Season 2, Episode 7: “Riot”
Ollie attends a Private Snafu screening and offers to escort Julie home as the conflict between servicemen and Zoot Suiters escalates…
WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba
STARRING:
- Brian Stanton as Oliver Whelan
with…
- Caleb A. Fields as Daily News Reporter
- Zane Acord as LA Times Reporter
- Tania Verafield as Julie and Esperanza
- Robbie Trombetta as the Switchboard Operator
- Mike Uribes as the Bleeding Boy and Miguel
- Natalie Wachen as the Zoot Girlfriend
- Tom O’Connor as the Motorman
- Dante Alexander as the Sailor Leader
- Myk Price as the Floor Officer
- Gabriel Oliva as Sgt. Deluca
- 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.
Thanks to the U.S.Goverment for the soundtrack of the “Gripes” episode of Private Snafu, all the episodes of which are in the public domain.
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 everuyone who made this podcast possible… and to these authors and books for rtheir 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
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