The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a brief history of Spanish

cinema.

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Sources:

https://vamospanish.com/discover/spanish-and-the-cinema-a-

filmic-journey/

https://www.enforex.com/culture/spanish-films.html

https://www.latinolife.co.uk/articles/things-you-should-know-

about-spanish-cinema

https://www.sjsu.edu/people/drew.todd/courses/c3/s0/lamovida.pdf

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This week on The Tinsel Factory, a brief history of Russian cinema. 

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Sources:

youtube.com/watch?v=NtnTs90knro 

https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/2011/the-history-of-russian-cinema/ 

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/s/socialist-realism 

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the night an entire film crew tripped out on some delicious chowder.

Movie Reviews: The Bikeriders and South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 25th Anniversary

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Sources:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/ypaq3g/remembering-when-everyone-filming-titanic-got-spiked-with-pcp

https://globalnews.ca/news/10462345/titanic-movie-set-pcp-chowder-halifax-details/# 

https://globalnews.ca/news/10462345/titanic-movie-set-pcp-chowder-halifax-details/#

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/16/the-titanic-drug-poisoning-is-one-of-the-greatest-mysteries-in-film-history-about-to-be-solved

https://www.businessinsider.com/titanic-pcp-laced-chowder-mystery-what-happened-2024-4

https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/25-years-later-no-one-knows-who-spiked-the-titanic-chowder.html 

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/titanic-crew-members-drugged-pcp-clam-chowder-1235465618/ 

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This week on The Tinsel Factory, a series of snapshots of life on the blacklist and how some broke through. Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Sources: youtube.com/watch?v=g4jlaJph-cI&t=1947s https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/black-friday-hollywood-in-1945-1235021178/ Show Trial. 2018. https://mronline.org/2021/11/08/scandalize-my-name-stories-from-the-blacklist/ Hollywood on Trial. 1976. dir David Helpurn https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/sections/research/disney-and-the-cold-war https://www.reaganfoundation.org/media/51313/red-scare.pdf https://alphahistory.com/coldwar/ronald-reagan-testifies-huac-1947/ https://historycollection.com/this-hollywoods-witch-hunt-created-a-celebrity-blacklist/3/ https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/hollywood-ten-trials-1948-50

This week on The Tinsel Factory, we cover the unfriendlies, those whom would eventually be blacklisted from ever working in Hollywood again Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Sources: youtube.com/watch?v=g4jlaJph-cI&t=1947s https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/black-friday-hollywood-in-1945-1235021178/ Show Trial. 2018. Hollywood on Trial. 1976. dir David Helpurn https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/sections/research/disney-and-the-cold-war https://www.reaganfoundation.org/media/51313/red-scare.pdf https://alphahistory.com/coldwar/ronald-reagan-testifies-huac-1947/ https://historycollection.com/this-hollywoods-witch-hunt-created-a-celebrity-blacklist/3/ https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/hollywood-ten-trials-1948-50

This week on The Tinsel Factory, we cover the friendlies, those whom accused their colleagues of being communists. Some did it for patriotic pride, others to save their own skins, but what happens when you betray your friends and coworkers? Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Sources: youtube.com/watch?v=g4jlaJph-cI&t=1947s https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/black-friday-hollywood-in-1945-1235021178/ Show Trial. 2018. Hollywood on Trial. 1976. dir David Helpurn https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/sections/research/disney-and-the-cold-war https://www.reaganfoundation.org/media/51313/red-scare.pdf https://alphahistory.com/coldwar/ronald-reagan-testifies-huac-1947/ https://historycollection.com/this-hollywoods-witch-hunt-created-a-celebrity-blacklist/3/

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the HUAC trials in Hollywood. Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Sources: youtube.com/watch?v=g4jlaJph-cI&t=1947s https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/black-friday-hollywood-in-1945-1235021178/ Show Trial. 2018. by Thomas Doherty Hollywood on Trial. 1976. dir David Helpurn

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the untimely deaths of Bruce and Brandon Lee. We look into the two actor’s lives, the events leading up to their deaths, and the rumors and conspiracy theories that persist to this day. Movies: Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Sources: https://brucelee.com/bruce-lee https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3141681/what-killed-bruce-lee-triads-jealous-lover-ancient https://www.ranker.com/list/family-curse-brandon-bruce-lee/laura-allan https://play.history.com/shows/historys-greatest-mysteries/season-2/episode-3 https://www.history.com/news/bruce-lee-death-mystery-solved-sweat-glands

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the murder of Johnny Stompanato. Was he actually killed by a 14 year old, or did she take the fall for her movie star mother, Lana Turner?

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This week on The Tinsel Factory, the mysterious drowning of Natalie Wood. Was it an accident, or something more nefarious?

Movies: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

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https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a32420871/natalie-wood-death-true-story-timeline/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-really-happened-the_b_8594972

Coroner by Dr. Thomas T. Noguchi M.D. 1983.

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind dir. Laurent Bouzerau 2020

Music: Darren Curtis