The Podcast That Celebrates the Glitz and Glamour of Tinsel Town's Golden Era
Old Hollywood REALNESS is the podcast dedicated to celebrating all the glitz and glamour of the silver screen. Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and recap all the classics. Journey through time, from the mad cap black & white flicks to the technicolor dreams that Hollywood produced in the heydays of studio system.
"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
"Forbidden Planet" starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen and Robby the Robot. Nielsen stars as the captain of a rescue mission to a mysterious planet in this sci-fi film inspired by Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Costumes: Walter Plunkett & Helen Rose
Studio: MGM
Year: 1956
"Romeo and Juliet" starring Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore, Basil Rathbone and Reginald Denny. Shearer and Howard play the titular characters from Shakespeare's immortal tale of love between two warring families.
Director: George Cukor
Costumes: Adrian and Oliver Messel
Studio: MGM
Year: 1936
"West Side Story" starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno and George Chakiris. Wood and Beymer play lovers from rival street gangs in this remake of Romeo and Juliette. Dance fighting, star crossed lovers and a couple murders make for a classic musical.
Director: Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise
Costumes: Irene Sharaff
Studio: United Artists
Year: 1961
"Taming of the Shrew" starring Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. Fairbanks and Pickford star in an adaptation of the William Shakespeare play about a gold digging man who tries to marry a woman with anger management issues.
Director: Sam Taylor
Costumes: Mitchell Leisen
Studio: United Artists
Year: 1929
"Kiss Me Kate" starring Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Ann Miller, Tommy Rall and Bob Fosse. Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson star as warring exes in a musical production of "Taming of the Shrew."
Director: George Sydney
Costumes: Walter Plunkett
Studio: MGM
Year: 1953
