144: The Trials of Confidential Magazine: Maureen O'Hara (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 18)

You Must Remember This

Karina Longworth

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🗓️ 22 January 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In part two of our two-parter on the demise of the biggest and most pernicious tabloid of the 1950s, we’ll explore what happened after the magazine’s claim that redheaded star Maureen O’Hara was caught having sex at Grauman’s Chinese Theater. O’Hara positioned herself the “Joan of Arc” of Hollywood, single-handedly defending a cowardly industry against the existential threat posed by Confidential. As we’ll see, this is one story where the Kenneth Anger version is more credible than the version related by one of the subjects. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	To another episode of You Must Remember This, the podcast dedicated to exploring the
0:37.1	secrets and or forgotten stories of Hollywood's first century.
0:43.9	I'm your host, Karina Longworth.
0:47.5	And this is another episode of our ongoing series, Fake News, Fact Checking Hollywood
0:56.7	Babylon.
1:03.7	This isn't news. This is totally unfounded gossip.
1:08.5	It's a long way from Hollywood.
1:10.3	Criticize for dealing too fritely with such themes as sex and nudity.
1:15.3	Hollywood, Babylon.
1:22.3	Last week, we began the story of Confidential Magazine, the scandal sheet that transformed
1:33.5	the way Hollywood was written about and approached its own scandals.
1:39.3	Today, we're going to continue by talking about the trial that brought Confidential
1:45.2	down and the actress, Maureen O'Hara, who took full credit for that take down.
1:53.9	Here is an excerpt from Hollywood Babylon.
2:00.4	The trial finally started in Los Angeles, August 2, 1957.
2:07.1	The press called it The Trial of a Hundred Stars.
2:11.5	Actually, after a brief appearance by Dorothy Dandridge, who withdrew her complaint after
2:17.3	a considerable out-of-court settlement, the trial counted only one other star, beautiful
2:23.9	redhead, Maureen O'Hara.
2:28.3	Confidential had informed its literati that Miss Maureen O'Hara had indulged in a Chinese
2:35.4	chess game in the plush seats of the Load section of Grownman's Chinese Theater.
2:42.5	Her playmate was said to have been an attractive South American.
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