);

Irene (1940);

He Stayed For Breakfast (1940);

Lydia (1941);

The White Cliff's of Dover (1944);

Bride By Mistake (1944);

The Opposite Sex (1956);

House On Haunted Hill (1959);

Day of the Outlaw (1959);

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"THERESA HARRIS: HOW OLD HOLLYWOOD STOPPED HER STAR FROM RISING" (044) Jul 15, 2024

EPISODE 44 - "THERESA HARRIS: HOW OLD HOLLYWOOD STOPPED HER STAR FROM RISING" - 07/15/2024

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When THERESA HARRIS appears on screen, you cannot take your eyes off of her. Beautiful, talented, and a skilled singer and dancer, she lights up any scene she’s in. Despite appearing in over 100 films, she rarely received screen credit and most often played a maid, waitress, or other types of domestic servant. Her parts were small, but her charisma and presence on screen were enormous! As a black woman in the early days of Hollywood, she was limited in the roles she could perform by the restrictive Hayes Code of 1934 and the horrible Jim Crow laws of the South. Still, she is a welcome presence in so many classic films. This week, we look at the extraordinary life and career of the talented THERESA HARRIS.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

“Theresa Harris, Credited and Uncredited in Over 100 Films,” March 28, 2024, by Herb Boyd, New York Amsterdam News;

“Just a Maid in Movies, But Not Forgotten,” April 21, 2011, by Manohla Dargis, The New York Times;

“The Underrated Charms of Theresa Harris,” July 11, 2020, by Constance Cherise, TCM.com;

“Theresa Harris: Television and Film Actress of the 1930s,” August 18, 2023, by Jae Jones, BackThen.com;

“Actress Theresa Harris Hollywood Vixen Turned Servant,”September 2, 2011, by Veronica Wells, Madamenoire;

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Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Thunderbolt (1929), starring Fay Wray and George Brent;

Hold Your Man (1932), starring Jean Harlow and Clark Gable;

Baby Face (1933), starring Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent;

Professional Sweetheart (1933), starring Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, and Zasu Pitts;

Horse Feathers (1932), starring The Marx Brothers and Thelma Todd;

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), starring Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, and Ginger Rogers;

Morning Glory (1933), starring Katharine Hepburn and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr;

Flying Down to Rio (1933), starring Delores Del Rio, Gene Raymond, Ginger Rogers, and Fred Astaire;

Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), starring Jack Benny and Eleanor Powell;

Banjo On My Knee (1936), starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea;

Bargain With Bullets (aka The Gangster’s On The Loose) (1937), starring Ralph Cooper and Theresa Harris;

Jezebel (1938), starring Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, and George Brent;

Tell No Tales (1939), starring Melvyn Douglas and Louise Platt;

Buck Benny Rides Again (1940), starring Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, and Theresa Harris;

What’s Buzzin’ Cousin? (1943), starring Jack Benny and Ann Miller;

Blossoms In The Dust (1941), starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, and Marsha Hunt;

Our Wife (1941), starring Melvyn Douglas, Ruth Hussey, and Ellen Drew;

Cat People (1942), starring Kent Smith, Simone Simon, Jane Randolph, and Tom Conway;

I Walked With A Zombie (1943), starring Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Darby Jones, and Christine Gordon;

The Dolly Sisters (1945), starring Betty Grable, John Payne, and June Haver;

Three Little Girls In Blue (1946), starring George Montgomery, Vera-Ellen, and June Haver;

Miracle on 34th Street (1947), starring Maureen O’Hara, Edmund Gwenn, John Payne, and Natalie Wood;

Out of the Past (1947), staring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas;

Angel Face (1952), starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons;

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"FAVORITE CLASSIC FILMS OF THE 1930s" (043) Jul 08, 2024

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EPISODE 43 - “Favorite Classic Films of the 1930s” - 07/08/2024

During the golden era of old Hollywood, each decade brought forth exciting films that helped define the motion picture industry. In a new feature, Steve and Nan will dissect each decade and highlight movies that resonated with them as they started their individual study of film. Beginning with the 1930s, listen as they discuss films that made an impact not only on them but on the film industry as a whole. And yes, a few of the films they discuss are from that magic year of 1939.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage (1981), by Stanley Cavell;

The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942 (2022), by Grégoire Halbout;

The Art of the Screwball Comedy (2013), by Doris Milberg;

Wiliam Holden: A Biography (2010), by Michelangelo Capua;

The Life and Loves of Barbara Stanwyck (2009), by Jane Ellen Wayne;

The Lonely Life: An Autobiography (2017), by Bette Davis;

Leslie Howard: The Lost Actor (2013), by Estel Eforgan;

Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew (1997), by John Oller;

The Films of Frank Capra (1977), by Victor Scherle and William Turner Levy;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

The Women (1939), starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Mary Poland, Joan Fontaine, Lucille Watson, Virginia Pohvah, Virginia Weidler, Marjorie Main, Virginia Grey, Hedda Hopper, Ruth Hussey, and Mary Beth Hughes;

The Petrified Forest (1936), starring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Porter Hall, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran, Joe Sawyer, Charley Grapewin, and Paul Harvey;

Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939), starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Thomas Mitchell, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Beulah Bondi, and Guy Kibbee;

Easy Living (1937), starring Jean Arthur, Ray Milland, Edward Arnold, Luis Alberni, Franklin Pangborn, Mary Nash, William Demarest, and Esther Dale;

My Man Godfrey (1936), starring William Powell, Carole Lombard, Gail Patrick, Alice Brady, Eugene Pallette, Jean Dixon, Misha Auer, and Alan Mowbray;

The Awful Truth (1937), starring Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Ralph Bellamy, Cecil Cunningham, Molly Lamont, Alexander D’Arcy, Joyce Compton, and Esther Dale;

Stage Door (1937), starring Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, Andrea Leeds, Eve Arden, Gail Patrick, Adolphe Menjou, Franklin Pangborn, Samuel S. Hinds, and Constance Collier;

Golden Boy (1939), starring Barbara Stanwyck, William Holden, Adolphe Menjou, Lee J. Cobb, Joseph Calleia, Edward Brophy, and Sam Levene;

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"EVA MARIE SAINT" (042) Jul 01, 2024

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EPISODE 42 - “Eva Marie Saint: Star of the Month (July)” - 07/01/2024

Blonde, beautiful, sophisticated, and chic, there was no one in Hollywood quite like EVA MARIE SAINT. This versatile, elegant actress had an incredible emotional range and left an indelible mark on the landscape of film. July 4th marks her 100th birthday of this national treasure and in this episode we take a look at her extraordinary career. Come hear about her incredible life and a career that spanned from live TV to Broadway to film and television where she was directed by all the greats — Hitchcock, Kazan, Preminger, Fred Zinnemann, John Frankenheimer, Paul Bogart — and held her own opposite Hollywood’s greatest leading men — Cary Grant, Marlon Brando, Gregory Peck, Paul Newman, Montgomery Clift, James Garner, Bob Hope, and Warren Beatty.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Eva Marie Saint: A Journey From Newark to Hollywood’s Iconic Heights (2024), by Alexander Harmony;

Hitchcock’s Heroines (2018), by Caroline Young;

Kazan: The Master Director Discusses His Films (1999), by Jeff Young;

Hitch (1978), by John Russell Taylor;

Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest (2000), by Peter Fitzgerald;

“As Eva Marie Saint Turns 97, Celebrating Her Seductive Turn in ‘North by Northwest’,” July 4, 2021, by Brent Lang, Variety;

Robert Osborne interview(s) with Eva Marie Saint, www.TCM.com;

“In Search of a Classic Saint Revisits Hitchcock Role,”September 10, 2000, by Gene Triplett,

The Oklahoman;

“Saint in Hollywood; Forthright Star Actress Illustrates Devotion to Work and Family,” May 10, 1964, New York Times;

“All About Eva Marie,”February 22, 2011, Vanity Fair;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

On The Waterfront (1954), starring Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, and Karl Malden;

That Certain Feeling(1956), starring Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, and George Sanders;

A Hatful of Rain (1957), starring Anthony Franciosa, Don Murray, and Eva Marie Saint;

Raintree County (1957), starring Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Eva Maire Saint, and Rod Taylor;

North By Northwest (1959), starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint;

Exodus (1960), starring Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, and Sal Mineo;

All Fall Down (1962), Warren Beatty, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Angela Lansbury, and Brandon deWilde;

The Sandpiper(1965), staring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, and Eva Marie Saint;

The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966), starring Alan Arkin, Carl Reiner, and Eva Marie Saint;

Grand Prix (1966), starring James Garner, Yves Montand, and Eva Marie Saint;

The Stalking Moon (1968), starring Gregory Peck, Eva Marie Saint, and Robert Forster;

Cancel My Reservations (1972), starring Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, Forest Tucker, Ralph Bellamy, and Anne Archer;

Splendor In the Grass (1981) (TV-movie), starring Melissa Gilbert, Cyril O’Reilly, Ned Beatty, Eva Marie Saint, and Michelle Pfeiffer;

Nothing In Common (1986), starring Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Bess Armstrong, and Sela Ward;

I Dreamed Of Africa (2000), starring Kim Basinger, Daniel Craig, and Eva Marie Saint;

Because of Winn Dixie (2005), starring Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, and Eva Marie Saint;

Don’t Come Knocking (2005), starring Sam Shepherd, Jessica Lange, and Eva Marie Saint;

Superman Returns (2002), starring Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, and Eva Marie Saint;

Mariette in Ecstasy (2019), starring Geraldine O’Rawe, Eva Marie Saint, Mary McDonnell, and Rutger Hauser;

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“THE DEATH OF THE DREAM FACTORY” (041) Jun 24, 2024

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EPISODE 41 - “The Death of the Dream Factory” - 06/24/2024

When the early movie studios began to pop up in Hollywood during the 1920s and 1930s, the major studio chiefs produced magnificent films and further advanced the art form of film, but they also created a system where they controlled the supply and demand flow and treated the artists who made the films like indentured servants. This is the story of how the servants rose up to end the traditional studio system.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

The Hollywood Studio System: A History (2019), by Douglas Gomery;

Death of the Moguls: The End of Classical Hollywood (2012), by Wheeler Winston Dixon;

“A Century in Exhibition: The 1960s: The End of the Hollywood Studio System,” August 12, 2020, by Vassiliki Malouchou, www.boxofficepro.com;

“Why The US Supreme Court Broke Up The Hollywood Studio System,” February 3, 2023, www.WNYC.org;

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"OLD HOLLYWOOD'S FORBIDDEN LOVE STORY: LON McCALLISTER & WILLIAM EYTHE" (#040) Jun 17, 2024

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EPISODE 40 - “Old Hollywood's Forbidden Love Story/ Lon McCallister & William Eythe” - 06/17/2024

As we celebrate gay pride month in June, Nan and Steve bring a special episode about 20th Century Fox contract players LON McCALLISTER and WILLIAM EYTHE. Both were handsome, talented, and on their way to becoming major film stars. But there was only one problem — the two young men had fallen in love and wanted to live their lives as a couple. This love was forbidden back then and went against the wishes of 20th Century Fox studio head DARRYL F. ZANUCK. Listen to this inspiring and heartbreaking story of their love story.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Behind the Scenes: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood (2001), by William J. Mann;

It Might As Well Be Spring (1987), by Margaret Whiting;

“Terrific Trio,” May 1944, by Marcia Daughtrey, Modern Screen;

“Keyhole Portrait: William Eythe,” June 4, 1944, by Harriet Parson, Los Angeles Examiner;

“Bill Eythe’s Triumph Over Pain,” April 1, 1945, New York Times;

“The Role I Liked Best…” September 2, 1950, by Lon McCallister, The Saturday Evening Post;

“Film Actor Eythe Jailed on Writ of Former Wife,” September 4, 1950, Los Angeles Daily News;

“Actor Suffered Hangover in Durance Vile,” June 3, 1952, Los Angeles Daily News;

“William Eythe, Producer, Held as Drunk Driver,” June 4, 1952, Los Angeles Times;

“Eythe, McCallister Prep ‘Joy Ride’ for Broadway,” March 12, 1956, Hollywood Reporter;

