True Stories Of Tinseltown

I speak to author producer, and Marlene Dietrich grandson Peter Riva. He answers questions from listeners and me..Newsflash Marlene didn't sweat..

I had a great time chatting with Peter Riva. This was his second time on the show and he agreed to answer questions from audience and of course, me.. Peter was honest, fun, and he even had a beer at a pub with Liz Taylor who was slamming Wild Turkey. Lots of great info. Fun listen..

Thanks so much to Peter. You can check out his books and what's he's up to on

www.peterriva.com

Thanks mostly to the listeners. Keep hanging in please. I have lots of great guests booked and will do it weekly again. 

 

Much love,

Grace

 

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Stay safe and healthy everybody..

 

 

Part 1 I talk to author John DiLeo on movies you might have missed...zombies, time travel, abortion in 1934 and so much more..

John and I discuss some movies you might have missed, or skipped because of its title. Dodsworth sounds like a snore, but is fab fab, mail order bride Loretta young with two hunks fighting over her, would you live this year over and if so, could you change the cause of events.. Lots of good flicks. 

 

Thanks much to John. He's a great guest. I love having him. 

https://www.amazon.com/John-DiLeo/e/B001HMLJB4?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000

 

Mostly thanks to the listeners. I've got a great Fall lineup. It's not been steady these past couple of months but it will be weekly once again. 

Grace

xoxo

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I'm on google play, spotify, YouTube, player FM, I heart radio, amazon and basically anywhere podcasts are played. I'm also on weekly at www.racketeerradio.com. Lots of great music and shows. 

I'm also on Pinterest, Tumblr, twitter and instagram.

Stay safe and healthy everybody..

I talk to authorJohn DiLeo about movies that you might avoid because of the names...zombies..live this year over again...hoochie momma wife..

John and I discuss some movies you might have missed, or skipped because of its title. Dodsworth sounds like a snore, but is fab fab, mail order bride Loretta young with two hunks fighting over her, would you live this year over and if so, could you change the cause of events.. Lots of good flicks. 

 

Thanks much to John. He's a great guest. I love having him. 

https://www.amazon.com/John-DiLeo/e/B001HMLJB4?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000

 

Mostly thanks to the listeners. I've got a great Fall lineup. It's not been steady these past couple of months but it will be weekly once again. 

Grace

xoxo

Check out my Facebook page. I add new stuff constantly. Its a great group of people. 

www.facebook.com/truestoriesoftinseltown

you can listen to podcast 

www.truestoriesoftinseltown.com

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-stories-of-tinseltown/id136374488

https://open.spotify.com/show/6iTSF8pIrVTbZ8QqNidVUy?si=zn73ahjEQKOzrMtc-8VRhg

 

I'm on google play, spotify, YouTube, player FM, I heart radio, amazon and basically anywhere podcasts are played. I'm also on weekly at www.racketeerradio.com. Lots of great music and shows. 

I'm also on Pinterest, Tumblr, twitter and instagram.

Stay safe and healthy everybody..

I talk to author Robert Matzen about his book Mission: Jimmy Stewart And The Fight For Europe. We talk his love of A List actresses too..

Three times a charm with my guest Robert Matzen as we talk about his book Mission:Jimmy Stewart And The Fight To Save Europe.  We learn all about James time as a pilot in World War 2 and the horror he experienced. His PTSD, his outlook on life and Hollywood after the war. We also talk about Jimmy's love of A List actresses, who he almost married, his affair with Marlene Dietrich resulting in pregnancy than an abortion.  Jimmy was known as quite the ladies man...WHO KNEW??  Not me..

I want to thank Robert for being my guest again. This was his third visit and he's just great. 

Mostly I want to thank my listeners. You all are the best.

xoxo 

Grace

Roberts books

https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Matzen/e/B001HD2ZAC?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1598198689&sr=8-2

Check out my Facebook page. I add new stuff constantly. Its a great group of people. 

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you can listen to podcast 

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-stories-of-tinseltown/id136374488

https://open.spotify.com/show/6iTSF8pIrVTbZ8QqNidVUy?si=zn73ahjEQKOzrMtc-8VRhg

 

I'm on google play, spotify, YouTube, player FM, I heart radio, amazon and basically anywhere podcasts are played. I'm also on weekly at www.racketeerradio.com. Lots of great music and shows. 

