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Marg, The Old Movie Lady
The Old Movie Lady Podcast
Starting in 1922, the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers released an annual list of the 13 young women they predicted would be the next big Hollywood stars... But who were these starlets? How were their images shaped by the media of the time? Just how right were the Wampas... and who the heck do they think they are, anyway? Delivered by Marg The Old Movie Lady, with her trademark sense of humour and research brought on by intense hyperfocus, this is The Old Movie Lady Podcast: The Wampas Frolic!
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5.0 stars from 13 ratings
A Wonderful Gem
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“I stumbled upon this podcast while looking for some interesting Hollywood history . The podcast is basically the history of WAMPAS and the WAMPAS Baby Stars . Over a 12 year existence there were 144 WAMPAS Baby Stars . This podcast pays heed to those 144 Baby Stars , giving each about a few...”Read full review »
Tullibee 597 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/15/24
“The Old Movie Lady (but you can call her Marg) sheds light on a less known corner of movie history with some amusing snark along the way I especially appreciate when she calls out the casual sexism that many of these baby stars struggled with.”
TheodoraWilde via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/01/24
I didn’t know how much I didn’t know
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“It’s a truism at this point that the 2020s mirror the 1920s, but this belies just how strange and alien those times were compared with now. I’ve watched a fair few silent films, but I never appreciated what it was to make them—or to be someone trying to make it in that world.
The Old Movie Lady...”Read full review »
breeeeen via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
08/16/23
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