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Forgotten Hollywood

Producer/Creator/Host Doug Hess takes you on a journey back in time and shares with you pieces. of Hollywood you may or may not have known about!

tv & film film history

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Episode 266- W S Van Dyke

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2024/08/29

In this episode we discuss the life of director W. S. Van Dyke.

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9:25

Episode 265- Anne Francis

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2024/08/26

In this episode I discuss the life of Anne Francis

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10:23

Episode 264-Betty Hutton

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2024/08/22

In this episode, we discuss the life of actress Betty Hutton.

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24:41

Episode 263- A Conversation with Actress Tina Cole...

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2024/08/19

In this episode, I spoke with actress Tina Cole. Many of you will remember her as Katie Miller Douglas on the sitcom My Three Sons. We talk about her career as an actress, singer, and on the stage. Plus, we talk about her book "My Three Lives".

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8:14

Episode262-Victor Mature

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2024/08/15

In this episode, I discuss the life of actor Victor Mature.

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22:40

Episode 261- Pola Negri

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2024/08/08

In this episode, Spencer Wright talks about the life of actress Pola Negri.

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26:23

Episode 260- Hanna-Barbera with Author Greg Ehrbar

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2024/08/05

In this episode, I spoke with author Greg Ehrbar about his book "Hanna-Barbera The Recorded History from Modren Stone Age to Meddling Kids". Featuring the first extensive Hanna-Barbera discography ever published and over 140 photos and illustrations!Whether it’s Tom and Jerry, Scooby-Doo, the Jetsons, Yogi Bear, Top Cat, Huckleberry Hound, or hundreds of others, the creations of the Hanna-Barbera studio continue to delight generations worldwide. The groundbreaking company employed thousands in the

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24:17

Episode 259- Gold Dust with Author Molly Schneider

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2024/08/01

In this episode, I spoke with Molly Schneider about her book "Gold Dust". From the late 1940s to the early 1960s, anthology dramas presented “quality” television programming in weekly stand-alone television plays meant to entertain and provide cultural uplift to American society. Programs such as Playhouse 90, Studio One, and The Twilight Zone became important emblems of American creative potential on television.

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9:49

Episode 258-Anita Page

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2024/07/29

In this episode we discuss the life of actress Anita Page.

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28:12

Episode 257- Dueling Harlows with Author Tom Lisanti

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2024/07/25

In this episode I spoke with author Tom Lisanti about his Dueling Harlow's: The Race to Bring the Actress's Life to the Silver Screen. We also had former actress Carol Hollenbeck who is not only discussed in the book but is friends of one of the actresses playing Jean Harlow. In recounting the making of the two films, this book (expanded from the original self-published edition) touches on Jean Harlow's life, the failed attempts to make a Harlow biopic in the 1950s, and the reviled, bestselling

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13:28

Episode 256- League Stadium (Where The Film A League...

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2024/07/22

Doug Hess travls to the stadium where the film A League of Their Own was filmed.

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7:23

Episode 255- Priscilla Lane

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2024/07/18

In this episode I discuss the actress Priscilla Lane.

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27:48

Episode 254-Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties...

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2024/07/15

In this episode I spoke with author Foster Hirsch about his book "Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties: The Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher - Television". A fascinating look at Hollywood’s most turbulent decade and the demise of the studio system—set against the boom of the post-World War II years, the Cold War, and the atomic age—and the movies that reflected the seismic shifts.His website is www.fosterhirsch.inkHome - FOSTER

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27:23

Episode 253- Forbidden Cocktails

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2024/07/11

In this episode I spoke with Andre Darlington about his book "Forbidden Cocktails". A stunning package for classic film buffs and drinks enthusiasts alike, all the “forbidden” fun of Pre-Code Hollywood and the Prohibition and speakeasy era meet in this stylish cocktail book.

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26:59

Episode 252- Mom, Dad, Me and Classic TV

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2024/07/08

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7:49

Episode 251- The Life of Jane Wyatt

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2024/07/02

in this episode we discussed the life of actress Jane Wyatt

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8:48

Episode 250 - Life of Actor Alan Young

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2024/06/27

In this episode I discuss the life of actor Alan Young.

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10:08

Episode 249- The LIfe of Actor John Gilbert

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2024/06/24

In this episode, I discuss the life of actor John Gilbert.

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23:31

Episode 248- The Naughty Bits with Author Nat Segaloff

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2024/06/20

In this episode I spoke with author Nat Segaloff about his book "The Naughty Bits: What the Censors Wouldn't Let You See in Hollywood's Most Famous Movies".Between 1934 and 1968, no Hollywood studio could make a movie without the permission of and a seal of approval from the Production Code Administration. The Production Code was Hollywood's official censor. Screenplays, books, plays, costumes and even story ideas and songs had to be okayed by the Code before they could be filmed, and the Code

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26:58

Episode 247- Peerless with Author Kurt Jensen

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2024/06/17

In this episode, I spoke with author Kurt Jensen about his book "Peerless Rouben Mamoulian, Hollywood, and Broadway. A proud Armenian who claimed a distant link to nobility, born in what was then part of czarist Russia, Rouben Mamoulian (1897–1987) was one of the most astonishing and confounding figures in American film and theater, directing the original stage productions of Porgy and Bess, Carousel, and Oklahoma!, as well as films including Love Me Tonight, Queen Christina, City Streets, and Silk

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