I'm also on Pinterest, Tumblr, twitter and instagram.

 

Part 6 Frank and Ava are the iconic couple we discuss today. They passionately loved, the, passionately fought.

April and I talk Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner. These two crazy kids were crazy about each other, and made each other crazy. They were up and down. Sometimes love just aint enough. We discuss their meeting, Frank was still married to Barbara, their eventual marriage and their horrible jealousies that drove them apart. 

 

Thanks to April as always.. 

www.classicblondes.com

 

Mostly thanks to the listeners. I so appreciate your listening. 

Grace

xoxo

 

Check out my Facebook page. I add new stuff constantly. Its a great group of people. 

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you can listen to podcast 

www.truestoriesoftinseltown.com

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https://open.spotify.com/show/6iTSF8pIrVTbZ8QqNidVUy?si=zn73ahjEQKOzrMtc-8VRhg

 

I'm on google play, spotify, YouTube, player FM and basically anywhere podcasts are played. I'm also on weekly at www.racketeerradio.com. Lots of great music and shows. 

I'm also on Pinterest, Tumblr, twitter and instagram.

Stay SAFE!!!

 

Part 1I talk to author Dan Callahan about my fave actress Barbara Stanwyck..We talk her career, love life and her fab movies..

I talk to Dan Callahan about his fab book Barbara Stanwyck...The Miracle Woman. I had a wonderful time talking to Dan about my favorite actress. WE discussed her movies, her love life and lots more. 

 

Thanks so much to Dan for coming on show.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Dan-Callahan/e/B0053V2V7G/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

 

Mostly thanks to the listeners. I am so thrilled you listen.

 

Love,

 

Grace

xoxo

 

Check out my Facebook page. I add new stuff constantly. Its a great group of people. 

www.facebook.com/truestoriesoftinseltown

you can listen to podcast 

www.truestoriesoftinseltown.com

 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-stories-of-tinseltown/id136374488

 

https://open.spotify.com/show/6iTSF8pIrVTbZ8QqNidVUy?si=zn73ahjEQKOzrMtc-8VRhg

 

I'm on google play, spotify, YouTube, player FM and basically anywhere podcasts are played. I'm also on weekly at www.racketeerradio.com. Lots of great music and shows. 

I'm also on Pinterest, Tumblr, twitter and instagram.

Stay SAFE!!!

 

 

 

I talk to author Dan Callahan about my fave actress Barbara Stanwyck..We talk her career, love life and her fab movies..

I talk to Dan Callahan about his fab book Barbara Stanwyck...The Miracle Woman. I had a wonderful time talking to Dan about my favorite actress. WE discussed her movies, her love life and lots more. 

 

Thanks so much to Dan for coming on show.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Dan-Callahan/e/B0053V2V7G/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

 

Mostly thanks to the listeners. I am so thrilled you listen.

 

Love,

 

Grace

xoxo

 

Check out my Facebook page. I add new stuff constantly. Its a great group of people. 

www.facebook.com/truestoriesoftinseltown

you can listen to podcast 

www.truestoriesoftinseltown.com

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-stories-of-tinseltown/id136374488

 

https://open.spotify.com/show/6iTSF8pIrVTbZ8QqNidVUy?si=zn73ahjEQKOzrMtc-8VRhg

 

I'm on google play, spotify, YouTube, player FM and basically anywhere podcasts are played. I'm also on weekly at www.racketeerradio.com. Lots of great music and shows. 

I'm also on Pinterest, Tumblr, twitter and instagram.

Stay SAFE!!!

Part 5 of iconic love stories of Classic Hollywood are the musical couple Betty Grable and Harry James...Harry rumbled with George Raft over Betty..

