The Podcast That Celebrates the Glitz and Glamour of Tinsel Town's Golden Era
Old Hollywood REALNESS is the podcast dedicated to celebrating all the glitz and glamour of the silver screen. Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and recap all the classics. Journey through time, from the mad cap black & white flicks to the technicolor dreams that Hollywood produced in the heydays of studio system.
"Romeo and Juliet" starring Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore, Basil Rathbone and Reginald Denny. Shearer and Howard play the titular characters from Shakespeare's immortal tale of love between two warring families.
Director: George Cukor
Costumes: Adrian and Oliver Messel
Studio: MGM
Year: 1936
"Captain Blood" starring Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone and Ross Alexander. Errol Flynn stars as Peter Blood, who during an attempted revolution in England in 1680, gets imprisoned and sent to the Caribbean to be sold as a slave. After an attack on the island, Blood leads a band of slaves to escape and becomes notorious pirates sacking English shipping vessels.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Costumes: Milo Anderson
Studio: Warner Bros.
Year: 1935
"The Court Jester" starring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone and Angela Lansbury. Danny Kaye stars in this medieval musical comedy about reclaiming a usurped throne in the name of a child king. Sword fights, hypnotism and technicolor costumes abound in this hilarious romp.
Director: Melvin Frank & Norman Panama
Costumes: Edith Head & Yvonne Wood
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Year: 1955
