18: The Many Loves of Howard Hughes, Chapter 4: Jane Russell

11: The Many Loves of Howard Hughes: Katharine Hepburn, 1938: A crossover episode, uniting our two ongoing series, The Many Loves of Howard Hughes and Follies of 1938, focusing on Hughes’ relationship with Katharine Hepburn, which peaked and crashed in 1938. Introduced by Hughes’ close confidant,... by You Must Remember This

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10: Follies of 1938, Chapter 2: Kay Francis, Pretty Poison: In May 1938, the Independent Theater Owners Association published a full-page paid editorial in The Hollywood Reporter, branding a number of big stars — including Mae West, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Katherine Hepburn and... by You Must Remember This

38 min listen

4: (The Printing of) the Legend of Frances Farmer: During the last year of his life, Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain was obsessed with Frances Farmer, an actress from his hometown of Seattle who died in 1970. Farmer’s beauty and unique screen presence made her a star, but her no-bullshit ballsiness... by You Must Remember This

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20: Liz: Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift were best friends and co-stars in three films. This episode tracks Taylor's relationship with the troubled Clift, from their first, studio-setup date through his untimely death. by You Must Remember This

40 min listen

19: Raquel Welch, From Pin-up to Pariah: Raquel Welch, a former cocktail waitress and divorced mother of two, found herself in the odd position of being an old-fashioned sex goddess in the age of flower children and feminism. by You Must Remember This

38 min listen

7: The Many Loves of Howard Hughes, Chapter 1: The first episode of a multi-part series on the Hollywood romances of Howard Hughes traces Hughes’ arranged marriage at age 18 to Southern society belle Ella Rice; his affairs with silent star Billie Dove and Jean Harlow, who Hughes helped to... by You Must Remember This

41 min listen

3: Happy 110th Birthday, Val Lewton: A Very Special Halloween Episode! The writer-producer Val Lewton produced and ghost-wrote 11 films in just three years as head of the horror unit at RKO, many of which — Cat People, I Walked With A Zombie, The Curse of the Cat People, The Body... by You Must Remember This

40 min listen

27: Star Wars Episode I: Bette Davis and the Hollywood Canteen: In the first installment of 'Star Wars' (about the experiences of stars during wartime, not Chewbacca or Mos Eisley), Karina Longworth looks at Bette Davis and the Hollywood Canteen. by You Must Remember This

51 min listen

5: The Lives, Deaths and Afterlives of Judy Garland: Today we’re commemorating the life and career of Judy Garland, who died 45 years ago this month. Signed to a studio contract at the age of 13, encouraged to become a pill addict as a teenage MGM contract player, crowned a superstar by The Wizard... by You Must Remember This

42 min listen

18: The Many Loves of Howard Hughes, Chapter 4: Jane Russell: Our long-running series on the women in the life of the infamous aviator/filmmaker continues with a look at Hughes’ professional and personal relationship with Jane Russell, which began in 1940 when Hughes randomly pulled a photograph of the 19... by You Must Remember This

46 min listen

25: The Short Lives of Bruce and Brandon Lee: In this episode, we’ll explore what really happened to Bruce and Brandon Lee, and discuss how an extraordinarily talented artist went from a victim of Hollywood’s racism to one of the industry’s biggest moneymakers long after his death. by You Must Remember This

36 min listen

17: Theda Bara, Hollywood’s First Sex Symbol: Theda Bara might be the most significant celebrity pioneer whose movies you’ve never seen. She was the movie industry’s first sex symbol; the first femme fatale; and she might have been America’s first homegrown goth. by You Must Remember This

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6: Isabella Rossellini in the 1990s: Today we celebrate the 62nd birthday of actress/model/filmmaker Isabella Rossellini. She was born into Hollywood scandal: her mother, Ingrid Bergman, was denounced on the floor of Congress for her adulterous relationship with Isabella’s father,... by You Must Remember This

37 min listen

2: Frank Sinatra in Outer Space: Welcome to the second episode of You Must Remember This, the podcast devoted to exploring the secret and or/forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century. Today, we look back to 1979, when — while the music world was full of punk and... by You Must Remember This

34 min listen

29: Star Wars Episode III: Hedy Lamarr: Hedy Lamarr was a pioneer in more ways than one, including, but not limited to, scandalous movie sex scenes, radio control technology, breast implants, frivolous lawsuits, and celebrity shoplifting. by You Must Remember This

