Gone But Not Forgotten (The Trident Network)

Louise and Audrey interview Anton Yelchin fan Zeus to talk about top 3 favorite movies, the 2019 documentary Love, Antosha, roles we would have liked to see Anton play, the weirdest films we watched for this episode, our love for Thoroughbreds, and much more!

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The Gone But Not Forgotten podcast will be taking a break until September, so have a great summer and keep an eye out for future episodes!

In this episode, Audrey and Louise rant about the inaccuracies in the 2022 Whitney Houston biopic, I Wanna Dance With Somebody. Topics include the film's depictions of its real life players, the musical performances, why we're growing tired of biopics, the movie neglecting Whitney's work as an actor, our disappointment at the lack of Kevin Costner, and much more!

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In this episode, the first in a two-parter on John Garfield, we go into his films from the 1930s to mid-1940s - including his breakout Oscar-nominated performance in Four Daughters and his most iconic role in The Postman Always Rings Twice. We discuss his role as an activist and how activism with celebrities differs from the '40s and present day. We also go into his affair with Lana Turner and how it affects our view on Garfield as an actor/person. Other topics include comparisons between him and James Cagney, the difficulty with being typecast, why Garfield was considered a sex symbol, and much more!

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Links:- He Ran All the Way: The Life of John Garfield Novel 

https://amzn.to/3ImpQLh

- The Films of John Garfield Book: https://amzn.to/3X6hn2W

- Join the Gone But Not Forgotten scavenger hunt! https://boxd.it/jJH1S

Audrey and Louise go through the 11 films of Frances Farmer's that they have seen. Discussion topics include co-stars such as Cary Grant, John Garfield, and Tyrone Power, if Frances should have won an Oscar for her dual roles in Come and Get It, dated qualities in '30s and '40s movies and what we wanted to have seen done differently, how Frances stood out amongst her peers as an actor and her range from comedies to noirs to period pieces, and so much more!

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TW: mentions of sexual assault, suicide, strong language

Audrey breaks down the life and career of James Dean, an actor who changed the world forever through just three movies. Topics include how James started his acting career and what his methods were, behind-the-scenes details from his Broadway, television, and film careers, friendships with Martin Landau, Eartha Kitt, and Natalie Wood, the complicated relationship James had with his father and how that translated over to his personal and professional lives, details about the car crash that killed him at the age of 24, and much more.

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In today’s episode, Louise and I talk about our favorite Sharon Tate films, Margot Robbie’s performance in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, our mixed feelings on Roman Polanski, roles we would have liked to see Sharon play, our mutual love for Austin Butler, and fancasting picks for a hypothetical biopic. 

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In this episode, Louise and Audrey break down John Cassavetes' career as an actor. We discuss our top 3 favorite films, thoughts on Cassavetes' unique take on acting, the bad movies we watched for this episode, Cassavetes' competition for Best Supporting Actor at the 1968 Oscars, roles we would have liked to see him play, Nick Cassavetes movies we've seen, and much more!

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Book about Mikey and Nicky: https://www.amazon.com/Arent-Gonna-Someday-Elaine-Mikey/dp/1629334650/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1680025781&sr=8-1

In this episode, Audrey does a deep dive into the life and career of singer/actress Whitney Houston. Topics include her tumultuous marriage to Bobby Brown, behind the scenes of the five films she starred in, the many awards she was nominated and won for, her 2009 comeback interview with Oprah Winfrey, and much more!

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TW: mentions of mental health, suicide

Audrey breaks down the life and career of Old Hollywood actress Gene Tierney who is most known for Laura and her Oscar-nominated performance in Leave Her to Heaven. Topics include how she broke into acting, romances with men such as Howard Hughes, Oleg Cassini, and John F. Kennedy, her mental health struggles and treatments she endured while in mental institutions, relationships with co-stars and directors, her vast filmography, and so much more. 

