The Ultimate Old Hollywood Glamour Girl Lana Turner is a screen legend and a popular culture icon of Hollywood glamour. Her early fame as the „sweater girl“ is as much part of her public image as is the role of a glamorous femme fatale that she originated in The Postman Always Rings Twice as well […]
Filmmaker, Tramp and Persona Non Grata Charlie Chaplin is known around the world and the most popular figure of Old Hollywood and Hollywood altogether. He was one of the most progressive filmmakers and basically developed comedy for film. Listen on Catch up on Other Episodes of the Podcast A new episode out every Wednesday. Esther
The Sophisticated Modern Woman Norma Shearer is one of the most impactful film actresses of classic Hollywood cinema according to the American Film Institute. She had a rather short career in Hollywood and already retired by the age of 40. Nevertheless she made an indelible mark on Hollywood history and we are going to find
America’s Eternal Sweetheart Doris Day was America’s sweetheart – but before she became a shining star in Hollywood, she was a successful touring singer with several bands as well as solo and would continue to record songs and put out albums for most of her life – even after retiring from movie and TV screens.
Hollywood’s Grand Master of Musical Films Fred Astaire is probably the best-known musical performer of all of Hollywood and according to the American Film Institute the fifth greatest male star of Classic Hollywood. He could act, sing and dance, won many accolades and made his mark on a genre like hardly any other. Listen on
The Dancing Girl Next Door Ginger Rogers is famously known as the dance partner of Fred Astaire – but she was so much more. She was one of the most successful actresses of the 1940s, received an Academy Award as Best Actress and had a long career in the movies, Television and Broadway. Listen on