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Welcome to another episode of You Must Remember This.

The podcast dedicated to exploring the secrets and or forgotten histories of Hollywood's first century.

Part of the Paneple Network. I'm your host, Kareena Longworth.

As you may or may not be aware, each episode in our current season is in some way related to Hollywood frame by frame.

A book written by yours truly, compiling contact sheets from still photo sessions on classic movies, which is available now from Amazon or your local bookseller.

Amongst many other things, this book includes photos taken on the set of The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 Mafia Family Masterpiece, which show 47-year-old Marlon Brando being made up to look like the 60-something, Don Corleone.

If you're listening to this podcast, you've probably seen The Godfather. And maybe you know that, along with Stanley Koalski, Sky Masterson, Terry Maloy and Colonel Kurtz, the Don became a signature role for Brando.

And maybe you also know that Marlon Brando was an actor who redefined both screen acting and celebrity, beginning with his film debut in the early 1950s,

setting a standard for the new Hollywood generation of actors like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman, and also donating his DNA to today's actor-le-male stars from Ryan Gosling to Tom Hardy and Beyond.

But what you may or may not know is that before The Godfather was released, as far as Hollywood and a good segment of their public was concerned, Marlon Brando was old news, damaged goods,

virtually uncastable and definitely unbankable. To the people who paid to make movies, he was box office poison. And to the people who went to see movies, Brando was simply uncool.

This is the story of how, over the course of just about two years, Marlon Brando went from persona non-grata in the movie business to starring in two of the biggest zeitgeist movies of the early 1970s,

earning back-to-back Oscar nominations and completely reviving his reputation.

It's also the story of how Brando used his restored clout to draw attention to his personal pet causes, holding up a giant middle finger to Hollywood, and everything it stood for in the process.

Join us, won't you? As we learn about Marlon Brando from 1971 to 1973.

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