EPISODE 24 - “The Hollywood Studio Club: Where The Good Girls Lived” - 02/26/2024

During the early days of Hollywood, hordes of young women pilgrimaged West to try to break into the movie business. And like sheep to slaughter, there were just as many men in Hollywood ready to take advantage of these young, inexperienced, and vulnerable young women. However, the Hollywood Studio Club, a hotel for women, run by women, tried to give these women a safe haven in the storm. Started by a librarian and nurtured by movie star MARY PICKFORD, among others, this hotel provided a safe place to live and helped nurture the budding careers of future Hollywood Stars such as MAUREEN O”SULLIVAN, LINDA DARNELL, DOROTHY MALONE, DONNA REED, KIM NOVAK, MARILYN MONROE and SHARON TATE. In this episode we’ll explore the history and legacy of this very special place in Hollywood History. 

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Sources:

"Film Girls Ask New Home: Studio Club of Hollywood to Campaign for Building Fund Middle of Next Month,” February 10, 1923, Los Angeles Times 

"Building of Studio Club Is Assured: Norma Talmadge Donates $5000 Toward New Home for Film Girls,” February 14, 1925, Los Angeles Times

"Studio Club Dedicates New Home,” May 8, 1926, Los Angeles Times

“Few Girls From Club Win Fame,” May 22, 1938, Los Angeles Times

“Boardinghouse of Broken Hearts,” September 19,1958, Saturday Evening Post 

"Studio Club Fighting to Save Home,” November 13, 1970, Los Angeles Times. November 13, 1970.

“The Lost History of L.A.’s Women-Only Hollywood Studio Club,” December 10, 2019, by Cari Beachamp, Vanity Fair

“Marie Windsor, Femme Fatale and Queen of the B's, Dies at 80,” December 14, 2000, by Douglas Martin, The New York Times

Hollywoodland (2003), by David Wallace

Ayn Rand and the World She Made (2009), by Anne C. Heller

Rita Moreno: A Memoir (2011), by Rita Moreno

Sharon Tate: A Life (2016), by Ed Sanders

The Girl: Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch, and the Birth of an Unlikely Feminist (2018), by Michelle Morgan

Julia Morgan: An Intimate Portrait of an Trailblazing Architect (2022), by Victoria Kastner

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