“William Eythe Ill With Hepatitis, Condition Serious,” January 26, 1957, by Hedda Hopper, Los Angeles Times;

“William Eythe Dies,” January 28, 1957, The Hollywood Reporter;

Lon McCallister, 82, Actor Had Brief but Busy Career Before Becoming Investor,” June 18, 2005, by Mary Rourke, Los Angeles Times;

“McCallister’s Heart Outshine His Stardom,” June 21, 2005, by Robert Osborne, Hollywood Reporter;

“Mars Actor Had Meteoric Career,” February 4, 2007, by Sandy Marwick, Butler-Eagle Focus;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

The Other Woman (1942), starring Virginia Gilmore, Dan Duryea, and Lon McCallister;

Stage Door Canteen (1943), starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, and Lon McCallister;

The Ox-Bow Incident (1945), starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Henry Morgan, and Mary Beth Hughes;

The Moon Is Down (1936), starring Cedric Hardwicke, Henry Travers, and Lee J. Cobb;

The Song of Bernadette (1943), starring Jennifer Jones, Vincent Price, Charles Bickford, and William Eythe;

The Eve of St. Mark (1943), starring William Eythe and Anne Baxter;

A Wing and a Prayer (1944), starring Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, and William Eythe;

Wilson (1944), starring Alexander Knox, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and William Eythe;

Home In Indiana (1944), starring Lon McCallister, Jeanne Crain, and June Haver;

Winged Victory (1944), starring Lon McCallister, Edmond O’Brien, and Jeanne Crain;

A Royal Scandal (1945), starring Tallulah Bankhead, Lon McCallister, and Anne Baxter;

The House On 92nd Street (1945), starring Signe Hasso and William Eythe;

Centennial Summer (1946), starring Jeanne Crain, Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell, and William Eythe;

The Red House (1947), starring Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, and Judith Anderson;

Thunder in the Valley (1947), starring Edmund Gwenn, Peggy Ann Garner, and Lon McCallister;

Scud Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948), starring Lon McCallister, Walter Brennan, and June Haver;

Meet Me at Dawn (1947) starring William Eythe and Hazel Court;

The Big Cat (1949), starring Lon McCallister and Peggy Ann Garner;

The Story of Sea Biscuit (1949), starring Lon McCallister and Shirley Temple;

The Boy From Indiana (1950), starring Lon McCallister and Lois Butler;

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"FATHER KNOWS BEST: CLASSIC CINEMA'S BEST (AND WORST!) DADS" (039) Jun 10, 2024

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EPISODE 39 - “Father Knows Best: Classic Cinema's Best (and Worst!) Dads” - 06/10/2024

When you stop to think about the great fathers of classic cinema, Atticus Finch, the mild-mannered Southern lawyer in “To Kill A Mockingbird” (1962), has to be at the top of the list. But who else would be on that list? And what about the horrible fathers of old Hollywood? As you scramble to find that last-minute tie or cologne for dear old Dad for Father’s Day, make sure you check out this week’s episode, where Steve and Nan celebrate some of old Hollywood’s most memorable fathers — the good and the bad.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

“20 Best and Worst Movie Fathers,” June 19, 2020, by David Fear, Rolling Stone.com

“Noah Cross (John Huston) Character Analysis: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know,”

schmoop.com

Yahoo.com

RogerEbert.com

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Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

How Green Was My Valley (1941), starring

Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, Donald Crisp, Patric Knowles, Anna Lee, Roddy McDowell, Sara Allgood, and Barry Fitzgerald;

Bicycle Thieves (1948), starring Vittorio De Sica, Enzo Staiola, and Lianella Carell;

Splendor in the Grass (1961), starring Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Barbara Loden, Zorah Lampert, Sandy Dennis, and Phyllis Diller;

The Heiress (1949), starring Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins, Vanessa Brown, and Mona Freeman;

The Swiss Family Robinson (1960), starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, and Janet Munro;

Shane (1953), starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Helfin, Brandon De Wilde, Jack Palance, Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan, Elisha Cook Jr, and Ellen Corby;

Chinatown (1974), starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, Diane Ladd, and John Hillerman;

Rebel Without A Cause (1955), starring James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper, Jim Backus, Corey Allen, Ann Doran, Nick Adams, William Hopper, and Edward Platt;

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945), starring Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O’Brien, Agnes Moorhead, James Craig, Jackie “Butch” Jenkins, Frances Gifford, Morris Carnovsky, and Sara Haden;

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“RUTH ROMAN: STAR OF THE MONTH (JUNE)” (#038) Jun 03, 2024

EPISODE 38 - “Ruth Roman: Star of the Month (June)” - 06/03/2024

RUTH ROMAN was more than a pretty face; she was a survivor! She survived childhood poverty, the fickle nature of Hollywood, the wrath of Alfred Hitchcock, several marriages, and the sinking of the luxury liner Andrea Doria in 1956. Yes, Roman was a warrior. This week, Roman is our Star of the Month for June. Join us as we take a look at her life and her long and fruitful career, where her versatility kept her working for five decades in great films such as “Good Sam” (1948), “The Window” (1949), “Strangers On A Train” (1951), and “The Far Country” (1954).

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Femme Noir: Bad Girls of Film (1998),by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry;

Ruth Roman: A Career Portrait (2022), by Derek Sculthorpe;

“Stardom Seen for Ruth Roman,” December 11, 1949, by Hedda Hopper, The Los Angeles Times;

“The Progress of a Rising Star: Ruth Roman,” May 1, 1950, Life Magazine;

“Hollywood Hasn’t Changed Her,” May 17, 1950, by Lloyd L. Sloan, The Hollywood Citizen News;

“Roman Holiday,” August 12, 1950, Look Magazine;

Bachelor Girl Life Liked by Ruth Roman,” August 29, 1950, by Ruth Roman, The Los Angeles Evening Herald;

“The Role I Liked Best,” November 4, 1950, by Ruth Roman, The Saturday Evening Post;

“Ruth Roman Aiming at Film Personality,” November 26, 1950, by John L. Scott, The Los Angeles Times;

“Film Star and Radio Executive Plan No Honeymoon,” December 18, 1950, by Louella Parsons, The LA Examiner;

“Hollywood’s ROMAN Candle,” March 17, 1951, by Gladden Hill, Colliers Magazine;

“6-Pound Boy Born To Ruth Roman,” November 13, 1952, The Hollywood Citizen News;

“Matrimony, Motherhood Revive’s Ruth’s Career,” February 1, 1953, by Edwin Schallert, The Los Angeles Times;

“Ruth Roman Saves Her Son,3, and Loses Dress,” July 27, 1956, by Ruth Roman, The Hollywood Citizen News;

“Weeping Ruth Roman Reunited With Her Son,” July 28, 1956, The LA Examiner;

“Hall To Leave Ruth Roman for Diana Lynn,” October 9, 1956, by Louella Parsons, The LA Examiner;

“Ruth Roman says ‘I Do’ in Panama,” November 9, 1956, The Los Angeles Times;

“SeeSaw Star Isn’t Tumbling,” May 13, 1959, by Margaret Harford, The Mirror News;

“Annulment of Marriage Won by Ruth Roman,” August 11, 1961, The Los Angeles Times;

“Ruth Roman Just Unsinkable Star,” October 30, 1963, by Hal Humphrey, The Los Angeles Times;

“Passing Time Has Left Ruth Roman Untouched,” January 10, 1971, by Jim Meyer, The Miami Herald ;

“Ruth Roman,” April 1973, by Don Stance, Film Fan Monthly Magazine;

“Ruth Roman: The Ride of a New Roman Empire,” January 1986, Los Angeles Magazine;

“Ruth Roman, 75, Glamorous and Wholesome Star, Dies,” September 11, 1999, by William Honan, The New York Times;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Stage Door Canteen (1943);

Ladies Courageous (1944);

Since You Went Away (1944);

Song of Nevada (1944);

Jungle Queen (1945);

You Came Along (1945);

Incendiary Blonde(1945);

Gilda (1946);

The Big Clock (1948);

Good Sam (1948);

Belle Starr's Daughter(1948);

The Window (1949);

Champion (1949);

Beyond The Forest (1949);

Always Leave Them Laughing (1949);

Barricade (1950);

Colt .45 (1950);

Three Secrets (1950);

Dallas (1950);

Lightning Strikes Twice (1951);

Strangers On A Train(1951);

Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951);

Invitation (1952);

Mara Mara (1952);

Young Man With Ideas (1952);

Blowing Wild (1953);

The Far Country (1954);

Down Three Dark Streets (1954);

Great Day In The Morning (1956);

Rebel In Town (1956);

5 Steps To Danger (1956);

Bitter Victory (1957);

Desert Desperados (1959);

Love Has Many Faces (1965);

Go Ask Alice(1973);

The Baby (1973);

The Killing Kind (1973);

Impulse (1974);

Day Of The Animals (1977);

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"MEMORIAL DAY MOVIES" (#037) May 27, 2024

EPISODE 37 - “Memorial Day Movies” - 05/27/2024

War is Hell. As our nation prepares to honor the brave men and women who lost their lives defending our freedom on Memorial Day, Steve and Nan offer up a special episode where they will discuss a few war-themed films that have resonated with them over the years. Their choices cover everything from the Civil War to World War II.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

100 Great War Movies: The Real History Behind the Films (2018), by Robert J. Niemi;

101 War Movies You Must See Before You Die (2009), by Steven Jay Schneider;

Hollywood War Movies, 1937-1945 (1996), by Michael S. Shull and David Edward Wilt;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Sergeant York (1941), starring Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, Margaret Wycherly, George Tobias, June Lockhart, Dickie Moore, Ward Bond, and ,Noah Beery, Jr;

Mrs. Miniver (1942), starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Dame May Witty, Richard Ney, Reginald Owen, and Henry Travers;

So Proudly We Hail (1943), starring Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica, Lake, George Reeves, Sonny Tufts, Barbara Britton, Mary Treen, Cora Witherspoon, and Walter Abel;

12 O’Clock High (1949), starring Gregory Peck, Dean Jagger, Millard Mitchell, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe, John Kellogg, Richard Anderson, Robert Patten, and Lawrence Dobbin;

Operation Petticoat (1959), starring Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Dina Merrill, Joan O’Brien, Arthur O’Connell, Marion Ross, Gavin MacLeod, and Dick Sergeant;

Shenandoah (1965), starring James Stewart, Patrick Wayne, Glenn Corbett, Phillip Alford, Doug McClure, Rosemary Forsythe, Katharine Ross, Harry Carey, Jr, Strother Martin, and George Kennedy;

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"CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD CLONES: THE REMAKING OF A MOVIE STAR" (#036) May 20, 2024

EPISODE 36 - “Classic Hollywood Clones: The Remaking of a Movie Star” - 05/20/2024

SHOW NOTES:

They say that imitation is the highest form of flattery. That may not be the case when it came to the star system of old Hollywood. When an actor like CLARK GABLE or GRETA GARBO or ROCK HUDSON emerged as a star, every studio in town tried to capitalize and create their own version. For every MARILYN MONROE, there’s a dozen CLEO MOOREs. Often studios would groom an actor with similar looks and skills to be a “threat” to bigger stars who become difficult to work with, or get older and less appealing, or refuse to appear in assigned films. Most of the stars groomed as a threat to a bigger star usually faded into obscurity, but others learned to get out of the looming shadow of the big star and carve out a career of their own. So this week, we pay tribute to the stars who got their starts by being groomed to replace another star.

