Olive Thomas (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 2)

You Must Remember This

Karina Longworth

Tv & Film

4.7 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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The first Hollywood scandal to attract international attention was the death-by-poison of Olive Thomas, the twenty-five-year old star of au courant Hollywood hit The Flapper. According to Hollywood Babylon, Thomas’s death was the suicide of a woman desperate over her failure to score dope for her junkie husband. What’s the real story—and what role was played by Jack Pickford, Olive’s husband and the brother of the actress then considered “America’s Sweetheart”? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.3	the secret and or forgotten stories of Hollywood's first century on your host, Karina Longworth.
1:17.6	This is another episode of our series Fact Checking Hollywood Battle On.
1:24.6	The great films of the silent years.
1:32.0	This isn't news, this is totally unfounded gossip.
1:35.8	It's a long way from Hollywood.
1:37.4	Criticized for dealing too fritely with such themes of sex and nudity.
1:42.4	Hollywood, Babylon.
1:47.6	This week, we're going to begin by hearing from our special guest reading from Hollywood
1:55.4	Babylon by Kenneth Enger.
2:00.9	The sedate renowned hotel crayon on the Place de la Concorde was a most unlikely setting
2:07.1	for Hollywood's first scandal.
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2:14.6	with a breakfast trolley.
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