Dreams Die on Sunset Boulevard

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Vintage Century Idle Hour

Jennifer Passariello

22 episodes

2 months ago

Is Top Hat a tolerable musical? | Books to read and avoid | New Job, new Jennifer For a video version of this episode, check out my YouTube channel, Vintage Century Idle Hour. Variety show podcast with reviews of classic movies. Hi there! I'm Jennifer, and this is my little variety show. I talk about old movies, tell stories, and cure insomnia. Commuters, cleaners, crafters, clock-watchers, and multi-taskers, this one's for you! Le...

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Dreams Die on Sunset Boulevard

Vintage Century Idle Hour

1 hour 1 minute

6 months ago

Dreams Die on Sunset Boulevard

Tonight on the Idle Hour we have another case of Hollywood telling its own story. A few episodes back we explored another such tale when we featured the 1950 film All About Eve. That movie is about show business—mostly the stage—and the biting and clawing and scheming that goes into the making of a star. Well, now we’re giving some love and attention to the “not so happily ever after” story of stardom in Sunset Boulevard. Sunset Boulevard and All About Eve were both contende...