Old Hollywood Realness!
Old Hollywood REALNESS is the podcast dedicated to celebrating all the glitz and glamour of the silver screen. Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and recap all the classics. Join us as we journey through Hollywood History, from the mad cap black & white flicks to the technicolor dreams that Hollywood produced in the heydays of studio system.
Episodes
“Paris is Burning" starring Dorian Corey, Pepper LaBeija, Venus Xtravaganza, Octavia St. Laurent, Willi Ninja, Angie Xtravaganza and Freddie Pendavis. This documentary takes into in the fascinating world of the Vogue Drag Balls of NYC in the late 1980s.
Director: Jennie Livingston
Costume Designer: The Queens themselves
Studio: Academy Entertainment Off White Productions
Year: 1990
“First A Girl" starring Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Anna Lee and Griffith Jones. Jessie Matthews plays a young girl with stars in her eye when she meets a down on his luck actor. Taking his place in a female impersonation act leads to whirlwind fame, and romance.
Director: Victor Saville
Costume Designer: Marianne and J. Strassner
Studio: Gaumont British Studios
Year: 1935
“Hairspray" starring Ricki Lake, Divine, Sonny Bono and Blondie. Lake stars as a dance crazed youngster in 1960s baltimore.
Director: John Waters
Costume Designer: Van Smith
Studio: New Line Cinema
Year: 1988
“Some Like It Hot" starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Joe E. Brown. Curtis and Lemmon star as musicians on the run from the mafia. The two pose as women in order to hide out in an all girls band.
Director: Billy Wilder
Costume Designer: Orry-Kelly
Studio: United Artists
Year: 1959
“Victor / Victoria" starring Julie Andrews, Robert Preston, James Garner and Leslie Ann. Warren. Julie Andrews stars as a down on her luck singer who poses as a drag queen in order to find fame and fortune.
Director: Blake Edwards
Costume Designer: Patricia Norris
Studio: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Year: 1982
“Pillow Talk" starring Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall and Thelma Ritter. Day stars as a successful interior designer who reluctantly shares a party line with a song writing Lothario. Things get romantic when he fixes his sights on her.
Director: Michael Gordon
Costume Designer: Jean Louis (Doris Day’s Gowns)
Studio: Universal pIctures
Year: 1959
“Cat People" starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph and Tom Conway. Simon stars as a young woman who believes she will transform into a deadly panther if she becomes intimate.
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Costume Designer: Renié
Studio: RKO
Year: 1942
We are joined by Adam Roche, podcaster extraordinaire, famous for, “Secret History of Hollywood: Shadows.” You can follow all his works and...
“The Adventures of Robin Hood" starring Errol Flynn, Olivia DeHavilland, Basil Rathbone and Claud Rains. Errol Flynn stars as the legendary Robin Hood who fights against the tyranny of an evil prince.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Costume Designer: Milo Anderson
Studio: Warner Bros.
Year: 1938
"Rear Window" starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter and Raymond Burr. James Stewart stars as a wheelchair bound photographer who believes he’s witness to a murder out of his back window.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Costume Designer: Edith Head
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Year: 1954
"Brigadoon" starring Gene Kelly, Van Johnson and Cyd Charisse. Kelly stars in this mystical musical about a village that appears for only one day every 100 years.
Director: Vincente Minelli
Costume Designer: Irene Sharaff
Studio: MGM
Year: 1954
"Bells are Ringing" starring Judy Holliday, Dean Martin and Jean Stapleton. Holliday stars as a answering service operator who can’t help getting involved in the lives of the customers. She falls hard for a play write who she helps him succeed.
Director: Vincente Minelli
Costume Designer: Walter Plunkett
Studio: MGM
Year: 1960
"Cinderfella" starring Jerry Lewis, Judith Anderson, Ed Wynn, and Anna Maria Alberghetti. Jerry Lewis stars in the reverse role version of the classic fairy tale.
Director: Frank Tashlin
Costume Designer: Edith Head
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Year: 1960
"Libeled Lady" starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. When Loy slaps Tracy’s newspaper with a libel suit he must get creative in order to weasel out of the charges.
Director: Jack Conway
Costume Designer: Dolly Tree
Studio: MGM
Year: 1936
"Dishonored Lady" starring Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O’Keefe, John Loder and Margaret Hamilton. Lamarr stars as a magazine art director who starts a new life only to be accused of murdering a lover from her past.
Director: Robert Stevenson
Costume Designer: Elois Jenssen
Studio: United Artists Pictures
Year: 1947
Sorry about this one… We meant to record a podcast but we were only able to have a melt down on mic. Hope you enjoy! We will be back with a full episode on Monday. Sorry for the delay but sometime things don’t work out as planned.
"Lady of Burlesque" starring Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O’Shea, Iris Adrian and Marion Martin. Stanwyck stars as the star of a burlesque show. Things get complicated when girls start showing up murdered with their own g-string.
Director: William Wellman
Costume Designer: Edith Head (Barbara Stanwyck’s Gowns) Natalie Visart (Costumes)
Studio: United Artists Pictures
Year: 1943
"All That Heaven Allows" starring Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson and Agnes Moorehead. Wyman stars as a widow that falls in love with her younger gardener. This puts her at odds with the expectations of her children and community
Director: Douglas Sirk
Costume Designer: Bill Thomas (Gowns)
Studio: Universal Pictures
Year: 1955
Old Hollywood REALNESS is turning 3 Year Old! In order to mark the occasion we are joined by legendary costume and fashion designer Bob Mackie. Mr. Mackie shares with us, stories from his early career working with other costume legends like Jean Louis and Edith Head. Through his career he was nominated 3 times for an Oscar, won multiple Emmys and recently won the Tony for The Cher Show.
"Rebecca" starring Joan Fontaine, Lawrence Olivier, Judith Anderson and Reginald Denny. Fontaine stars as the young Mrs. De Winter who marries a widower, unwittingly ensnaring herself in a web laid by his dead wife.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Costume Designer: attributed to Irene Lentz
Studio: United Artists
Year: 1940
“Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood" the documentary about Scotty Bowers, the legendary hustler that hooked up and hooked up with many Hollywood Legends. We had the pleasure of sitting down and speaking to Scotty Bowers himself.
Director: Matt Tyrnauer
Year: 2017
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