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If the Golden era of Old Hollywood is your thing, our podcast is for you! If you want TYRONE POWER instead of TOM HARDY, JENNIFER JONES instead of JENNIFER LAWRENCE, or ROBERT MITCHUM rather than ROBERT PATTINSON, then FROM BENEATH THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN is the gin joint for you. Each week, writer and producer STEVE CUBINE and actress and writer NAN MCNAMARA explore, discuss, and dissect the magical, mysterious, amusing, and sometimes bizarre tales of Old Hollywood. So sit back and revisit a time when the pictures were still big and everyone was ready for their close-up.
“RICHARD CARLSON: CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH” (081)
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“RICHARD CARLSON: CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH” (081)
“RICHARD CARLSON: CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH” (081) - 3/31/2025
Tall, dark-haired, and handsome, RICHARD CARLSON was always a welcomed addition to any cast. From the beginning, when he was playing preppy college students opposite LANA TURNER, to his reign in the 1950s as the King of Sci-Fi thrillers, Carlson brought believability and authority to each role but also a sense of introspective thoughtfulness. You looked into his deep blue eyes and chiseled face and believed him. Whatever he was selling, we were buying. And while he never became an A-list leading man, he enjoyed a long and steady career and enhanced many a mediocre film with his special appeal. This week, we celebrate RICHARD CARLSON as our Star of the Month.
SHOW NOTES:
Sources:
Monsters in the Machine (2016), by Steffen Hantke;
Keep Watching the Skies (2009), by Bill Warren;
“Richard Carlson: Albert Lea’s Other Film & Television Star,” December 24, 2016, by Ed Shannon;
“Today’s Underrated Actor Spotlight: Richard Carlson,” June 24, 2105, by Bynum, www.thetinseltoentwins.com;
“A Tribute To Richard Carlson,’ January 9, 2014, www.scififilmfiesta.com;
“Richard Carlson, Actor, Dies at 65,” November 27, 1977, New York Times;
Wikipedia.com;
TCM.com;
IMDBPro.com;
Movies Mentioned:
Desert Death (1935), starring Raymond Hatton;
The Young in Heart (1938), starring Janet Gaynor, Roland Young, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr & Paulette Goddard;
The Duke of West Point (1938), starring Louis Hayward & Joan Fontaine;
Winter Carnival (1939), starring Ann Sheridan, Richard Carlson, & Robert Mitchum;
These Glamour Girls (1939), starring Lana Turner & Lew Ayres;
Dancing Co-Ed (1939), starring Lana Turner & Richard Carlson;
Beyond Tomorrow (1940), starring Haley Carey & Charles Winning;
No, No, Nanette (1940), starring Anna Neagle;
The Howards of Virginia (1940), starring Cary Grant & Martha Scott;
Back Street (1941), starring Margaret Sullavan & Charles Boyer;
The Little Foxes (1941Ol staring Bette Davis & Teresa Wright;
The Affairs of Martha (1942), starring Marsha Hunt & Richard Carlson;
My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942), starring Richard Carlson & Martha O’Driscoll;
Fly By Night (1942) starring Richard Carlson & Nancy Kelly;
Hold That Ghost (1941), starring Bud Abbot & Lou Costello;
White Cargo (1942), staring Hedy Lamarr& Walter Pidgeon;
Presenting Lily Mars (1943), starring Judy Garland & Van Heflin;
The Man From Down Under (1943), starring Charles Laughton & Donna Reed;
So Well Remembered (1947), starring John Mills & Martha Scott;
Behind Locked Doors (1948), starring Richard Carlson & Lucille Bremer;
The Amazing Mr. X (1948), starring Turban Bey, Lynn Bari, & Cathy O’Donnell;
King Solomon’s Mines (1950), starring Stewart Granger & Deborah Kerr;
The Sound of Fury (1950), starring Frank Lovejoy;
The Blue Veil (1951), starring Jane Wyman, Charles Laughton, & Joan Blondell;
The Magnetic Monster (1953), starring Richard Carlson;
It Came from Outer Space (1954), starring Richard Carlson & Barbara Rush;
The Maze (1953), starring Richard Carlson & Hillary Brooke;
The Creature from The Black Lagoon (1954), starring Richard Carlson & Julie Adams;
All I Desire (1953), starring Barbara Stanwyck & Richard Carlson;
Riders To the Stars (1954), starring William Lundigan;
Appointment with a Shadow (1957), starring George Nadar;
The Saga of Hemp Brown (1957), starring Rory Calhoun;
Johnny Rocco (1958), starring Richard Evers & Coleen Gray;
Tormented (1960), starring Richard Carlson;
Kid Rodelo (1966), starring Broderick Crawford & Janet Leigh;
Change of Habit (1969), starring Elvis Pressly, Mary Tyler moore, & Richard Carlson;
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If the Golden era of Old Hollywood is your thing, our podcast is for you! If you want TYRONE POWER instead of TOM HARDY, JENNIFER JONES instead of JENNIFER LAWRENCE, or ROBERT MITCHUM rather than ROBERT PATTINSON, then FROM BENEATH THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN is the gin joint for you. Each week, writer and producer STEVE CUBINE and actress and writer NAN MCNAMARA explore, discuss, and dissect the magical, mysterious, amusing, and sometimes bizarre tales of Old Hollywood. So sit back and revisit a time when the pictures were still big and everyone was ready for their close-up.
