You Must Remember This
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The podcast exploring the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood's first century, by Karina Longworth. http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/
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John Huston, Part Two: 1975-1987
Podcast Episode · You Must Remember This · S20 E248 · 53m
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In our final installment of The Old Man is Still Alive, we wrap up the story of John Huston. Aging and battling severe lung disease, Huston's ambition seem undaunted as he directs a slew of films in his final decade-plus of life and work. Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
Our episode of @rememberthispod.bsky.social MGM Stories on Spencer Tracy debuted 10 years ago today, on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
MGM Stories | Spencer Tracy
Podcast Episode · You Must Remember This · S5 E64 · 40m
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November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Our episode of @rememberthispod.bsky.social MGM Stories on Spencer Tracy debuted 10 years ago today, on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Tatum O'Neal was born on this day in 1963. We discussed her Oscar-winning work on PAPER MOON and relationship with her father, Ryan O'Neal in the 4th episode of our Polly Platt series: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/202...
Orson Welles, What’s Up Doc, Paper Moon (Polly Platt, The Invisible Woman, Episode 4) — You Must Remember This
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts . In the aftermath of Picture Show —and the collapse of her second marriage—Polly finds an unlikely ally, and a new job, in Orson Welles. Anxious to b...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Tatum O'Neal was born on this day in 1963. We discussed her Oscar-winning work on PAPER MOON and relationship with her father, Ryan O'Neal in the 4th episode of our Polly Platt series: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/202...
Happy birthday to Bela Lugosi, born October 20, 1882! Our six episode season on Lugosi and Karloff is perfect listening for spooky season! www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/201...
Bela and Boris Archive — You Must Remember This
The original Hollywood Dracula and Frankenstein, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff were two middle-aged, foreign, struggling actors who became huge stars thanks to a wave of monster movie hits released by...
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October 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Happy birthday to Bela Lugosi, born October 20, 1882! Our six episode season on Lugosi and Karloff is perfect listening for spooky season! www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/201...
Remembering Montgomery Clift, who was born on this day in 1920. Our episode on Clift's relationship with Elizabeth Taylor originally aired in October 2014. He'll also be making an appearance in the next season of YMRT, coming in 2026. www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...
YMRT #20: LIZ <3 MONTY — You Must Remember This
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts . Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift were best friends and co-stars in three films. The first, A Place in the Sun , is an undisputed classic which...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Remembering Montgomery Clift, who was born on this day in 1920. Our episode on Clift's relationship with Elizabeth Taylor originally aired in October 2014. He'll also be making an appearance in the next season of YMRT, coming in 2026. www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...
Carole Lombard was born on this day in 1908. Listen to our 2015 episode of @rememberthispod.bsky.social on Lombard & Gable and the tragic end of her life: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...
Star Wars Episode II: Carole Lombard and Clark Gable (YMRT #28) — You Must Remember This
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts . After struggling to find her niche in Hollywood, Carole Lombard came into her own in the mid-1930s first as the queen of screwball comedy, and then ...
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October 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Carole Lombard was born on this day in 1908. Listen to our 2015 episode of @rememberthispod.bsky.social on Lombard & Gable and the tragic end of her life: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...
Sacheen Littlefeather passed away on this day in 2022. Our episode of @rememberthispod.bsky.social on Marlon Brando in the early '70s, which recounts her notorious appearance at the 1973 Oscars in Brando's place, debuted 11 years ago this week: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...
YMRT #16: Marlon Brando, 1971-1973 — You Must Remember This
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts . In the early 1950s, MarlonBrando became the first post-war mega-movie star, redefining screen acting and heralding the end of the star system...
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October 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Sacheen Littlefeather passed away on this day in 2022. Our episode of @rememberthispod.bsky.social on Marlon Brando in the early '70s, which recounts her notorious appearance at the 1973 Oscars in Brando's place, debuted 11 years ago this week: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...
Happy 81st birthday to Michael Douglas! The actor starred in FATAL ATTRACTION, discussed in our Erotic80s series, and DISCLOSURE, which we covered in this Erotic90s episode: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/the...
The Last Seduction, Disclosure, & Fear of the Female Boss (Erotic 90’s, Part 13) — You Must Remember This
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . The 90s were obsessed with what magazine writer Tad Friend would describe as “do me feminism” – and the attendant fear that men could be v...
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September 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Happy 81st birthday to Michael Douglas! The actor starred in FATAL ATTRACTION, discussed in our Erotic80s series, and DISCLOSURE, which we covered in this Erotic90s episode: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/the...
Our 2014 episode of @rememberthispod.bsky.social on Frances Farmer's career, legacy, and how a splashy book and biopic eclipsed the reality of her life is perfect listening on her birthday: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...
You Must Remember This Episode 4: (The Printing of) The Legend of Frances Farmer — You Must Remember This
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts . During the last year of his life, Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain was obsessed with Frances Farmer, an actress from his hometown of Seattle who died in 1970. Farme...
