Old Hollywood Realness!

“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 LivingstonCostume Designer: The Queens themselvesStudio: Academy Entertainment Off White ProductionsYear: 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 SavilleCostume Designer: Marianne and J. StrassnerStudio: Gaumont British StudiosYear: 1935

“Hairspray" starring Ricki Lake, Divine, Sonny Bono and Blondie. Lake stars as a dance crazed youngster in 1960s baltimore.Director: John WatersCostume Designer: Van SmithStudio: New Line CinemaYear: 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 WilderCostume Designer: Orry-KellyStudio: United ArtistsYear: 1959

“Victor / Victoria" starring Julie Andrews, Robert Preston, James Garner and Leslie Ann. Warren. Julie Andrews stars as a down on her luck singer who poses as a drag queen in order to find fame and fortune. Director: Blake EdwardsCostume Designer: Patricia NorrisStudio: Metro Goldwyn MayerYear: 1982

“Pillow Talk" starring Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall and Thelma Ritter. Day stars as a successful interior designer who reluctantly shares a party line with a song writing Lothario. Things get romantic when he fixes his sights on her.Director: Michael GordonCostume Designer: Jean Louis (Doris Day’s Gowns) Studio: Universal pIcturesYear: 1959

“Cat People" starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph and Tom Conway. Simon stars as a young woman who believes she will transform into a deadly panther if she becomes intimate. Director: Jacques TourneurCostume Designer: ReniéStudio: RKOYear: 1942We are joined by Adam Roche, podcaster extraordinaire, famous for, “Secret History of Hollywood: Shadows.” You can follow all his works and support his podcast at his website Attaboy Clarence.

“The Adventures of Robin Hood" starring Errol Flynn, Olivia DeHavilland, Basil Rathbone and Claud Rains. Errol Flynn stars as the legendary Robin Hood who fights against the tyranny of an evil prince.Director: Michael CurtizCostume Designer: Milo AndersonStudio: Warner Bros.Year: 1938

"Rear Window" starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter and Raymond Burr. James Stewart stars as a wheelchair bound photographer who believes he’s witness to a murder out of his back window.Director: Alfred HitchcockCostume Designer: Edith HeadStudio: Paramount PicturesYear: 1954

"Brigadoon" starring Gene Kelly, Van Johnson and Cyd Charisse. Kelly stars in this mystical musical about a village that appears for only one day every 100 years. Director: Vincente MinelliCostume Designer: Irene SharaffStudio: MGMYear: 1954

"Bells are Ringing" starring Judy Holliday, Dean Martin and Jean Stapleton. Holliday stars as a answering service operator who can’t help getting involved in the lives of the customers. She falls hard for a play write who she helps him succeed.Director: Vincente MinelliCostume Designer: Walter PlunkettStudio: MGMYear: 1960

"Cinderfella" starring Jerry Lewis, Judith Anderson, Ed Wynn, and Anna Maria Alberghetti. Jerry Lewis stars in the reverse role version of the classic fairy tale.Director: Frank TashlinCostume Designer: Edith HeadStudio: Paramount PicturesYear: 1960

"Libeled Lady" starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. When Loy slaps Tracy’s newspaper with a libel suit he must get creative in order to weasel out of the charges.Director: Jack ConwayCostume Designer: Dolly TreeStudio: MGMYear: 1936

"Dishonored Lady" starring Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O’Keefe, John Loder and Margaret Hamilton. Lamarr stars as a magazine art director who starts a new life only to be accused of murdering a lover from her past.Director: Robert StevensonCostume Designer: Elois JenssenStudio: United Artists PicturesYear: 1947

Sorry about this one… We meant to record a podcast but we were only able to have a melt down on mic. Hope you enjoy! We will be back with a full episode on Monday. Sorry for the delay but sometime things don’t work out as planned.

"Lady of Burlesque" starring Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O’Shea, Iris Adrian and Marion Martin. Stanwyck stars as the star of a burlesque show. Things get complicated when girls start showing up murdered with their own g-string.Director: William WellmanCostume Designer: Edith Head (Barbara Stanwyck’s Gowns) Natalie Visart (Costumes)Studio: United Artists PicturesYear: 1943

"All That Heaven Allows" starring Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson and Agnes Moorehead. Wyman stars as a widow that falls in love with her younger gardener. This puts her at odds with the expectations of her children and communityDirector: Douglas SirkCostume Designer: Bill Thomas (Gowns)Studio: Universal PicturesYear: 1955

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.

