Old Hollywood Realness
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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.
Old Hollywood Realness
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“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 ..read more
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“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 ..read more
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“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 ..read more
Old Hollywood Realness
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“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 ..read more
Old Hollywood Realness
5y ago
“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 ..read more
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“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 ..read more
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“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 support his podcast at his website Attaboy Clarence ..read more
Old Hollywood Realness
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“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 ..read more
Old Hollywood Realness
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"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 ..read more
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"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 ..read more