43 min listen

22: Audrey Hepburn: Sex, Style, and Sabrina: Audrey Hepburn was the first glamorous actress whose style seemed to be to dress for herself, and not to appeal to men. Today we’re going to talk about a film which sparked this evolution, Sabrina. by You Must Remember This

40 min listen

24: Mia Farrow in the 1960s, Part Two: Mia & Dory: Part Two of Mia Farrow in the 1960s traces Mia’s flight to India, studying transcendental meditation with the Beatles, the movies Secret Ceremony and John and Mary, her affair with Andre Previn, and the impact it had on Previn's wife, Dory. by You Must Remember This

41 min listen

8: Follies of 1938, Part 1: Hollywood’s Greatest Year: This micro-episode sets up a topic we’ll be exploring throughout the summer: the films, stars and scandals of 1938. By midway through that year, Hollywood was in such a desperate downswing — and so concerned that Americans were losing... by You Must Remember This

23 min listen

28: Star Wars Episode II: Carole Lombard and Clark Gable: The queen of screwball comedies married the king of Hollywood in 1939, but Lombard's 1942 death in a plane crash on the way home from a trip to sell war bonds drove Gable into a physical and emotional breakdown, and eventually the Army. by You Must Remember This

46 min listen

14: Bacall, After Bogart: When Humphrey Bogart died, Lauren Bacall was just 32 years old. This is the story of how Bacall spent the remaining 57 years of her life, and her lifelong struggle to find a balance between being Mrs. So-and-So, and being Lauren Bacall. by You Must Remember This

37 min listen

41: Star Wars Episode XIV: Frank Sinatra Through 1945: Frank Sinatra's rise to fame coincided almost exactly with the run up to and fighting of World War II. Unlike so many young men, famous or otherwise, Sinatra didn't enlist, and the controversy over whether or not he was a draft dodger hung over his head. by You Must Remember This

34 min listen

15: Madonna, from Sean to Warren, Part Two: In the concluding chapter of a two-part episode about Madonna and movies, we talk about her mutually beneficial professional and personal involvement with Warren Beatty. by You Must Remember This

45 min listen

46: Charles Manson’s Hollywood, Part 3: The Beach Boys, Dennis Wilson, and Charles Manson, Songwriter: In this episode we’ll talk about Charlie Manson’s arrival in Los Angeles, discuss Dennis Wilson’s life and the role he played in enabling Manson’s rock n’ roll delusions, and explain how The Beach Boys came to record a... by You Must Remember This

50 min listen

21: The Birth of Barbra Streisand’s A Star is Born: There have been four Hollywood films made under the name and/or with the basic story of A Star is Born. The most reviled version is the one starring Barbra Streisand, made in 1976 and produced by Barbra’s hair dresser-turned-boyfriend Jon Peters. by You Must Remember This

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31: Star Wars Episode V: Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles: The Citizen Kane boy wonder's second wife was the former Margarita Cansino -- a dancer-turned-actress whose Hispanic heritage Hollywood went to great lengths to obscure. by You Must Remember This

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42: Star Wars Episode XV: Why John Wayne Didn’t Sign Up: No actor on movie screens in the 1940s embodied American patriotism and unpretentious masculinity better than John Wayne. But Wayne didn’t have the defining experience of most adult American men of the 1940s — Wayne didn’t enlist to... by You Must Remember This

38 min listen

12: Madonna, from Sean to Warren, Part One: Over the course of two episodes, we will explore the high-cinephile period of Madonna's life and work, roughly bracketed by her relationship with Sean Penn and ending with the dissolution of her rebound affair with Warren Beatty. by You Must Remember This

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26: Tales of Celebrity Drunkenness, 2014: In our first annual end-of-year clip show, we'll listen to some of the booziest excerpts from the 25 episodes of You Must Remember This released thus far. by You Must Remember This

44 min listen

9: The Many Loves of Howard Hughes, Part 2: The Many Loves of Ida Lupino: In this second installment of our ongoing series, The Many Loves of Howard Hughes, we explore the life, loves and work of Ida Lupino. Hughes dated Lupino when she was a teenage starlet; nearly 20 years later, after Lupino had become the only working... by You Must Remember This

39 min listen

16: Marlon Brando 1971-1973: This is the story of how, with two movies shot in 1971, Marlon Brando turned his career around, spent his regained celebrity capital on an act of social activism, and put Hollywood's culture of self-adoration in its place. by You Must Remember This

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