Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and host of NPR's podcast "Front Row Classics", Mr. Brandon Davis,  for their discussion on Michael Curtiz's 1942 wartime drama "Casablanca" from Warner Brothers starring Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and S.Z. Sakall. Hear why "Casablanca" is Brandon's favorite film and why it continues to be a timeless story of love and sacrifice. If you like what you hear be sure to rate, review, subscribe, and give us a follow on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube at The Hollywood Babylonians.

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and Broadway and Off-Broadway performer Ruby Rakos for part 2 of their discussion on Vincente Minnelli's 1944 holiday musical "Meet Me in St. Louis" from MGM starring Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Lucille Bremer, Mary Astor, Leon Ames, Marjorie Main, Harry Davenport, Joan Carrol, and Tom Drake. Ruby has performed most recently in Papermill Playhouse's production of "Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz" as Judy Garland. Be sure to tune in on Friday, December 29th for a very special episode of the Hollywood Babylonians for "The Hollywood Babylonians Present A Lux Radio Theatre Drama: Meet Me in St. Louis" as we re-create the original Lux Radio Theatre's production of "Meet Me in St. Louis" from December 2nd, 1946. If you like what you hear be sure to rate, review, subscribe, and give us a follow on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube at The Hollywood Babylonians.

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and Broadway and Off-Broadway performer Ruby Rakos for their discussion on Vincente Minnelli's 1944 holiday musical "Meet Me in St. Louis" from MGM starring Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Lucille Bremer, Mary Astor, Leon Ames, Marjorie Main, Harry Davenport, Joan Carrol, and Tom Drake. Ruby has performed most recently in Papermill Playhouse's production of "Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz" as Judy Garland. Be sure to tune in on Friday, December 22th to catch part 2 of Ben's discussion with Ruby as they continue their discussion on all things Judy Garland and "Meet Me in St. Louis." If you like what you hear be sure to rate, review, subscribe, and give us a follow on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube at The Hollywood Babylonians.

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and Entertainment Journalist, Halley Platz, for "Halley's Hot Takes" in which Halley discusses all of her Hot Takes for Vincente Minnelli's 1944 holiday musical "Meet Me in St. Louis" from MGM starring Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Lucille Bremer, Mary Astor, Leon Ames, Marjorie Main, Harry Davenport, Joan Carrol, and Tom Drake. Be sure to tune in on Friday, December 15th as we sit down with Ruby Rakos, star of Papermill Playhouse's Chasing Rainbows to discuss Meet Me in St. Louis as well as the life of Judy Garland. If you like what you hear be sure to rate, review, subscribe, and give us a follow on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube at The Hollywood Babylonians.

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and Entertainment Journalist, Halley Platz, for "Halley's Hot Takes" in which Halley discusses all of her Hot Takes for Vincente Minnelli's 1944 holiday musical "Meet Me in St. Louis" from MGM starring Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Lucille Bremer, Mary Astor, Leon Ames, Marjorie Main, Harry Davenport, Joan Carrol, and Tom Drake. Be sure to tune in on Friday, December 8th to catch part 2 of "Halley's Hot Takes" as Halley continues to share all of her Hot Takes on "Meet Me in St. Louis". If you like what you hear be sure to rate, review, subscribe, and give us a follow on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube at The Hollywood Babylonians.

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and host of "What's in the Boxd?!" podcast, Graham Bryant, for part 2 of the production history behind John Frankenheimer's 1962 political thriller "The Manchurian Candidate" from United Artists starring Frank Sinatra, Angela Lansbury, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Leslie Parrish, and Henry Silva. If you like what you hear be sure to rate, review, subscribe, and give us a follow on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube at The Hollywood Babylonians.

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and host of "What's in the Boxd?!" podcast, Graham Bryant, as they discuss the production history of John Frankenheimer's 1962 political thriller "The Manchurian Candidate" from United Artists starring Frank Sinatra, Angela Lansbury, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Leslie Parrish, and Henry Silva. Be sure to tune in on Friday, February 10th to catch part 2 of the production history behind "The Manchurian Cadidate" as Ben and Graham continue to discuss this enthralling political thriller. If you like what you hear be sure to rate, review, subscribe, and give us a follow on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube at The Hollywood Babylonians

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and Entertainment Journalist, Halley Platz, for "Halley's Hot Takes" Part II in which Halley discusses all of her Hot Takes for John Frankenheimer's 1962 political thriller "The Manchurian Candidate" from United Artists starring Frank Sinatra, Angela Lansbury, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Leslie Parrish, and Henry Silva. Be sure to tune in on Friday, January 27th as we discuss the production history behind "The Manchurian Candidate" with host of the "What in the Boxd" podcast, Graham Bryant. If you like what you hear be sure to rate, review, subscribe, and give us a follow on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube at The Hollywood Babylonians.

