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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 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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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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21:48

Episode 246- Hollywood Pride with Alonso Duralde

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2024/06/13

In this episode, I spoke with Alonso Duralde about his book "Hollywood Pride". For generations, members of the LGBTQ+ community in Hollywood needed to be discreet about their lives but—make no mistake—they were everywhere, both in front of and behind the camera.

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27:36

Episode 245- Little House on the Prairie's Dean Butler

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2024/06/10

In this episode, I spoke with Dean Butler about his book "Prairie Man: My Little House Life and Beyond". An illuminating, insider’s journey through the world of Little House on the Prairie and beyond, from Dean Butler, who starred as Almanzo Wilder, the man Laura “Half Pint” Ingalls married—on the iconic show still beloved by millions of fans as it reaches its 50th anniversary.

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21:26

Episode 244- Making A Bridge To Far

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2024/06/06

In this episode, I spoke with author Simon Lewis regarding his book "Making A Bridge To Far". A Bridge Too Far, released in 1977, was the last epic WWII movie made in the Hollywood studio system. Its ambitious goal: to recreate the Allied plan Operation Market-Garden in September 1944.

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24:05

Episode 243- Pure The Sexual Revolutions of Marilyn...

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2024/06/03

In this episode, I spoke with author Jared Stearns about his book "Pure: The Sexual Revolutions of Marilyn Chambers". The untold story of the world’s most famous X-rated star, who rose to fame as the face of Ivory Snow and the star of Behind the Green Door but struggled to find her true self in a world of sex, scandal, and shattered dreams.

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25:06

Episode 242- The Last Decade of Cinema with Author...

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2024/05/30

In this episode, I spoke with author Scott Ryan regarding his book "The Last Decade of Cinema". Ah, the nineties. Movies were something in those days. We're talking about a decade that began with GoodFellas and ended with Magnolia, with such films as Malcolm X, Before Sunrise, and Clueless arriving somewhere in between.

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7:49

Episode 241- Roland Young

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2024/05/23

In this episode, we look at the life of Roland Young.

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