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Forgotten Hollywood
Hosted by JLJ Media · EN
Producer/Creator/Host Doug Hess takes you on a journey back in time and shares with you pieces. of Hollywood you may or may not have known about!
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Episode 431-Top Ten TV Episodes on Memorial Day (Crossover with Have You Heard of Me)
May 2500:08:25Tap to summarizeThe first crossover episode with the podcast Have You Heard of Me. Guest Host James Lott Jr talks about 10 episodes from TV's past that tackled Memorial Day or PTSD, casualties of war, etc. We honor the fallen who served!!
Transcribe →Episode 430-"Karmic Winds: Reflections from the "Smartest Guy in Hollywood"w/Peter Hoffman
May 2100:21:08Tap to summarizeIn this episode I spoke with Peter Hoffman, former CEO of Carolco Pictures, and we discussed this book "Karmic Winds: Reflections from the "Smartest Guy in Hollywood". KARMIC WINDS is a memoir of power, collapse, and reckoning by Peter M. Hoffman, a Yale-trained lawyer and Hollywood insider who once stood at the center of the independent film boom and later found himself stripped of status, freedom, and certainty.The book will be out on June 16, 2026.
Transcribe →Episode 429- Hollywood vs Nazis: How The Movie Studios Took On Nazis Infiltrating Los Angeles"
May 1800:21:36Tap to summarizeIn this episode, I spoke with Michael Benson about his book "Hollywood vs Nazis: How The Movie Studios Took On Nazis Infiltrating Los Angeles". The true story of Hitler’s plot to turn Hollywood’s Dream Factory into a Nazi propaganda machine—and the Jewish moguls’ clandestine operation to sabotage the Reich’s insidious reach.
Transcribe →Episode 428-A Century of Hitchcock: The Man, the Myths, the Legacy with author Tony Lee Moral
May 1400:19:38Tap to summarizeIn this episode, I spoke with author Tony Lee Moral about his book "A Century of Hitchcock: The Man, the Myths, the Legacy". For over a century, Alfred Hitchcock has remained one of the cinema's most influential directors. Known as the Master of Suspense, this visionary filmmaker directed more than fifty films over six decades. His thriller The Lodger (1927) marked the start of his signature style, which was later exemplified in classic films like Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), and The Birds (1963).The book will be out on June 9, 2026.
Transcribe →Episode 427- A Chat with Kathy Garver (Cissy, Family Affair)
May 1100:20:15Tap to summarizeIn this episode I spoke with actress Kathy Garver who played "Cissy" in the television show "Family Affairs". The sitcom ran from 1966-1971 and Terre Haute, Indiana is the established hometown on Cissy, Buffy, and Jody Davis. Kathy has also written 5 books and also down voice acting and audiobooks.
Transcribe →Episode 426- The First Soap Opera Ever: Painted Dreams
May 400:09:06Tap to summarizeGuest Host James Lott Jr, spotlights the first soap opera created for Radio, Painted Dreams and its successor Todays Children. Irna Philips created both and changed the course of dramas forever!
Transcribe →Episode 425-Superman Wars with William Bernhart
Apr 3000:26:37Tap to summarizeIn this episode I spoke with William Bernhart about his latest book "The Superman Wars: A Battle For Truth, Justice, and An American Icon". Almost everyone knows about the man from Krypton who, disguised as mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent working with the fearless Lois Lane, fights for the vulnerable and the oppressed. But few know the truth about this indelible character’s creation.
Transcribe →Episode 424- Bugsy
Apr 2700:24:03Tap to summarizeIn this episode, I spoke with mobster expert Larry Gragg about the film "Bugsy".
Transcribe →Episode 423-With Author Mayukh Sen- "Love Queenie: Merlie Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star"
Apr 2300:23:11Tap to summarizeIn this episode, I spoke with author Mayukh Sen about his book "Love Queenie: Merlie Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star". A beautiful reclamation of a pioneering South Asian actress captures her glittering, complicated life and lasting impact on Hollywood.
Transcribe →Episode 422- "Vietnam on the Big Screen: How the Vietnam War Changed Hollywood"
Apr 2000:22:02Tap to summarizeIn this episode, I spoke with author Joseph Hulihan about his book "Vietnam on the Big Screen: How the Vietnam War Changed Hollywood". America, it is said, deals with its trauma through the medium of Hollywood, and few experiences have been more traumatic than its involvement in the Vietnam War. As the last US helicopters fled the American Embassy compound during the fall of Saigon, they left behind a country devastated by twenty years of death and destruction.
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