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A key. Just a key key Welcome to another episode of You Must Remember This, the podcast dedicated to exploring the secret and or forgotten

histories of Hollywood's first century, part of the Panoply Network. I'm your host, Karina Longworth.

And this is another installment in our ongoing series, Charles Manson's Hollywood.

Last week we talked about Sharon Tate's arrival in Hollywood, her relationship with

Jay Sebring, and the beginning of her romance with the man whom she left

Sebring for, Roman Polanski.

Today we're going to trace the rest of Polanski

and Tate's relationship, which

spanned three years, several continents,

and the making and release of two major hit movies,

Valley of the Dolls and Rosemary's Baby.

The Blansky marriage has been enshrined in myth

as a golden romance cut tragically short, which it was.

But it's also undeniably true that Tate's happiness was compromised during this period by Polanski's

frequent affairs, and her own struggles to earn respect as an actress in an industry

which was both fueled by female beauty

and also regularly dehumanized the beautiful women

it employed.

Join us, won't you? for the story of Sharon Tate's early flush of romance.

Their sexual connection, according to Roman, was off the charts.

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