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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 146 - Camera Man by Dana Stevens

Forgotten Hollywood ·

2023/06/01

In this episode, I spoke with author Dana Stevens regarding her book. In this genre-defying work of cultural history, the chief film critic of Slate places comedy legend and acclaimed filmmaker Buster Keaton’s unique creative genius in the context of his time. Doug Hess is the host!

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Episode 145-Author Lesley L Coffin

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2023/05/25

In this episode, I spoke with the author Lesley L. Coffin about her book "Lew Ayres Hollywood's Conscientious Objector". Ayres became known to the public when he portrayed the leading character in the epic war film All Quiet on the Western Front. The role made him a household name, introduced him to his closest friends, brought him to the attention of his first two wives, and would overshadow the rest of his career. Doug Hess is the host!

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Episode 144 - "The Monster Movies of Universal...

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2023/05/22

In this episode, I discuss with author James L. Neibaur his book "The Monster Movies of Universal Studios". In 1931 Universal Studios released Dracula starring Bela Lugosi. This box office success was followed by a string of films featuring macabre characters and chilling atmospherics, including Frankenstein, The Mummy, and The Invisible Man. With each new film, Universal established its place in the Hollywood firmament as the leading producer of horror films, a status it enjoyed for more than

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Episode 143- The Jimmy Stewart Museum

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2023/05/18

In this episode, I discuss with Janie McKirgan who is the President/Executive Director of the Jimmy Stewart Museum about the museum. Doug Hess is the host.

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Episode 142- Book Interview on The Disney Animation...

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2023/05/15

In this episode, I discuss with John Urbancik (partner of the late author Mary E. Lescher) in which John carries on her work. Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida opened in Orlando at the dawn of the Disney Renaissance. As a member of the crew, Mary E. Lescher witnessed the small studio’s rise and fall during a transformative era in company and movie history. #UnversityofIllinoisPress

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Episode 141-The Life of Actor John Williams

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2023/05/04

In this episode, I discuss the life of actor John Williams. Doug Hess is the host!

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Episode 140- Author Charles Casillo ("Elizabeth and...

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2023/05/01

In this episode speak with author Charles Casillo regarding his book "Elizabeth and Monty: The Untold Story of Their Intimate Friendship". Violet-eyed siren Elizabeth Taylor and classically handsome Montgomery Clift were the most gorgeous screen couple of their time. Over two decades of friendship they made, separately and together, some of the era's defining movies--including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Misfits, Suddenly, Last Summer, and Cleopatra. Yet the relationship between these two

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Episode 139- Author Melanie Bell

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2023/04/27

In this episode, I spoke with author Melanie Bell regarding her latest book "Movie Workers: The Women Who Made Brish Cinema". After the advent of sound, women in the British film industry formed an essential corps of below-the-line workers, laboring in positions from animation artist to negative cutter to costume designer. Doug Hess is the host!

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Episode 138- Author Edwin Canfield

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2023/04/24

In this episode, I discuss with author Edwin Canfield his book "Fact, Fiction, and the Forbidden Predictions of the Amazing Criswell". Jeron Charles Criswell King, better known simply as Criswell, can rightfully be described as one of the first pop celebrity psychics. His bizarre predictions ― 87 percent of which came true, he claimed ― appeared from the 1950s through the 1970s in newspapers and magazines, while the flamboyant showman hosted his own Los Angeles television show, guested on national

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Episode 137 - But Have You Read The Book Yet with...

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2023/04/20

In this episode, I discuss with author Kristen Lopez her latest book "But Have You Read The Book Yet? 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films".Within these pages, Turner Classic Movies offers an endlessly fascinating look at 52 beloved screen adaptations and the great reads that inspired them.Doug Hess is the host!

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Episode 136 Van Johnson

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2023/04/17

Van Johnson was the fresh-faced, well-mannered nice guy on screen you always wanted your daughter to marry! This fair, freckled, and invariably friendly-looking MGM song-and-dance star of the 40s emerged as a box office favorite (1944-1946) and second only to heartthrob Frank Sinatra during what gossipmonger Hedda Hopper dubbed the "Bobbysoxer Blitz" era. Doug Hess is the host!

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Episode 135 Ann Miller

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2023/04/13

In this episode, I discuss the career of Ann Miller. Doug Hess is the host!

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Episode 134- Dwayne Epstein, Author of Killin Generals

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2023/04/10

In this episode I spoke with Dwayne Epstein regarding his latest book Killin' Generals: The Making of The Dirty Dozen, the Most Iconic WWII Movie of All Time. Doug Hess is the host!

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Episode 133 Author Bernard F Dick

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2023/04/06

In this episode, I discuss with author Benard F. Dick about his book That Was Entertainment: The Golden Age of the MGM Musical. That Was Entertainment: The Golden Age of the MGM Musical traces the development of the MGM musical from The Broadway Melody (1929) through its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s and its decline in the 1960s, Doug Hess is the host!

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Episode 132 Chuck McCann

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2023/04/03

In this episode, I along with Don Sanders discuss the career of Chuck McCann. A third-generation performer and the son of a singing band leader, Chuck McCann was already a show business veteran by age eleven.McCann went on to become a successful comic/character actor and mimic, doing voice-over for many television cartoon shows and playing character parts in numerous dramatic and comedic TV series and movies. Doug Hess is the host!

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Episode 131 Warner Bros 100 Years of Storytelling

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2023/03/30

The history of Warner Bros. is not just the tale of a legendary film studio and its stars, but of classic Hollywood itself, as well as a portrait of America in the last century. It’s a family story of Polish-Jewish immigrants—the brother's Warner—who took advantage of new opportunities in the burgeoning film industry at a time when four mavericks could invent ways of operating, of warding off government regulation, and of keeping audiences coming back for more during some of the nation's darkest

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Episode 130- Author Herbie J Pilato

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2023/03/27

In this episode, I discuss with author Herbie J Pilato regarding his latest book "Retro Active Television: An In-Depth Perspective on Classic TV's Social Circuitry". This book captured so many things about Retro Active Television that I had forgotten about and brought other stories to light that I never knew existed. Herbie J. Pilato shares so many stories, interviews and facts about what I believe television was made for. Doug Hess is the host!

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Episode 129 Author Stuart Klawanis

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2023/03/23

In this episode I had a discussion with author Stuart Klawans regarding his latest book "Crooked, but Never Common: The Films of Preston Sturges". In a burst of creativity unmatched in Hollywood history, Preston Sturges directed a string of all-time classic comedies from 1939 through 1948―The Great McGinty, The Lady Eve, Sullivan’s Travels, The Palm Beach Story, and The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek among them―all from screenplays he alone had written.Doug Hess is the host!

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Episode 128- Discussion with Polly Rose Regarding...

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2023/03/20

In this episode, I discuss with Polly Rose about Buster Keaton. Polly is a film editor by trade and is working on her Ph.D. with her paper on Buster Keaton as an editor.The DVD commentary Polly recorded for the early version of Our Hospitality: https://eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/buster-keaton-our-hospitality-go-west-college/The article Polly wrote for the International Buster Keaton Society on the making of Sherlock Jr (free download):

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Episode 127-Grace Bradley

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2023/03/16

In this episode I discuss the life of Grace Bradley. A petite and extremely lovely blonde "B" film actress who eventually deserted her career in favor of standing by her man (cowboy icon William Boyd, aka, "Hopalong Cassidy"), Grace Bradley spent the rest of her life in his shadow and devoting herself to her husband's career. Bill's Hoppy was the longest span of any fictional character played by the same actor. Following his death in 1972, she spent a good deal of her time keeping his good name and

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