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
The Profane Angel Carole Lombard was the wife of Hollywood heartthrobs William Powell and Clark Gable, one of the most beautiful Hollywood blondes, and the first war-related Hollywood casualty of WW II in the US. Listen on Catch up on Other Episodes of the Podcast A new episode out every Wednesday. John Garfield John Garfield
The Manliest Man of Hollywood Clark Gable was the „King of Hollywood“, one of the most consistent box-office performers in the history of all of Hollywood and one of the greatest male movie stars of classic American Cinema. Listen on Catch up on Other Episodes of the Podcast A new episode out every Wednesday.