30: Star Wars Episode IV: Gene Tierney (Or: The Many Loves of Howard Hughes, Chapter 5)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

34: Star Wars Episode VIII: How Norma Jeane Became Marilyn Monroe: Today’s episode tells the secret, forgotten, and highly disputed story of the making of Marilyn Monroe, arguably the most potent Hollywood sex symbol of all time. by You Must Remember This

47 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

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

36 min listen

40: The You Must Remember This One Year Anniversary Ask Us Anything Show: You Must Remember This turns one year old this month, and to celebrate, Karina takes questions from listeners. Topics range from book recommendations to the blacklist to baseball to Karina’s abandoned, unfinished novel. by You Must Remember This

49 min listen

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

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

41 min listen

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

13: Bogart, Before Bacall: A look at how Humphrey Bogart became Bogey, tracing his journey from blue blood beginnings through years of undistinguished work and outright failure, to his emergence in the early 1940s as a symbol of wartime perseverance. by You Must Remember This

38 min listen

30: Star Wars Episode IV: Gene Tierney (Or: The Many Loves of Howard Hughes, Chapter 5): The luminous star of a number of key film noirs and melodramas of the 1940s, Gene Tierney's personal life was highly dramatic and heartbreakingly tragic. by You Must Remember This

42 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

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

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

38: Star Wars Episode XII: Bob Hope vs. Bing Crosby: Bob Hope is remembered as the 20th century celebrity most devoted to entertaining the troops. Bing Crosby, Hope’s partner on seven Road to… films, sang the song that became an unlikely alternate national anthem during World War II. by You Must Remember This

47 min listen

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

32 min listen

43: Star Wars Episode XVI: Van Johnson: Van Johnson was MGM’s big, all-american heartthrob during World War II, an one of the most reliably bankable stars in Hollywood, on and off, for over a decade. Off-screen, he was an introvert with a mysterious personal life. by You Must Remember This

47 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

43 min listen

23: Mia Farrow in the 1960s, Part One: Mia & Frank: Before Mia Farrow was an outspoken activist, devoted mother to 14 children, and the famously jilted partner of Woody Allen, she was … a lot of other things. Today in the first of a two parter, we’ll begin to explore Mia Farrow’s... by You Must Remember This

41 min listen

37: Star Wars Episode XI: Charlie Chaplin: Charlie Chaplin’s most successful (and controversial) film was The Great Dictator, a vicious satire of Adolf Hitler. We’ll explore the connections between the two men, and explain why most of Hollywood tried to stop the film from being made. by You Must Remember This

42 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

45 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

40 min listen

36: Star Wars Episode X: Errol Flynn: Errol Flynn arrived in Hollywood in 1934 and almost immediately became a massive star, his swashbuckler-persona propelling many of the decades biggest action hits. But his dashing good looks and life-of-the-party personality masked a shady past. by You Must Remember This

47 min listen

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30: Star Wars Episode IV: Gene Tierney (Or: The Many Loves of Howard Hughes, Chapter 5)

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