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The Secret History Of Hollywood

Shadows: Song Of The Dead

The Secret History Of Hollywood

Adam Roche

Tv & Film, Film History

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2017

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Following the success of 'Cat People', Val Lewton has been assigned to create a film entitled 'I Walked With A Zombie'.  RKO's B-movie boss, Lew Ostrow, is insistent that the film should follow the formula being employed by the horror department at Universal Pictures. But Lewton's plans for the film are far more ambitious... Featuring Mark Gatiss 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0

Thank you.

0:51.0

Once about a time there lived a man who had spent his life ravaged by poverty and ill luck.

0:57.0

He and his wife had been blessed with 12 children whose mouths they could barely afford to feed each day.

1:07.5

When suddenly a 13th child was born to the couple, the man threw up his hands and declared to his wife that there was nothing else to be done.

1:15.0

A godfather must be found for their newest child, a guardian who could take the child away when the time was right and bring up as their own. In desperation the man staggered out into

1:26.6

the road, deciding to flag down the nearest pass-a-by and bestow upon them the title of Godfather.

1:34.6

The first, Passer by, was God himself, who's seeing that the man was desperate, agreed

1:39.7

immediately to take the child as his own.

1:46.0

I am sorry for you, said God. I will hold your child at the baptism and take him into my care,

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