Hollywood in Color

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Sonic Cinema: The Making of The Bodyguard

This is episode 2 of Sonic Cinema: a series looking at a few starring history’s most iconic musicians. Today — The Making of The Bodyguard. All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Whitney directed by Kevin Macdonald (documentary) Whitney: "Can I Be Me?" directed by Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal (documentary) Romance and Rights: The Politics of Interracial Intimacy, 1945-1954 by Alex Lubin (book) Interracial Romance as a Stag...

Jan 18, 2019•42 min•Season 3Ep. 2

Sonic Cinema: The Making of Selena

All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory by Deborah Paredez (book) Dance and the Hollywood Latina: Race, Sex, and Stardom by Priscilla Ovalle (book) Dissonant Divas in Chicana Music: The Limits of La Onda (Chapter 5: Giving us that Brown Soul) by Deborah Vargas (book) From Bananas to Buttocks: The Latina Body in Film and Popular Culture (Chapter 7: The New Wave of Border ...

Sep 26, 2018•27 min•Season 3Ep. 1

Hattie McDaniel: The End

All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (book) by Jill Watts Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel (book) by Carlton Jackson Cinema Civil Rights: Regulation, Repression, and Race in the Classical Hollywood Era (book) by Ellen Scott Making Movies Black: The Hollywood Message Movie from WWII to the Civil Rights Era (book) by Thomas Cripps Black Culture and the New Deal: The Quest for...

Jul 04, 2018•31 min•Season 2Ep. 3

Hattie McDaniel: Winning and Losing

All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (book) by Jill Watts Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel (book) by Carlton Jackson Scarlett, Rhett, and A Cast of Thousands: The filming of Gone with the Wind (book) by Roland Flamini Memo from David O. Selznick (book) by David O. Selznick White Robes, Silver Screens: Movies and the Making of the KKK (book) by Tom Rice Gone with the Wind: B...

Jun 28, 2018•35 min•Season 2Ep. 2

Hattie McDaniel: The Beginning

All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (book) by Jill Watts Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel (book) by Carlton Jackson Hattie McDaniel and the Culture of Dissemblance (article) by Victoria Sturtevant African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900-1960 (book) by Charlene B. Regester Clinging to Mammy: The Faithful Slave in 20th Century America (book) by Micki Mc...

Jun 19, 2018•29 min•Season 2Ep. 1

Las Reinas of Los Angeles: The End

All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Dolores Del Rio: Beauty in Light and Shade (book) by Linda B Hall Lupe Vélez: The Life and Career of Hollywood's Mexican Spitfire (book) by Michelle Vogel Lupe Vélez: Queen of the Bs (in the book From Bananas to Buttocks: The Latina Body in Popular Film and Culture) by Rosa Linda Fregoso Spitfire: Lupe Velez and the Ambivalent Pleasures of Ethnic Masquerade (article) by Victoria Sturtevan...

May 15, 2018•32 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Las Reinas of Los Angeles: An Ominous Transition

All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Dolores Del Rio: Beauty in Light and Shade (book) by Linda B Hall Dance and the Hollywood Latina (book) by Priscilla Ovalle The Invention of Dolores Del Rio (book) by Joanne Herschfield Dolores Del Rio, the First “Latin Invasion,” and Hollywood’s Transition to Sound (article) by Mary Beltrán Spitfire: Lupe Velez and the Ambivalent Pleasures of Ethnic Masquerade (article) by Victoria Sturt...

May 08, 2018•37 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Las Reinas of Los Angeles: Lupe Finds Fame

All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Lupe Velez: The Life and Career of Hollywood's Mexican Spitfire (book) by Michelle Vogel A Trans-American Dream: Lupe Velez and the Performance of Transculturation (dissertation) by Kristy A. Rawson Scandals of Classic Hollywood (book) by Anne Helen Petersen Gary Cooper: An Intimate Biography (book) by Hector Arce Dance and the Hollywood Latina (book) by Priscilla Ovalle Spitfire: Lupe Ve...

May 01, 2018•35 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Las Reinas of Los Angeles: Dolores Makes it Big

All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Rebirth: Mexican Los Angeles from the Great Migration to the Great Depression (book) by Douglas Monroy Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles (book) by William Deverell Filming Pancho Villa: How Hollywood Shaped the Mexican Revolution (book) by Margarita de Orellana Making Cinelandia: American Films and Mexican Film Culture before the Golden Age (book) by Laura Isabel Serna Mexico on ...

Apr 24, 2018•37 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Las Reinas of Los Angeles: The Beginning

All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: The Mexican Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (book) by Alan Knight Rebirth: Mexican Los Angeles from the Great Migration to the Great Depression (book) by Douglas Monroy Dolores Del Río: Beauty in Light and Shade (book) by Linda B. Hall The Invention of Dolores Del Río (book) by Joanne Herschfield Dance and the Hollywood Latina (book) by Priscilla Ovalle Lupe Vélez: The Life and Care...

Apr 17, 2018•29 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Introducing Hollywood in Color

Hollywood in Color is a new podcast telling the stories of the stars usually left out of entertainment history — the people of color in front of and behind the camera who have been representing for over a century. Host Diana Martinez has a PhD in film and media studies and has written for Slate, The Atlantic, and Women in Hollywood. Every season of Hollywood in Color focuses on a certain star or set of stars that have something in common — maybe they were rivals, maybe they were friends, or mayb...

Mar 26, 2018•3 min0

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