Episodes
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Our season one finale covers gossip maven and Hedda Hopper rival, Louella Parsons.
Created by: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Hosts: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Producers: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Editors: Krys Melo, Madison Reyes
Researchers: Krys Melo, Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Writer: Krys Melo, Madison Reyes
Music Supervisor: Krys Melo
Recorded at: The Invisible Studios
Theme Song: Typewriter Song - Mac Taboel
Music:
Epidemic Sound:
Head Over Heels - Etienne Roussel
Jolly Stroll - Mac Taboel
Say It Without Words - Dez Moran
Spending the Day - Dez Moran
Russian Roulette - Ludvig Moulin
Cocktails and Canapes - Radio Night
A Time to Remember - Ritchie Everett
The Spy - Wendy Marcini
Golden Age Radio - Golden Age Radio
Golden Sweetheart - The Best Ofs
Stars in Your Eyes - Dez Moran
Research Sources:
https://archive.org/details/firstladyofholly00barb
https://archive.org/details/tellittolouella00pars/
https://archive.org/details/heddalouella00eell
https://archive.org/details/morella-joe-the-ince-affair-1978
https://archive.org/details/timeswehadlivewi00davirich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louella_Parsons
https://www.rrstar.com/story/special/2014/07/20/psst-this-freeport-woman-had/36816530007/
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/rivalry-hedda-hopper-louella-parsons-gossip-columnists
https://archive.org/details/hollywoodbabylon00ange/page/150/mode/2up
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louella-Parsons
https://www.wellesnet.com/peter-bogdanovich-on-completing-orson-welles-long-awaited-the-other-side-of-the-wind/
https://www.factinate.com/people/facts-louella-parsons
https://www.google.com/books/edition/On_the_Air/EwtRbXNca0oC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Hollywood+Hotel,+musical+variety%22&pg=PA323&printsec=frontcover
http://www.elvis-history-blog.com/hedda-hopper.html
https://cinemafan2.livejournal.com/8154.html
https://bestlifeonline.com/carole-lombard-clark-gable-affair/
https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/louella-parsons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Pickford#Personal_lif
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Our sixth episode discusses gossip queen Wendy Williams!
Created by: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Hosts: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Producers: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Editors: Krys Melo, Madison Reyes
Researchers: Krys Melo, Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Writer: Krys Melo, Madison Reyes
Music Supervisor: Krys Melo
Recorded at: The Invisible Studios
Theme Song: Typewriter Song - Mac Taboel
Music:
Epidemic Sound:
Life O' The Lavish - Jules Gaia
Dance the Night Away (No Matter What They Say) (Instrumental Version) - Zorro Strolling with You - John Runefelt
As Real As It Gets - Matt Large
Different Type Of Vibe - Matt Large
Always Had a Way - Matt Large
Apple Tree - Mo Stacks
So Seductive - Matt Large
A Few Demands - Matt Large
Incidental Encounter - Arthur Benson
Research Sources:
https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/04/a-wendy-williams-biopic-is-in-the-works-charting-gossip-queens-rise-to-inf amy-13225998/https://time.com/3688590/wendy-williams-1000-episodes/ https://thesource.com/2019/10/10/wendy-williams-total/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNmdn-cVro0 https://www.essence.com/celebrity/wendy-williams-my-first-diet-was-first-grade/ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/24/wendy-williams-dishes-the-dirt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Williams https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/26/magazine/wendy-williams-interview.html https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/wendy-williams-annie-harwick-joke-suggests-host-s-style-has-ncn a1140596 https://www.frieze.com/article/grimee https://www.newspapers.com/article/68810184/asbury-park-press/ https://meaww.com/wendy-williams-tupac-shakur-raped-in-prison-rumor-response-why-u-turn-on-me-fat-s haming-rape-jailhttps://nypost.com/2016/05/16/angie-martinez-lost-her-f-king-mind-with-wendy-williams/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/wendy-williams-made-a-lot-of-enemies-in-radio-20-years-a go-now-shes-a-daytime-television-staple/2018/08/22/15f35dc0-9f18-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721_story.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=matHyZx9wxwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9E3--O7UJA https://pagesix.com/2022/06/17/judge-greg-mathis-says-wendy-williams-is-valuable-to-the-community/ https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/wendy-williams-amie-harwick.html https://www.distractify.com/p/charlamagne-and-wendy-beef https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wendy-williams-reveals-tortured-childhood/story?id=24474267 https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/wendy-williams-annie-harwick-joke-suggests-host-s-style-has-ncn a1140596 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/graves-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20356240 https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/wendy-williams-health-and-personal-struggles-through-the-years/ https://ew.com/tv/wendy-williams-told-show-canceled/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13203019/wendy-williams-lifetime-money-docu series-guardian-exploitative-contract.html https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wendy-williams-guardian-lifetime-docuser ies-legal-battle-1235858466/ https://www.npr.org/2024/03/15/1238765983/wendy-williams-dementia-exploited-docum entary https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/819719-stunna-girl-ray-j-wendy-williams-drug-addiction- accusation-hip-hop-news https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/11738525/wendy-williams-millions-bank-before- guardian-no-money-left/
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Our sixth episode is all about gossip columnist and radio news commentator Walter Winchell.
