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.
“Paris is Burning" starring Dorian Corey, Pepper LaBeija, Venus Xtravaganza, Octavia St. Laurent, Willi Ninja, Angie Xtravaganza and Freddie Pendavis. This documentary takes into in the fascinating world of the Vogue Drag Balls of NYC in the late 1980s.
Director: Jennie Livingston
Costume Designer: The Queens themselves
Studio: Academy Entertainment Off White Productions
Year: 1990
“First A Girl" starring Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Anna Lee and Griffith Jones. Jessie Matthews plays a young girl with stars in her eye when she meets a down on his luck actor. Taking his place in a female impersonation act leads to whirlwind fame, and romance.
Director: Victor Saville
Costume Designer: Marianne and J. Strassner
Studio: Gaumont British Studios
Year: 1935
“Hairspray" starring Ricki Lake, Divine, Sonny Bono and Blondie. Lake stars as a dance crazed youngster in 1960s baltimore.
Director: John Waters
Costume Designer: Van Smith
Studio: New Line Cinema
Year: 1988
“Some Like It Hot" starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Joe E. Brown. Curtis and Lemmon star as musicians on the run from the mafia. The two pose as women in order to hide out in an all girls band.
Director: Billy Wilder
Costume Designer: Orry-Kelly
Studio: United Artists
Year: 1959
Old Hollywood REALNESS is turning 3 Year Old! In order to mark the occasion we are joined by legendary costume and fashion designer Bob Mackie. Mr. Mackie shares with us, stories from his early career working with other costume legends like Jean Louis and Edith Head. Through his career he was nominated 3 times for an Oscar, won multiple Emmys and recently won the Tony for The Cher Show.
Read More"The Seven Year Itch" starring Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell and Evelyn Keyes. Tom Ewell stars as a husband left behind in Mahattan for the summer where he meets his enchanting upstairs neighbor, Marilyn Monroe. What could go wrong?
Director: Billy Wilder
Costumes: Travilla
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Year: 1955
"There's No Business Like Show Business" starring Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, Johnnie Ray and Marilyn Monroe. Merman and Dailey are the parents of a vaudeville team, The Five Donahues, in this Irving Berlin musical. As time passes the family grows in different directions intersecting with Monroe's rising career.
Director: Walter Lang
Costumes: Travilla & Miles White
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Year: 1954