"Rebecca" starring Joan Fontaine, Lawrence Olivier, Judith Anderson and Reginald Denny. Fontaine stars as the young Mrs. De Winter who marries a widower, unwittingly ensnaring herself in a web laid by his dead wife.Director: Alfred HitchcockCostume Designer: attributed to Irene LentzStudio: United ArtistsYear: 1940

“Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood" the documentary about Scotty Bowers, the legendary hustler that hooked up and hooked up with many Hollywood Legends. We had the pleasure of sitting down and speaking to Scotty Bowers himself.Director: Matt TyrnauerYear: 2017

"Bell, Book and Candle" starring Kim Novak, Jimmy Stewart, Elsa Lanchester, Jack Lemmon and Hermione Gingold. Kim Novak stars as a reluctant witch looking for love in NYC.Director: Richard QuineCostume Designer: Jean LouisStudio: Columbia PicturesYear: 1958

Larry McQueen is a Hollywood Costume Collector who has been collecting and preserving costumes since the early 1980s. We were joined by him over the summer to discuss his collection and history.

"Charade" starring Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Walter Mattheau and James Coburn. Hepburn plays Regina Lampert who is being pursued by three dangerous thieves. Turns out her husband screwed them over which got him murdered.Director: Stanley DonenCostume Designer: Hubert de GivenchyStudio: Universal PictureYear: 1963

"Now, Voyager" starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper, Ilka Chase and Mary Wickes. Davis stars as a frumpy young woman under the thumb of a domineering mother. With the help of therapy she blossoms into an elegant and independent woman.Director: Irving RapperCostume Designer: Orry-KellyStudio: Warner Bros.Year: 1942

"Easy to Love" starring Esther Williams, Van Johnson, Tony Martin and John Bromfield. Williams plays a water skiing star pining for the love of her boss. After a trip to NYC love gets complicated as well as moist.Director: Charles Walters and Busby BerkeleyCostume Designer: Helen Rose (Women’s Costumes)Studio: MGMYear: 1953

"Million Dollar Mermaid" starring Esther Williams, Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon and David Brian. Williams stars in the biopic of Annette Kellerman, famed Australian swimming star during the early part of the 20th Century. Director: Mervyn LeRoyCostume Designer: Walter Plunkett and Helen Rose for the musical numbersStudio: MGMYear: 1952

"Fiesta" starring Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Rita Moreno and Charles Mauu. Williams stars as a half Tahitian young woman who falls for a transplant from Ohio who inherits a coconut farm.Director: Robert AltonCostume Designer: Helen RoseStudio: MGMYear: 1950

"Fiesta" starring Esther Williams, Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Chariesse, Mary Astor and John Carroll. Esther Williams plays twins with Ricardo Montalban who wants to be a composer but his father wants him to be a matador.Director: Richard ThorpeCostume Designer: Irene (Gowns)Studio: MGMYear: 1947

"Bathing Beauty" starring Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Basil Rathbone, Jean Porter, Xavier Cugat and Ethel Smith. Williams stars as a college swim instructor who’s husband is trying to win back her love after a plan to break them up.Director: George Sidney Costume Designer: Irene (Gowns) and Irene Sharaff (Water Ballet Costumes)Studio: MGMYear: 1944

"Thoroughly Modern Millie" starring Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing, James Fox and John Gavin. Julie Andrews stars as Millie, a modern New York City girl in the 1920s looking for love but getting mixed up in hijinks along the way.Director: George Roy HillCostume Designer: Jean LouisStudio: Universal PicturesYear: 1967

"Thoroughly Modern Millie" starring Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing, James Fox and John Gavin. Julie Andrews stars as Millie, a modern New York City girl in the 1920s looking for love but getting mixed up in hijinks along the way.Director: George Roy HillCostume Designer: Jean LouisStudio: Universal PicturesYear: 1967

"Till The Clouds Roll By" starring Robert Walker, Van Heflin, Lucille Bremer and Judy Garland. Walker stars in this biopic of prolific songwriter Jerome Kern. This MGM spectacular has musical numbers performed by a cavalcade of starsDirector: Richard WhorfCostume Designer: Helen RoseStudio: MGMYear: 1946

"Three Wise Girls" starring Jean Harlow, Mae Clark, Walter Bryon, Marie Prevost and Andy Devine. Harlow, Clark and Prevost star as three working girls in New York City. Looking for love but more importantly, looking for financial security!Director: William BeaudineCostume Designer: UncreditedStudio: Columbia PicturesYear: 1932

"Born Yesterday" starring Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford and William Holden. Holliday plays a tycoon’s girl who is put under Holden’s tutelage in order to help her learn proper etiquette. She learns more than expected.Director: George CukorCostume Designer: Jean Louis (Gowns)Studio: Columbia PicturesYear: 1950

"Moulin Rouge" starring Jose Ferrer, Colette Marchand, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Suzanne Flon. A biopic about the famous painter Toulouse-Lautrec and his time spent in the infamous dance hall Le Moulin Rouge. Director: John HustonCostume Designer: Maurice Vertes (Vertes) and Schiaparelli (Costumes for Miss Gabor)Studio: United ArtistsYear: 1952

"That Touch of Mink" starring Doris Day, Cary Grant, Gig Young, Audrey Meadows and John Astin. Doris Day stars as a young working woman who meets and falls for millionaire playboy Cary Grant. He’s into her too but he’s not the marrying type. What’s a girl to do?Director: Delbert MannCostume Designer: Rosemary Odell (Gowns)Studio: Universal StudiosYear: 1962