Created by: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Hosts: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Producers: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Editors: Krys Melo, Madison Reyes
Researchers: Krys Melo, Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Writer: Krys Melo, Madison Reyes
Music Supervisor: Krys Melo
Recorded at: The Invisible Studios
Theme Song: Typewriter Song - Mac Taboel
Music:
Epidemic Sound:
The Hipcat Swagger-Ritchie Everett
With a Light Heart-Ofelia Moore
Bring the Bagels-Ofelia MooreIn
Other Words-Ofelia Moore
Wicked Man-Martin Landstrom
Kill Your Darlings-Martin Landstrom
Tomorrow I’ll Be Gone-Franz Gordon
All Good Things Come in Threes-Ritchie Everett
Trenchcoats-Roosier
Research Sources:
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/walter-winchell-biographical-timeline/15619/
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/walter-winchell-documentary/16953/
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Walter_Winchell
https://www.jewage.org/wiki/ru/Article:Walter_Winchell_-_Biography
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c86h4kj8/
https://www.wearebroadcasters.com/radio100/moments/49.asp
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/10/walter-winchell-he-snooped-to-conquer/
https://www.americanheritage.com/walter-winchell
https://archives.nypl.org/the/21480
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/18/arts/he-turned-gossip-into-tawdry-power-walter-winchell-who-climbed-high-fell-far.html
https://www.amazon.com/Winchell-Gossip-Power-Culture-Celebrity/
https://people.howstuffworks.com/15-terms-popularized-by-walter-winchell.htm
https://publicism.info/biography/impresario/8.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gallop
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/the-german-american-bund-confessions-of-a-nazi-spy/
https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/18/books/books-of-the-times-of-winchell-and-the-power-of-gossip.html
https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,775927,00.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20081113142947/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802020,00.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1972/02/21/archives/walter-winchell-is-dead-on-coast-at-742.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/books/review/the-long-view-culture-of-fame-walter-winchell.html
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2004/01/how-jack-paar-slew-walter-winchell.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-history-behind-plot-against-america-180974365/
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/lifestyle/2013/11/15/jfk-in-palm-beach-where/6879787007/
https://erenow.net/biographies/lindbergh-by-a-scott-berg/14.php
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/gossip-columnist-crime-boss-surrender-fbi-article-1.798591
https://law.jrank.org/pages/2965/Murder-Inc-Trials-1941-Surrender-J-Edgar-Hoover-Walter-Winchell.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepke_Buchalter
https://www.thewrap.com/lucille-ball-communism-true-story-being-the-ricardos/
https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,802020,00.html
https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/i-love-lucy-lucille-ball-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant-until-the-media-announced-it.html/
https://www.sonyclassics.com/wheresmyroycohn/#4thPage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn
https://blackstarnews.com/the-night-josephine-baker-never-got-her-steak-html/
https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,816799,00.html
https://www.the74million.org/article/schools-virus-polio-vaccine-trials-flashback-coronavirus/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/8/31/22626790/coronavirus-vaccine-anti-vaxxers-polio-winchell-steinberg
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/paranoid-gossip-about-polio-vaccine/
https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,889287-1,00.html
https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,815896-1,00.html
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Our fifth episode centers around American news journalist Matt Drudge.
