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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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19:26

Episode 365-The Movie Lover's Quiz Book with author...

Forgotten Hollywood ·

2025/09/22

In this episode, I spoke with author Gary Wigglesworth about his book "The Movie Lover's Quiz Book". Whether you want to challenge yourself or someone else, The Movie Lover's Quiz Book is perfect for any cinephile. Inside you'll find a fun range of rounds and an eclectic mix of questions, all designed to give you hours of entertainment. Doug Hess is the host! Forgotten Hollywood is on Facebook and the books are on Amazon! It's out in Great Britain and will be released in the U.S. on Tuesday, October

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20:19

Episode 364-"Death by Laughter: Female Hysteria and...

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2025/09/18

In this episode I spoke with author Maggie Hennefeld about her latest book "Death by Laughter: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema". Can you really die from laughing too hard? Between 1870 and 1920, hundreds of women suffered such a fate―or so a slew of sensationalist obituaries would have us believe. How could laughter be fatal, and what do these reports of women’s risible deaths tell us about the politics of female joy?

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23:00

Episode 363- " Popcorn Disabilities: The Highs and...

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2025/09/15

In this episode, I discuss with author Kristen Lopez about her latest book " Popcorn Disabilities: The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies that will be released on November 13, 2025. You can learn a lot from the movies-about sex and relationships, about business, about history. Sure, there's a fair amount of fantasy, wish fulfillment, and glorious hair to exaggerate everything, but for better or for worse, films remain one of the most important ways that viewers around the world

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19:51

Episode 362- Hollywood Madonna: Loretta Young with...

Forgotten Hollywood ·

2025/09/12

Forgotten Hollywood is on Facebook.Forgotten Hollywood Reference book series on Amazon.Doug Hes is the Creator/Producer/Host of the show.Thank you guest Author Bernard D Dick

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27:34

Episode 361- "The First King of Hollywood: The Life...

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2025/09/08

In this episode, I spoke with Tracey Goessel about her book "The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks". Douglas Fairbanks was the greatest leading man of his generation—the first and the best of the swashbucklers. He made some of the greatest films of the silent era, including The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro. With Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith, and his wife, film star Mary Pickford, he founded United Artists.Forgotten Hollywood is on FacebookForgotten

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20:47

Episode 360- "There's No Going Back: The Life and...

Forgotten Hollywood ·

2025/09/04

In this episode, I spoke with author David M. Stewart about his book "There's No Going Back: The Life and Work of Jonathan Demme". Jonathan Demme, one of the most influential and dynamic directors of the twentieth century, was a fearless and radical filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer―a compassionate artist, advocate, and humanist who was compelled to tell the stories of marginalized communities. His intense passion and appreciation of music, culture, and art were interwoven throughout his life

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10:21

Episode 359- A Store in Hollwyood About Forgotten...

Forgotten Hollywood ·

2025/08/28

Guest host James Lott Jr talks about a Store, Counterpoint Records and Books, in East Hollywood that has grea rare finds. He showcases two of the things he found.Forgotten Hollywood is on Facebook.Executive Producer -Doug Hess

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28:29

Episode 358- Through A Noir Lens with author Sheri...

Forgotten Hollywood ·

2025/08/25

Forgotten Hollywood is on Facebook.Forgotten Hollywood Books are on Amazon.In this episode I spoke with author Sheri Chinen Biesen about her book "Through a Noir Lens: Adapting Film Noir Visual Style". Shadows. Smoke. Dark alleys. Rain-slicked city streets. These are iconic elements of film noir visual style. Long after its 1940s heyday, noir hallmarks continue to appear in a variety of new media forms and styles. What has made the noir aesthetic at once enduring and adaptable?

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30:19

Episode 357- "Cesar Romero: The Joker Is Wild" with...

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2025/08/21

In this episode, I spoke with author Samuel Garza Bernstein about his book "Cesar Romero: The Joker Is Wild". Dynamic and debonair, Cesar Romero was best known for creating the role of the Joker in the 1960s Batman television series. As the first actor to play Batman and Robin's villainous nemesis, Romero established the character's giddy, manic tone and the distinctive laugh that subsequent actors like Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger, and Joaquin Phoenix would use as the starting points in their own

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59:54

Episode 356- Actress Catherine Mary Stewart

Forgotten Hollywood ·

2025/08/18

The Apple. Last Starfighter. Weekend At Bernie's.Night of the Comet. Knight Rider. Hotel. Sins. The Outer Limits. Law and Order and Days of Our Lives. Catherine Mary Stewart goes down memory lane with Guest Host James Lott Jr. Forgotten Hollywood is on Facebook!