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and Entertainment Journalist, Halley Platz, for the new segment "Halley's Hot Takes" in which Halley discusses all of her Hot Takes for John Frankenheimer's 1962 political thriller "The Manchurian Candidate" from United Artists starring Frank Sinatra, Angela Lansbury, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Leslie Parrish, and Henry Silva. Be sure to tune in on Friday, January 20th to catch part 2 of "Halley's Hot Takes" as Halley continues to share all of her Hot Takes on "The Manchurian Candidate". If you like what you hear be sure to rate, review, subscribe, and give us a follow on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube at The Hollywood Babylonians.

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and his brilliant co-host, Mr. Garrett McPherson, as they discuss the history surrounding Manchurian Candidates throughout American history as we prepare to discuss John Frankenheimer's 1962 political thriller "The Manchurian Candidate" from United Artists. If you like what you hear, tune in on Tuesday, January 17th, as we discuss the film "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962) with Entertainment Journalist, Halley Platz. Be sure to rate, review, give us a follow, and subscribe.

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and his brilliant co-host, Ms. Halley Platz, for part two of the production history behind Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1950 Backstage Drama "All About Eve". If you like what you hear today, be sure to rate, review, subscribe, and give us a follow on Tiktok, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube for more Hollywood Babylonians content.

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and his brilliant co-host, Ms. Halley Platz, for part one of the production history behind Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1950 Backstage Drama "All About Eve". If you like what you hear today, be sure to rate, review, subscribe, and give us a follow on Tiktok, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube for more Hollywood Babylonians content.

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and The Hollywood Babylonian Players for the very first Lux Radio Theatre Drama recreation of "All About Eve". This recreation of the October 1, 1951 radio drama originally starred Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, and Anne Baxter. This Hollywood Babylonians Production stars:
Maddie McQueen Monhollon as Eve Harrington
Alex Brightwell as Margo Channing
Steven Pounders as Addison DeWitt
Garrett McPherson as Bill Sampson
Jaime Lee as Karen Richards
Michael Williams as Lloyd Richards
Mallory Harwell as Birdie Coonan
Meredith Bennett as Miss Caswell/Libby Collins
Ben Burke as William Keighley

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and his brilliant co-host, Mr. Garrett McPherson, as they discuss the production history behind Stanley Kubrick's 1964 nuclear black comedy "Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." If you like what you hear today, be sure to rate, review, subscribe, and give us a follow.

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and his brilliant co-host, Mr. Garrett McPherson, as they discuss the history surrounding the Cold War up to the making of Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb". If you like what you hear, tune in on Friday when we discuss the production history behind Stanley Kubrick's 1964 nuclear black comedy "Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" . Be sure to rate, review, give us a follow, and subscribe.

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and his four brilliant co-hosts (Mallory Harwell, Jaime Lee, Rachel Lind, and Garrett McPherson) for the first Hollywood Babylonians Game Night! Tune in for four rounds of fun as Ben Burke quizzes his four co-hosts over the history of Sunset Boulevard, The Philadelphia Story, The Sound of Music, and The Adventures of Robin Hood. If you like what you hear today, be sure to rate, review, subscribe, and give us a follow.

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and his brilliant co-host, Mr. Garrett McPherson, as they discuss the production history behind Warner Brothers' 1938 sparkling Technicolor adventure film "The Adventures of Robin Hood." If you like what you hear today, be sure to rate, review, and subscribe.

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and his brilliant co-host, Mr. Garrett McPherson, as they discuss the history surrounding the legend of Robin Hood. If you like what you hear, be sure to tune in on Friday when we discuss the production history behind the 1938 adventure film "The Adventures of Robin Hood" starring Errol Flynn. Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe.

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and his amazing co-host, Ms. Rachel Lind as they discuss the production history behind Robert Wise's 1965 family classic, The Sound of Music. Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe!

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Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and his wonderful co-host, Ms. Jaime Lee, as they discuss the production history as well as some of their favorite things from George Cukor's 1940 screwball comedy, The Philadelphia Story.

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