Hollywood Profiles of Yesteryear and Three Stooges Throwback
Summary: Each episode, host Gabriel Russo profiles a star of the silent era of Hollywood. Some are scandalous, some are not, but all are interesting and worth remembering. Join Gabe Russo as he learns who these people are along with you. The podcast has turned away from the salacious and more into informative profiling of these barely remembered people and their times, hence the change in name. Three Stooges Throwback is the second podcast on this feed. It is a comprehensive look back at each and every Three Stooges short. Join Gabe Russo as he talks production notes, trivia, goofs, etc. from all 190 Three Stooges shorts.
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Marion Davies is best remembered for being mistress to William Randolph Hearst, but she was an actress too. Listen to hear if she was any good...
Mary Miles Minter was a silent era star who gave it all up. She was implicated in the murder of William Desmond Taylor but not really involved. Or was she? listen to find out that she wasn't.
Mary Miles Minter was a silent era star who gave it all up. She was implicated in the murder of William Desmond Taylor but not really involved. Or was she? listen to find out that she wasn't.
Bobby Harron was a young star of the Silent Era. He was in over 200 pictures, including many by D.W. Griffith. Did he shoot himself in the chest or did it fall and go off? You make the call...
Bobby Harron was a young star of the Silent Era. He was in over 200 pictures, including many by D.W. Griffith. Did he shoot himself in the chest or did it fall and go off? You make the call...
Courtland Dines was shot by Mabel Normand's chauffer after a night of partying with Edna Purviance. Was it a love triangle? No, I don't think it was. But Courtland Dines did get shot and Joe Kelly aka Horace Greer did it.
Courtland Dines was shot by Mabel Normand's chauffer after a night of partying with Edna Purviance. Was it a love triangle? No, I don't think it was. But Courtland Dines did get shot and Joe Kelly aka Horace Greer did it.
Larry Semon was a popular comedian of the early 1920's, rivaling Chaplin. He directed and starred in the 1925 silent Wizard of Oz. Did he fake his death to avoid creditors? You'll have to listen. (I think he might've.)
Larry Semon was a popular comedian of the early 1920's, rivaling Chaplin. He directed and starred in the 1925 silent Wizard of Oz. Did he fake his death to avoid creditors? You'll have to listen. (I think he might've.)
Annette Kellerman was a swimming and diving champion who also did the first nude scene by a major star on screen. Not enough? She also invented the one piece bathing costume. There.
Annette Kellerman was a swimming and diving champion who also did the first nude scene by a major star on screen. Not enough? She also invented the one piece bathing costume. There.
The Biograph girl. The first Movie Star whose name was known to the public. She was super popular even before Hollywood. Come with me to the 1910's, and listen.
The Biograph girl. The first Movie Star whose name was known to the public. She was super popular even before Hollywood. Come with me to the 1910's, and listen.
Do you like gossip? Not as much as Hedda Hopper did. She was one of the first gossip columnists and called her house "the house that fear built." Check her out.
Do you like gossip? Not as much as Hedda Hopper did. She was one of the first gossip columnists and called her house "the house that fear built." Check her out.
