S2 E3 “Shock”

Season 2, Episode 3:  Ollie desperately seeks information, and is interviewed by police…

WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba

STARRING:

•  Brian Stanton as Oliver Whelan

with…

• Myk Price as the Man On Phone
• Warren Davis as Lt. Silvers
• Alan Blumenfeld as Ted Geisel
• Gabriel Oliva as Frank Capra and Sgt. Deluca
• Tania Verafield as Julie
• John Weiland as Eddie Winkel
• Mike Uribes as Lt. Murray
• Tom O’Connor as the Uniform Cop
• Mary Bomba as the Host

Produced under the auspices of a SAG/AFTRA Micro-Budget Podcast Agreement.

MUSIC:

Martin Landström, Wicked Man.  Courtesy of Epidemic Sound

SOUND EFFECTS courtesy of Soundly.

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 these people, Hollywood during World War II and the actors, visit the podcast website at https://onthetinselfront.com/

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks to everyone who made this podcast possible… and to these authors and books for their valuable information.

• Brian Jay Jones, “Becoming Dr. Seuss”
• Martha Sigall, “Living Life Inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of Animation”
• Agness Underwood, “Newspaperwoman.” 
• Sam Weller, “The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury”
• Ray Bradbury, “A Graveyard for Lunatics”
• Mauricio Mazón, “The Zoot Suit Riots: The Psychology of Symbolic Annihilation” 
• And, of course, Wikipedia, YouTube and countless other informational websites. 

© Christopher Bomba 2026