
Ep 154: Lillian Burns, The Most Powerful Woman in Hollywood
Before the Stanislavski 'Method' overtook Hollywood in the 1950s, each studio had their own in-house drama coach to develop talent. The dram...
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Queens of Woman's Pictures 1929-1959

Before the Stanislavski 'Method' overtook Hollywood in the 1950s, each studio had their own in-house drama coach to develop talent. The dram...

In Robert Wise's Born to Kill (1947), Claire Trevor veers between planning a future with Lawrence Tierney and curating his downfall. She giv...

After struggling for years under the controlling grip of Harry Cohn, Kim Novak was finally able to relax once the Columbia boss had a heart...

During production of Johnny Guitar, Joan Crawford wrangled a lacklustre script, a mercurial director, a chaos agent, and columnists who put...

Constance Bennett's deal with Warner Bros. became a Hollywood scandal after Louella Parsons estimated that the star would earn $30,000 a wee...

During a turbulent era in Hollywood, Joseph L. Mankiewicz reinvigorated woman's pictures when they might have easily been cast aside. Ann So...

Showgirls on Broadway keep Old Man Depression from the door with a repertoire of gags to squeeze money from men. Satin Rackets is written an...

Showgirls on Broadway keep Old Man Depression from the door with a repertoire of gags to squeeze money from men. Satin Rackets is written an...

Showgirls on Broadway keep Old Man Depression from the door with a repertoire of gags to squeeze money from men. Satin Rackets is written an...

When women ruled Hollywood, gigolos grew on palm trees. Catch up with the new show about starlets in 1933. Betty Compson's Diamonds is writt...

When women ruled Hollywood, gigolos grew on palm trees. Catch up with the new show about starlets in 1933. Betty Compson's Diamonds is writt...

When women ruled Hollywood, gigolos grew on palm trees. Catch up with a new show about starlets in 1933. Betty Compson's Diamonds is written...

Under contract with Paramount, Tallulah Bankhead made six pictures in less than two years. Although they all have their charm, only Faithles...

Earl Carroll ran the hottest night spot in Hollywood headlined by Beryl Wallace and the Most Beautiful Girls in the World. Seven showgirls c...

Earl Carroll ran the hottest night spot in Hollywood headlined by Beryl Wallace and the Most Beautiful Girls in the World. Seven showgirls c...

Earl Carroll ran the hottest night spot in Hollywood headlined by Beryl Wallace and the Most Beautiful Girls in the World. Seven showgirls c...

Diana Barrymore plays five different roles in her third production at Universal, following in her great-grandmother's footsteps. Louisa Lane...

Joan Crawford gets away with murder mostly because she's dressed like a high fashion gladiator in a silver shield designed by Adrian. Joan g...

In Part Three, Dot investigates a cosmetic surgeon in Beverly Hills who claims that he can give any gal Myrna Loy's nose for $200. Myrna Loy...

In Part Two, Dot's sob sister column gives honest advice to women in trouble. But Grady, the city editor, isn't too excited by the circulati...

In Part One, a heart balm suit divides the newsroom. Is a breach of promise case just a legal way for women to bilk men and hit the jackpot?...

Rosemary Clooney glided into Paramount studio with a hit record, a successful nightclub act, and popular appearances on radio and television...

Lou scrambles to get back on her feet after a close call in the studio. When a third man from Minerva winds up in the morgue, she looks for...

Lou's investigation leads her to the night boat to San Francisco. What happened during the studio wrap party on the night boat? Did the stud...

Move over, Philip Marlowe! There's a new detective in Hollywood. Before the boss of Minerva Pictures died suddenly, he received troubling le...

If you look beyond the usual gossip about a feud between stars, you'll find that Ginger Rogers and Katharine Hepburn had a lot in common. Bo...

Joan Crawford was considered a washed up actress by the time she left Metro in 1943. After a two-year absence from the screen, she returned...

Your dream is in the cards. Brigid helps Sue and Yvette settle problems in their studios. Trouble erupts on the set of Reggie Fitz's new pro...

Your dream is in the cards. Mary makes a hit on the radio. Tess finally gets more than a stolen afternoon with Reggie. And Brigid learns the...

Your dream is in the cards. Brigid moves from New York to Hollywood to live with her fortune teller cousins. Who's the woman in Brigid's rec...

House of the Seven Garbos was a real boarding house in Hollywood that catered to aspiring starlets. Notable residents included Ruth Roman an...

House of the Seven Garbos was a real boarding house in Hollywood that catered to aspiring starlets. Notable residents included Ruth Roman an...

House of the Seven Garbos was a real boarding house in Hollywood that catered to aspiring starlets. Notable residents included Ruth Roman an...

Janet Leigh's indelible performance as Marion Crane creates a palpable absence when she's murdered in the shower. Audiences feel her presenc...

In the series finale, Cleo discovers that having script approval in her contract is meaningless once the Production Code is enforced. Under...

In part two, Cleo finds a story for her next picture from an unlikely source. From the ground up, she builds the plot, takes a chance on a n...

In 1931, Warner Bros. star Cleo Longe tops the box office in pictures where she gets away with it: no strings sex or sending men to the morg...

Jane Wyman started out as a platinum blonde chorine and became a top star in melodrama through the education of 'B' pictures. She worked har...

Joan Crawford did not have to wonder what it was like to be married to a man who suddenly changed overnight--she was living it as a newlywed...

In the series finale, the intrepid stenographers case a joint in Beverly Hills and a canyon ranch in search of their missing friend. Will th...

In the second instalment of an original series, clues lead Terry and Margaret to a beer garden in downtown Los Angeles. Terry spots a dame w...

A heart-shaped locket. Bad grammar. A beer garden. After a stenographer goes missing, the women in the office investigate the clues. Join us...

Linda Christian could have been Hollywood royalty, and not just because she was discovered by Errol Flynn and married to Tyrone Power. An in...

After twenty years in front of a camera, Loretta Young walked out of her contract with Twentieth Century Fox and became a freelance star. Da...

After Virginia Bruce walked out on her contract with Metro, she made on of the biggest gems of her career starring in Universal's update to...

In 1935, Marlene Dietrich was at a turning point in her career. Paramount studio had decided to end her professional collaboration with dire...

Claire, Lois, and Cash finish replacement costumes for the screen test in Goldwyn's studio. Meanwhile, Helen and Gail sneak into Monogram's...

Dress designer Claire, along with her fitter, Lois, and mannequins Helen, Gail, and Cash have worked hard getting ready for the screen test...

Dress designer Claire Delahunt is invited to audition for a contract as head designer in Goldwyn studio. Will she be able to beat the compet...

By the time Patricia Neal signed with Warners in 1948, the studio system had changed. Contract players were no longer given time to develop...