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September 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Our 2014 episode of @rememberthispod.bsky.social on Frances Farmer's career, legacy, and how a splashy book and biopic eclipsed the reality of her life is perfect listening on her birthday: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...
Greta Garbo was born on this day in 1905. Listen to our episode on Garbo and John Gilbert, part of our MGM Stories series: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...
MGM Stories Part Four: John Gilbert and Greta Garbo — You Must Remember This
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts . Rising romantic lead John Gilbert signed with MGM in 1924 and the next year he starred in King Vidor’s The Big Parade , the studio’s biggest hit of the ...
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September 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Greta Garbo was born on this day in 1905. Listen to our episode on Garbo and John Gilbert, part of our MGM Stories series: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...
In between seasons of @rememberthispod.bsky.social is a great time to catch up on past episodes and series you might have missed! You can find a full archive and index of seasons on our website: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/seasons
September 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
In between seasons of @rememberthispod.bsky.social is a great time to catch up on past episodes and series you might have missed! You can find a full archive and index of seasons on our website: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/seasons
Happy 85th birthday to BODY DOUBLE director Brian De Palma. Listen to our episode of Erotic80s on that film and the "vioporn" trend of 1984: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/vio...
"Vioporn," Body Double and Crimes of Passion (Erotic 80s Part 7) — You Must Remember This
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . In a time of bombastic blockbusters (and Reagan’s re-election), two auteurs defy the norms by releases violent films about sexual obsessio...
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September 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Happy 85th birthday to BODY DOUBLE director Brian De Palma. Listen to our episode of Erotic80s on that film and the "vioporn" trend of 1984: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/vio...
Dorothy Dandridge passed away on September 8, 1965. Listen to our 2019 episode on Dandridge's battle with the tabloid Confidential, which helped end the magazine's reign of terror in Hollywood. www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/201...
Dorothy Dandridge and the Confidential Magazine Trial (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 17) — You Must Remember This
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify . Over two episodes, we will explore Hollywood Babylon’s coverage of Confidential Magazine and the two celebrities who testified against the sc...
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September 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Dorothy Dandridge passed away on September 8, 1965. Listen to our 2019 episode on Dandridge's battle with the tabloid Confidential, which helped end the magazine's reign of terror in Hollywood. www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/201...
After a night out in Paris on September 5, 1920, Olive Thomas imbibed a fatal dose of mercury bichloride, passing away on September 10. We recount the subsequent speculation & scandal in the 2nd episode of our series Fact-Checking Hollywood Babylon: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/201...
Olive Thomas (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 2) — You Must Remember This
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify . The first Hollywood scandal to attract international intentional was the death-by-poison of Olive Thomas, the twenty-five year old star of ...
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September 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
After a night out in Paris on September 5, 1920, Olive Thomas imbibed a fatal dose of mercury bichloride, passing away on September 10. We recount the subsequent speculation & scandal in the 2nd episode of our series Fact-Checking Hollywood Babylon: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/201...
Our @rememberthispod.bsky.social episode on Rudolph Valentino turns 7 today! Listen as we try to sort fact from fiction on one of the most iconic stars of all time: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/201...
Rudolph Valentino (Fake News: Fact-Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 10) — You Must Remember This
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify . Rudolph Valentino was Hollywood’s first “latin lover.” His shocking death at the age of 31 was attributed to side effects from an appendect...
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September 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Our @rememberthispod.bsky.social episode on Rudolph Valentino turns 7 today! Listen as we try to sort fact from fiction on one of the most iconic stars of all time: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/201...
Remembering Kay Francis, who passed away on this day in 1968. Our tenth-ever episode of You Must Remember This focused on Francis and how her career was affected by the infamous "Box Office Poison" ad of 1938. Listen now: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...
Follies of 1938, Chapter 2: Kay Francis, Pretty Poison (YMRT# 10) — You Must Remember This
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts . In May 1938, the Independent Theater Owners Association published a full-page paid editorial in The Hollywood Reporter , branding a number of big stars ...
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August 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Remembering Kay Francis, who passed away on this day in 1968. Our tenth-ever episode of You Must Remember This focused on Francis and how her career was affected by the infamous "Box Office Poison" ad of 1938. Listen now: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...
Van Johnson was born on this day in 1916. Listen to the final episode of our @rememberthispod.bsky.social "Star Wars" series which explores the contrasts between Johnson's on-screen image and private life. www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...
Star Wars Episode XVI: Van Johnson — You Must Remember This
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts . Join us, for the final episode in our Star Wars series (for now). Van Johnson was MGM’s big, All American heartthrob during World War II, an one of the m...
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August 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Van Johnson was born on this day in 1916. Listen to the final episode of our @rememberthispod.bsky.social "Star Wars" series which explores the contrasts between Johnson's on-screen image and private life. www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...
