It All Comes Back Around

The Secret History Of Hollywood

Adam Roche

Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Believe it or not, the “Netflix” model of film consumption is nothing new. In fact, it’s much older than you know. But for a very special period in the twentieth century, cinema became a far more respected art form. But which man was responsible…? Unlock a treasure chest of Old Hollywood storytelling! Every series of the Secret History Of Hollywood unlocks when you sign up at https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret But that's not all! The Secret History Of Hollywood will now be arriving with you far more frequently! Hear the chapters of these epic stories as they're produced, by becoming a Co-Producer at https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret You'll get access to the complete Secret History of Hollywood catalogue, including THIN: The Thin Man Story (PART 2 NOW AVAILABLE), The Adventures Of Alfred Hitchcock, The Game Is Afoot, A Universe Of Horrors, Bullets And Blood, and much more... 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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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.7	Hollywood is yours. To unlock the secret history of Hollywood, simply go to patreon.com
0:11.7	slash ataboy's secret or follow the link in the show notes of this episode.
0:18.0	Believe it or not, the way we watch films today through streaming services, piecemeal
0:22.9	consumption of parts here and there, is not a new thing.
0:29.4	Movie houses of the 1930s and 1940s rarely screened films at set times during the day and
0:35.9	night.
0:36.9	Instead, they would assemble a program of
0:39.0	entertainments, including animated shorts, newsreels, one or two second features, information
0:45.7	films, documentaries, musical performances, along with, of course, the main features, the
0:52.4	glossier, more expensive, star-laden affairs that acted as
0:57.1	the snare to the passerby, whose eyes were taken by the exotic artworks of posters designed by
1:03.6	studios in-house.
1:07.0	But cinema-goers, and there were many, hardly ever knew in what order the assemblage of programs would play.
1:14.6	A ticket was purchased at the box office, and in through past the concession stands, an eager movie hawk would go,
1:23.6	picking up snacks and treats along the way.
1:28.3	Once inside the cavernous movie palace, they had to be gargantuan for reasons that will soon
1:34.0	become apparent.
1:35.3	It was entirely possible that you may have just walked in on the final 30 minutes of
1:40.2	Gone with the Wind, or the Wizard of Oz, or Casablanca.
1:46.0	Your first experience of these films may have been the moment in which Bogart and Claude
1:50.7	Raines watch sorrowfully as the airplane rises into the evening mist.
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