Brother Mine: The Tom Conway Story

The Secret History Of Hollywood

Adam Roche

Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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In "Brother Mine", hear the remarkable story of Tom Conway, who along with his sibling, George Sanders, enjoyed a sparkling run of success in Hollywood's golden age. But when stardom decided to attach itself solely to George, Tom found himself facing a very different kind of life... ---- "Brother Mine" is but one of countless Hollywood stories available right now when you sign up at https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret Along with the stories and the legends, unlock EVEN MORE, such as: The complete Secret History of Hollywood catalogue, including THIN: The Thin Man Story, The Adventures Of Alfred Hitchcock, The Game Is Afoot, A Universe Of Horrors, Bullets And Blood, and much more... including THIN Queens Of Cinema Series 1, plus instant access to Series 2, which has just begun with the two-part story of Ida Lupino! An ALL-NEW Classic Movie Library, designed from scratch - a whole new experience created to allow you to get the best out of Old Hollywood, including trailers, deeper information, and even curated playlists of films! Small Tales - short fiction with a sinister edge... Bonus review shows! Blueprints - a bitesize version of The Secret History Of Hollywood - extra chapters that help to further enhance the stories you've already heard! The Seventh Heaven Radio Hour - a regular music show in which I present the best in Golden Age music as well as the film scores that became legend Sign up now at Patreon or go to https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:07.9	heroes, Audrey Hepburn's teenage resistance. There were Germans everywhere. Audrey is suddenly
0:13.7	bandaging wounded civilians as Arnhem burns in the night. Rebellion, risk, and the radical power of youth.
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0:48.5	Born Thomas Charles Sanders in St. Petersburg, 1904, to a well-to-do family. He and his younger brother, George,
0:56.6	had enjoyed a privileged existence among the Russian gentry. The St. Petersburg of 1904 was an ornate
1:05.7	wonderland, where a delicate breath of snow fell like Gossamer in October, and clung respectfully to the
1:12.8	steeples and streets until March.
1:16.8	It was the jewel of Russia, a symbol of wealth and beauty and old-world refinement, where steamers
1:23.7	and tugboats buzzed along the canals, where horse-drawn carriages bore generals and merchants
1:29.1	and aristocrats from townhouses to concert halls. St. Petersburg seemed to exist in a mysterious
1:36.9	time all its own, somewhere between Napoleonic and Victorian, as though the city
1:42.3	dwelled within a snow globe, untouched by time.
1:50.5	It was in this enchanted place that Thomas Sanders and his brother George had spent their first few
1:57.2	years. Life in the Sanders household was privileged. One of the most regular problems
2:03.6	faced by the family was to make sure that each boy had their fair share of luxuries.
2:10.6	If I had a horse, then George had to have a horse, said Tom later. If I was bought a boat,
2:16.6	then George had to have a horse, said Tom later. If I was bought a boat, then George had to have a boat also.
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