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This week on The Tinsel Factory, a brief look into modern journalism.

 

Movie Reviews: Wicked

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This week on The Tinsel Factory, the first fan magazines and the four major voice of early celebrity journalism.

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This week on The Tinsel Factory, the origins of tabloid journalism.

 

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This week on The Tinsel Factory, a history of Chucky and  the Child’s Play  Franchise

 

Movie Reviews: Conclave

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https://www.looper.com/866659/the-entire-story-behind-childs-play-explained/ 

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Chucky_(Child's_Play)#Powers_and_Abilities

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a history of the Hellraiser Franchise

Movie Reviews:Saturday Night

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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/30/how-we-made-hellraiser-horror-film-pinhead-clive-barker

https://www.loudersound.com/features/hellraiser-story-behind-horror-movie 

https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3731740/hellraiser-inferno-revisiting-scott-derrickson-underrated-sequel/

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a history of the Alien Franchise. 

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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/leprechaun-new-movie-in-the-works-1235510562/

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/leprechaun-film-series-oral-history

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/leprechaun-new-movie-in-the-works-1235510562/

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a history of the Alien Franchise. 

Movie Reviews: Speak No Evil

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youtube.com/watch?v=j_DBS2WIEv8

https://www.space.com/alien-movies-in-order 

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

Movie Reviews: Blink Twice and Casa Bonita mi Amore

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https://thirdspace.org.au/city/blog/how-do-you-define-australian-films 

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a brief history of Hong Kong Cinema.

Movie Reviews: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-16526765

https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/rct/pdf/e_outputs/b2930/v29&30P293.pdf

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

cinema.

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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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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 life and career of Lon Chaney

Movie Reviews: Alien: Romulus

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https://www.cspm.org/articles/lon-chaney/ 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lon-Chaney 

youtube.com/watch?v=Nt_RFXC-Kzc 

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the life of Sessue Hayakawa.

Movie Reviews: Trap

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http://goldsea.com/Personalities/Hayakawas/hayakawas.html 

http://dr-yokai.blogspot.com/2011/09/sessue-hayakawa-japanese-star-of.html

youtube.com/watch?v=qJCvAdJt_9w 

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the life of John Barrymore

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This week on The Tinsel Factory, the life of the first king of Hollywood: Douglas Fairbanks

Movie Reviews: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

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Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Douglas-Fairbanks 

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pickford-douglas-fairbanks-1883-1939/

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the rise of streaming

Movie Reviews: Deadpool and Wolverine

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Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/technology/streaming-media 

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=history+of+streaming&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the invention of home video. Movie Reviews: Twisters 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 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources: https://www.mediacollege.com/video/format/compare/betamax-vhs.html  https://legacybox.com/blogs/analog/vhs-beat-betamax 

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the death or Rebecca Schaeffer and reforms that came from her tragic passing.

Movie Reviews: Longlegs

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https://www.britannica.com/technology/television-technology 

https://www.history.com/news/how-tv-killed-hollywoods-golden-age# 

This week on The Tinsel Factory, how sound changed the film industry.

Movie Reviews:  A Quiet Place: Day One and MaXXXine

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https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/brief-history-of-sound-in-film/ 

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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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, the death of Rebecca Schaeffer and reforms that came from her murder Movie Reviews: Inside Out 2 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 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources: https://www.pressreader.com/australia/who/20170612/283154313618435 https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/famous-hollywood-murders-42384794  youtube.com/watch?v=GzXWO76E69g 

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the disappearance of actress Jean Spangler and the theories as to what happened to her.  Movie Reviews: In a Violent Nature 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 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/jean-spangler  https://ew.com/celebrity/true-crime-jean-spangler-unsolved-disappearance/  https://web.archive.org/web/20161212142616/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/oct/20/local/me-then20  https://ladailymirror.com/2021/12/24/black-dahlia-steve-hodels-many-lies-about-his-father-dr-george-hodel/ 

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the death of Marilyn Monroe and the major conspiracy theories that have persisted surrounding the event since 1962. Movie Reviews: Furiosa 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 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/  Sources: https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/marilyn-monroe-documentary-charles-stanley-gifford-mediawan-1235222789/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marilyn-Monroe  https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/11/marilyn-monroe-201011  https://people.com/politics/marilyn-monroe-affair-john-f-kennedy-robert-f-kennedy/  Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto  Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe by Anthony Summers The Life and Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe by Robert F. Saltzer  The Assassination of Marilyn Monroe by Donald H. Wolfe

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the Clara Bow month finale.