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25:34

Episode 355- Darkness in Primetime with author...

Forgotten Hollywood ·

2025/08/14

In this episode, I spoke with author Mitchell Hadley regarding his book "Darkness In Primetime". Darkness in Primetime: How Classic-Era TV Foresaw Modern Society’s Descent into Hell reveals how television shows of the 1950s and 1960s, with shocking accuracy, envisioned a world of 24/7 surveillance, thought control, disinformation, persecution, and the loss of freedom—a world disturbingly similar to our own.

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19:48

Episode 354- "Men of Action: Behind-the-Scenes of...

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2025/08/11

In this episode, I spoke with Ed Robertson about his book "Men of Action: Behind-the-Scenes of Four Classic TV Series". An in-depth look at The Untouchables, Run for Your Life, The Magician and Harry O four classic series that helped define the landscape of American television as we know it today. Each entry features a detailed episode guide and behind-the-scenes interviews with the actors, writers, producers, and directors who made these shows enduring, action-adventure classics.

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19:00

Episode 353- The Horses of Hollywood

Forgotten Hollywood ·

2025/08/07

In this episode, I spoke with Roberta Smoodin regarding her book "Horses of Hollywood". In Horses of Hollywood, Roberta Smoodin gives equine film stars the credit and recognition they have long deserved. Smoodin goes behind the scenes to feature the trainers, actors, and directors who brought some of our favorite horses into the spotlight. Forgotten Hollywood is on Facebook.

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12:59

Episode 352- What is Forgotten Hollywood?

Forgotten Hollywood ·

2025/08/04

Guest Host and JLJ Media CEO James Lott Jr talks about Hollywood that is forgotten and why this show exists. Forgotten Hollywood is on Facebook.

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24:29

Episode 351 -The Godfathers of Horror Films with...

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2025/07/31

In this episode we discuss with author Jennifer Selway her book "The Godfather of Horror Films: Boris Karloff, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee". Boris Karloff, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee: three middle-class Englishmen whose names are synonymous with the history of the horror movie. Karloff was born in 1887, the year of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, and Lee, the youngest, died in 2015, when Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning British monarch.

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14:02

Episode 350- Liza, Dusty and the Pet Shop Boys

Forgotten Hollywood ·

2025/07/28

Its Episode 350! Guest Host James Lott Jr! Forgotten Hollywood is on Facebook! Go follow! JLJ is talking about the late 80s with the Pet Shop Boys reinvented the music careers of Liza Minelli and Dusty Springfield!

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7:13

Episode 349- Sydney Franklin

Forgotten Hollywood ·

2025/07/24

Sidney Arnold Franklin (March 21, 1893 – May 18, 1972) was an American film director and producer. Franklin, like William C. deMille, specialized in adapting literary works or Broadway stage plays.His brother Chester Franklin (1889–1954) also became a director during the silent film era, best known for directing the early Technicolor film The Toll of the Sea.Franklin's work on radio included directing The Screen Guild Show in 1939.Hosted by Doug Hess.Forgotten Hollywood is on Facebook!

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28:34

Episode 348- Juliet Prowse: Born to Dance: The...

Forgotten Hollywood ·

2025/07/21

Juliet Prowse: Born to Dance: The Extraordinary Life Story of My AuntIn this episode, I discussed with Juliet Prowse regarding her book about her Aunt Juliet Prowse. Juliet Prowse was a young South African dancer and entertainer who burst into the international spotlight in her first Hollywood movie, Can-Can. Considered talented and exotic, she caught the media’s attention and her engagement to Frank Sinatra fuelled their fascination further. But was it love and what did Sinatra make of Juliet’s

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26:17

Episode 347-"The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks,...

Forgotten Hollywood ·

2025/07/17

In this episode, I spoke with author Chris Nashawaty about his recent book "The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982". In the summer of 1982, eight science fiction films were released within six weeks of one another. E.T., Tron, Star Trek: Wrath of Khan, Conan the Barbarian, Blade Runner, Poltergeist, The Thing, and Mad Max: The Road Warrior changed the careers of some of Hollywood's now biggest names―altering the art of movie-making to this day.July 29th is the

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24:18

Episode 346- A Conversation with Donna Reed's...

Forgotten Hollywood ·

2025/07/14

In this episode, I spoke with Mary Owen who is the daughter of Donna Reed.

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