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In this episode, Audrey does a deep dive into the life and career of Rita Hayworth. Topics include her experiences as a child dancing with her father, the rise to becoming one of the most popular actresses of the 1940s, her tumultuous relationships with five husbands, co-stars such as Fred Astaire and Glenn Ford, behind the scenes stories from films like Gilda and The Lady From Shanghai, her eventual struggle with Alzheimer's, and much more.

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In a cut-for-time segment from our Q&A episode, Louise and I share our top 10 most listened to artists from the past six months. We talk about going to concerts, One Direction, Audrey's famous playlist, favorite Hayley Williams hairstyle, Lady Gaga's acting career, and so much more!

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In the follow-up to our first episode about Rita Hayworth's films, Audrey and Louise discuss favorite co-stars, scary movie dentists, our love for Blood and Sand, roles we would have liked to see Rita play, share our fan casting choices for a hypothetical biopic, and much more!

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In this episode, Audrey interviews Louise about John Cassavetes' career as a director. Topics include Louise's top 3 favorite Cassavetes films, why he's considered the poster child of indie filmmaking, Gena Rowlands as an actor, Cassavetes' views on masculinity within his work, the Oscars and Razzies that his films were up for, our fan casting segment, and much more!

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Audrey and Louise go through Bruce Lee's '70s martial arts films as well as Brandon Lee's entire filmography. Topics include our favorite fight scenes, Bruce's unusual directorial choices for Way of the Dragon, some of the funniest lines/moments in Brandon's movies, our differing opinions on The Crow, comparisons between Bruce and Brandon and how we think they should be remembered, Bruce's impact on Chinese culture and 80s/90s action movies, roles we would like to have seen them play, and much more!

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We've combined the biography and discussion episodes into one and talk about the lovely Brittany Murphy! We go through her life and films chronologically, discussing topics like our top 3 favorite films, roles we would have liked to see her play, the relationships she had with Eminem and Ashton Kutcher, unnecessary sex scenes in movies, Hollywood's unfair beauty standards and the horrible treatment Brittany suffered at the hands of the press, how much we hated Just Married and The Ramen Girl, her untimely death, and so much more. 

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In this episode, we go through each of the Elvis Presley films we've have seen and share our thoughts and favorite songs. Louise tells some stories from her grandmother, a huge Elvis fan. We also talk about the possibility of an Elvis metaverse, his characters often falling in love with his relatives, Charles Bronson, favorite Elvis movie costumes, roles he could have played, our hate for Colonel Tom Parker, and so much more.

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In this episode, the second in a two-parter on John Garfield, we go into his films from 1946-51, including career best performances in Body and Soul and He Ran All the Way. We also discuss the history of Hollywood's attempts at "message" films, Garfield's influence on Martin Scorsese and Raging Bull, how Hollywood was affected by the blacklist, Garfield's co-stars Joan Crawford, Gregory Peck, and Shelley Winters, roles we would have liked to see him play, and share our fan casting picks. 

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TW: some strong language

In this episode, I do a deep dive into John Cassavetes' formative years, career as both an actor and filmmaker, and his relationship with wife Gena Rowlands. His struggles as an artist are detailed, as well as behind-the-scenes stories from the directors, actors, and crew members he worked with. Other topics include his work in the Academy Award-nominated films The Dirty Dozen and Woman Under the Influence, friendships with frequent collaborators Peter Falk and Ben Gazzara, his impact on independent cinema and what set him apart from a majority of his peers, and much more!

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Links:

- Accidental Genius: How John Cassavetes Invented American Independent Film: https://archive.org/details/accidentalgenius00fine/mode/2up

- Anything for John documentary: https://rarefilmm.com/2022/05/anything-for-john-1993/

In this episode, Audrey and Louise are joined by Philip Seymour Hoffman fan Gabriel (@film.booth on Instagram) to discuss his filmography. Topics include his performance in The Master, the 2006 Oscars race for Best Actor, Hoffman's collaborations with director Paul Thomas Anderson, depictions of Truman Capote in film, roles we would have liked to see PSH play, and much more!