Created by: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Hosts: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Producers: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Editors: Krys Melo, Madison Reyes
Researchers: Krys Melo, Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Writer: Krys Melo, Madison Reyes
Music Supervisor: Krys Melo
Recorded at: The Invisible Studios
Theme Song: Typewriter Song - Mac Taboel
Music:
Epidemic Sound:
Night Stranger - Oh The City
America The Beautiful
Just Be Mine (Instrumental) - John Runefelt
Oh What A Whirl - Jules Gaia
Code Red - Rijko
Born In The 80s - Falcon Dives
Sneaking Into the Kitchen - Arthur Benson
And Behold - Awlee
College Dropout - Sight of Wonders
Gossip Talk - Arthur Benson
Network Protocol - Isaac Larson
Computer Sounds: Pond 5
Research Sources:
https://extras.denverpost.com/books/chdrudge1224.htm
The Drudge Revolution by Michael Lysiak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Drudge
https://nymag.com/news/media/36617/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/05/19/the-dirt-on-matt-drudge/3c9056db-72de-4dbc-8849-ee944c786d7c/
https://jewishinsider.com/2020/07/investigating-the-mysterious-man-behind-the-drudge-report/
https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/letters/profile-matt-drudge-webmaster-of-pork-pies-2471665
https://nypost.com/2020/11/28/does-matt-drudge-even-work-at-the-drudge-report-anymore/
https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/what-is-matt-drudge-doing-now
https://www.thewrap.com/matt-drudge-biopics-dueling/
https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/01/26/upstart-internet-adding-sense-of-urgency-to-reporting/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW9lQRTF-7E&pp=ygUVTWF0dCBkcnVkZ2UgaW50ZXJ2aWV3
https://youtu.be/yIdNGY1f4E8
https://youtu.be/Ray66PjKQno
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4976532/drudge-hollywood-apartment-podcast-sot
https://www.c-span.org/video/?96956-1/drudge-report
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Our fourth episode centers around pioneering investigative journalist Nellie Bly.
Created by: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Hosts: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Producers: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Editors: Krys Melo, Madison Reyes
Researchers: Krys Melo, Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Writer: Krys Melo, Madison Reyes
Music Supervisor: Krys Melo
Recorded at: The Invisible Studios
Theme Song: Typewriter Song - Mac Taboel
Music:
Epidemic Sound:
Stealing Mushrooms - The Fly Guy Five
Story With No End - Trailer Worx
All Blue Skies - The Fly Guy Five
Small Talk and Lemonade - The Fly Guy Five
A Toast to You - Golden Age Radio
Tablespoons - Martin Landstrom
Cada Primavera (Instrumental Version) - Alcones Negros
El Chamizal - Alcones Negros
Hide and Sneak - The Fly Guy Five
A Hoax - Mary Riddle
Crab Walk - Jerry Lacey
Mysterious Moments - Eneide
Research Sources:
https://nellieblyonline.net/
https://wams.nyhistory.org/modernizing-america/modern-womanhood/nellie-bly/
https://apollopahistory.com/apollo-history/people-families/elizabeth-jane-cochrane-nellie-bly/
https://www.correctionhistory.org/rooseveltisland/bly/html/preblackwell.html
https://www.liherald.com/stories/nellie-bly-she-came-she-wrote-she-conquered,106447
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunt_girl
https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/nellie-bly
https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-lost-legacy-of-the-girl-stunt-reporter
Brooke Kroeger's Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist
https://thestuntgirl.weebly.com/the-birth-of-nellie-bly.html
https://nellieblyonline.net/dispatch-articles/
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bly/mexico/mexico.html
https://allthatsinteresting.com/lizzie-halliday
https://davidblixtauthor.medium.com/why-i-wont-publish-nellie-bly-s-racist-novel-b15108b9817c
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In our third episode we are covering iconic journalist and crime reporter Agness ‘Aggie’ Underwood.
Created by: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Hosts: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Producers: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Editors: Krys Melo, Madison Reyes
Researchers: Krys Melo, Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Writer: Krys Melo, Madison Reyes
Music Supervisor: Krys Melo
Recorded at: The Invisible Studios
Theme Song: Typewriter Song - Mac Taboel
Music:
Epidemic Sound:
Merged by the Night - Anthony Earls
Just Like Old Scotch - Golden Age Radio
Working Class Hero - Golden Age Radio
Sneaking Unnoticed - Golden Age Radio
Exhibit A - J.R. Productions
My Love Will Bite - T. Morri
Careful Steps - The Fly Guy Five
You Said the Coast Was Clear - Ludvig Moulin
The Smoke Room - Alexandra Woodward
Hotel Lalo - Harry Edvino
Call and Respond - Elvin Vanguard
Research Sources:
https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/downloads/5m60qv87p
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2158244017710290#body-ref-bibr51-2158244017710290-4
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/shining-a-spotlight-on-toughasnails-la-crime-reporter-agness-underwood
https://vimeo.com/70991449
http://derangedlacrimes.com
https://la.curbed.com/2019/12/16/21019466/film-noir-definition-meaning-best
https://www.kcet.org/history-society/bloody-commerce-crossroads-of-the-world-and-the-murder-of-the-decade
https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/exhibits/first-latest-aggie-underwood-los-angeles-herald-and-sordid-crimes-city
https://epdf.pub/the-first-lady-of-hollywood-a-biography-of-louella-parsons.html
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Our second episode centers around Hollywood’s first beauty guru Sylvia Ulback.
