Remarkable. Beautiful.Interesting. If you cover Old Hollywood, you need to cover Joan Crawford – one of the most remarkable actresses of the time, a truly beautiful woman and an interesting character to say the least. Listen on Catch up on Other Episodes of the Podcast A new episode out every Wednesday. Rock Hudson Rock Hudson […]
The life and work of one of the most successful costume designers in Old Hollywood Edith Head was not only a costume designer. She is considered to be one of the greatest costume designers in movie history, she has been nominated for 35 Academy awards and 17 years in a row from 1949 to 1966,
The Queens of Hollywood Gossip Who are Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons? In short: They are the original Queens of Hollywood Gossip! They can be credited with the establishment of celebrity magazines and gossip culture around the stars and starlets of Hollywood. So .. Kim Kardashian should be grateful to them 🙂 Listen on Catch
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Where does the term originate from and who was labelled one? Have you ever heard of the term “box office poison”? This is a term that has been coined in 1938 in Hollywood and had a dramatic effect on the careers of some high profiles actors and actresses. Basing it on last weeks’ episode, in
Why everything was different back then If you have listened to this podcast for a longer time, you heard me refer to the term “Old Hollywood” and “Studio system” many times already. And I had roughly outlined the system which the actresses and actors of Old Hollywood worked in. Today, I want to take this
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The most beautiful woman in Hollywood & the brains behind bluetooth and wireless The Austrian born Hedy Lamar is another fascinating star of Old Hollywood with a rich life and a story to tell. We can boil them down to 4 things: She invented the patent for developing wireless and bluetooth, was political and anti-fascist,