Willy Wonka And The Woman Who Inspired The First Chocolate Factory Film, Madeline Stuart

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🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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This Friday marks the release of “Wonka,” a musical starring Timothée Chalamet that tells the origin story of beloved candy maker Willy Wonka. To celebrate, we’re dipping into the Radio Cherry Bombe vault for our interview with the woman who inspired the original “Willy Wonka” film, Madeline Stuart. Young Madeline loved “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” so much, she suggested to her dad that the Roald Dahl classic children’s book would make a great movie. Fortunately, for legions of “Willy Wonka” fans, Madeline’s dad was director and documentarian Mel Stuart. He gave his daughter $50 for the idea and the rest is Hollywood history. Madeline joins host Kerry Diamond to talk about the story behind the movie, what it was like on set in Munich, the Quaker Oats connection, her father’s relationship with Dahl, the casting of Gene Wilder (over the stars of “Monty Python” and others), and more. They also talk about Madeline’s career as a celebrated interior designer and her book, “No Place Like Home: Interiors by Madeline Stuart.” Thank you to OpenTable, Alex Mill, and Reform for supporting our show. Hosted by Kerry Diamond Produced by Catherine Baker and Jenna Sadhu Edited by Jenna Sadhu Editorial Assistant Londyn Crenshaw Music by Tralala, “All Fired Up” Radio Cherry Bombe is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. Subscribe to our newsletter and check out past episodes and transcripts here. More on Madeline: Instagram, No Place Like Home book

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0:00.0	Hi, Boys and girls are all fired up.
0:08.6	Boys and girls are all bad at all.
0:11.5	Whole world's chicken, drinking, baby, and we're on fire her.
0:16.8	Hi, everyone.
0:18.0	You are listening to Radio Cherry Bomb, and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond.
0:21.4	I'm the founder and editor of Cherry Bomb magazine, and each week I talk to the most interesting
0:26.6	women and culinary creatives in and around the world of food. This Friday, the film Wonka,
0:33.4	starring Timothy Shalame, opens nationwide. It's a musical about the origin story of
0:38.3	Willy Wonka, the fictional candy maker created almost 60 years ago by the brilliant and complicated
0:44.1	role doll, who also wrote the classics Matilda and James and the Giant Peach.
0:49.5	Doll's 1964 book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was made into a movie by director Mel Stewart.
0:55.6	His young daughter, Madeline, loved Doll's book and suggested that her dad turned it into a film.
1:01.2	He paid her $50 for the idea, and the rest is Hollywood history.
1:05.7	That film, 1971's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, was a big part of my childhood.
1:12.3	It aired once a year on broadcast TV, way before we had cable or VCRs or streaming networks, and I loved the weird
1:18.3	wanka, the bratty kids, and the magical factory set. I had heard about Madeline over the years,
1:23.8	and she was high on my list of folks I wanted to interview. But, for whatever reason,
1:27.8	I didn't reach out to her until the 50th anniversary of her dad's film in 2021. I finally got up the nerve to ask and was thrilled when she said yes. It's one of my favorite Radio Cherrybaum interviews, and we're re-airing it today in honor of the new Wanka. I thought you'd love knowing the backstory of the first Wanka film,
1:45.2	and that it came to be thanks to a young girl who loved books. Madeline, if you're listening,
1:50.4	thank you again. Everybody else? Stay tuned for my chat with Madeline Stewart from 2021.
1:56.1	This episode of Radio Cherrybaum is supported by our friends at Open Table. The holiday season is here,
2:01.9	and lots of us are looking for places to gather so we can celebrate with friends, family,
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