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Audrey and Louise share their opinions on the five films centered around James Dean released from 1976-2015. We rank each of the leading performances (including James Franco's Emmy-nominated take on Dean) and discuss subjects like all of the different portrayals of people in his life such as Pier Angeli and Jack Warner, the awkwardness of recreating well-known movie scenes within movies, directors whom we would like to see tackle James' life story, our issues with specific liberties taken in the biopics, how we think James Dean should be remembered, and much more!

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TW: mentions of gun violence, rape

Audrey and Louise finish their Rising Starlets and the Exploitational Biopic series with Lana Clarkson, a model and actress who was most popular in the '80s and '90s before her life was cut short by Phil Spector in 2003. We discuss six of Lana's films as well as the 2013 HBO movie Phil Spector.

Topics include our love for Lana's strong female characters, thoughts on nudity in movies and when it crosses the line into exploitation, roles we would like to have seen her play, the Phil Spector movie's egregious cherrypicking of facts in relation to Lana's murder and the trial, the complicated legacy that Spector has left behind, how we think Lana Clarkson should be remembered, and much more.

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TW: mentions of graphic violence, sexual assault

Audrey and Louise continue their Rising Starlets and the Exploitational Biopic series with a discussion about Playboy Playmate and actress Dorothy Stratten, who was brutally murdered at the age of 20. We talk about the films that she appeared in as well as two movies about her life that were released in the early '80s.

Topics include Dorothy's relationships with three key men in her life (Paul Snider, Hugh Hefner, and Peter Bogdanovich) and how they were portrayed in the biopics, our thoughts on Playboy and how Dorothy's involvement impacted her career, the uncomfortable voyeurism in They All Laughed and how it reflects Bogdanovich's strange obsession with Dorothy, roles we would like to have seen her play, and much more.

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TW: mentions of graphic violence, language

Audrey and Louise are back with their first series of 2024: Rising Starlets and the Exploitational Biopic. The first subject of focus is Elizabeth Short, most known as The Black Dahlia. We discuss the 2006 movie of the same name; topics include the possibly career-worst performances from the main cast, how Short's murder has impacted her legacy and what the movie got wrong, the disappointing ending and other strange narrative choices, and much more.

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Many people know Judy Garland from her role in The Wizard of Oz or scandals in her personal life, but little is talked about of her great talent and wit. In this episode, I do a deep dive into her entire life and career from her days as a child in vaudeville, growing up under the harsh conditions at MGM, her relationships with her boyfriends and five husbands, behind-the-scenes stories on films such as her Oscar-nominated roles in A Star is Born and Judgment at Nuremberg, and much more.

TW: mentions of suicide, self-harm, eating disorders, and strong language

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Sources to check out:

- Get Happy Biography: https://amzn.to/3Ir2pQF

- Judy on Judy: https://amzn.to/3YQDATJ

- A Star is Born Judy Garland and the Film That Got Away: https://amzn.to/3XErj3I

In this episode, the first in a two-parter on Natalie Wood, we go through all of the films of hers we've seen from the late 1940s to mid 1960s. We talk about her ability to transition from child to teen to adult acting, her Oscar nominations and which film we think she should have won for, her relationship with Warren Beatty, the sexual politics of the '50s and '60s, and how much we wish Dennis Hopper had been in other films with Natalie.

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Links:- West Side Story: The Jets, the Sharks, and the Making of a Classic: 

https://amzn.to/3FtuC8c

Audrey breaks down the myths surrounding the complicated life and career of Old Hollywood actress Frances Farmer - who is most known today for her tumultuous personal life. Topics include Frances' controversial trip to Russia in the 1930s, how she first broke into and then was forced to leave Hollywood, the complex relationship with her mother and how the details of their dynamic has shifted over the years, Frances' time spent in and out of mental institutions and her candidness about her experiences, and so much more!

This episode contains descriptions of Frances' struggles with mental health and addiction as well as what were considered to be helpful treatments in the '40s and '50s, which may be triggering for some.