On part 5 of iconic love stories of classic Hollywood my pal April VeVea Whitaker and I discuss Pin up Betty Grable and Harry James. They both had crazy childhoods. They met and it was KABOOM. The problem was Harry was still married to wife numero uno and Betty was involved in a two year on and off relationship with George Raft. After some drama they married. Harry was on the road a lot and Betty stayed in Hollywood doing movies. They both got addicted to booze and gambling. Their daughters definitely did not think Betty was Mommy Bestest. She was distant and could sometimes be abusive. Harry was away he got to be Disneyland dad. There was infidelity, IRS problems and after a while absence did not make the heart grow fonder. Betty found out about Harry's infidelity (she had heard rumors but chose to ignore them) in a gossip column so that was it after 22 years of marriage. We talk after the divorce up to their deaths. We believe they loved each other up until the end. 

Thanks to April as always.. 

www.classicblondes.com

Mostly thanks to the listeners. I so appreciate your listening. 

Grace

xoxo

 

Check out my Facebook page. I add new stuff constantly. Its a great group of people. 

www.facebook.com/truestoriesoftinseltown

you can listen to podcast 

www.truestoriesoftinseltown.com

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-stories-of-tinseltown/id136374488

https://open.spotify.com/show/6iTSF8pIrVTbZ8QqNidVUy?si=zn73ahjEQKOzrMtc-8VRhg

I'm on google play, spotify, YouTube, player FM and basically anywhere podcasts are played. I'm also on weekly at www.racketeerradio.com. Lots of great music and shows. 

I'm also on Pinterest, Tumblr, twitter and instagram.

Stay SAFE!!!

PS

 

I hope you like my new little ditty of a theme song. I wrote the lyrics (took me five minutes at most..HA!) I want to give humongous thanks to  Dennis Bach, who edits the show, wrote the music and produced, and the wonderful broadway babies that sang the ditty 

Madeline Hamlet

and 

Justin McEllroy

 

Part 4 of Iconic Romances of Classic Hollywood deal with the love and life of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Their divorce broke the heart of Millions of Americans that loved Lucy too.

My cohost April VeVea Whitaker and I discuss Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and their tumultuous love story. Desi was a compulsive womanizer but thought "How could she/Lucy be mad, they're only hookers." Nice try Desi. They stuck it out for twenty years. The divorce broke not only their hearts, but millions of their fans. We discuss how they met, their whirlwind romance, their success with Desilu and finally their divorce. Each remarried but we like to think they loved each other til the end. 

Thanks mucho to April for doing this with me. I love that Ms VeVea.

www.classicblondes.com

Mostly thanks to the listeners. I so appreciate you all.

Love,

Grace

xoxo

Check out my Facebook page. I add new stuff constantly. Its a great group of people. 

www.facebook.com/truestoriesoftinseltown

you can listen to podcast 

www.truestoriesoftinseltown.com

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

I'm on google play, spotify, YouTube, player FM and basically anywhere podcasts are played. I'm also on weekly at www.racketeerradio.com. Lots of great music and shows. 

I'm also on Pinterest, Tumblr, twitter and instagram.

Stay SAFE!!!

Part 3 of Iconic romances of classic Hollywood. April and I discuss Tracy and Hepburn..Was Spencer really gay..

In part 3 of iconic romances of classic Hollywood we discuss Tracy and Hepburn. They have been controversial since Scotty Bauers book came out and said he had sexual contact with Spencer. First he told Katherine Hepburn biographer he fixed Katharine up with one woman, then he changed it to about 120..In the Katharine book the author claims they were beards for each other. We say, poppycock..HA! He stayed married until the day he died and K and S never went out publicly. That doesn't mean its not possible about their sexuality, but beards no way. Regardless we admire both very much and I believe they loved each other. So give it a listen..

Thanks so much to April for being my partner in crime for the series..She's the best.

www.classicblondes.com

Thanks mostly to the listeners,

Much love,

Grace

xoxo

Check out my Facebook page. I add new stuff constantly. Its a great group of people. 

www.facebook.com/truestoriesoftinseltown

you can listen to podcast 

www.truestoriesoftinseltown.com

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

I'm on google play, spotify, YouTube, player FM and basically anywhere podcasts are played. I'm also on weekly at www.racketeerradio.com. Lots of great music and shows. 

I'm also on Pinterest, Tumblr, twitter and instagram.

Stay SAFE!!!