Today I start my series of podcasts on The History Of Blonde Bombshells. My guest for this series with be classic movie and classic blondes historian April VeVea. She knows her stuff and is a lot of fun.
We talk Jeans upbringing, her coming to Hollywood with Mother Jean. Mother Jean wanted to be an actress but she was inherently thirties so that was never to be. She pushed "the Baby" in the films and look who we got. We talk Jeans marriages, Paul Berns "suicide", her flings her films, her heartbreak over William Powell not marrying her and ultimately her untimely death of kidney failure at age 26.
Jean was poised beyond her years. She was a gifted comedienne, a kind person and a really good actress. There could never be another Jean. They made two awful movies on her life in 1965. One in color starring Caroll Baker, another in black in white starring Carol Lynley. Both were bad, neither woman could capture one iota of what made Jean, Jean. Not their fault, nobody could.
Thanks so much to April VeVea. She is great and she gets to the truth, not the salacious gossip. If she is not sure, she says she's not sure. I love her..Next weeks blonde bombshell will be another tragic soul Thelma Todd.
Mostly thanks to the listeners. I so appreciate you listening. I have had some amazing guests. Many more great ones coming up.
Grace
April VeVea
Her twitter @aprilVeVea
www.classicblondes.com
She has also authored a book on Jayne Mansfield called Puffblicity. Its part 1, part 2 will be coming soon. Her book on Marilyn Monroe is on its second printing and will be released in August
The podcast is pretty much anywhere podcasts are posted, including youtube, spotify, iTunes, listen notes, Spreaker
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I TALK TO POSEIDON FROM THE BLOG POSEIDONS UNDERWORLD..WE TALK WHY HE'S POSEIDON, 70's MOVIES OF THE WEEK WITH CLASSIC STARS, TEAR JERKERS, SOME CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP AND MUCH MORE...FUN SHOW!!
I TALK TO AUTHOR STEPHEN MICHAEL SHEARER ABOUT HIS BIOGRAPHY OF HEDY LAMAR...SHE WAS NOT ONLY BEAUTIFUL BUT AN INVENTOR..........
I TALK TO AUTHOR ERIC GANS ABOUT HIS BOOK CAROLE LANDIS:A MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL..WE TALK HER LIFE AND TRAGIC DEATH...
I TALK TO ACTOR, AUTHOR, ARTIST AND PLAYWRITE RICK LENZ... HE HAD SUCH GREAT STORIES ON CLASSIC MOVIE STARS
MY DREAMBOAT DAVID SELBY IS BACK WITH SOME MORE GREAT STORIES..HE EVEN SINGS A BIT..FUN SHOW
JESSICA RAINS COMES ON AGAIN TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM FANS OF HER DAD CLAUDE RAINS...WE TALK LOTS OF FUN STUFF. FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF NEIGHBOR JAMES STUART WAS.
I TALK TO THE WONDERFUL DAVID SELBY. THIS TIME I GET HIM TO MYSELF…
WE TALK TO THE FABULOUS DAVID SELBY ABOUT DARK SHADOWS, THE TRUTH OF MANIACAL LAUGHS, WORKING WITH BARBRA STREISAND, MEETING THE OBAMAS AND SO MUCH MORE…. February 14, 2018
I TALK TO AUTHOR AND FILM HISTORIAN JOSEPH EGAN ON HIS BOOK THE PURPLE DIARIES: MARY ASTOR AND THE MOST SENSATIONAL HOLLYWOOD SCANDAL OF THE 1930S...FUN SHOW..
I TALK TO FILM HISTORIAN AND EX NEW YORK POST FILM CRITIC LOU LUMENICK ABOUT THE PROPAGANDA FILM MISSION TO MOSCOW…..A MUST SEE…PLUS SOME FUN OLD HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP..
I SPEAK TO AUTHOR MICHAEL DRUXMAN ABOUT IDA LUPINO, HIS MANY BOOKS AND THREE ACT PLAYS, KATE SMITH VERSUS DINAH SHORE AND MUCH MORE....
I TALK TO THE ADORABLE JESSICA RAINS, THE DAUGHTER OF CLAUDE RAINS. LOTS OF GREAT STORIES. SHE WAS A LOT OF FUN...
True Stories OF Tinseltown: I SPEAK TO THE LOVELY ALEXIS HUNTER ABOUT HER BOOK JOI LANSING...A BODY TO DIE FOR..A LOVE STORY...REALLY GREAT STORY...
NO DONNIE OR DANNY EITHER. IT WAS JUST GRACE AND HER NOT SELF PROCLAIMED CZAR OF NOIR CRUSH EDDIE MULLER FROM TCM’S NOIR ALLEY. WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THINGS NOIR AND HIGH-WATERS TOO..FLIRT ALERT……..
MY GUEST IS JOHN O’DOWD THE AUTHOR OF KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE :THE BARBARA PAYTON STORY. WE DISCUSS HER INCREDIBLY TRAGIC LIFE HER ALMOST STARDOM TO HER DESCENT TO SKID ROW……
I TALK TO AUTHOR PATRICK C BYRNE ABOUT HIS BOOK DOUBLE ENTENDRE..THE PARALLEL LIVES OF MAE WEST AND RAE BOURBON.. FUN PODCAST...
Lou Part 2 Lou Lumenick ex New York post Movie reviewer is Back with more great stories!
Al AND I TALK TO EX NEW YORK POST FILM CRITIC LOU LUMENICK WE TALK MOVIES, BEING A CRITIC AND SOME OLD HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP…FUN SHOW!!
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