Old Hollywood Realness!

"Gone With The Wind" starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Hattie McDaniel, Olivia de Havilland and Leslie Howard. Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable star in this Hollywood Epic as a tumultuous pair of lovers who must survive the horrors during and after the Civil War.
Director: Victor Fleming
Costume Designer: Walter Plunkett
Studio: MGM & Selznick Intl. Pictures
Year: 1939

Old Hollywood REALNESS is turning 2 Year Old! In order to mark the occasion we are joined by Leighton Bowers from Western Costume Company. Leighton is the Director of Research for the legendary Hollywood costume house. Since Walter Plunkett employed Western Costume Co. to provide and construct costumes for this epic film Leighton comes to us with inside scoops and historical information.

"Leave Her To Heaven" starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price and Mary Phillips. Tierney stars in this technicolor noir about a young woman who’s love and obsession with her husband threatens to destroy both them and everyone around her.
Director: John M. Stahl
Costume Designer: Kay Nelson
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Year: 1945

"Phantom Lady" starring Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Thomas Gomez, Aurora Miranda and Franchot Tone. Ella Raines stars as the plucky assistant to Alan Curtis who is wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife. She’s on the hunt to find a woman who can prove his innocence with the only lead being her unique hat.
Director: Robert Siodmak
Costume Designer: Vera West
Hat Designer: Keneth Hopkins
Studio: Universal Picture
Year: 1944

"Plan 9 From Outer Space" starring Gregory Walcott, Duke Moore, Tor Johnson, Dudley Manlove, John Breckinridge, Maila Nurmi (Vampira) and bela Lugosi. A race of aliens reanimate the dead in order to take over the world. For the discussion Kathleen and Philip are joined by, Comedian and Ed Wood Expert, Dana Gould.
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.
Wardrobe: Dick (Richard) Chaney
Studio: Reynolds Picture
Year: 1959

"Madam Satan" starring Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny and Lillian Roth and Roland Young. Kay Johnson stars as a society housewife whose husband is stepping out on her. She attends a masquerade ball on a blimp as ‘Madam Satan’ when disaster strikes.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Costumes: Adrian
Studio: MGM
Year: 1932

Join Kathleen and Philip as they discuss The Ruby Slippers from “The Wizard of "Oz” (1939). The slippers were stolen in 2005 and were recovered by the FBI just this past month, 13 years later. Discussed in the episode is the documentary, “The Slippers” (2016) and a TV show segment, “The Search for the Ruby Slippers.” Included in the documentary is the story of the discovery of the long forgotten slippers by Kent Warner, the birth of Hollywood costume collecting, and the 2005 Slipper Heist.

"The Mummy" starring Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners and Edward Van Sloan. Boris Karloff stars as a mummy risen from the dead to enact a vengeful curse and find his long lost love.
Director: Karl Freund
Costumes: Vera West
Studio: Universal Pictures
Year: 1932

"The Great Race" starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk and Kennan Wynn. Curtis and Lemmon star as turn of the century rivals who compete in a race from NYC to Paris.
Director: Blake Edwards
Costumes: Don Feld & Edith Head (Natalie Wood's Costumes)
Studio: Warner Bros.
Year: 1965

"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