Episode 1: “Washed Out”

1942.  After washing out of flight school in Louisiana, Pvt. Oliver Whelan is assigned to an U.S. Army Air Forces base near Los Angeles, California.  He eagerly heads west only to find that there’s been some kind of mistake…

WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba

STARRING…

• Brian Stanton as Oliver Whelan

with… 

• Zane Acord as the Flight Instructor, Hancock and the Conductor 
• Gabriel Oliva as Ben and Ronald Reagan
• John Katona as Marine #1 and the Propman Soldier
• Jonah Weiland as Marine #2 
• Myk Price as the Porter
• Samara Frame as Elle  
• Caleb A. Fields as Flirting Soldier #1
• Chris Bomba as Flirting Soldier #2
• James Coyle as Miller
• Mary Bomba as the Host

MUSIC:

• Martin Landstrom, Wicked Man, courtesy of  www.epidemicsound.com
• Richie Everett, The Devil’s Defiance, courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
• B.G. DeSylva, Joseph Meyer, Al Jolson, California, Here I Come!  Sung by Myk Price

SOUND EFFECTS courtesy of Soundly, Epidemic Sound, and Freesound.

While On the Tinsel Front purports to tell a true story, all the characters are fictional except for the real-life personalities – some more recognizable than others — who actually served in the wartime positions they do here. For more information about theses people, Hollywood during World War II, and the actors, visit the podcast website at https://onthetinselfront.com.

© Christopher Bomba 2024