Sources:

Jayne Mansfield: A Biography (1973), by May Mann;

Clark Gable: A Biography (2005), by Warren G. Harris;

Marilyn Monroe: The Private Life of a Public Icon (2018), by Charles Casillo;

Ingrid Bergman: My Story (1980), by Ingrid Bergman;

High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly (2017), by Jay Jorgensen and Manoah Bowman;

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Wikipedia.com;

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"THE MYSTERY BEHIND THE COLUMBIA PICTURES’ TORCH LADY AND MGM’s LEO, THE LION" (#035) May 13, 2024

EPISODE 35 - “The Mystery Behind the Columbia Pictures’ Torch Lady and MGM’s Leo, the Lion” - 05/13/2024

Every major Hollywood studio has its recognizable logo. Paramount has its “mountain of stars,” 20th Century Fox has its roving klieg lights, and RKO has its radio towers. But two of the most famous studio logos have to be MGM’s “Leo, the lion” and Columbia’s regal “torch lady.” In this week’s episode, Steve and Nan dive into the history of these two iconic symbols of Hollywood excellence. From the image design to the models used to the roaring lions, we will tell you how these two ever-evolving images came to represent two of Hollywood’s finest movie studios.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

“The Story Behind Columbia Pictures’ Iconic Logo: How Photographer Found Model for 1992 Shoot,” One 8, 2023, by Tommy McArdle, People magazine;

“The Complete History of the Columbia Pictures Logo,” by Rachel Smith, Hatchwise.com;

“The Story of the Most Famous Lion,” April 17, 2107, by Kat Escher, Smithsonian Magazine;

“The Brief History of the MGM Lion,” June 25, 2022, www.silvescreenings.org;

“The MGM Lion,” April 15. 2020, The Vernacular;

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Wikipedia.com;

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"MOTHER KNOWS BEST: CLASSIC CINEMA'S BEST (AND WORST!) MOMS" (034) May 06, 2024

In “It’s A Wonderful Life,” BEULAH BONDI played the most loving mother to JAMES STEWART. Ma Bailey is the epitome of sweetness, kindness, and supportiveness so it’s quite shocking when we meet the Ma Bailey who would have existed had George Bailey not been born. She’s cold, bitter, and unkind. It gives Bondi the wonderful opportunity to play two versions of the same character, which she does flawlessly. So to celebrate Mother’s Day, Nan and Steve are taking a page from Bondi’s playbook as they discuss the good and bad mothers of classic cinema.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Moms in the Movies (2014), by Richard Corliss;

Actresses of a Certain Character (2007), by Axel Nissen;

Irene Dunne: First Lady of Hollywood (2006), by Wes D. Gehring;

Shelley: Also Known as Shirley (1981), by Shelley Winters;

Gene Tierney: Self Portrait (1979), by Gene Tierney and Mickey Herkowitz;

“Mrs. Miniver: The film that Goebbels Feared,” February 9, 2015,by Fiona Macdonald, February 9, 2015, BBC.com;

"Greer Garson, 92, Actress, Dies; Won Oscar for 'Mrs. Miniver’,” April 7, 1996, by Peter B. Flint, New York Times;

“Stella Dallas,” August 6, 1937, New York Times Film Review;

“Barbara Stanwyck, Actress, Dead at 82,” Jan. 22, 1990, by Peter B. Flint, New York Times;

“1989 Kennedy Center Honors, Claudette Colbert,” Kennedy-Center.org;

“Moving Story of War Against Japan: ‘Three Came Home’,” by Bosley Crowther, Feb. 21, 1950, New York Times Film Review;

“Queen of Diamonds: Angela Lansbury on ‘The Manchurian Candidate’,”2004;

“Manchurian Candidate: Old Failure, Is Now A Hit,” by Aljean Harmetz, February 24, 1988, New York Times;

“Jo Van Fleet,”by Dan Callahan, May 10, 2017, Film Comment;

“Pacific’s largely forgotten Oscar winner made impact on screen,” March 3, 2024,

University of the Pacific;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com

Movies Mentioned:

The Grapes of Wrath (1940), starring Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, and Charley Grapewin;

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Henry Morgan, Jane Darwell, Anthony Quinn, and William Eythe;

Mrs. Miniver (1942), starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Henry Travers, and Richard Ney;

Leave Her To Heaven (1945), starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Mary Phillips, and Darryl Hickman;

The Manchurian Candidate (1962), starring Lawrence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, and Angela Lansbury;

The Manchurian Candidate (2004), starring Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Live Schreiber, and Jeffrey Wight;

Gaslight (1944), starring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, and Angela Lansbury;

I Remember Mama (1948), starring Irene Dunne, Philip Dorn, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar Homolka, Ellen Corby, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, and Barbara O’Neil;

Stella Dallas (1937), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Anne Shirley, John Boles, Barbara O’Neil, and Alan Hale;

Stella (1990), starring Bette Midler, Trini Alvarado, John Goodman, Stephen Collins, Marsha Mason, and Eileen Brennan;

White Heat (1949), starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O’Brien, Steve Cochran, Margaret Wycherly, Fred Clark, and John Archer;

The Little Foxes (1941), starring Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright, Patricia Collinge, Dan Duryea, and Richard Carlson;

The Ten Commandments (1956), starring Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne DeCarlo, Martha Scott, John Derek, Debra Paget, Vincent Price, and John Carradine;

Three Came Home (1950), starring Claudette Colbert. Sessue Hayakawa, and Patric Knowles;

A Patch of Blue (1965), starring Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth Hartman, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford, Ivan Dixon, and Elizabeth Fraser;

East of Eden (1955), starring James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, and Jo Van Fleet

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“ZACHARY SCOTT: STAR OF THE MONTH (MAY)” (033) Apr 29, 2024

EPISODE 33 - “Zachary Scott: Star of the Month (May)” - 04/29/2024

Suave, debonaire, and effortlessly charming, ZACHARY SCOTT is best known for his role in MICHAEL CURTIZ's film noir classic Mildred Pierce (1945). As the duplicitous, silver-tongued charmer Monte Beragon, he romances Mildred, played by JOAN CRAWFORD (in her Oscar-winning role), and Mildred's daughter, Veda (ANN BLYTH). This became Scott's signature role: the sexy cad who was usually at his best swindling, seducing, or being a general scoundrel. It was always fun watching Scott's dastardly ways unfold. He could rock a tux, looked naked without a martini in his hand, and always had a cigarette close by. He was so magnetic that he could even make film-goers feel sorry for him. While he seldom got to play the good guy, when he did, as in what is perhaps one of his best roles in JEAN RENOIR's The Southerner (1945), you realize the versatility that he seldom had the opportunity to display. With a career that included over 40 films and dozens of television roles, ZACHARY SCOTT is our Star of the Month.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Zachary Scott: Hollywood’s Sophisticated Cad (2009), by Ronald L. Davis;

“Actor Zachary Scott, Leading Man for 3 Decades, Dies of Brain Tumor,” October 4, 1965, Akron Bacon Journal

“Who Was Zachary Scott?” www.zachtheatre.org;

“Zachary Scott’s Guilded Cage,” Spring 2020, by Farren Smith Nehme, www.filmnoirfoundation.org;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Mildred Pierce (1945), starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Zachary Scott, Jack Carson, Eve Arden, Bruce Bennett, Lee Patrick, and Butterfly McQueen;

The Southerner (1945), starring Zachary Scott, Betty Field, Beulah Bondi, Norman Lloyd, J. Carroll Naish, Jay Gilpin, Jean Vanderwilt, Blanche Yurka, and Percy Kilbride;

The Mask of Dimitrios (1944), starring Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet;

Hollywood Canteen (1944), starring Bette Davis, John Garfield, Joan Crawford, Joan Leslie, Dane Clark, Joe E, Brown, Barbara Stanwyck, Id Lupino, Sydney Greenstreet, and Jack Benny;

Danger Signal (1945), starring Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Mona Freeman, Richard Erdman, Rosemary DeCamp, and Joyce Compton;

Her Kind Of Man (1946), starring Zachary Scott, Dane Clark, Janis Page, and Faye Emerson;

The Unfaithful (1947), starring Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott, and Eve Arden;

Stallion Road(1947), starring Ronald Reagan, Alexis Smith, and Zachary Scott;

Cass Timberlane (1947), starring Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Zachary Scott, Tom Drake, Mary Astor, Margaret Lindsay, and Albert Dekker;

Ruthless (1948), starring Zachary Scott, Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn, Sydney Greenstreet, Lucille Bremer, and Martha Vickers;

Whiplash (1948), staring Dane Clark, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, S.Z. Sakall, Jefferey Lynn, and Alan Hale Jr;

Flamingo Road (1949), starring Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet, David Brian, Virginia Huston, Gladys George, and Fred Clark;

Shadow On The Wall (1950), starring Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott, John McIntire, Gigi Perreau, Kristine Miller, and Nancy Davis;

Born To Be Bad (1950), starring Joan Fontaine, Zachary Scott, Joan Leslie, Robert Ryan, and Mel Ferrer;

Stronghold (1951), starring Veronica Lake, Zachary Scott, and Rita Meceda;

The Secret of Convict Lake (1951), starring Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Zachary Scott, Ethel Barrymore, Ann Dvorak, Barbara Bates, and Janette Nolan;

Dead On Course (1953), starring Zachary Scott and Kay Kendall;

Flame of the Islands (1955), staring Yvonne DeCarlo, Howard Duff, and Zachary Scott;

Violent Stranger (1957), starring Zachary Scott, and Faith Domergue;

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"THE MARY ASTOR PURPLE DIARY SCANDAL" (032) Apr 22, 2024

EPISODE 32 - “The Mary Astor Purple Diary Scandal” - 04/22/2024

One of the most scandalous trials in early Hollywood history involved actress MARY ASTOR, who had made a name for herself playing virginal ingenues and good girls. Mary, who had kept a diary for most of her life, found her words used as a sensationalized weapon against her in her quest to regain custody of her 4-year-old child in 1936 after her acrimonious divorce from her doctor husband. The trial made worldwide headlines. Her sexy, salacious diary entries showed the world a more sensual side to our virginal Mary, and, in many ways, helped propel her career into the stratosphere. Listen as we discuss Mary Astor, her life, her career, and her shocking purple diaries that took center stage in a Los Angeles courtroom.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Mary Astor: My Story (1960), by Mary Astor;

Mary Astor: A Life on Film (1972), by Mary Astor;

The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s (2016), by Joseph Egan;

Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936 (2106), by Edward Sorel;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Beau Brummell (1924), starring John Barrymore and Mary Astor;

Dodsworth (1936), starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, and Mary Astor;

Red Dust (1932), starring Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, and Mary Astor:

The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), starring Ronald Colman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Madeleine Carroll, Mary Astor, David Niven, Raymond Massey, and C. Aubrey Smith:

The Maltese Falcon (1941), starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Lee Patrick, and Elisha Cook Jr;

The Palm Beach Story (1942), starring Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, and Rudy Vallee;

Act of Violence (1948), starring Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor, and Phyllis Thaxter;

Little Women (1949), starring June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Leigh, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor, and Peter Lawford;

Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), starring Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorhead, Mary Astor, Victor Buono, Cecil Kellaway, and Bruce Dern;

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“THE TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW.” (031) Apr 15, 2024

EPISODE 31 - “The Turner Classic Movies Film Festival Preview” - 04/15/2024

From April 18th through the 21st, the 15th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival will be held in Hollywood. Steve and Nan were fortunate enough to be invited to be a part of the media that covers the festival this year. To get everyone in the mood, we have a special episode about all the festival and everything you need to know. We will give you an overview of what to expect, and we’ll let you know who is scheduled to attend. In addition, we talk about several movies being shown this year that we are especially excited about.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

TCM.org

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Silence of the Lambs (1991) - Starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Brooke Smith, Diane Baker;

Pulp Fiction(1994) — Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Eric Stoltz, Amanda Plummer, Tim Roth, Christopher Walken, and Harvey Keitel;

Lady Sings The Blues (1972) - Starring Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Scotsman Crothers, Tracee Lyles, Isabel Sanford, and Kay Lewis;

The Big House (1930) - Starring Robert Montgomery, Chester Morris, and Wallace Beery;

The Good Fairy (1935) — Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen, and Cesar Romero;

The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (1948) — Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell, John Lunch, Virginia Bruce, and William Demarest;

The Model and the Marriage Broker (1952) — Jeanne Crain, Thelma Ritter, and Scott Brady;

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1949) —Starring Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, John Carradine, Harry Carey, Francis Ford, John McGuire, and Paul Fix;

Westward The Women (1951) — starring Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Hope Emerson, John McIntire, and Julie Bishop;

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“ROBERT WALKER: OLD HOLLYWOOD'S TRAGIC BOY NEXT DOOR” (#030) Apr 08, 2024

