“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
“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 Edwards Costume Designer: Patricia Norris Studio: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Year: 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 Gordon Costume Designer: Jean Louis (Doris Day’s Gowns) Studio: Universal pIctures Year: 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 Tourneur Costume Designer: Renié Studio: RKO Year: 1942 We 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 Curtiz Costume Designer: Milo Anderson Studio: 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 Hitchcock Costume Designer: Edith Head Studio: Paramount Pictures Year: 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 Minelli Costume Designer: Irene Sharaff Studio: MGM Year: 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 Minelli Costume Designer: Walter Plunkett Studio: MGM Year: 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 Tashlin Costume Designer: Edith Head Studio: Paramount Pictures Year: 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 Conway Costume Designer: Dolly Tree Studio: MGM Year: 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 Stevenson Costume Designer: Elois Jenssen Studio: United Artists Pictures Year: 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 Wellman Costume Designer: Edith Head (Barbara Stanwyck’s Gowns) Natalie Visart (Costumes) Studio: United Artists Pictures Year: 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 community Director: Douglas Sirk Costume Designer: Bill Thomas (Gowns) Studio: Universal Pictures Year: 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 Hitchcock Costume Designer: attributed to Irene Lentz Studio: United Artists Year: 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 Tyrnauer Year: 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 Quine Costume Designer: Jean Louis Studio: Columbia Pictures Year: 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 Donen Costume Designer: Hubert de Givenchy Studio: Universal Picture Year: 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 Rapper Costume Designer: Orry-Kelly Studio: 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 Berkeley Costume Designer: Helen Rose (Women’s Costumes) Studio: MGM Year: 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 LeRoy Costume Designer: Walter Plunkett and Helen Rose for the musical numbers Studio: MGM Year: 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 Alton Costume Designer: Helen Rose Studio: MGM Year: 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 Thorpe Costume Designer: Irene (Gowns) Studio: MGM Year: 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: MGM Year: 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 Hill Costume Designer: Jean Louis Studio: Universal Pictures Year: 1967
