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The podcast exploring the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood's first century, by Karina Longworth. http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Apr 24

In our final installment of The Old Man is Still Alive, we wrap up the story of John Huston. Aging and battling severe lung disease, Huston's ambition seem undaunted as he directs a slew of films in his final decade-plus of life and work. Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

John Huston, Part Two: 1975-1987

Podcast Episode · You Must Remember This · S20 E248 · 53m

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · 2d

Carole Lombard was born on this day in 1908. Listen to our 2015 episode of @rememberthispod.bsky.social on Lombard & Gable and the tragic end of her life: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...

Star Wars Episode II: Carole Lombard and Clark Gable (YMRT #28) — You Must Remember This

Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts . After struggling to find her niche in Hollywood, Carole Lombard came into her own in the mid-1930s first as the queen of screwball comedy, and then ...

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · 6d

Sacheen Littlefeather passed away on this day in 2022. Our episode of @rememberthispod.bsky.social on Marlon Brando in the early '70s, which recounts her notorious appearance at the 1973 Oscars in Brando's place, debuted 11 years ago this week: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...

YMRT #16: Marlon Brando, 1971-1973 — You Must Remember This

Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts . In the early 1950s,  MarlonBrando  became the first post-war mega-movie star, redefining screen acting and heralding the end of the star system...

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · 13d

Happy 81st birthday to Michael Douglas! The actor starred in FATAL ATTRACTION, discussed in our Erotic80s series, and DISCLOSURE, which we covered in this Erotic90s episode: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/the...

The Last Seduction, Disclosure, & Fear of the Female Boss (Erotic 90’s, Part 13) — You Must Remember This

Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . The 90s were obsessed with what magazine writer Tad Friend would describe as “do me feminism” – and the attendant fear that men could be v...

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · 19d

Our 2014 episode of @rememberthispod.bsky.social on Frances Farmer's career, legacy, and how a splashy book and biopic eclipsed the reality of her life is perfect listening on her birthday: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...

You Must Remember This Episode 4: (The Printing of) The Legend of Frances Farmer — You Must Remember This

Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts . 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. Farme...

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · 20d

Greta Garbo was born on this day in 1905. Listen to our episode on Garbo and John Gilbert, part of our MGM Stories series: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...

MGM Stories Part Four: John Gilbert and Greta Garbo — You Must Remember This

Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts . Rising romantic lead John Gilbert signed with MGM in 1924 and the next year he starred in King Vidor’s The Big Parade , the studio’s biggest hit of the ...

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · 23d

In between seasons of @rememberthispod.bsky.social is a great time to catch up on past episodes and series you might have missed! You can find a full archive and index of seasons on our website: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/seasons

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · 27d

Happy 85th birthday to BODY DOUBLE director Brian De Palma. Listen to our episode of Erotic80s on that film and the "vioporn" trend of 1984: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/vio...

"Vioporn," Body Double and Crimes of Passion (Erotic 80s Part 7) — You Must Remember This

Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . In a time of bombastic blockbusters (and Reagan’s re-election), two auteurs defy the norms by releases violent films about sexual obsessio...

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Sep 8

Dorothy Dandridge passed away on September 8, 1965. Listen to our 2019 episode on Dandridge's battle with the tabloid Confidential, which helped end the magazine's reign of terror in Hollywood. www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/201...

Dorothy Dandridge and the Confidential Magazine Trial (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 17) — You Must Remember This

Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify . Over two episodes, we will explore Hollywood Babylon’s coverage of Confidential Magazine and the two celebrities who testified against the sc...

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Sep 5

After a night out in Paris on September 5, 1920, Olive Thomas imbibed a fatal dose of mercury bichloride, passing away on September 10. We recount the subsequent speculation & scandal in the 2nd episode of our series Fact-Checking Hollywood Babylon: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/201...

Olive Thomas (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 2) — You Must Remember This

Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify . The first Hollywood scandal to attract international intentional was the death-by-poison of Olive Thomas, the twenty-five year old star of ...

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our @rememberthispod.bsky.social episode on Rudolph Valentino turns 7 today! Listen as we try to sort fact from fiction on one of the most iconic stars of all time: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/201...

Rudolph Valentino (Fake News: Fact-Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 10) — You Must Remember This

Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify . Rudolph Valentino was Hollywood’s first “latin lover.” His shocking death at the age of 31 was attributed to side effects from an appendect...

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Aug 26

Remembering Kay Francis, who passed away on this day in 1968. Our tenth-ever episode of You Must Remember This focused on Francis and how her career was affected by the infamous "Box Office Poison" ad of 1938. Listen now: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...

Follies of 1938, Chapter 2: Kay Francis, Pretty Poison (YMRT# 10) — You Must Remember This

Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts . In May 1938, the Independent Theater Owners Association published a full-page paid editorial in The Hollywood Reporter , branding a number of big stars ...

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Aug 25

Van Johnson was born on this day in 1916. Listen to the final episode of our @rememberthispod.bsky.social "Star Wars" series which explores the contrasts between Johnson's on-screen image and private life. www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...

Star Wars Episode XVI: Van Johnson — You Must Remember This

Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts . Join us, for the final episode in our Star Wars series (for now). Van Johnson was MGM’s big, All American heartthrob during World War II, an one of the m...

