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The Secret History Of Hollywood

Shadows: Blood On The Water

The Secret History Of Hollywood

Adam Roche

Tv & Film, Film History

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2018

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Summary

It is a time of change at RKO. Val Lewton's horror movie unit is being widely imitated by Hollywood at large, all hoping to attract the kinds of audiences flocking to Lewton's modern brand of horror. But Lewton himself is facing an insurmountable problem: how to create RKO's first "Monster Rally". The answer will come from the most unlikely of places: the Lewton family's private collection of letters... At the same time, RKO boss Charles Koerner is demanding an interim movie, a horror set upon the seas to be called 'The Ghost Ship'. In order to bring it to life, Lewton will have to circumvent the attentions of an uncompromising new supervisor, as well as survive the eccentric excesses of his new technical advisor... Meanwhile, at the Pasadena Playhouse, two writers have just staged an original play that will have a devastating effect on Lewton's career... If you’ve enjoyed this episode, and would like to aid in its creation, then please consider becoming a patron of the shows! You’ll earn hundreds more hours of bonus content, including ALL complete series’ of The Secret History of Hollywood, as well as bonus documentaries, extra listening, movie commentaries, and much more! Simply go to www.patreon.com/attaboysecret and choose the tier you’d like to access or CLICK HERE Show Credits A very special thanks to the peerless Mark Gatiss, and to Brook Darnell of the Library Of Congress for her tireless research into the private papers of Val Lewton. 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.

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Whether it's an under-the-radar genre or a proper out-there podcast,

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especially when it comes to switching up your soft drink,

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It tastes just as weird as regular Dr Pepper, but with zero sugar and zero calories.

0:26.3

It's a taste you can't quite put your finger on.

0:28.8

Weird.

0:29.5

But in a surprisingly good way, try more weird with Dr Pepper's zero. Once upon a time a grandfather took his grandson to chop wood.

0:47.0

On the way they met a stranger who politely asked if he could accompany them.

0:52.0

The grandfather instantly fell suspicious of the stranger.

0:55.5

There was something in his eyes that seemed uncanny, as though he were touched by the moon,

1:00.0

and although the stranger sang his way along the forest road and chattered cordially with the grandson on serious matters,

1:07.0

the grandfather determined to keep a watchful eye in case events should take a darker turn.

1:16.0

Throughout the morning, the three men worked at the trees, chopping and hacking logs for the town,

1:18.0

and by the time that they were done,

1:20.0

the embrace of the afternoon's sun had passed along

1:22.0

and the ink of twilight had begun to spread across the sky.

1:27.0

Before we journey back to town, the stranger said,

1:30.0

why should we all three not rest a while and sleep for it is far to walk and already our bones are weary from a day's work?

1:38.0

The grandfather and his grandson agreed and all three men curled up at the foot of an oak and closed their eyes.

1:45.0

But in truth it was only the grandson who truly gave himself over to sleep, for the grandfather

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