Episode 40 - The Seven Year Itch

Episode 40 - The Seven Year Itch

"The Seven Year Itch" starring Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell and Evelyn Keyes. Tom Ewell stars as a husband left behind in Mahattan for the summer where he meets his enchanting upstairs neighbor, Marilyn Monroe. What could go wrong?
Director: Billy Wilder
Costumes: Travilla
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Year: 1955

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Episode 39 - Platinum Blonde

Episode 39 - Platinum Blonde

"Platinum Blonde" starring Robert Williams, Jean Harlow, and Loretta Young.  Robert Williams plays a savvy newspaper reporter who falls for a rich socialite. Things get tense when it isn't clear who wears the pants.
Director: Frank Capra
Costumes: Edward Stevenson
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Year: 1931

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Episode 38 - All About Eve

Episode 38 - All About Eve

"All About Eve" starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe and Thelma Ritter. Bette Davis stars as an older established theater star who's biggest fan turned assistant has eyes on a career of her own.
Director: Joseph L. Menkiewicz
Costumes: Bette Davis' Gowns by Edith Head
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Year: 1950

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Episode 37 - The Wizard of Oz

Episode 37 - The Wizard of Oz

"The Wizard of Oz" starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke and Margaret Hamilton. Garland stars as a young farm girl who is whisked to a magical land via tornado. While trying to get home she meets several enchanted friends on her journey to meet the titular wizard.
Director: Victor Fleming
Costumes: Adrian
Studio: MGM
Year: 1939

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Episode 35 - Stage Door

Episode 35 - Stage Door

"Stage Door" starring Katherine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolph Menjou, Gail Patrick, Ann Miller and Lucille Ball. Hepburn and Rogers lead an ensemble cast of ladies aspiring to make it big on Broadway at any cost.
Director: Gregory La Cava
Costumes: Muriel King
Studio: RKO
Year: 1937

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Episode 34 - Cabaret

Episode 34 - Cabaret

"Cabaret" starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Joel Grey, Helmut Griem, Marisa Bereson and Fritz Wepper. Liza Minnelli stars as a cabaret singer, who shows a sheltered Michael York the sometimes fantastic and sometimes tragic life of Berlin, all the while the rise of The Third Reich looms in the distance.
Director: Bob Fosse
Costumes: Charlotte Flemming
Studio: ABC Pictures/Allied Artists
Year: 1972

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Episode 33 - She Done Him Wrong

Episode 33 - She Done Him Wrong

"She Done Him Wrong" starring Mae West, Cary Grant, Owen More and Gilbert Roland. Mae West plays Lady Lou, a saloon singer, who is mixed up with various no good men. One good man who hangs around may want to do more than to save her soul.
Director: Lowell Sherman
Gowns: Edith Head
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Year: 1933

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Episode 32 - The Glass Bottom Boat

Episode 32 - The Glass Bottom Boat

"Glass Bottom Boat" starring Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Paul Lynde and Dom De Luise. Doris Day stars as the ghost writer to Rod Taylor, a dashing aerospace scientist who is in love with her. Things get complicated and hilarious when she is confused for a Russian Spy.
Director: Frank Tashlin
Gowns: Ray Aghayan
Studio: MGM
Year: 1966

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Episode 31 - Pride and Prejudice

Episode 31 - Pride and Prejudice

"Pride and Prejudice" starring Greer Garson, Lawrence Olivier, Ann Rutherford, Mary Boland and Edmund Gwenn. The Bennet family consisting of five unmarried daughters see an answer to their financial prayers when two wealthy bachelors come to town. Heads butt and passions flare in this adaptation of the beloved Jane Austen novel.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Gowns: Adrian
Mens Costumes: Gile Steele
Studio: MGM
Year: 1940

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Episode 30 - Blonde Crazy

Episode 30 - Blonde Crazy

"Blonde Crazy" starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern, Noel Francis, Ray Milland and Guy Kibbee. Cagney stars as a good time grifting bellboy who teams up with the glamorous Blondell to take their show on the road.
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Costumes: Earl Luick
Studio: Warner Bros.
Year: 1931

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Episode 29 - Vertigo

Episode 29 - Vertigo

"Vertigo" starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes and Tom Helmore. James Stewart stars as a detective suffering from acrophobia who is hired to follow the mysterious Kim Novak. Suicide leads to obsession which leads to layers of mystery.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Costumes: Edith Head
Studio: Paramount
Year: 1954

