April VeVea is with me again to talk about our fifth blond bombshell (April calls her a pocket bombshell) Veronica Lake. We talk Veronica's rapid rise to stardom and her rapid decline, which was hastened by her alcoholism and mental illness. Veronica was disked by many of her peers and directors. She may have been a pocket bombshell, but she was a tough one. After Hollywood Veronica did some theatre and television shows then she just disappeared. She was discovered by a customer she had been waiting on at a bar. She was back in the limelight. She wrote a book and thought Hollywood would be calling her back. She was wrong. WE talk her final years and dying of liver disease caused by her alcoholism at the age of 50. 

Thanks so much to April for being such a great guest. 

Mostly thanks to the listeners. I so appreciate it.

Grace

April

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Part 2 We talk the life, loves, heartbreaks and scandals of Lana. Lana was a true star, and she was also a survivor. Lana was always searching for the perfect love. Lana was in love with love. We talk her mid to later years. 

Thanks to April. She is fab

Thanks mostly to the listeners. Upcoming guests include

Eddie Muller from TCM's Noir Alley

William Wellman Jr. son of the great director William Wellman

Chris Costello daughter of Lou Costello

and many many more. 

April

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@aprilvevea

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-stories-of-tinseltown/id1363744889

You can also listen on spotify, Spreaker, youtube and anywhere they post podcasts.

We talk the life, loves, heartbreaks and scandals of Lana. Lana was a true star, and she was also a survivor.

Thanks to April. She is fab

Thanks mostly to the listeners. Upcoming guests include

Eddie Muller from TCM's Noir Alley

William Wellman Jr. son of the great director William Wellman

Chris Costello daughter of Lou Costello

and many many more. 

April

www.classicblondes.com

twitter

@aprilvevea

www.truestoriesoftinseltown.com

www.truestoriesoftinseltown.podbean.com

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-stories-of-tinseltown/id1363744889

You can also listen on spotify, Spreaker, youtube and anywhere they post podcasts.

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I'm also on tumblr and pinterest. 

My guest for The Blonde Bombshell series, April VeVea and I talk pin up queen Betty Grable. I have to admit musicals are not my favorite genre so I have not seen many Betty movies. Betty was another Blondeshell that had an incredibly pushy stage mother. She was truly awful. Betty became a star pretty early. She dated the notorious womanizer Artie Shaw, little known to her, Artie was also dating Judy Garland. Both were shocked when they found out he married Lana Turner. This guy was something else..Betty dated George Raft for two years, waiting patiently for him to divorce his wife. She realized it was never going to happen. She met Harry James at the Hollywood Canteen and the rest was history. We talk Betty's career, marriage, children. It's a good show. Lots of Betty things I never knew before.

Thanks so much to April for joining me. 

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Mostly thanks for listening. I'm so grateful for you all.

Grace

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www.truestoriesoftinseltown.podbean.com

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-stories-of-tinseltown/id1363744889

You can also find it on spotify, Spreaker , youtube and anywhere  podcasts are posted

Come check out my facebook page

www.facebook.com/truestoriesoftinseltown  So many great folks there.

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