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Aug 21

DIRTY DANCING was released in US theaters on this day in 1987. Listen to our episode of Erotic80s about DD and FATAL ATTRACTION on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Erotic 80s | 1987: Fatal Attraction and Dirty Dancing

Podcast Episode · You Must Remember This · S18 E197 · 1h 18m

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Aug 13

Director Alfred Hitchcock was born on this day in 1899. Listen to our episode from earlier this year discussing his final years and films on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Alfred Hitchcock 1966-1980

Podcast Episode · You Must Remember This · S20 E232 · 1h 5m

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Aug 11

Remembering Anne Heche, who passed away on this day in 2022. Listen to our 2023 episode of @rememberthispod.bsky.social Erotic90s on Heche in WILD SIDE and the trend of "lesbian chic" in the 1990s. www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/les...

“Lesbian Chic”: Bound and Anne Heche in Wild Side (Erotic 90’s, Part 15) — You Must Remember This

Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . At the beginning of the 90s, lesbians were a punchline for a male-gaze-oriented media, an easy target for expressing the anxiety that wome...

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Aug 8

It's time to vote in the final poll of our Old Man All Stars tourney! Who will be crowned the ultimate Old Man All Star: Liza Minnelli or Elizabeth Taylor? Vote now to decide! www.patreon.com/posts/136022...

A pair of all-star card images featuring Liza Minnelli and Elizabeth Taylor with their names, Old Man All Stars, You Must Remember This, and films featuring the actor at the bottom of the card, on Minnelli's: Tell Me You Love Me Junie Moon, Lucky Lady, and A Matter of Time; On Taylor's: The Only Game in Town and The Blue Bird

You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Aug 8

On the night of Friday August 8, 1969 members of the Manson Family murdered Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski, & Steven Parent. Listen to our 2015 series on the cultural moment that helped produce Manson and his followers: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/202...

Charles Manson's Hollywood Archive — You Must Remember This

In the summer of 2015, we did 12 episodes on Hollywood before, during and after the Manson family murders of Sharon Tate and at least half a dozen other Angelenos in August 1969. The series focused on...

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Aug 7

Today's Old Man All Stars Finals matchup pits Audrey Hepburn against Elizabeth Taylor. Vote to see who will face off against Liza in tomorrow's contest to crown our ultimate Old Man! www.patreon.com/posts/135736...

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Aug 6

John Huston has defeated Michael Caine, but must now surpass the one-and-only Liza Minnelli to have a shot at the top spot! Get your vote in on Patreon by noon on Thursday: www.patreon.com/posts/135818...

A pair of all-star card images featuring John Huston and Liza Minnelli with their names, Old Man All Stars, You Must Remember This, and films featuring the actor at the bottom of the card, on Huston's: The Bible, The Cardinal, and Chinatown. On Minnelli's: Tell Me You Love Me Junie Moon, Lucky Lady, and A Matter of Time

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Aug 5

Our final set of Old Man All Stars matchups starts with a face-off between John Huston and Michael Caine. Which of these prolific performers will advance? By the end of the week, we'll crown our ultimate Old Man All Star! Vote on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/135736...

A pair of all-star card images featuring John Huston and Michael Caine with their names, Old Man All Stars, You Must Remember This, and films featuring the actor at the bottom of the card, on Huston's: The Bible, The Cardinal, and Chinatown. On Caine's: Hurry Sundown, The Man Who Would Be King, and Blame it on Rio

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Aug 1

Our final semi-finals bracket has Sal Mineo facing off against Liza Minnelli. Get your vote in by Saturday at noon Pacific and get ready for next week's final set of brackets, beginning on Tuesday! www.patreon.com/posts/135148...

Old Man All Star cards featuring Sal Mineo and Liza Minnelli. Sal's card has his name and three of his films (Cheyenne Autumn, The Greatest Story Ever Told, and Exodus) listed, and Liza's has her name and 3 of her films (Tell Me You Love Me, Junie Moon, Lucky Lady, A Matter of Time) listed.

You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Jul 31

Old Man All Stars Semi-Finals Bracket #4 sees another clash of Hollywood titans—and nepo babies—as Jane Fonda and John Huston square off to see who will make it to next week's contest. Vote by noon on August 1st! www.patreon.com/posts/135147...

A pair of baseball card style images side by side featuring black and white photos of John Huston and Jane Fonda. Both cards have the star's name, Old Man All Stars, and You Must Remember This printed on them, in addition to logos for the films the star appears in, The Bible, The Cardinal, and Chinatown for Huston, and Hurry Sundown and The Chapman Report for Fonda.

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Jul 30

Today's contest in our Old Man All Stars tournament semi-finals is a battle between two legendary stars: Elizabeth Taylor and Jack Nicholson. Vote on Patreon to decide who advances to next week's final! www.patreon.com/posts/135147...

A pair of all-star card images featuring Jack Nicholson and Liz Taylor with their names, Old Man All Stars, You Must Remember This, and films featuring the actor at the bottom of the card, on Jack's: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Chinatown, and Prizzi's Honor; Liz's has The Only Game in Town and The Blue Bird

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Jul 29

Today's Old Man All Stars poll pits TWO FOR THE ROAD co-stars Albert Finney and Audrey Hepburn against each other to decide who makes it to the final five! Vote on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/135147...

A pair of all-star card images featuring Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney with their names, Old Man All Stars, You Must Remember This, and films featuring the actor at the bottom of the card, on Audrey's: My Fair Lady, How to Steal a Million, and Two for the Road; Albert's has Two for the Road, Annie, and Under the Volcano

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · Jul 29

Finally, Thelma Todd was born on July 29, 1906, and was featured in our Dead Blondes series in 2017: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/201...

Thelma Todd (Dead Blondes Episode 2) — You Must Remember This

Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts . Thelma Todd -- a curvaceous white-blonde who predated Jean Harlow -- was a sparkling comedienne who began in the silent era and flourished in the talkies...