EPISODE 30 - “Robert Walker: Old Hollywood’s Tragic Boy Next Door” - 04/08/2024

No one played sensitive, lost souls quite like ROBERT WALKER. However, he is best known for playing one of the most complicated, psychopaths in film history, Bruno Antony in ALFRED HITCHCOCK’s masterpiece “Strangers On A Train” (1951). His journey from playing sensitive innocents to playing Bruno is reflective of his troubled, turbulent life, and the heartbreak from which he never recovered. This week, we’ll discuss the artistry and the tragedy of this incredible actor.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Star-Crossed: The Story of Robert Walker and Jennifer Jones(1986), by Beverly Linet;

Portrait of Jennifer (1995), by Edward Z. Epstein;

Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick (1992), by David Thomson;

Hollywood On The Couch: A Candid Look at the Overheated Love Affair Between Psychiatrists and Moviemakers (1993), by Marc Green and Stephen Farber;

“Biography of Robert Walker,” April 1951, Paramount Pictures;

“I Know Myself Now”, by Marva Anderson, July 1950, Movieland Magazine;

“Actor Walker Dies After Drug Dosage,” August 3, 1951, by Gladwin Hill, New York Times;

“Robert Walker: A Great Star Lost,” August 15, 1999, by David Thomson, The Independent On Sunday (London);

“An Affair to Forget?” March 1998, by Nick Clooney, American Movie Classics Magazine;

“Utahn’s Rising Career in Films Came to a Sudden Tragic End,” July 23, 1999, by E. Hunter Hale, Deseret News;

“Robert Walker, Jr. ‘Star Trek’ Actor and Son of Superstars, Dies at 79,” December 6, 2019, The Hollywood Reporter;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Strangers On A Train (1951), starring Robert Walker, Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Leo G. Carroll, Pat Hitchcock, and Kasey Rogers;

New Frontier (1939), starring John Wayne and Phylis Isley (Jennifer Jones);

Dick Tracy’s G-Men (1939), starring Ralph Byrd and Phylis Isley (Jennifer Jones);

Winter Carnival (1939), starring Ann Sheridan, Richard Carlson, and Helen Parrish;

These Glamour Girls (1939), starring Lana Turner, Lew Ayres, Marsha Hunt, Ann Rutherford, Mary Beth Hughes, Richard Carlson, and Jane Bryan;

Dancing Co-Eds (1939) staring Lana Turner, Richard Carlson, Ann Rutherford, Lee Bowman, and Artie Shaw;

The Song of Bernadette (1943), starring Jennifer Jones, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price, Anne Revere, William Eythe, Lee J. Cobb, and Gladys Cooper;

Bataan (1943), Staring Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell, Desi Arnaz, and Robert Walker;

Madame Curie (1943), starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers, and Robert Walker;

See Here Private Hargrove (1944), staring Robert Walker and Donna Reed;

Since You Went Away (1945), starring Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Shirley Temple, Joseph Cotten, and Robert Walker;

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), starring Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, and Robert Walker;

The Clock (1945), starring Judy Garland and Robert Walker;

Her Highness and the Bell Boy (1945), starring June Allyson, Hedy Lamarr, and Robert Walker;

The Sailor Takes A Wife (1945), starring June Allyson and Robert Walker;

Til The Clouds Roll By (1946); Robert Walker, June Allyson, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Van Heflin, Van Johnson, Lucille Bremer, Cyd Charisse, and Angela Lansbury;

One Touch of Venus (1948), starring Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Tom Conway, and Eve Arden;

Please Believe Me (1950), starring Deborah Kerr, Robert Walker, Peter Lawford, and Mark Stevens;

The Skipper Surprises His Wife (1950), starring Robert Walker and Joan Leslie;

Vengeance Valley (1951), starring Burt Lancaster, Joanne Dru, and Robert Walker;

My Son John (1952), staring Helen Hayes, Robert Walker, and Van Heflin;

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“JAN STERLING: STAR OF THE MONTH” (029) Apr 01, 2024

EPISODE 29 - “Jan Sterling: Old Hollywood Star of the Month” - 04/01/2024

Our “Star of the Month” is the fabulous JAN STERLING, who was married to our March “Star of the Month,” PAUL DOUGLAS. Blonde, beautiful, and often deadly on screen, Sterling started in theatre, but made a name for herself portraying tough dames, femme fatales, and sexy seductresses in films such as “Caged,” “Ace In the Hole” and “The High and the Mighty.” However, her upbringing was quite different from these wayward women she played so convincingly; she was actually from a very wealthy and prominent family. She had a stellar career, but many heartbreaks off camera. This week, we discuss the life and career of this most memorable lady.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Jan Sterling: Everything You Need To Know (2014), by Billy Vasquez;

The Encyclopedia of Film Actors (2003), by Barry Monush;

The Illustrated Who’s Who of the Cinema (1983), by Ann Lloyd and Graham Fuller;

Quinlan’s Illustrated Registry of Film Stars (1986), by David Quinlan;

“Jan Sterling, 82, Blonde Actress Who Made Film Noir A Specialty” Obituary, March 29, 2004, The New York Times;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Tycoon (1947), starring John Wayne, Laraine Day, and Anthony Quinn;

Johnny Belinda (1948), starring Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, and Agnes Moorhead;

Caged (1950), starring Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorhead, and Faye Emerson;

Appointment With Danger (1950), starring Robert Walker and Joan Leslie;

The Mating Season (1950), starring Gene Tierney, John Lund, and Thelma Ritter;

Ace In The Hole (1951), starring Kirk Douglas;

Rhubarb (1951), starring Ray Miland;

Flesh and Fury (1952), starring Tony Curtis;

Sky Full of Moon (1952), starring Carleton Carpenter, Jan Sterling, Keenan Wynn, and Elaine Stewart;

Split Second (1953), starring Stephen McNally;

Pony Express (1953), starring Charlton Heston and Rhonda Fleming;

The Vanquished (1953), starring John Payne and Coleen Gray;

Alaska Seas (1954), starring Robert Ryan;

The High and the Mighty (19543), starring John Wayne, Robert Stack, Claire Trevor, and Laraine Day;

Woman’s Prison (1955), starring Ida Lupino, Phyllis Thaxter, Audrey Totter, and Howard Duff;

Female on the Beach (1955), starring Joan Crawford and Jeff Chandler;

The Harder They Fall (1956), starring Humphrey Bogart and Rod Steiger;

1984 (1956), starring Edmond O’Brien and Michael Redgrave;

The Female Animal (1958), starring Hedy Lamar, Jane Powell, and George Nader;

Kathy O (1958), starring Dan Duryea and Patty McCormick;

High School Confidential (1958), starring Russ Tamblyn and Mamie Van Doren;

Love In A Goldfish Bowl (1961), staring Fabian, Tommy Sands, and Majel Barrett;

The Incident (1967), Starring Martin Sheen, Beau Bridges, and Tony Musante;

The Minx (1969), starring Robert Roden and Shirley Parker;

First Monday in October (1981), Starring Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh;

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“GOLDEN ERA STARS IN 1970S DISASTER FILMS” (028) Mar 25, 2024

EPISODE 28 - “Golden Era Stars in 1970s Disaster Films” - 03/25/2024

Just when many classic films stars thought they were finished in showbiz, a wonderful thing happened — 1970s disaster movies! Producers like IRWIN ALLEN and JENNINGS LANG shepherded in an exciting, over-the-top, new genre that capitalized on our fears. They also smartly cast many classic film actors in these movies, providing familiar faces who added comfort and emotional investment. These films proved not only lucrative for these golden era stars, but kept them in the public eye longer and often revived careers. Listen this week as we talk about our favorite film icons as they are shaken, flipped, torched, and dropped from the sky in the great 70s disaster films.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Charlton Heston: Hollywood’s Last Icon (2017), by Marc Eliot;

Burt Lancaster: An American Life (2000), by Kate Buford

Trust Me: A Memoir (2011), by George Kennedy

Steps In Time: An Autobiography (2008), by Fred Astaire;

Master of Disaster: Irwin Allen - The Disaster Years (2009), by John William Law;

Disaster Movies: The Cinema of Catastrophe (2006), by Stephen Keane;

Disaster Movies: A Loud, Long, Explosive, Star-Studded Guide To Earthquakes, Floods, Meteors, Sinking Ships, Twisters, Viruses, Killer Bees, Nuclear Fall Out, and Alien Attacks in the Cinema (2006), by Glen Kay and Michael Rose;

The Stewardess Is Flying The Plane: American Films of the 1970s (2005), by Ron Hogan and Peter Bogdanovich;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Airport (1970) - Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, Van Helflin, & Helen Hayes;

Straight Jacket (1964) - Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, & George Kennedy;

The Sons of Katie Elder(1965) - John Wayne, Dean Martin, & George Kennedy;

The Sin of Madame Claudet (1931) - Helen Hayes, Robert Young, & Lewis Stone;

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) - Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott & Kirk Douglas;

Johnny Eager (1942) - Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, & Van Heflin;

Act of Violence (1949) - Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, & Mary Astor;

Earthquake (1974) - Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Geneviéve Bujold, Lorne Green, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, and Monica Lewis;

Touch of Evil (1958) - Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, & Janet Leigh;

The Hucksters (1947) - Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, & Ava Gardner;

Autumn Leaves (1956) - Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, & Vera Miles;

Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940) - Lloyd Nolan & Marjorie Weaver;

Jeopardy (1953) - Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, & Ralph Meeker;

The Towering Inferno (1974) - Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Fred Astaire, & Jennifer Jones;

The Swarm (1978) - Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Olivia de Havilland, Ben Johnson;

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“DONA DRAKE: WHAT PRICE FAME” (027) Mar 18, 2024

EPISODE 27 - “Dona Drake: What Price Fame” - 03/18/2024

Latina star DONA DRAKE, who signed a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1941, was many things — singer, dancer, actress, bandleader, musician — but one thing she wasn’t, as it turned out, was Latin! While Paramount promoted their new discovery as a spitfire Latina born in Mexico City, Drake was, in fact, an African-American woman from Florida who pretended to be Latin, going so far as to learn Spanish fluently, in order to have a better chance at a Hollywood career. Listen to this fascinating story of one woman who went undercover just so she wouldn’t have to play the maid.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Biography of Dona Drake (Paramount Contact Player), September 1942, Paramount Studios;

“Dona Drake Tells Marriage,” September 9, 1944, by Hedda Hopper, The Los Angeles Times;

“Daughter Born to Dona Drake,” August 8, 1951, The Hollywood Citizen-News;

www.swingcityradio,com;

www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

Strike Me Pink (1936), starring Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Sally Eilers, and William Frawley;

Aloma Of The South Seas (1941), starring Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall;

Louisiana Purchase(1941), starring Bob Hope, Vera Zorina, and Victor Moore;

Road to Morocco (1942), starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour;

Star Spangled Rhythm (1942), starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Fred MacMurray, Paulette Goddard, Dick Powell, Eddie Bracken, Alan Ladd, Mary Martin, Betty Hutton, Marjorie Reynolds, and Veronica Lake;

Salute For Three(1943), starring Macdonald Carey and Betty Jane Rhodes;

Let's Face It (1943), staring Bob Hope, Betty Hutton, and Eve Arden;

Hot Rhythm(1944), starring Robert Lowery, Tim Ryan, and Irene Ryan;

Without Reservations (1946), starring John Wayne, Claudette Colbert, and Don DeFoe;

Dangerous Millions (1946), starring Kent Taylor;

Another Part of The Forest (1948), starring Fredric March, Dan Duryea, Edmond O’Brien, Ann Blyth, Florence Eldridge, John Dall, and Betsy Blair;

So This Is New York (1948), starring Henry Morgan, Rudy Vallee, and Virginia Grey;

Beyond The Forest (1949), starring Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman;

The Girl From Jones Beach (1949), starring Virginia Mayo, Ronald Reagan, and Eddie Bracken;

Kansas City Confidential(1952), starring John Payne, Colleen Gray, and Preston Foster;

The Bandits of Corsica (1953), starring Richard Greene, Paula Raymond, Raymond Burr;

Son Of Belle Star (1953), starring Keith Larsen, Peggie Castle, and Regis Toomey;

Down Laredo Way (1953) starring Rex Allen and Slim Pickens;

Princess of the Nile (1954), starring Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, and Michael Rennie;