"Roberta" starring Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Randolph Scott. Randolph Scott stars as an American football player who inherits a French Fashion house. Luckily he has Fred and Ginger to dance their way out of this pickle.Director: William A. SeiterCostume Designer: Bernard Newman (GownsStudio: RKOYear: 1935

"A Date With Judy" starring Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor, Carmen Miranda, and Wallace Beery. Powell stars as a high schooler who is dealing with the challenges of being a teenager in 1948.Director: Richard ThorpeCostume Designer: Helen Rose (Women’s)Studio: MGMYear: 1948

"Mahogany" starring Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, and Anthony Perkins. Miss Ross stars as an aspiring fashion designer who becomes a world famous model in Italy. Director: Barry GordyCostume Designer: Diana RossStudio: Paramount PicturesYear: 1975

"Holiday Affair" starring Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey and Gordon Gebert. Mitchum and Leigh fall in love during the holidays over a toy train set.Director: Don HartmentCostume Designer: Howard GreerStudio: RKO PicturesYear: 1949

"Gone With The Wind" starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Hattie McDaniel, Olivia de Havilland and Leslie Howard. Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable star in this Hollywood Epic as a tumultuous pair of lovers who must survive the horrors during and after the Civil War.Director: Victor FlemingCostume Designer: Walter PlunkettStudio: MGM & Selznick Intl. PicturesYear: 1939Old Hollywood REALNESS is turning 2 Year Old! In order to mark the occasion we are joined by Leighton Bowers from Western Costume Company. Leighton is the Director of Research for the legendary Hollywood costume house. Since Walter Plunkett employed Western Costume Co. to provide and construct costumes for this epic film Leighton comes to us with inside scoops and historical information.

"Leave Her To Heaven" starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price and Mary Phillips. Tierney stars in this technicolor noir about a young woman who’s love and obsession with her husband threatens to destroy both them and everyone around her.Director: John M. StahlCostume Designer: Kay NelsonStudio: 20th Century FoxYear: 1945

"Phantom Lady" starring Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Thomas Gomez, Aurora Miranda and Franchot Tone. Ella Raines stars as the plucky assistant to Alan Curtis who is wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife. She’s on the hunt to find a woman who can prove his innocence with the only lead being her unique hat.Director: Robert SiodmakCostume Designer: Vera WestHat Designer: Keneth HopkinsStudio: Universal PictureYear: 1944

"Plan 9 From Outer Space" starring Gregory Walcott, Duke Moore, Tor Johnson, Dudley Manlove, John Breckinridge, Maila Nurmi (Vampira) and bela Lugosi. A race of aliens reanimate the dead in order to take over the world. For the discussion Kathleen and Philip are joined by, Comedian and Ed Wood Expert, Dana Gould.Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.Wardrobe: Dick (Richard) ChaneyStudio: Reynolds PictureYear: 1959

"Madam Satan" starring Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny and Lillian Roth and Roland Young. Kay Johnson stars as a society housewife whose husband is stepping out on her. She attends a masquerade ball on a blimp as ‘Madam Satan’ when disaster strikes. Director: Cecil B. DeMilleCostumes: AdrianStudio: MGMYear: 1932

Join Kathleen and Philip as they discuss The Ruby Slippers from “The Wizard of "Oz” (1939). The slippers were stolen in 2005 and were recovered by the FBI just this past month, 13 years later. Discussed in the episode is the documentary, “The Slippers” (2016) and a TV show segment, “The Search for the Ruby Slippers.” Included in the documentary is the story of the discovery of the long forgotten slippers by Kent Warner, the birth of Hollywood costume collecting, and the 2005 Slipper Heist.

"The Mummy" starring Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners and Edward Van Sloan. Boris Karloff stars as a mummy risen from the dead to enact a vengeful curse and find his long lost love.Director: Karl FreundCostumes: Vera WestStudio: Universal PicturesYear: 1932

"The Great Race" starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk and Kennan Wynn. Curtis and Lemmon star as turn of the century rivals who compete in a race from NYC to Paris.Director: Blake EdwardsCostumes: Don Feld & Edith Head (Natalie Wood's Costumes)Studio: Warner Bros.Year: 1965

"Forbidden Planet" starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen and Robby the Robot. Nielsen stars as the captain of a rescue mission to a mysterious planet in this sci-fi film inspired by Shakespeare's "The Tempest."Director: Fred M. WilcoxCostumes: Walter Plunkett & Helen RoseStudio: MGMYear: 1956

"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 CukorCostumes: Adrian and Oliver MesselStudio: MGMYear: 1936

West Side Story" starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno and George Chakiris. Wood and Beymer play lovers from rival street gangs in this remake of Romeo and Juliette. Dance fighting, star crossed lovers and a couple murders make for a classic musical.Director: Jerome Robbins & Robert WiseCostumes: Irene SharaffStudio: United ArtistsYear: 1961