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This week on The Tinsel Factory, Clara Bow Speaks.

Movie Reviews:Poolman

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This week on The Tinsel Factory Clara Bow becomes the It Girl. 

Movie Reviews:Civil War

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This week on The Tinsel Factory, the origins of Clara Bow

Movie Reviews:The Fall Guy & Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary

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Clara Bow: Running' Wild by David Stenn

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a look into the TV edits of Alan Smithee, the film that exposed him, and the Smithee's of the next generation.

Movie Reviews: The First Omen

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Sources:

Directed by Allen Smithee edited by Jeremy Braddock & Stephen Hock

https://www.avclub.com/my-year-of-flops-inside-hollywood-edition-case-file-1-1798214128

https://www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/2022/6/28/an-alan-smithee-film-burn-hollywood-burn-ended-bad-boy-screenwriter-joe-eszterhas-career-a-true-mercy-killing

https://www.dga.org/-/media/Files/Contracts/DGACreativeRightsHandbook2023-26.ashx?la=en&hash=718CBDF9C7E2215E1E77C9FFC6C225B0FB3478A4

https://ew.com/article/2015/02/06/david-o-russell-film-you-were-never-supposed-see/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/49912/8-pseudonyms-famous-writers-and-directors-used-movie-credits

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a look at two Alan Smithee classics: The Birds II and Hellraiser: Bloodline. Movie Reviews:Abigail 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 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/feb/11/2 https://screenrant.com/hellraiser-4-kevin-yagher-director-removed-name-reason/ “Don't Remake Hitchcock Movies”, 2022 Directed by Allen Smithee edited by Jeremy Braddock & Stephen Hock

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the disastrous production of The Twilight Zone film. Movie Reviews:Monkey Man 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 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources: youtube.com/watch?v=xZHjTqJSSak  youtube.com/watch?v=IQVOV4eudZw  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-28-tm-1446-story.html 

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the birth of Alan Smithee and the production of Death of a Gunfighter.

Movie Reviews:Late Night with the Devil and Immaculate

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Sources:

https://variety.com/1995/scene/people-news/robert-totten-99124835/

https://trailersfromhell.com/death-of-a-gunfighter/

youtube.com/watch?v=xX2bmwyB_zw

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a look at the films of 1984.

Movie Reviews: Imaginary

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Best. Movie Year. Ever by David Raftery

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a look at the films of 1984.

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Sources: 

https://screenrant.com/nineteen-eighty-four-best-year-in-film/

https://screenrant.com/nineteen-eighty-four-best-year-in-film/

https://ew.com/article/2009/07/25/was-1984-the-greatest-year-in-movies-ever/

youtube.com/watch?v=gSV7ptfwXh4 

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a look at the films of 1962.

Movie Reviews: To Kill a Tiger, Robot Dreams, and The Boy and the Heron

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Sources:

Cinema ’62 by Stephen Farber and Michael McClellan

https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a look at the films of 1939. Movie Reviews: Perfect Days, Io Capitano, Dune Part 2 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 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources: https://www.promarket.org/2022/12/12/the-paramount-decrees-and-the-deregulation-of-hollywood-studios/ https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1940 https://ok.ru/video/2046854826539 youtube.com/watch?v=yc-n7LD4f3A

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the life (so far) of actor and director Clint Eastwood

Movie Reviews: The 2024 Oscar Nominated Animation Shorts

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youtube.com/watch?v=KZFRwh4eemQ 

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the life of screen legend James “Jimmy” Stewart 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 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources: youtube.com/watch?v=Z6fBMN9Ucv0  https://jimmy.org/jimmy-stewarts-biography/  Jimmy Stewart: The Last of the Good Guys

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the life of screen legend Gary Cooper.

Movie Reviews: Pearl

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Sources:

https://www.garycooper.com/ 

youtube.com/watch?v=f10-tGwIXUQ

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This week on The Tinsel Factory, the life of screen legend John Wayne.