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“OSCAR FEVER: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ACADEMY AWARDS” (026) Mar 10, 2024

EPISODE 26 - “Oscar Fever: A Brief History of the Academy Awards” - 03/10/2024

The winners. The losers. The speeches. The gowns. The glamour. The cringey moments. Nothing toys with a film lovers’ emotions like the pageantry of the Academy Award ceremony…or the Oscars, as it has become known. Somewhere, right now, there are people still arguing over whether GRACE KELLY deserved to win the Best Actress Oscar in 1955 for “The Country Girl” over JUDY GARLAND for “A Star Is Born.” The Oscars breeds its own drama. We’ve had streakers, protests, Rob Lowe dancing with Snow White, stolen Oscar statues, mixed up winner’s envelopes, and even a slap heard round the world. Join us in a very special episode that dives into the history, controversies, and fun facts of the Oscars.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears (2023), by Michael Schulman;

Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards (1986), by Mason Wiley and Damien Bona;

The Real Oscar: The Story Behind The Academy Awards (1981), by Peter H. Brown;

Seventy-Five Years of the Oscars: The Official History of The Academy Awards (2003), by Robert Osborne;

Oscar Dearest (1987), by Peter H. Brown and Jim Pinkston;

The Film Encyclopedia (1994), By Ephraim Katz;

Leonard Maltin’s Movie Encyclopedia (1994), by Leonard Maltin;

“The Academy’s Guide to Movies, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,” A.frame.oscars.org;

“The Silent Oscars,” February 8, 2014, moviessilently.com;

“… It’s the Oscars that Got Small,” March 7, 2023, by Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times;

“The House That Mr. Mayer Built: Inside the Union-Busting Birth of the Academy Awards,” February 21, 2014,by David Thomson, Vanity Fair;

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"PAUL DOUGLAS: STAR OF THE MONTH” (25) Mar 04, 2024

EPISODE 25 - “Paul Douglas: Star of the Month” - 03/04/2024

In a new feature, we are highlighting a “Star of the Month” where we will dive into the life, career, and legacy of a single performer. To kick things off in this episode, we’ll be discussing the great PAUL DOUGLAS. You may not know his name, but you certainly know his face. With his somewhat craggy mug that usually sported a hang-dog look, he made a career at playing gruff, tough guys who were usually softies underneath, as he does so perfectly as LINDA DARNELL’s rough-around-the-edges businessman husband in “A Letter To Three Wives” (1949). So listen in and learn about this most excellent actor.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

The Encyclopedia of Film Actors (2003), by Barry Monush;

The Illustrated Who’s Who of the Cinema (1983), by Ann Lloyd and Graham Fuller;

Quinlan’s Illustrated Registry of Film Stars (1986), by David Quinlan;

“Paul Douglas, 52, Film Star, Dead,” September 12, 1959, The New York Times;

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Movies Mentioned:

A Letter to Three Wives (1949), starring Jeanne Crain, Ann Southern, Linda Darnell, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Jeffrey Lynn, Thelma Ritter, Connie Gilchrist;

Born Yesterday (1950), starring Judy Holiday, Broderick Crawford, and William Holden;

Adam’s Rib (1949), starring Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Judy Holiday, Jape Emerson, David Wayne, Jean Hagen, Tom Ewell;

It Happens Every Spring (1949), starring Paul Douglas, Jean Peters, and Ray Milland;

Everybody Does It (1949), starring Paul Douglas, Linda Darnell, Charles Coburn, Celeste Holm;

The Big Lift (1950), starring Paul Douglas, Montgomery Clift, Cornell Borchers;

Panic In The Streets (1950), starring Paul Douglas, Richard Widmark, Barbara Bel Geddes;

Fourteen Hours (1951), starring Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes, Agnes Moorhead, Robert Keith, Grace Kelly, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter;

Angels In The Outfield (1951), starring Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, and Keenan Wynn;

We're Not Married (1952), starring Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen, Paul Douglas, Marilyn Monroe, Eve Arden, Victor Moore, Eddie Bracken, Mitzi Gaynor, David Wayne, Louis Calhern, Zsa Zsa Gabor, James Gleason, Paul Stewart, Jane Darwell;

Green Ice (1954), staring Stewart Granger, Grace Kelly, Paul Douglas, John Ericsson;

Clash By Night (1952), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas, Marilyn Monroe, Keith Andes, J. Carroll, Naish;

Executive Suite (1954), starring William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Fredric March, Walter Pidgeon, Shelley Winters, Louis Calhern, Nina Foch, Dean Jagger;

The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956), starring Judy Holiday, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark, Neva Patterson, Arthur O’Connell;

The Mating Game (1959), Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark, Una Merkel, Philip Ober, Charles Lane;

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"THE HOLLYWOOD STUDIO CLUB: WHERE THE GOOD GIRLS LIVED" (24) Feb 26, 2024

EPISODE 24 - “The Hollywood Studio Club: Where The Good Girls Lived” - 02/26/2024

During the early days of Hollywood, hordes of young women pilgrimaged West to try to break into the movie business. And like sheep to slaughter, there were just as many men in Hollywood ready to take advantage of these young, inexperienced, and vulnerable young women. However, the Hollywood Studio Club, a hotel for women, run by women, tried to give these women a safe haven in the storm. Started by a librarian and nurtured by movie star MARY PICKFORD, among others, this hotel provided a safe place to live and helped nurture the budding careers of future Hollywood Stars such as MAUREEN O”SULLIVAN, LINDA DARNELL, DOROTHY MALONE, DONNA REED, KIM NOVAK, MARILYN MONROE and SHARON TATE. In this episode we’ll explore the history and legacy of this very special place in Hollywood History.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

"Film Girls Ask New Home: Studio Club of Hollywood to Campaign for Building Fund Middle of Next Month,” February 10, 1923, Los Angeles Times

"Building of Studio Club Is Assured: Norma Talmadge Donates $5000 Toward New Home for Film Girls,” February 14, 1925, Los Angeles Times

"Studio Club Dedicates New Home,” May 8, 1926, Los Angeles Times

“Few Girls From Club Win Fame,” May 22, 1938, Los Angeles Times

“Boardinghouse of Broken Hearts,” September 19,1958, Saturday Evening Post

"Studio Club Fighting to Save Home,” November 13, 1970, Los Angeles Times. November 13, 1970.

“The Lost History of L.A.’s Women-Only Hollywood Studio Club,” December 10, 2019, by Cari Beachamp, Vanity Fair

“Marie Windsor, Femme Fatale and Queen of the B's, Dies at 80,” December 14, 2000, by Douglas Martin, The New York Times

Hollywoodland (2003), by David Wallace

Ayn Rand and the World She Made (2009), by Anne C. Heller

Rita Moreno: A Memoir (2011), by Rita Moreno

Sharon Tate: A Life (2016), by Ed Sanders

The Girl: Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch, and the Birth of an Unlikely Feminist (2018), by Michelle Morgan

Julia Morgan: An Intimate Portrait of an Trailblazing Architect (2022), by Victoria Kastner

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"I COULDA BEEN A CONTENDER!" (23) Feb 19, 2024

EPISODE 23 - “I Coulda Been a Contender: Classic Casting That Almost Happened” - 02/19/2024

It is well documented that the film “Gone With The Wind” started filming before an actress was cast in the lead role of Scarlett O’Hara. Producer DAVID O. SELZNICK made a spectacle out of who would win the coveted role. It became a national obsession. He considered everyone from TALLULAH BANKHEAD to BETTE DAVIS to LUCILLE BALL. He eventually narrowed the field to three finalists: PAULETTE GODDARD, JOAN BENNETT, and JEAN ARTHUR. But in the eleventh hour, a new contender, an unknown Brit named VIVIEN LEIGH, swept in and won the role. Listen as we discuss, debate, and guffaw over other casting choices that almost happened in some of your favorite film classics.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Hollywood’s First Choices: How The Greatest Casting Decisions Were Made (1994), by Jeff Burkhart and Bruce Stuart;

Casting Might Have Beens (2005), by Eila Mell;

Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew (2004), by John Oller;

George Raft: The Man Who Would Be Bogart (2015), by Stone Wallace;

Life is a Banquet (1974), by Rosalind Russell;

Joan Crawford: The Enduring Star (2009), by Peter Cowie;

Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film (2021), by Alan Rode;

Judy Holliday (1982), by Will Holtzman;

Close-up on Sunset Boulevard: Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream (2002), by Sam Staggs

Montgomery Clift: Beautiful Loser (1992), by Barney Hoskyns;

Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), by Mark Harris;

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Movies Mentioned:

Scarface (1932), starring George Raft, Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, and Boris Karloff;

Dead End (1937), starring Silvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie, and Claire Trevor;

The Maltese Falcon (1941), starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Elisha Cook, Jr, and Lee Patrick

The Maltese Falcon (1931), starring Ricardo Cortez and Bebe Daniels;

High Sierra (1941), starring Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Joan Leslie, Alan Curtis, Cornel Wilde, Arthur Kennedy, Willie Best, Elisabeth Risdon, and Henry Travers;

His Girl Friday (1940), starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, and Ralph Bellamy;

Twentieth Century (1934), starring John Barrymore and Carole Lombard;

Mildred Pierce (1945), starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Bruce Bennett, and Lee Patrick;

Sunset Boulevard (1950), starring Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim, and Nancy Olson;

From Here To Eternity (1953); starring Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed, and Ernest Borgnine;

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf (1966), starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, and Sandy Dennis;

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross;#023: "I COULDA BEEN A CONTENDER!"

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"CUPID'S EPIC FAILS" (22) Feb 12, 2024

EPISODE 22 - “Cupid’s Epic Fails” - 02/12/2024

Cupid has been stirring things up in Hollywood ever since the very first camera rolled. And when he gets it right, we get CLARK GABLE and CAROLE LOMBARD, JOEL McCRAE and FRANCES DEE, and PAUL NEWMAN and JOANNE WOODWARD. But when Cupid gets it wrong…well, let’s just say it ain’t pretty. In this episode, Steve and Nan discuss some Hollywood couplings that should never have happened.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Ernie: The Autobiography (2009), by Ernest Borgnine;

Merman: An Autobiography (1978), by Ethel Merman, with George Eells;

Child Star: An Autobiography (1988), by Shirley Temple Black;

Shirley Temple: American Princess (2017), by Anne Edwards;

On The Good Ship Hollywood (2010), by John Agar, as told to L.C. Van Savage;

Jackie Coogan: The World’s Boy King (2007), by Diana Serra Cary;

Jackie Coogan: American's First Child Superstar (2017), by Leslie Wolfson;

Betty Grable: The Girl With The Million Dollar Legs (2007), by Tom McGee;

Pin Up: The Tragedy of Betty Grable (1987), by Spero Pastos;

Paulette: The Adventurous Life of Paulette Goddard (1985), by Joe Morella & Edward Z. Epstein;

So Far, So Good: A Memoir (1994), by Burgess Meredith;

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"LOVE IS IN THE AIR" (21) Feb 05, 2024

EPISODE 21 - “Love Is In The Air” - 02/05/2024

Let’s face it, Valentine’s Day can be a mixed bag. Either you’re blissfully in love and the day is a romantic dream, or, you are not in love and part of you wants to stomp all the roses and put the chocolate bon-bons in a sling shot and pummel Cupid. Whatever your head space this Valentine’s Day, Steve and Nan have a movie for you. Listen in as they share some of their favorite romantic movies to get you in the mood, or give you something to aspire to next year. These movies have a perky female plumber, WWII vets returning from war, and even a wealthy dying woman aboard an ocean liner — something for everyone!