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Episode 28 - Meet Me In St. Louis

Episode 28 - Meet Me In St. Louis

"Meet Me In St. Louis" starring Judy Garland, Maraget O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Tom Drake and Marjorie Main. Judy Garland stars as Esther Smith of the Smith Family. This film centers on a St. Louis family in the months leading up to the 1904 World's Fair.
Director: Vincente Minelli
Costumes: Irene Sharaff
Studio: MGM
Year: 1944

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Episode 27 - Christmas in Connecticut

Episode 27 - Christmas in Connecticut

"Christmas in Connecticut" starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet and S.K. Sakall. Stanwyck stars as Elizabeth Lane, a city gal magazine columnist, who writes articles as the ultimate homemaker and mother. Things get complicated when the magazine owner strong arms her into hosting Christmas for a naval war hero at her 'farm.'
Director: Peter Godfrey
Costumes: Milo Anderson - Costumes & Edith Head - Stanwyck's Gowns
Studio: Warner Bros.
Year: 1945

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Bonus Episode - Discussing Showgirls with Pete Menefee

Bonus Episode - Discussing Showgirls with Pete Menefee

It's our One Year Anniversary and as a special treat we are joined by a Special Guest, Pete Menefee. Pete Menefee has had a long career as a costume designer of Movies, TV Specials, and Showgirl Cabaret Shows. He started his career as a dancer in theater and movies and even danced as one of the Chimney Sweeps in "Mary Poppins." After discussing the film Pete stayed behind to discuss his history designing showgirls for Las Vegas.

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One Year Anniversary Extravaganza! Episode 26 - Mary Poppins With Special Guest: Pete Mennefee

One Year Anniversary Extravaganza! Episode 26 - Mary Poppins With Special Guest: Pete Mennefee

It's our One Year Anniversary and we are joined by our Special Guest: Pete Menefee. Pete Menefee has had a long career as a costume designer of Movies, TV Specials, and Cabaret Shows. He started his career as a dancer in theater and movies and even danced as one of the Chimney Sweeps in "Mary Poppins." We were beyond excited to have him share his experience working on this classic film with us.  

"Mary Poppins" starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, and Glynis Johns. Andrews plays the titular character, a fantastical nanny who joins the Banks family to help bring them back together.
Director: Robert Stevenson
Costumes: Tony Walton
Studio: Walt Disney Productions
Year: 1964

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Episode 25 - Salomé - The Sexy Silent Series Vol. I

Episode 25 - Salomé - The Sexy Silent Series Vol. I

"Salomé" starring Alla Nazimova, Nigel De Brulier, Mitchell Lewis and Rose Dione. Silent Screen Siren Nazimova stars as the step-daughter to the king who is holding Jokanaan (John the Baptist) prisoner. When her advances are rebuffed she demands his head on a platter.
Director: Charles Bryant
Costumes: Natacha Rambova
Studio: Nazimova Productions
Released: 1923

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Episode 24 - Arsenic and Old Lace

Episode 24 - Arsenic and Old Lace

"Arsenic and Old Lace" starring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey and Peter Lorre. Cary Grant stars as a newlywed theater critic who discovers his devoted aunts that raised him are hiding a few bodies in the basement.
Director: Frank Capra
Costumes: Orry-Kelly
Studio: Warner Bros.
Released: 1944

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Episode 23 - I Married a Witch

Episode 23 - I Married a Witch

"I Married a Witch" starring Veronica Lake, Frederic March, Robery Benchley, Susan Hayward and Cecil Kellaway. Lake stars as a witch, who returns after 300 years to enact revenge on March, the descendant of the man who put her to death. Things get complicated when she accidentally drinks her own love potion.
Director: Rene Clair
Costumes: Edith Head
Studio: Paramount
Released: 1942

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Episode 22 - Virginia City - The Stinker Series Vol. II

Episode 22 - Virginia City - The Stinker Series Vol. II

"Virginia City" starring Erroll Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, and Humphrey Bogart. Erroll Flynn stars as an escaped Union Soldier working to thwart Randolph Scott's Confederate gold smuggling plan.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Costumes: Orry-Kelly
Studio: Warner Bros.
Released: 1940

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