In this episode, I do a deep dive into the life and career of Old Hollywood star Natalie Wood. I discuss her experiences as a child actor, her most influential films like Rebel Without a Cause and Splendor in the Grass, the relationships she had with Robert Wagner and Warren Beatty, what happened the night she died, and much more.

***TW: mentions of rape, suicide, grooming, and strong language.***

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Links:

- Natalie Wood Complete Biography: https://amzn.to/3FSH0iu

- Dead in Hollywood Episode: https://youtu.be/y2VKaqIUev8

- Film Collection Box Set: https://amzn.to/3E631sS

- Reflections on a Legendary Life Book: https://amzn.to/3zLKjnG

Louise and Audrey reminisce on one year of doing the podcast! Topics include how we met, our top 3 favorite episodes, the strangest casting choice to play Elvis in a film, favorite movies we've seen for episodes, ideas for future subjects, and more. Once again, we're very thankful for our listeners and can't wait to see where this next year takes us!

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Louise and Audrey mix it up a bit and answer some questions about ourselves, while also testing our cinematic knowledge with the Cinephile card game. We discuss our dream celebrity dinner parties, favorite conspiracy theories, movie characters we relate to, what we would sing at a karaoke bar, unpopular film opinions, missing out on Nicole Kidman's AMC ad, embarrassing movie character crushes, our most watched actors of the year so far, and so much more!

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Links:

Cinephile Game - https://amzn.to/3BU0sct

Pedro Almodóvar Collection - https://amzn.to/3eQpcsO

Rebecca Novel - https://amzn.to/3RWUfSA

Billy Wilder Box Set - https://amzn.to/3BS1UvP

Reeling Through Life Book - https://amzn.to/3qQlFO2

In this episode, the second in a two-parter on what we watched in 2022, we share the rest of our most-watched actors and questions. We also discuss the movies that made us cry, best dance scenes, great villain performances, bad mustaches, the one Marlon Brando movie that Audrey likes, films that surprised and disappointed us, who we would fan cast as Austin Butler and Timothee Chalamet, and much more!

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Audrey and Louise go through the plot of the 1993 biopic Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and add their commentary. Topics include the confusing historical inaccuracies, Jason Scott Lee's performance, our thoughts on how the racism that Bruce faced was depicted in the film, why we struggled with the story's fictionalized aspects, and much more. We also talk about Bruce's brief appearance in 2019's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and how it has affected his legacy.

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TW: strong language

Audrey and Louise discuss their 2023 in review about movies in this fun episode! Topics include favorite performances from our Top 5 Actors, greatest songs from the High School Musical trilogy and our ranking of the movies, thoughts on recent releases like Saltburn and Beau is Afraid, Audrey's most embarrassing most-watched actor, the Bee Gees as sung by Louise, our love for highly criticized movies like Meet the Fockers and Super Mario Bros., film-related goals for 2024, and much more.

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TW: mentions of sex addiction, murder, and strong language

Audrey and Louise finish the Mysterious Men and Peculiar Deaths duology with Bob Crane and his work in Hogan's Heroes and four films. Topics include our mixed thoughts on Bob Crane and how his complicated legacy has impacted our views, movie co-stars such as Elke Sommer, Kurt Russell and a mule, roles we would like to have seen Bob play, and our many thoughts (mostly confusion with decisions to alter the narrative and depictions of real life figures) in the 2002 biopic Auto Focus - starring Greg Kinnear and Willem Dafoe.

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In this episode, the first in a two-parter on what we watched in 2022, we discuss our most watched directors and actors, as well as superlatives and questions we received from followers. Topics include our new favorite 'so bad it's good' film Catchfire, the best movie soundtracks, our unpopular opinions on well-loved films, the most unexpected entry in the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die book, more on how much we hated The Silver Chalice, our thoughts on long movies, and much more!