Movie Reviews: Argylle

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youtube.com/watch?v=5Xj5ZQNfJfY 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Wayne 

Music: .youtube.com/watch?v=tQYQNui2Tgk&list=PLSRgPaEFtrEak-hj7Gq6KaWFdRo1LVQmi&index=2 

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a look into the history and style of Spaghetti Westerns.

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The Story of Film, (2011) by Mark Cousins

A Short History of the Movies (2011) by Gerard Mast & Bruce F Kawin

https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-a-spaghetti-western-definition/

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a look into the history and style of Giallo films Movie Reviews: Mean Girls, ISS, and Queen Rock Montreal 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 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources: The Story of Film, (2011) by Mark Cousins A Short History of the Movies (2011) by Gerard Mast & Bruce F Kawin https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/giallo-films-definition/  https://collider.com/giallo-explained/ youtube.com/watch?v=tD6Svl7tcO8&t=148\\ Break 1: youtube.com/watch?v=g6s3jlD48CE&list=PLbWCQCDLF1Ai4pyMFvddp8nq_cTh68vXH  Break 2: youtube.com/watch?v=UztVF1nJTBo 

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a look into the history and style of Peplum films

Movie Reviews: American Fiction

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https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/culture/film-tv/everything-you-need-to-know-about-giallo 

The Story of Film, (2011) by Mark Cousins

A Short History of the Movies (2011) by Gerard Mast & Bruce F Kawin

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a look into the history and style of Italian Neorealism. 

Movie Reviews: Poor Things, The Zone of Interest, and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Criterion Collection: #638 - Following (1998)

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The Story of Film, (2011) by Mark Cousins

A Short History of the Movies (2011) by Gerard Mast & Bruce F Kawin

youtube.com/watch?v=AoRpWU6hHJ8

https://www.movementsinfilm.com/italian-neorealism

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This week on The Tinsel Factory, a look back on 2023

Movie Reviews: Wish

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https://laist.com/brief/news/arts-and-entertainment/los-angeles-hollywood-amptp-studios-streamers-history

https://www.vulture.com/article/wga-strike-2023.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2023/09/27/wga-contract-details-writers-strike-deal/#

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/10/writers-strike-winners-and-losers

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sag-aftra-contract-deal-agreement-actors-ai/

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the basics of film preservation and restoration.

Movie Reviews: The Hunger Games: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

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https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/preservation-research/film-preservation-study/current-state-of-american-film-preservation-study/ 

https://www.nfsa.gov.au/preservation/preservation-glossary/vinegar-syndrome

https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/saving-old-movies/

https://www.filmpreservation.org/about/why-the-nfpf-was-created

https://www.infobae.com/en/2022/03/24/cineteca-nacional-40-years-after-the-great-fire-that-consumed-the-site-and-part-of-its-collection-disappeared/

National Film Registry: https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/ 

Song: youtube.com/watch?v=UWtmW7tejrI&list=PLIEL-vb259Pt9tki4iNEe0oiBpRfrEmc4 

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the life and legacy of Mickey Rooney.

Movie Reviews: The Marvels

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Life is too Short by Mickey Rooney (1991)

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This week on The Tinsel Factory, the life of Jackie Coogan, and the Coogan Bill. 

Movie Reviews: Priscilla & Next Goal Wins

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Wolfson, Leslie. Jackie Coogan: America's First Child Super Star

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the life and legacy of Shirley Temple Black. 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 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources: https://www.shirleytemple.com/ https://www.biography.com/actors/shirley-temple https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/11/shirley-temple-biography  https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/people/sdut-shirley-temple-black-dead-2014feb11-story.html Child Star by Shirley Temple Black

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a look into Hitchcock’s most famous films, as well as his final days on this mortal coil. Movie Reviews: Killers of the Flower Moon 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 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources: https://filmschoolrejects.com/vertigo-color-and-identity-32a2f013616c/This week on The Tinsel Factory, a look into Hitchcock’s most famous films, as well as his final days on this mortal coil. Movie Reviews: Killers of the Flower Moon 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 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources: https://filmschoolrejects.com/vertigo-color-and-identity-32a2f013616c/

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a look into the first fifteen years of Hitchcock’s Hollywood career. 

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