Follies of 1938, Part 1: Hollywood's Greatest Year
- Podcast Episode
- 2014
- 23m
This micro-episode sets up a topic we'll be exploring throughout the summer: the films, stars and scandals of 1938. By midway through that year, Hollywood was in such a desperate downswing -... Read allThis micro-episode sets up a topic we'll be exploring throughout the summer: the films, stars and scandals of 1938. By midway through that year, Hollywood was in such a desperate downswing - and so concerned that Americans were losing interest not just in specific movies but in m... Read allThis micro-episode sets up a topic we'll be exploring throughout the summer: the films, stars and scandals of 1938. By midway through that year, Hollywood was in such a desperate downswing - and so concerned that Americans were losing interest not just in specific movies but in moviegoing as a habit - that the studios banded together to launch a massive PR campaign to... Read all