Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the seminal drag documentary, “Paris is Burning" (1990) starring Dorian Corey, Pepper LaBeija, Venus Xtravaganza, Octavia St. Laurent, Willi Ninja, Angie Xtravaganza and Freddie Pendavis. This documentary takes into in the fascinating world of the Vogue Drag Balls of NYC in the late 1980s. Directed by Jennie Livingston.
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Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the seminal drag documentary, “Paris is Burning" (1990) starring Dorian Corey, Pepper LaBeija, Venus Xtravaganza, Octavia St. Laurent, Willi Ninja, Angie Xtravaganza and Freddie Pendavis. This documentary takes into in the fascinating world of the Vogue Drag Balls of NYC in the late 1980s. Directed by Jennie Livingston.
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the seminal drag documentary, “Paris is Burning" (1990) starring Dorian Corey, Pepper LaBeija, Venus Xtravaganza, Octavia St. Laurent, Willi Ninja, Angie Xtravaganza and Freddie Pendavis. This documentary takes into in the fascinating world of the Vogue Drag Balls of NYC in the late 1980s. Directed by Jennie Livingston.
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the Gaumont British Studios musical comedy “First A Girl" (1935) starring Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Anna Lee and Griffith Jones. Jessie Matthews plays a young girl with stars in her eye when she meets a down on his luck actor. Taking his place in a female impersonation act leads to whirlwind fame, and romance. Directed by Victor Saville with Costumes Designed by Marianne and J. Strassner
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the New Line Cinema's comedy “Hairspray" (1988) starring Ricki Lake, Divine, Sonny Bono and Blondie. Lake stars as a dance crazed youngster in 1960s Baltimore. Directed by John Waters with Costumes Designed by Van Smith.
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the United Artists musical comedy “Some Like It Hot" (1959) starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Joe E. Brown. Curtis and Lemmon star as musicians on the run from the mafia. The two pose as women in order to hide out in an all girls band. Directed by Billy Wilder with Costumes Designed by Orry-Kelly
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the MGM musical comedy “Victor / Victoria" (1982) starring Julie Andrews, Robert Preston, James Garner and Leslie Ann. Warren. Julie Andrews stars as a down on her luck singer who poses as a drag queen in order to find fame and fortune. Directed by Blake Edwards and with Costumes Designed Patricia Norris.
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the Universal Pictures romantic comedy “Pillow Talk" (1959) starring Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall and Thelma Ritter. Day stars as a successful interior designer who reluctantly shares a party line with a song writing Lothario. Things get romantic when he fixes his sights on her. Directed by Michael Gordon with Gowns Designed by Jean Louis.
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the RKO Horror Classic “Cat People" (1942) starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph and Tom Conway. Simon stars as a young woman who believes she will transform into a deadly panther if she becomes intimate. Directed by Jacques Tourneur with Costumes Designed by Renié.
Philip and Kathleen are joined by Adam Roche, podcaster extraordinaire, famous for, “Secret History of Hollywood: Shadows.”
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the Warner Bors. action adventure “The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938) starring Errol Flynn, Olivia DeHavilland, Basil Rathbone and Claud Rains. Errol Flynn stars as the legendary Robin Hood who fights against the tyranny of an evil prince. Directed by Michael Curtiz with Costumes Designed by Milo Anderson
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the Paramount Pictures thriller "Rear Window" (1954) starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter and Raymond Burr. James Stewart stars as a wheelchair bound photographer who believes he’s witness to a murder out of his back window. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock with Costumes Designed by Edith Head.
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the MGM musical "Brigadoon" (1954) starring Gene Kelly, Van Johnson and Cyd Charisse. Kelly stars in this mystical musical about a village that appears for only one day every 100 years. Directed by Vincente Minelli with Costumes Designed by Irene Sharaff.
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the MGM musical comedy "Bells are Ringing" (1960) starring Judy Holliday, Dean Martin and Jean Stapleton. Holliday stars as a answering service operator who can’t help getting involved in the lives of the customers. She falls hard for a play write who she helps him succeed. Directed by Vincente Minelli with Costumes Designed by Walter Plunkett.
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the Paramount romantic comedy "Cinderfella" (1960) starring Jerry Lewis, Judith Anderson, Ed Wynn, and Anna Maria Alberghetti. Jerry Lewis stars in the reverse role version of the classic fairy tale. Directed by Frank Tashlin and Costumes Designed by Edith Head.
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the Metro Goldwyn Mayer screwball comedy, "Libeled Lady" (1936) starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. When Loy slaps Tracy’s newspaper with a libel suit he must get creative in order to weasel out of the charges. Directed by Jack Conway with Costumes Designed by Dolly Tree.
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the United Artists Pictures film noir "Dishonored Lady" (1947) starring Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O’Keefe, John Loder and Margaret Hamilton. Lamarr stars as a magazine art director who starts a new life only to be accused of murdering a lover from her past. Directed by Robert Stevenson with Costumes Designed by Elois Jenssen.
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the United Artists Pictures murder mystery "Lady of Burlesque" (1943) starring Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O’Shea, Iris Adrian and Marion Martin. Stanwyck stars as the star of a burlesque show. Things get complicated when girls start showing up murdered with their own g-string. Directed by William Wellman with Barbara Stanwyck’s Gowns designed by Edith Head and costumes designed by Natalie Visart.
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the melodramatic Universal Pictures film "All That Heaven Allows" (1955) starring Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson and Agnes Moorehead. Wyman stars as a widow that falls in love with her younger gardener. This puts her at odds with the expectations of her children and community. Directed by Douglas Sirk with gowns by Bill Thomas.
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the United Artists gothic melodrama, "Rebecca" (1940) starring Joan Fontaine, Lawrence Olivier, Judith Anderson and Reginald Denny. Fontaine stars as the young Mrs. De Winter who marries a widower, unwittingly ensnaring herself in a web laid by his dead wife. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock with Costumes Attributed to Irene Lentz.
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the documentary “Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood" (2017) . The film is about Scotty Bowers, the legendary hustler that hooked up and hooked up with many Hollywood Legends. We had the pleasure of sitting down and speaking to Scotty Bowers himself as well.
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the seminal drag documentary, “Paris is Burning" (1990) starring Dorian Corey, Pepper LaBeija, Venus Xtravaganza, Octavia St. Laurent, Willi Ninja, Angie Xtravaganza and Freddie Pendavis. This documentary takes into in the fascinating world of the Vogue Drag Balls of NYC in the late 1980s. Directed by Jennie Livingston.