DIRTY DANCING was released in US theaters on this day in 1987. Listen to our episode of Erotic80s about DD and FATAL ATTRACTION on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Erotic 80s | 1987: Fatal Attraction and Dirty Dancing
Podcast Episode · You Must Remember This · S18 E197 · 1h 18m
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August 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
DIRTY DANCING was released in US theaters on this day in 1987. Listen to our episode of Erotic80s about DD and FATAL ATTRACTION on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Director Alfred Hitchcock was born on this day in 1899. Listen to our episode from earlier this year discussing his final years and films on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Alfred Hitchcock 1966-1980
Podcast Episode · You Must Remember This · S20 E232 · 1h 5m
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August 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Director Alfred Hitchcock was born on this day in 1899. Listen to our episode from earlier this year discussing his final years and films on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Remembering Anne Heche, who passed away on this day in 2022. Listen to our 2023 episode of @rememberthispod.bsky.social Erotic90s on Heche in WILD SIDE and the trend of "lesbian chic" in the 1990s. www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/les...
“Lesbian Chic”: Bound and Anne Heche in Wild Side (Erotic 90’s, Part 15) — You Must Remember This
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . At the beginning of the 90s, lesbians were a punchline for a male-gaze-oriented media, an easy target for expressing the anxiety that wome...
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August 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Remembering Anne Heche, who passed away on this day in 2022. Listen to our 2023 episode of @rememberthispod.bsky.social Erotic90s on Heche in WILD SIDE and the trend of "lesbian chic" in the 1990s. www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/les...
On the night of Friday August 8, 1969 members of the Manson Family murdered Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski, & Steven Parent. Listen to our 2015 series on the cultural moment that helped produce Manson and his followers: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/202...
Charles Manson's Hollywood Archive — You Must Remember This
In the summer of 2015, we did 12 episodes on Hollywood before, during and after the Manson family murders of Sharon Tate and at least half a dozen other Angelenos in August 1969. The series focused on...
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August 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
On the night of Friday August 8, 1969 members of the Manson Family murdered Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski, & Steven Parent. Listen to our 2015 series on the cultural moment that helped produce Manson and his followers: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/202...
Our final set of Old Man All Stars matchups starts with a face-off between John Huston and Michael Caine. Which of these prolific performers will advance? By the end of the week, we'll crown our ultimate Old Man All Star! Vote on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/135736...
August 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Our final set of Old Man All Stars matchups starts with a face-off between John Huston and Michael Caine. Which of these prolific performers will advance? By the end of the week, we'll crown our ultimate Old Man All Star! Vote on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/135736...
July 29 is a trifecta of early screen stars' birthdays! First up is Theda Bara, born in 1885, profiled in a 2014 episode of @rememberthispod.bsky.social: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...
YMRT #17 Theda Bara, Hollywood's First Sex Symbol — You Must Remember This
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts . Theda Bara might be the most significant celebrity pioneer whose movies you’ve never seen. She was the movie industry’s first sex symbol; the first femme...
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July 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
July 29 is a trifecta of early screen stars' birthdays! First up is Theda Bara, born in 1885, profiled in a 2014 episode of @rememberthispod.bsky.social: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/you...
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We’ll miss having @karinalongworth.bsky.social at LF3 every Tues.! 🎙️💗📽️ We concluded our ‘You Must Remember This: The Old Man is Still Alive’ series last week with a rare screening of Stanley Donen’s BEDAZZLED (1967) 💎
Be sure to catch up on all @rememberthispod.bsky.social podcast episodes now!
Be sure to catch up on all @rememberthispod.bsky.social podcast episodes now!
July 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
We’ll miss having @karinalongworth.bsky.social at LF3 every Tues.! 🎙️💗📽️ We concluded our ‘You Must Remember This: The Old Man is Still Alive’ series last week with a rare screening of Stanley Donen’s BEDAZZLED (1967) 💎
Be sure to catch up on all @rememberthispod.bsky.social podcast episodes now!
Be sure to catch up on all @rememberthispod.bsky.social podcast episodes now!
Our Old Man All Stars tourney semi-finals round starts today! Cast your vote each weekday this week to determine which star moves on to the next round. Today's match up: Barbra Streisand and Michael Caine. www.patreon.com/posts/135144...
July 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Our Old Man All Stars tourney semi-finals round starts today! Cast your vote each weekday this week to determine which star moves on to the next round. Today's match up: Barbra Streisand and Michael Caine. www.patreon.com/posts/135144...
Remembering the incredible Polly Platt, who passed away 14 years ago this week, on July 27, 2011. Listen to our full season on Platt's life and career on the @rememberthispod.bsky.social site or wherever you get your podcasts: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/202...
Polly Platt: The Invisible Woman Archive — You Must Remember This
As an Oscar-nominated production designer, screenwriter, producer and executive who put her stamp on some of the greatest and most loved films of the 1970s and 80s – including Paper Moon , Bad News ...
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July 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Remembering the incredible Polly Platt, who passed away 14 years ago this week, on July 27, 2011. Listen to our full season on Platt's life and career on the @rememberthispod.bsky.social site or wherever you get your podcasts: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/202...