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In this episode, we discuss five films (Executive Action, JFK, Parkland, Jackie, and The Assassination & Mrs. Paine) and two TV shows (Quantum Leap and 11.22.63) and their views on the John F. Kennedy assassination. We also cover the event's lasting impact on society, our personal theories, rank the media depictions of Lee Harvey Oswald, and what our dream JFK-centered film would look like.

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Links:- Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald Documentary: 

https://youtu.be/PYI4PqtIyE0

- JFK Assassination Database: http://22november1963.org.uk/

- Six Seconds in Dallas Novel: https://amzn.to/3OmdiEO

In the second part of our Natalie Wood episode, we talk about her films from the late 1960s up to her death, directors we would have liked to see her work with, the rise of disaster movies in the 1970s, a character that we cannot stand, our feelings on Robert Wagner and Robert Redford, Natalie's fashion collaborations with designer Edith Head, our fan casting picks, and so much more!

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Audrey discusses the life and film/kung fu careers of the iconic Bruce Lee. Topics include his little-discussed films as a child actor, Bruce's growth as a martial artist and the creation of Jeet Kune Do, racism he faced in Hollywood and how he strived to make films that portrayed a new side of Chinese identity, relationships with friends such as Steve McQueen and James Coburn, behind the scenes stories from The Green Hornet and all of his '70s movies, and much more!

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We were joined by Hollywood historian and John Garfield superfan Carla Valderrama (@thiswashollywood) to discuss her favorite of Garfield's films, the studio system during the Golden Age of Hollywood, how the blacklist impacted stars and filmmakers of the 1940s, Garfield's struggles with being typecast, the last years of his life and untimely death, how his methods of acting pioneered the way for the likes of Brando and Dean, and so much more.

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Links:

- This Was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars and Stories https://amzn.to/3HGMkXj

In this episode, Louise and I talk about our top 3 favorite River Phoenix films, roles we would have liked to see him play, the Leonardo DiCaprio and James Dean comparisons, River's band and activism, Joaquin Phoenix, fan casting choices for a hypothetical biopic, and so much more!

We've started a list on Letterboxd of all the films we've mentioned in the podcast so far, check it out here: https://boxd.it/i232w

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Audrey and Louise discuss James Dean's three films in depth. Topics include why James was so different from his contemporaries and the influence that he has had on cinema, if he should have won for his two Oscar-nominated performances (East of Eden and Giant), how the generational gap between us and the teens in Rebel Without a Cause affects our interpretation and enjoyment, thoughts on co-stars like Dennis Hopper, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson, roles we would want to have seen James play, and much more!

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We are joined by our first guest to discuss the 2022 Baz Luhrmann biopic, Elvis. We break down the plot of the film and our thoughts on subjects such as Elvis within the Civil Rights Movement, our favorite musical performance, all things Austin Butler, Katrina's brush with fame, historical inaccuracies in the film, other actors who were considered to play Elvis, Tom Hanks' divisive performance, and so much more!

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Links:

- Elvis Film: https://amzn.to/3Cw4ZC8

- Baby, Let's Play House Book: https://amzn.to/3e8cGFg

- The Searcher DVD: https://amzn.to/3M7ltni

- Last Train to Memphis Novel: https://amzn.to/3REjCaC

- Priscilla Presley's Elvis and Me Book: https://amzn.to/3ygqnJ6

In today’s episode, I will be talking about the 80s/90s film icon, River Phoenix. He died at the mere age of 23, but lived a long and full life, which is what he should be remembered for. I'll be covering topics like his tumultuous childhood, all of the films he starred in, his band Aleka's Attic, the romantic and familial relationships he had, and the numerous roles he could have played. 

Links:

Lars Beckman's Essay: https://larsbeckerman.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/a-river-runs-through-us/

River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding: https://www.centerforpeacebuilding.org/

LaunchLeft Podcast Episode for River's 50th Birthday: https://youtu.be/ELE-sYS9gNQ
Last Night at the Viper Room Book: https://amzn.to/3ARH7ql

Aleka's Attic Music: https://amzn.to/3eenh0U

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In this episode, Audrey and Louise discuss subjects like top 3 favorite Rita Hayworth movies, her relationship with Orson Welles, gender politics of 1940s movies, The Shawshank Redemption, our complicated relationship with Gilda's cultural significance, Rita's whitewashing, and much more.

