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.
"Hit The Deck" starring Jane Powell, Ann Miller, Debbie Reynolds, Tony Martin, Vic Damone and Russ Tamblyn. Three sailor friends have a musical adventure in San Fransisco. Finding love and hijinks comes easy for the trio.
Director: Roy Rowland
Costumes: Helen Rose
Studio: MGM
Year: 1955
"The Pirate" starring Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper and special dance sequence by The Nicholas Brothers and songs by Cole Porter. Judy Garland stars as Manuela who pines for a life of adventure with Macoco, Mack the Black, a notorious pirate. When a traveling theater troupe rolls into town her prayers may be answered.
Director: Vincente Minelli
Costumes: Tom Keogh
Studio: MGM
Year: 1948
"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
"Follow the Fleet" starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Nelson and featuring bit parts played by Lucille Ball and Betty Grable. Fred Astaire stars as a sailor who returns to San Fran to look up his old dance partner Ginger Rogers. Lovers with mixed signals, putting on a show to save a boat and a monkey dressed up as a sailor make for a fun Irving Berlin musical romp.
Director: Mark Sandrich
Costumes: Bernard Newman (gowns)
Studio: RKO
Year: 1936
"Anchors Aweigh" starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson and Dean Stockwell. On a four day shore leave two sailors look for love, babysit a wannabe junior sailor and teach Jerry the Mouse to tap dance.
Director: George Sidney
Costumes: Irene
Studio: MGM
Year: 1945
"On The Town" starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin, Vera-Ellen, Ann Miller and Betty Garrett. Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin star as three sailors who get twenty-four hours of shore leave and their misadventures lead to musical numbers, a high speed police chase and love. Turns out New York, New York IS a wonderful town.
Director: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen
Costumes: Helen Rose
Studio: MGM
Year: 1949
