You had your own Elizabeth Taylor moments, didn't you, Martin?

Weren't you a walker of hers at one point?

I would like to say that when I tried the corrupt diamond on it, it didn't look fake.

Of course not.

And we ended up spending one of the legendary evenings of my life, which was

sitting in bed with Elizabeth Taylor, eating fried chicken and trying on tray after tray of her jewels.

Welcome to If Jewels Could Talk. I'm Carol Walton, the voice of jewellery, an author, broadcaster,

and the woman who initiated the role of Jewelry editor at magazines like Tattler and British Vogue.

This is a podcast for everyone. For people who do like jewelry, for people who don't realize they like jewelry,

and anyone intrigued by fascinating facts, new ideas, and forgotten histories.

So please join me as I tell sparkly tales, meeting all sorts of people,

delving into four centuries of jewelry culture,

and investigate what's happening now.

With your story, culture and investigate what's happening now. With the Oscars only a few days away, I wanted to start the first episode of my podcast

looking at Hollywood Jules.

It's interesting that historians don't talk about what Janet Gain Award to the first ever

Academy Award banquet in 1929.

It wasn't until the following year when Mary Pickford collected her best actress statuette,

blazing endearments for her performance in Cockett that the world took note of Hollywood's fabled glamour.

Cockett became a box office success.

Pickford's place as a movie star was assured,

and duels in Hollywood have been a sparkling union ever since.

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