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

The Great Romantic Films (1974), by Lawrence J. Quick;

Halliwell’s Film and Video Guide (1987), by Leslie Halliwell;

The MGM Story (1982), by John Douglas Eames;

The Warner Brothers Story (1980), by Clive Hirschhorn;

They Dreamed of Home (1943), by Niven Busch;

“Till The End of Time: The Post World War II Drama That Deserves More Recognition,” July 30, 2022, by Patrick Fogerty, www.collider.com;

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Movies Mentioned:

’Til We Meet Again (1940), starring Merle Oberon, George Brent, Pat O’Brine, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Bonnie Barnes, and George Reeves;

Cluny Brown (1946), starring Jennifer Jones, Charles Boyer, Helen Walker, Peter Lawford, Una O’Connor, Richard Haydn, Reginald Gardiner, Reginald Own, Margaret Bannerman, Sara Allgood, C. Aubrey Smith, Florence Bates, and Ernest Cossart;

The Clock (1945), starring Judy Garland, Robert Walker, James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Keenan Wynn, Ruth Brady, and Marshall Thompson;

Enchantment (1948), starring David Niven, Teresa Wright, Evelyn Keyes, Farley Granger, Jayne Meadows, Leo G. Carroll, Phillip Friend, Henry Stevenson, Shepperd Strudwick and Gigi Perreau;

Till The End Of Time (1945), starring Guy Madison, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Mitchum, Bill Williams, Tom Tully, Ruth Nelson, Jean Porter, William Gargan, Selena Royale, and Johnny Sands;

Brief Encounter (1945), starring Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Noël Coward, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Stanley Holloway, Margaret Barton, Henrietta Vincent, and Everly Gregg;

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"GREG BAUTZER: HOLLYWOOD'S LEGAL LOTHARIO" (20) Jan 29, 2024

EPISODE 20 - “Greg Bautzer: Hollywood’s Legal Lothario” - 01/29/2024

Long before notorious trials like O.J. SIMPSON's made momentary celebrities out of legal eagles like JOHNNIE COCHRAN, ROBERT SHAPIRO and ROBERT KARDASHIAN, there was attorney GREG BAUTZER. From the working class docks of San Pedro, this ambitious Golden Boy with movie-star good looks and a brilliant legal mind became the most trusted confidante of the elite of Hollywood. Not only was he a peerless power broker for the likes of HOWARD HUGHES and KIRK KERKORIAN, but he also dated the most eligible Hollywood actresses, including LANA TURNER, DOROTHY LAMOUR, GINGER ROGERS and JOAN CRAWFORD. This week, we explore the cases, the women, and the life of this legal Lothario.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

The Man Who Seduced Hollywood: The Life & Loves of Greg Bautzer, Tinseltown’s Most Powerful Lawyer (2013), by B. James Gladstone

“Greg Bautzer Weds Actress Dana Winter,” June 11, 1956, The Los Angeles Times

“Dana Wynter, Husband Back In Hollywood,” June 11, 1956, The Hollywood Citizen News

“Actress Sues Greg Bautzer For Divorce,” September 1, 1967, The Los Angeles Herald Examiner

“A Conversation With Greg Bautzer,” December 1984, The Hollywood Reporter

“Services Thursday for Attorney Gregson Bautzer,” October 27, 1987, Variety

“Greg Bautzer, Attorney for Film Stars, Dies,” October 27, 1987, by William Overhand, The Los Angeles Times

“Gone With The Winds,” July 1988, by Paul McNamara, Los Angeles Magazine

“Howard Hughes and the Original Power Lawyer,” May 31, 2013, by B. James Gladstone, The Hollywood Reporter

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"FALLEN ANGEL: THE HELEN WALKER STORY" (19) Jan 22, 2024

EPISODE 19 - “Fallen Angel: The Helen Walker Story” - 01/22/2024

Cast as ALAN LADD’s leading lady in her film debut, Massachusetts-born HELEN WALKER was destined for Hollywood greatness. With her deep voice, coolly blonde good looks, and immense talent, she were perfect for Hollywood of the 1940s. However, her rising star abruptly came crashing to earth after a tragic accident sent her life into a downward spiral of despair and alcoholism. This is a cautionary tale of the dark side of fame. Listen to her compelling and tragic story on this week’s episode.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Hollywood’s Hard Luck Ladies (2020), by Laura Wagner

Femme Noir: Bad Girls of Film (2012), by Karen Burroughs Hannesberry

“Biography of Helen Walker,” 1946, 20th Century Fox Studios

“Low Down on Cinderella,” March 1946, by Robbin Coons, Motion Picture Magazine

“Actress Hurt As Car Upset, Killing Soldier,” January 3, 1947, The Los Angeles Times

“Actress Faces $150,000 Suit in Accident,” March 6, 1947, The Los Angeles Daily News

“Helen Walker Faces Trail Over Fatal Crash,” March 26, 1947, Citizen News

“Helen Walker Cleared in Hitchhiker’s Death,” April 4, 1947, The Los Angeles Times

“Louella Parsons In Hollywood,” June 5, 1949, by Louella Parsons, The Los Angeles Examiner

“Helen Walker, Film Actress, Sheds Fur Buyer,” June 9, 1952, The Los Angeles Daily News

“Helen Walker Dies of Cancer at 47,” March 12, 1968, The Los Angeles Times

“Helen Walker Dies on Coast, Film Actress in 40s and 50s, March 12, 1968, The New York Times

“Screen Time: Return to ‘Nightmare Alley’ - The Tumultuous Life of Worcester Starlet Helen Wallker," March 3, 2022, by Craig S. Semon, Worcester Magazine

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Stars/Movies Mentioned:

HELEN WALKER: Lucky Jordan (1942), The Good Fellows (1943), Abroad With Two Yanks (1944), Brewster's Millions (1945), Murder, He Says (1945), Murder In The Music Hall (1946), Cluny Brown (1946), Her Adventurous Night (1946), The Homestretch (1947), Nightmare Alley (1947), Heaven Only Knows (1947), Call Northside 777 (1948), My Dear Secretary (1949), Impact (1949), My True Story (1951), Problem Girls (1953), The Big Combo (1955);

ROBERT F. BLUMOFE: Yours, Mine, and Ours (1968), Bound For Glory (1976);

H. BRUCE “LUCKY” HUMBERSTONE: Wake Up Screaming (1941), Pin-Up Girl (1944);

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"THE SCENE STEALERS (MALE)" (18) Jan 15, 2024

EPISODE 18 - “The Scene Stealers (Male)” - 01/015/2024

Films of Hollywood’s Golden Era are often brightened and made all the better by the fantastic character actors who show up playing fathers, grandfathers, bankers, farmers, chefs, clerks, bosses, and neighbors. The moment you hear the distinctive voice of WALTER BRENNAN, not only do you know it’s him, but you know the film will have at least one interesting element. Last week we paid tribute to the ladies, this week we are giving the wonderful male character actors their due. Join us as we discuss their distinctive lives and careers.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

The “It’s A Wonderful Life” Book (1986), by Jeanine Basinger and Leonard Maltin

Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary (2011), by Thomas S. Hischak

Also Starring… Forty Biographical Essay on the Greatest Character Actors Of Hollywood’s Golden Era, 1930-1965 (2012), by Cynthia Brideson and Sara Brideson

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Movie Character Actors (1986), by David Quinlan

The Name Below The Title (2018), by Rupert Alistair

The Film Encyclopedia (1994), By Ephraim Katz

Leonard Maltin’s Movie Encyclopedia (1994), by Leonard Maltin

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Stars/Movies Mentioned:

HENRY TRAVERS— It’s A Wonderful Life (1946), Mrs. Miniver (1942), You Can’t Take It With You (1938), High Sierra (1941), On Borrowed Time (1939), Our Town (1940), The Invisible Man (1933), Dark Victory (1939), Dodge City (1939), The Bells of St. Marys (1945), Shadow Of A Doubt (1943);

CHARLES LANE — Smart Money (1931), It’s A Wonderful Life (1946), Mr. Deed’s Goes To Town (1936), You Can’t Take It With You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), State Of The Union (1948), The Great Profile (1940), Ball Of Fire (1941), The Music Man (1962), The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995);

FRANKLIN PANGBORN — Exit Smiling (1926), Wild Poses (1933), The Bank Dick (1940), Easy Living (1937), Christmas In July (1940), Hail The Conquering Hero (1944);

FRED CLARK — The Jackpot (1950), How To Marry A Millionaire (1953), A Place In The Sun (1951), Boys Night Out (1962);

GUY KIBBEE — Stolen Heaven (1931), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Captain Blood (1935), Mary Jane’s Pa (1935), Captain January (1936), Our Town (1940), Rain (1932), 42nd Street (1933), Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), It’s A Wonderful World (1939), Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939), Miss Annie Rooney (1942);

STERLING HOLLOWAY— Casey At The Bat (1927), Remember The Night (1940), Star Spangled Rhythm (1942), Bambi (1942), Life Begins At Forty (1935), The Blue Bird (1940), Cheers For Miss Bishop (1941), Dumbo (1941), Alice In Wonderland (1951),

The Jungle Book (1967), The Aristocats (1970);

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"THE SCENE STEALERS (FEMALE)" (17) Jan 08, 2024

EPISODE 17 - “The Scene Stealers (Female)” - 01/08/2024

In the film Mildred Pierce (1945), EVE ARDEN manages to steal almost every scene she’s in. And, while talking with JOAN CRAWFORD’s Mildred about her spoiled, bratty daughter, Veda (ANN BLYTH), she even delivers the film’s most iconic line, “Personally, Veda's convinced me that alligators have the right idea. They eat their young.” That is the power of a skilled character actress. Their scenes might be limited, and their names may not be above the title, but with the lift of an eyebrow, the purse of a lip, or the widening of their eyes, they can pull focus and make you forget all about the stars. In this week’s episode, we discuss the illustrious careers and lives of some of the finest character actresses to ever work in film.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Beulah Bondi: A Life On Stage and Screen (2021), by Axel Nissen

Mary Wickes: I’ve Seen That Face Before (2016), by Steve Taravella

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Movie Character Actors (1986), by David Quinlan

The Name Below The Title (2018), by Rupert Alistair

The Film Encyclopedia (1994), By Ephraim Katz

Leonard Maltin’s Movie Encyclopedia (1994), by Leonard Maltin

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Stars / Movies Mentioned:

BEULAH BONDI—It’s a Wonderful Life(1946), Finishing School (1934), Penny Serenade (1941), Remember The Night (1940), The Gorgeous Hussey (1936), Of Human Hearts (1938). Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)

ELIZABETH PATTERSON — The Boy Friend (1927), Remember The Night (1940), Tarnished Lady (1931), Bill of Divorcement (1933), No Man Of Her Own (1932), Tobacco Road (1941), The Cat and the Canary (1939), The Cat Creeps (1930), Sing You Sinners (1938), I Married A Witch (1942), Hail The Conquering Hero (1944), Little Women (1949)

VIRGINIA CHRISTINE — Edge of Darkness (1943), The Mummy’s Curse (1944), The Killers (1946), The Killers (1964), Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967), The Men (1950), Cyrano De Bergerac (1950), High Noon (1952), Not As A Stranger (1955)

SARA HADEN — The Andy Hardy series (1941 - 1958), The Bishop’s Wife (1947), Spitfire (1934), Captain January (1936), The Shop Around The Corner (1940), Come Back Miss Phipps (1941), Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945), Undercover of Night (1934)

MARY WICKES — The Man Who Came To Dinner (1942), Now Voyager (1942), White Christmas (1954), The Music Man (1962), The Trouble With Angels (1966), Sister Act (1992). Sister Act 2: Back In the Habit (1993), Postcards From The Edge (1990)

LOUISE BEAVERS — Holiday Inn (1942), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), Imitation of Life (1934), Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1927), What Price Hollywood (1931), She Done Him Wrong (1933), 42nd Street (1933), Reform School (1939)

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"BEGINNER'S LUCK" (16) Jan 01, 2024

EPISODE 16 - “Beginner’s Luck” - 01/01/2024

To win an Oscar sometimes takes decades of hard work and dedication to your craft — just ask PAUL NEWMAN, GERALDINE PAGE, and JESSICA TANDY. In fact, when Newman finally won the Oscar in 1987 for “The Color of Money,” after being nominated six times previously, he didn’t even bother to show up to the ceremony. “It’s like chasing a beautiful woman for 80 years,” he told the Associated Press. “Finally, she relents and you say, ‘I’m terribly sorry. I’m tired.’” However, there is a small group of actors who didn’t have to chase that beautiful Oscar for 80 years. They won for their very first film. This week we take a look at this rarified group.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards (1986), by Mason Wiley and Damien Bona