Created by: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Hosts: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Producers: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Editors: Krys Melo, Madison Reyes
Researchers: Krys Melo, Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Writer: Krys Melo, Madison Reyes
Music Supervisor: Krys Melo
Recorded at: The Invisible Studios
Theme Song: Typewriter Song - Mac Taboel
Music:
Musopen.org:
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 - IV. In the Hall Of The Mountain King - Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Epidemic Sound:
Bet On That - Mac Taboel
The Bratwurst Song - Stationary Sign
Apple Pie Eyes - Martin Landstrom
And Champagne for All - The Fly Guy Five
Golden Age Radio - Golden Age Radio
Vintage Dream (Instrumental Version) - Mathilda June
Not Sure What You Mean - Stationary Sign
Trainee Day - Stationary Sign
Window Shopping in New York - The Fly Guy Five
Unfaithful Doll - Ludvig Moulin
A Walk in Marais - The Fly Guy Five
Research Sources:
Hollywood Undressed: Observations of Sylvia of Hollywood
https://www.newspapers.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_of_Hollywood
https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/downloads/gx41mj32k
https://cladriteradio.com/formerly-famous-sylvia-ulback/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_P._Kennedy_Sr.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/03/22/the-kennedys-joe-sr-the-gloria-swanson-affair/177040b7-d53a-4365-a6e4-114db2046ce9/
https://wikisummaries.org/joseph-p-kennedy-begins-an-affair-with-gloria-swanson/
‘No More Alibis’ Sylvia Ulback
‘Pull Yourself Together Baby’ Sylvia Ulback
‘Streamline Your Figure’ Sylvia Ulback
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Our premiere episode centers around none other than Hollywood’s gossip queen of the golden age: Hedda ‘The Hat’ Hopper.
Created by: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Hosts: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Producers: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Editors: Krys Melo, Madison Reyes
Researchers: Krys Melo, Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
Writer: Krys Melo, Madison Reyes
Music Supervisor: Krys Melo
Recorded at: The Invisible Studios
Theme Song: Typewriter Song - Mac Taboel
Music:
Epidemic Sound:
Golden Age Radio - Golden Age Radio
Sneaking Unnoticed - Golden Age Radio
Memoirs of a Silk Bow Tie - The Fly Guy Five
Bet On That - Mac Taboel
And Champagne for All - The Fly Guy Five
Adobe Stock:
Strozzapreti Show - FMT
French Lovers- Pinegroove
Mystic Vase - Roman Spivak
Funny Comedy - Vivaleum
Funny Jazz Cafe - MagikStudio
Les Yeux Noirs - MagikStudio
Mendelson Wedding March
Musopen.org:
Rose Leaf Rag - Gerluz
Kismet Rag - Tony Wilkenson
Research Sources:
https://honey.nine.com.au/latest/ingrid-bergman-affair-scandal-casablanca-star/892d0613-2be1-42a6-85a7-f8e5b52ef474
https://aurorasginjoint.com/2014/05/02/a-glimpse-into-hedda-hoppers-hollywood/
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/08/career-fear-built-hedda-hopper-ruled-gossip-business/
https://www.factinate.com/people/hedda-hopper-facts/
https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/mysterious-death-newport-movie-mogul-thomas-ince/
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/02/07/ingrid-bergman/
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/rivalry-hedda-hopper-louella-parsons-gossip-columnists
https://medium.com/@tas608/my-inspiration-for-working-in-media-charlie-chaplin-and-hedda-hopper-85dc8e0a6e72
https://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art38000.asp
https://www.trivia-library.com/b/hollywood-celebrity-scandals-charlie-chaplin-and-joan-barry-affair-part-1.htm
https://variety.com/2015/voices/columns/blacklist-hedda-hopper-career-destroying-1201584311/
https://filmstarfacts.com/2016/01/27/joseph-cotten-deanna-durbin-lovers-or-not/
https://tempo.com.ph/2018/04/27/still-about-gay-hwood/
http://www.collinsporthistoricalsociety.com/2012/04/look-back-at-joan-bennett-week.html
https://filmstarfacts.com/2015/06/07/stewart-granger-a-mans-man/
https://nypost.com/2015/10/31/meet-the-scariest-woman-in-hollywood/
https://www.grunge.com/36112/scandalous-stories-old-hollywood/
https://archive.nytimes.com/iht-retrospective.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/02/1940-roosevelts-in-divorce-court/
https://read.amazon.com/?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_pbcb_rnvc00&_encoding=UTF8&asin=B09MVB7MCR
https://cladriteradio.com/hollywood-undressed-chapter-eleven/
www.Newspapers.com
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-hearst-tried-stop-citizen-kane-180958602/
https://ia600302.us.archive.org/16/items/HeddaHoppersHollywood/Hedda%20Hopper%27s%20Hollywood.mp4
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