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In this episode, we talk about our top 3 Judy Garland movies, favorite musical performances, Mickey Rooney, our stances on problematic elements in Old Hollywood films, Judy's Oscars snub for A Star is Born, her three films with Gene Kelly, roles we would have liked to see her play, and much more.

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In this episode, Audrey and Louise discuss Whitney Houston's five films. Topics include which actor we would want to be our bodyguard, an iconic Whitney film we did not like, co-stars such as Kevin Costner and Denzel Washington, Whitney's progression as an actor, her work as a producer, the media's perception of her in relation to drug use and sexuality, roles we would have liked so see her play, and much more!

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We are joined by Judy Garland fan and Old Hollywood lover Kristen Lopez to discuss the 2019 film, Judy. We talk about if Renee Zellweger deserved the Oscar for her performance, other Judy Garland biopics, Louis B. Mayer in comparison to Harvey Weinstein, our hatred for Blonde, Judy's relationship with Mickey Rooney, Old Hollywood biopics we would like to see, and much more.

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Check out Kristen's work here:

- Preorder But Have You Read the Book?: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kristen-lopez/but-have-you-read-the-book/9780762480975/

- Listen to the Ticklish Biz Podcast: https://ticklishbiz.com/

Audrey and Louise discuss the filmography of silent film star Rudolph Valentino and the 1977 Ken Russell biopic about his career. Topics include the controversy over Valentino's sex symbol status and why he deserves to be remembered for other aspects, technical and narrative elements that surprised us about his silent movies, influential women in Valentino's life such as screenwriter June Mathis and second wife Natacha Rambova, depictions of real-life figures in the biopic (which we have very opposing opinions on), roles we would like to have seen Valentino play, and much more.

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Audrey and Louise discuss their mixed opinions on Gene Tierney and her films. Topics include our completely opposing views on Leave Her to Heaven, her movies with Henry Fonda and Tyrone Power, how much we love Vincent Price, Gene's Oscar nomination and what role we think she should have won for, do our last fan casting segment of the year, and much more!

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TW: mentions of suicide

Audrey and Louise kick off the Mysterious Men and Peculiar Deaths theme with Old Hollywood actor George Reeves. We discuss the films of his we've seen along with the 2006 movie Hollywoodland, starring Ben Affleck as Reeves. Other topics include our favorite character of Reeves' and why we were surprised by his range as an actor, how playing Superman impacted his career and what Hollywoodland got wrong about his feelings towards the role, complicated figures in Reeves' life such as Toni Mannix and Leonore Lemmon (and thoughts on the portrayals of them in the film), characters we would like to have seen George play, and much more.

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Audrey and Louise go through the plot of the 1982 biopic Frances. Discussion topics include thoughts on the film's decision to prioritize Frances' mental health struggles over her acting career, some of the scenes and lines that stood out (for better or worse), if Jessica Lange should have won an Oscar for her performance, the sensationalized approach in regards to the institution scenes as well as the relationship between Frances and her mother, our confusion over Sam Shepard's made up character, comparisons between Frances and Britney Spears (and why talking about mental health in the limelight matters), and so much more.

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Actress Sharon Tate's life was murdered in the early hours of August 9th, 1969. We know the story of what cut her life short, but what was she really like? In this episode, I do a deep dive into Sharon's story - including her childhood, romantic relationships, Hollywood career, and the atmosphere of 1960s Los Angeles. 

Helpful Links:

https://noparoleformansonfamily.com/

http://www.sharontate.net/
Recollection Book: https://amzn.to/3D1A1CE

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood DVD: https://amzn.to/3TK1bUj

Sharon Tate and the Manson Murders Book: https://amzn.to/3QkAXom

Helter Skelter Book: https://amzn.to/3eq1NhR