The Real Oscar: The Story Behind The Academy Awards (1981), by Peter H. Brown

Seventy-Five Years of the Oscars: The Official History of The Academy Awards (2003), by Robert Osborne

Oscar Dearest (1987), by Peter H. Brown and Jim Pinkston

The Film Encyclopedia (1994), By Ephraim Katz

Leonard Maltin’s Movie Encyclopedia (1994), by Leonard Maltin

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Stars/Movies Mentioned:

GALE SONDERGAARD— The Wizard of Oz (1939), Anthony Adverse (1936), The Mark Of Zorro (1940), The Letter (1940), Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (1943), The King of Siam (1946);

KATINA PAXINOU — For Whom The Bell Tolls (1943), Mourning Becomes Electra (1947);

HAROLD RUSSELL — The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Inside Moves (1980);

MERCEDES McCAMBRIDGE — All The King’s Men (1949), Lightning Strikes Twice (1951), Johnny Guitar (1954), Giant (1956), Touch Of Evil (1958), The Exorcist (1973);

SHIRLEY BOOTH — Come Back Little Sheba (1952), About Mrs. Leslie (1954);

EVA MARIE SAINT — On The Waterfront (1955), A Hatful of Rain (1957), Raintree County (1957), North By Northwest (1959);

JO VAN FLEET — East of Eden (1955), The Rose Tattoo (1955), I’ll Cry Tomorrow (1955),

Four Queens and a King (1956), Gunfight At The Okay Corral (1957), Wild River (1960), Cool Hand Luke (1967);

JULIE ANDREWS — Mary Poppins (1964), The Sound Of Music (1965), Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), Darling Lil (1970), The Pink Panther (1967), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), 10 (1979), Victor/Victoria (1982);

BARBRA STREISAND — Funny Girl (1968), Hello Dolly (1969), On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970), The Owl and the Pussycat (1970);

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"OLD MOVIES FOR A NEW YEAR" (15) Dec 25, 2023

EPISODE 15 - “Old Movies For A New Year” - 12/25/2023

There’s something about New Year’s Eve and assessing the past year that is bittersweet, yet cathartic. It’s a time of self-evaluation, introspection, and assessment. In case you’re looking for the perfect film to match the myriad of emotions you may be feeling as you reflect, regret, or seek revenge in anticipation of the new year ahead, we’ve got four that should get you in the mood for 2024. And NEVER forget…There’s GOT to be a morning after!

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959 (2011), by Michael Keaney

The Stewardess Is Flying The Plane: American Films of the 1970s (2005), by Ron Hogan and Peter Bogdanovich

Great Directors (1986), by Ted Sennett

“The Ultimate New Years Eve Movie: Repeat Performance, 1947,” December 31, 2016, Classic Film Aficionados

“Repeat Performance, starring Joan Leslie, Louis Hayward and Tom Conway, a Murder Study Being Shown At Rivoli,” July 2, 1047, by Bosley Crowther, The New York Times

“The Moon’s Our Home,” January 19, 2015, by R. Emmett Sweeney, mubi.com

The Criterion Collection

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"...AND YOUR LITTLE DOG, TOO!" (14) Dec 18, 2023

EPISODE 14 - “…And Your Little Dog, Too!” - 12/18/2023

From RIN TIN TIN to LASSIE to TRIGGER, to TONTO, from the 1974 film "Harry and Tonto," who can resist those cute, furry little nuggets who can straight-out steal a scene right out from under the most-trained Shakespearean thespian with the wag of a tail, the flop of an ear, or the purr of a cry? In this episode, Steve and Nan explore some of the four-legged stars who have won the hearts of millions during the classic era of film.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Great Animals of the Movies (1980), by Edward Edleson

Four Feet To Fame: A Hollywood Dog Trainers Journey (2017), by Bob Weatherwax

I, Toto: The Autobiography of Terry, The Dog Who Was Toto (2013), by Willard Carroll

Me Cheeta: My Life in Hollywood (2010), by Cheeta, as told to James Lever

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www.womansworld.com

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"SCRAM KID…YOU BOTHER ME" (13) Dec 11, 2023

EPISODE 13 - Scram Kid…You Bother Me - 12/11/2023

As W.C. FIELDS famously said, "Never work with children or animals." Of course, he was probably referring to their ability to steal a scene or their unpredictability. But what would cinema be without child performers? From SHIRLEY TEMPLE to MICKEY ROONEY to NATALIE WOOD to MARY BADHAM, so many incredibly talented tots danced across the silver screen and into our hearts during Hollywood's golden era. This week we’ll be taking a look at the lives and careers of a few of our favorites.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Growing Up On Set: Interviews With 39 Former Child Actors of Classic FIlm and Television (2002), by Tom and Jim Goldrup

Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers (1988), by David Dye

www.virginiaweidler.net

“Edith Fellows, a 1930s Child Star Tracked by Dickensian Woes, Dies at 88,” July 2, 2011, by Margalit Fox, The New York Times

“Marcia Mae Jones, 83, TV Film Actress” (Obituary), September 7, 2007, The Los Angeles Times

“Former Child Actor Bobs Watson Dies,” June 28, 1999, The Los Angeles Times

“Yes, Virginia, There Is a Fan Club,” January 20 2017, by Jacob deNobel, The Baltimore Sun

“Butch Jenkins - A Child Star at 9, Retired at 10,” April 23, 1978, The Washington Post

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"DECK THEM HALLS: THE HOLIDAY SEASON IN FILM" (12) Dec 04, 2023

While chestnuts roasting on that open fire and sleigh bells ringing are nice, nothing gets you in the mood for the holidays like a good ole seasonal movie. Well, get ready to unwrap an early present from Steve and Nan as they share their favorite lesser-known holiday films. And along the way, they discuss everything from Clarence the Angel, French nuns, boxing nuns, ROBERT MITCHUM’s drug bust, and millionaires tossing money out of their Park Avenue apartment window. Don’t miss this holiday spectacular!

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Christmas in The Movies (2023), by Jeremy Arnold

Christmas In Classic Films (2022), by Jacqueline T. Lynch

Great Movie Directors (1986), by Ted Sennett

There Really Was A Hollywood (1984), by Janet Leigh

Robert Mitchum: A Biography (1984), by George Eells

Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick (1992), by David Thomson

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"MAUREEN O’HARA AND FAKE NEWS" (11) Nov 27, 2023

Ireland-born MAUREEN O’HARA was not only one of the silver screen's great actresses, she was also a strong independent woman who did not suffer fools gladly. When Confidential magazine, a tabloid known for false stories and unethical journalistic practices, came for her in 1957, she fought back with a vengeance. Her efforts, along with DOROTHY DANDRIDGE, ROBERT MITCHUM, LIZABETH SCOTT, and a bevy of other stars, helped stop the scandal-crazed magazine in its sleazy tracks. Read all about the events and trial that would shocked a nation.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

’Tis Herself, (2005), by Maureen O’Hara, with John Nicolletti

Searching For John Ford, (2011), by Joseph McBride

Confidential Confidential: The Inside Story of Hollywood’s Notorious Scandal Magazine (2008), by Samantha Barbos

Shocking True Story: The Rise and Fall of Confidential, America’s Most Scandalous Magazine (2010), by Henry E. Scott

“The Continental Magazine Trial: An Account” (2010), by Douglas O. Linder, University of Kansas City Law School Review

“Confidential’s Reign of Terror,” April 1, 2003, by Neal Gabler, Vanity Fair

“The Press: Putting the Papers to Bed,” April 26, 1957, Time magazine

“Magazine Raises Obscenity Issues,” August 21, 1957, by Gladwin Hill, The New York Times

“Hollywood Flashback: In 1957 the ‘Confidential’ Trail Scandalized Hollywood,” April 4, 2022, by Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter

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"STEVE COCHRAN: HOLLYWOOD BAD BOY" (10) Nov 20, 2023

Actor STEVE COCHRAN’s life was like a page out of the American macho man’s handbook. Raised in Wyoming where he was once a cowhand, he carved a memorable career in Hollywood playing gangsters, villains, adulterers, and bad boys in great films like “The Best Years of Our Lives” and “White Heat.” But in a case of art imitating life, this rowdy, randy actor’s personal life was just as chaotic and dramatic as his film roles. Find out how his love of women, booze, and trouble proved to be his Achilles heel.

Sources:

Bad Boys: The Actors of Film Noir, (2003), by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry

“Lonely Lochinvar (Steve Cochran),” July 1953, by Hyatt Downing, Photoplay magazine

“Dark Magnetism,” 1952, Photoplay Annual magazine

“The Gossips Scare Steve Cochran,” April 20, 1957, by Burt Ranier, Picturegoer magazine

“Steve Cochran,” November 1975, by Michael R. Pitts, Films In Review

“Actor Steve Cochran Found Dead On Yacht,” June 28, 1965, Desert Sun newspaper

“Steve Cochran’s Death Is Laid To Lung Infection, Paralysis,” June 28, 1965, The Fresno Bee

“Funeral Service Is Held On Coast for Steve Cochran,” July 2, 1965, The New York Times

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"SIBLING RIVALRY - PART TWO" (09) Nov 13, 2023

As we continue our exploration of famous siblings who thrived during the Golden Era of Hollywood, we’ll discover that you are definitely not your brother’s keeper, especially when we discuss the lives, careers, and relationship of a famous film noir actor and his movie star beefcake brother. We’ll also discuss a couple of brassy blonde comediennes who ruled the silver screen in the 1930s and 40s and a pair of beautiful and talented Italian sisters who took Hollywood by storm in the 1950s, but who had very different outcomes.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood’s Real-Life Tough Guy (2022), by Burt Kearns

Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes (2007), by Matthew Kennedy

Pier Angeli: A Fragile Life (2015), by Jane Allen

“The Bridge Is Love,” August 1955, by Ida Zeitlin, Photoplay magazine

“Pier Angeli: Nobody’s Baby Now,” June 1954, by Jack Wade, Modern Screen magazine

“La Bella Rosa: Marisa Pavan,” March 1956, by Don Allen, Photoplay magazine

“Will They Revive An Old Hollywood Feud (Pier Angeli and Marisa Pavan),”

May 1956, Movie Life magazine

“Honeybee Gillis (Gloria Blondell),” January 8, 1955, TV Viewer magazine

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"SIBLING RIVALRY - PART ONE" (08) Nov 06, 2023

Ever since Cain killed Abel — or, to put it in old Hollywood terms, ever since JOAN FONTAINE rebuffed OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND at the 1941 Oscar ceremony — sibling relationships have been complicated. In this episode we take a look at famous Hollywood siblings, some of whom you may know, others who may be a complete surprise. We’ll discuss the operatic singing superstar and her ghoulish TV star sister, the suave urbanite brothers who played bad guys and heels with equal aplomb, and a quartet of singing sisters from the Midwest who melted hearts in the 1940s. But, rest assured, unlike Cain and Abel (or Joan and Olivia), not all of these siblings relationships were as toxic.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews (2012), by Carl Rollyson

Dana Andrews: The Face of Noir (2014), by James McKay

Jeanette MacDonald Autobiography: The Lost Manuscript (2004), by Sharon Rich

Memoirs of a Professional Cad (1960), by George Sanders

A Long Way From St. Petersburg: The Tom Conway Story (2016), by C.E. Parkinson

“Dana Andrews, Film Actor of 40s, Is Dead At 83,” December 19, 1992, by Richard Severa, The New York Times

“S.W.A.T Star Steve Forrest Dies at 87,” May 22, 2013, by Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter

“Priscilla Lane; Singer, Actress in 30s and 40s - Obituary,” April 7, 1995, by Myrna Oliver, The Los Angeles Times

“Lola Lane: Acted in 1930s and 40s - Obituary,” June 25, 1981, The New York Times

“George Sanders: Film Villain, a Suicide,” April 26, 1972, by John Darnton, The New York Times

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“GHOSTS, GHOULS AND VERONICA LAKE" (07) Oct 30, 2023

Halloween has always been a special time for classic movies. From the early Universal Studios monster films to the psychological thrillers of ALFRED HITCHCOCK to the gory blood-bathes of the 1980s slasher films, Hollywood understood that people love to be frightened. In this Halloween episode, hosts Steve and Nan share some of the perhaps lesser-known scary movies to enjoy this Halloween season. Some are really great; some...not so much. But they all have a special place in Steve and Nan’s demented little hearts. So pull the covers up tight, keep the lights on and ignore that thump in the night as they explore a few fun eerie movies.

