Angels Are On the Case
They Were Charlie's Angels Revisits the Icon 70s TV Series
While today the image of empowered women taking charge and driving the story are far more commonplace, in the mid-1970s there were few role models to look to. Then came Charlie's Angels. Though the series was at times blasted by critics for focusing on cleavage, flowing hair, and sex to interest viewers, in retrospect, those details may have launched a pop culture phenomenon, but the legacy is women coming out on top of a male-dominated industry. While male detectives were a dime a dozen, Charlie’s Angels set the bar for strong women who didn’t need a man to make it – or to catch the bad guy. I hope you enjoy the look back at TV history. They Were Charlie's Angels looks back at the beginning of the iconic series and its stars, as well as an episode guide and the infamous TV reunion.
The Murder of Ramon Novarro
Our podcast series, Hollywoodn't - Hollywood Declassified is back with a new series in January 2025. This time we go back to the late 1960s and the shocking murder of silent movie star Ramon Novarro.
The six-part series delves into the life of the Hollywood actor and the circumstances behind his brutal killing and the capture of the men responsible. Streaming on Apple, Amazon and Castbox podcasts and on our website.
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Who Nuked The Duke? looks at the atomic testing program through the camera lens and filming of the 1954 RKO epic The Conqueror. The award-winning book was first published in 2014 and updated in 2023. This enhanced edition features added audio commentary from the author. Also available on Audible in audiobook. Hear about the book >>
Who Nuked The Duke?
Podcasts
The Movie Files Looks back James Bond, Alfred Hitchcock and a new exhibit on the science behind 007,
Now on Audible: Movie Star & The Mobster
In the 1970s a new action hero debuted on network television when Lee Majors took on the persona of Steve Austin in The Six Million Dollar Man. Launching a top rated TVs that ran for five seasons, the show offers a host of additional TV movies, a sister show - The Bionic Woman, and a world of merchandising. Now, take a look back at the classic adventure series.
Hollywood'tn takes listeners behind the stories Tinseltown didn't want to tell.
Our award-winning book Movie Star & The Mobster is now an audio book on Audible. Go behind the scandal of the 1950s with Lana Turner, Johnny Stompanato and the Homicide in the Pink Bedroom.
Exploring the Dames of the Dark
Murder at University Hospital takes you into a work of fan fiction celebrating the daytime soap Days of Our Lives for a mystery surrounding the residents of Salem inside their renound hospital.
When Bette Davis and Joan Crawford arrived onscreen in 1962's What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? the film became the shining new example of what Grand Guignol was on the big screen. The success spun off a sub-genre referred to at Grand Dame Guignol, where older actresses were placed in bleak dark scenarios, often themselves becoming mentally unbalanced and taking to terrorizing others around them. Dames of the Dark explores the concept through a series of films of the 1960s and 70s with leading ladies facing harrowing circumstances in search for success on the big screen. In addition to Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, stars like Olivia DeHavilland, Janet Leigh, Doris Day, Lana Turner, Elizabeth Taylor and Tallulah Bankhead gave us screen gems deserving of a place in film history.