SHOW NOTES:

Sources:

Les Diaboliques: French Film Guide (2005), by Susan Hayward;

Simone Signoret: The Star As Cultural Sign (2004), by Susan Hayward;

Nostalgia Isn’t What It Used to Be (1979), by Simone Signoret;

“Reviews: Diabolique,” February 17, 1995, by Roger Ebert, www.rogerebert.com;

“Director John Hancock Reflects On ‘Let’s Scare Jessica To Death’,” October 20, 2021, Harbor Country News;

“Simone Signoret Dies at 85 in France,” October 1, 1985, The New York Times;

“Remembering Jessica: An Interview with Mariclare Costello,” July 2011, The Terror Trap;

“On The Prowl,” March 12, 2006, by Roger Ebert.www.rogerebert.com;

“The Pretty World: The Films of Val Lewton,” October 4, 2019, by Alexander Nemerov, The Criterion Collection;

“Reviews: Carnival of Souls,” October 27, 1989, by Roger Ebert, www.rogerebert.com;

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"BLONDE TROUBLE: THE TRAGEDY OF CAROLE LANDIS" (06) Oct 23, 2023

Actress CAROLE LANDIS was a rising star in the 1940s, but her bright light was short-lived. She came from a troubled background and learned early that her looks and sex appeal were valuable commodities that could help her dreams of fame come true. She scratched and clawed her way to Hollywood stardom only to find the dream was hollow. Her quest for love led her to all the wrong men. Her ill-fated love affair with the very-married star REX HARRISON drove her to her untimely death at age 29. Ruled a suicide at the time, years later, Landis’ family thinks otherwise. Today, she serves as a cautionary tale about the dark side of the Hollywood dream.

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Sources:

Carole Landis: A Tragic Life In Hollywood (2005), by E.J. Fleming;

Carole Landis: A Most Beautiful Girl (2008), by Eric Gans;

Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley (2011), by Jeffrey Spivak;

Fatal Charm: The Life Of Rex Harrison (1993), by Alexander Walker;

Change Lobsters and Dance (1976) by Lilli Palmer;

Lovely Me: The Life of Jacqueline Susann (1996), by Barbara Seaman;

Morbid Curiosity: The Disturbing Demises of the Famous and Infamous (2009), by Alan W. Petrucelli;

“Carole Landis Does Not Want to Be The Ping Girl,” June 17, 1940, Life magazine;

“Meet The New Carole Landis,” November 1943, Silver Screen Magazine, by Gladys Hunt;

“Harrison Tells Story of Long Friendship With Actress,” July 7, 1948, L.A. Examiner;

“Schmidlapp Shocked at Wife’s Death,”July 6, 1948, L.A. Examiner;

“Mystery Cloaks Last Hours of Carole Landis,” July 7, 1948, Los Angeles Times;

“Scores Attend Funeral of Carole Landis,” July 11, 1948, Oakland Tribune, by Aline Mosby;

“Carole Landis,” November 1973, Film Fan Monthly, by Kirk Crivello;

“Was Carole Landis Murdered?”, July 8, 2011, www.CaroleLandisOfficial.com, by Tammy Powell;

“The Ping Girl: The Story of Carole Landis,” August 21, 2018, Vintage Leisure;

“The Astonishing Life and Tragic Death of Carole Landis,” December 3, 2022, Cinema Scholars, by Ben McVay;

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“ANNE REVERE: MOTHER COURAGE” (05) Oct 16, 2023

The name ANNE REVERE may not ring a bell to many today, but during the 1940s, the Broadway-trained, Tony-winning actress, who was a descendant of Revolutionary War hero Paul Revere, was one of the most revered character actresses in Hollywood. She won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1944 for National Velvet and left an indelible mark on the landscape of film as Gregory Peck’s sympathetic mother in Gentleman’s Agreement in 1947. Learn about her life, career, and the shameful witch hunt of an obsessed Wisconsin Senator looking to make a name for himself that ended her brilliant Hollywood career.

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Sources:

The Film Encyclopedia (1994), By Ephraim Katz;

Leonard Maltin’s Movie Encyclopedia (1994), by Leonard Maltin;

The Hollywood Motion Picture Blacklist: Seventy-Five Years Later (2022), by Larry Ceplair;

Un-American Hollywood: Politics and Film in the Blacklist Era (2007), by Peter Stanfield, et. al;

Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Black List (2012), by Patrick McGilligan and Paul Buhle;

“Anne Revere Begins Again” by Robert Fray, After Dark magazine, December 1970;

“Anne Revere Bio,” Spartacus Educational, by John Simon;

“Horse Sense: What I Learned About Bring A Mother From ‘National Velvet’s’ Arminty Brown,” by Dana Stevens, Slate.com, April 11, 2014;

“Anne Revere, 87, Actress, Dies; Was Movie Mother of Many Stars,” by Peter B. Flint, The New York Times,December 19, 1990;

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“THE MURDERS, MAYHEM, AND MISCHIEF OF BEACHWOOD CANYON” (04) Oct 16, 2023

When you drive through Beachwood Canyon, don't be fooled by the droves of tourists vying for the perfect shot of the Hollywood sign or the beautiful stone gates of the village that lead to storybook houses covered with ivy and brilliant bougainvillea. The canyon has had its share of strange, and often dark, Hollywood history including religious cults, suicides, and a love triangle murder that involved popular and prolific Hollywood actor PAUL KELLY. Join us as we explore the happenings that occurred “from beneath the Hollywood sign."

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Sources:

Hollywood Sign: Fantasy and Reality of an American Icon (2011) by Leo Braudy;

Hollywoodland (Images of America) (2011) by Mary Mallory;

Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign Suicide (2013) by James Zeruk;

Peter Duel: A Biography (2105) by Paul Green;

“Jury Convicts Man of Stalking Madonna,” by Andrea Ford, The Los Angeles Times, January 9, 1996;

"Hollywood Actor Killed, Rival Held," New York Times, April 19, 1927;

"Coroner's Jury Finds Kelly Killed Raymond," Associated Press, April 21, 1927;

"Paul Kelly's Trial for Murder Starts," Associated Press, May 9, 1927;

"Testifies Kelly Was Aggressor," Associated Press, May 11, 1927;

"Miss Mackaye Denies Nights in Kelly's Flat," Associated Press, May 17, 1927;

"Japanese Houseboy on Stand Reveals Secrets of Paul Kelly and Dorothy Mackaye," Los Angeles Times, May 17, 1927;

"Kelly on the Stand Admits Fist Fight," Associated Press, May 18, 1927;

"Kelly Guilty, Asks New Trial," Los Angeles Times, May 26, 1927;

"Kelly Sentenced to From One to 10 Years at San Quentin," June 1, 1927;

"Dorothy Mackaye Gets 1 to 3 Years," Associated Press, July 2, 1927;

"Dorothy Mackaye Leaves Prison," Associated Press, Jan. 1, 1929;

"Kelly Will Be Paroled Next Friday," Los Angeles Times, July 20, 1929;

"He's Heading for Comeback Trail," Los Angeles Times, Aug. 3, 1929;

"Paul Kelly to Wed Widow of Raymond," New York Times, Feb. 11, 1931;

"Actress Pens Prison Story," by Grace Kingsley, Los Angeles Times, Aug. 12, 1932;

"Dorothy Mackaye, Former Actress, Dies of Auto Injuries Received Near Ranch," Los Angeles Times, Jan. 6, 1940;

“Paul Kelly, Actor on Stage and Screen Dies,” The New York Times, November 7, 1956;

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“HOLLYWOOD’S WEB OF LOVE” (03) Oct 16, 2023

Everyone in old Hollywood can probably be connected by whom they dated, married, or slept with. Two of the most desirable lovers of the era were LANA TURNER and AVA GARDNER, both Hollywood superstars who shared a friendship, similar backgrounds, and many romantic partners, including a husband. Join us as we connect the romantic dots through old Hollywood using Lana and Ava’s little black books as our guide.

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Sources:

The Lady, The Legend, The Truth: Lana (1982) by Lana Turner;

Lana: The Life and Loves of Lana Turner (1995) by Jane Ellen Wayne;

Detour: A Hollywood Story (1988) by Cheryl Crane;

Movie Star & The Mobster: Lana Tuner, Johnny Stompanato and Homicide in the Pink Bedroom (2016) by John William Law;

Ava: My Story (1990) by Ava Gardner;

Ava Gardner: Love is Nothing (2006) by Lee Server;

Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations (2014) by Peter Evans;

Scarlett O’Hara’s Younger Sister: My Lively Life In and Out of Hollywood (1977) by Evelyn Keyes;

The Man Who Seduced Hollywood: The Life and Loves of Greg Bautzer, Tinseltown’s Most Powerful Lawyer (2013) by James Gladstone;

Artie Shaw: The King of Clarinet: His Life and Times (2011) by Tom Nolan;

The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney (2015) by Richard Lertzman;

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"THE SORDID HISTORY OF THE KNICKERBOCKER HOTEL” (02) Oct 16, 2023

Planted firmly in the middle of Hollywood is the Knickerbocker Hotel, a big, boxy, building with a faded facade appearing like a sad relic from a gayer time. Only the illuminated block letters of its sign that light up the Hollywood night sky hint at the lively history of this Hollywood landmark that BETTE DAVIS, MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN, and DICK POWELL once called home. From affairs to arrests to seances to suicides, we take a deep dive into the sordid past of this once grand dame of Hollywood.

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Sources:

The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History (2005), by Gregory Paul Williams;

www.paulrwilliamsproject.org;

“Off the Boulevard of Broken Dreams: The Knickerbocker Hotel’s Haunted History,” by Hadley Meares, KCET.com, June 19, 2015;

“Doom and Board: Four Ghost Stories From Four of LA’s Most Famous Haunted Hotels,” by Christine Wolfram, Los Angeles Magazine, October 5, 2015;

Doris Day: Her Own Story (1976), by Doris Day and A.E. Hotchner;

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“OSCAR FUMBLES” (01) Oct 16, 2023

Hollywood’s Oscar ceremony is like the Super Bowl for cinema lovers. But beyond the clothes, the speeches, and the musical numbers, it’s all about the winners. And some leave us scratching our heads. Did How Green Was My Valley really deserve the Best Picture Oscar over Citizen Kane in 1941? How did CARY GRANT and MYRNA LOY never win competitive Oscars? And who the hell is LUISE RAINER, and how did she rob IRENE DUNNE and BARBARA STANWYCK of their Oscars? Join STEVE CUBINE, writer of the Emmy-Award winning series Break A Hip, and NAN MCNAMARA, renowned actress and director,as they discuss some of the most baffling Oscar fumbles in the history of the Academy Awards.

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Sources:

Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards (1986), by Mason Wiley and Damien Bona;

They Didn’t Win The Oscar (1980), by Bill Libby;

The Real Oscar: The Story Behind The Academy Awards (1981), by Peter H. Brown;

Seventy-Five Years of the Oscars: The Official History of The Academy Awards (2003), by Robert Osborne;

Oscar Dearest (1987), by Peter H. Brown and Jim Pinkston;

The MGM Stock Company (1973), by James Robert Parish & Ronald L. Bowers;

The Film Encyclopedia (1994), By Ephraim Katz;

Leonard Maltin’s Movie Encyclopedia (1994), by Leonard Maltin;

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From Beneath the Hollywood Sign coming soon Sep 18, 2023

When you want Tyrone Power instead of Tom Hardy, Jennifer Jones instead of Jennifer Lawrence, or Robert Mitchum rather than Robert Pattinson, then FROM BENEATH THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN is the gin joint for you. Each week, writer and producer STEVE CUBINE and actress NAN MCNAMARA explore, discuss, and dissect the magical, mysterious, amusing, and sometime bizarre tales of Old Hollywood. So sit back and revisit a time when the pictures were still big and everyone was ready for their close-up.

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