Author: Christopher Bomba
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“That’s What The Best Dressed Man In Harlem Will Wear”
Ollie: “The guys arranged for me to come on set and watch them shoot their number — “That’s What The Best Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wear.” It’s a song about soldiers trading in their smart civilian clothes for army khaki. Joe Louis is part of it, doing a workout on a speed bag…” This…
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The Hollywood Canteen
Ollie: “So the next night I headed off to the Canteen by myself… There was a long line of servicemen waiting to get in… it struck me just how young most of us were, and how, -eager and rambunctious, we weren’t much different from a bunch of high schoolers on a field trip, goofing off,…
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Ted Geisel aka “Dr. Seuss”
Ollie: “I saw a man I recognized… and never thought I’d see in Hollywood. It was the cartoonist who publishes under the name Dr. Seuss. And he was in uniform with captain bars!“ Ollie: “… I made sure I read every cartoon you did for PM. I admired the way you took a stand against…
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Episode 5: “Lunch With Father”
Episode # 5. SEASON FINALE. Ollie introduces himself to a Dartmouth alumnus, receives a summons from his father, and visits the Hollywood Canteen to see Elle… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING… with… MUSIC: SOUND EFFECTS courtesy of Soundly, Epidemic Sound and Freesound While On the Tinsel Front purports to tell a…
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“This Is The Army” – The Movie
Reagan: “You are thus being temporarily attached to the company performing the Irving Berlin muscial revue “This Is The Army.” Its cross-country tour over, it’s in town for the for the production of the film version over at Warner Brothers, to which you will report immediately…” This morale-raising cinematic ode to the U.S. Armed Forces…
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Recording “booth”
THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED! The makeshift booth – created in the closet beneath my staircase – where most of ON THE TINSEL FRONT was recorded. Harry Potter jokes were many. Thanks to the actors who braved it! A third of the show was recorded remotely, actors using their own recording setup while I listened…
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Episode 4: “This Is The Army”
Episode #4: On the Warner Brothers lot in Burbank for the production of THIS IS THE ARMY, Ollie makes some friends. A date with Elle takes an unexpected turn… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING… with… MUSIC: SOUND EFFECTS courtesy of Soundly, Epidemic Sound and Freesound While On the Tinsel Front purports to…
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Episode 3: “Housemates”
Episode # 3. Ollie gets to know his housemates. After receiving bad news that raises an upsetting suspicion, Ollie gets into hot water with Sgt. Bellows… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING… with… MUSIC: SOUND EFFECTS courtesy of Soundly, Epidemic Sound and Freesound. While On the Tinsel Front purports to tell a true…
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Culver City #1
Ollie: It’s in California in a town called Culver City, which is near Los Angeles… This is the first of what will be a number of posts about Culver City, a Southern California town with a rich history and the location for much of TINSEL FRONT’s first season. The city was founded in 1917 by…
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Episode 2: “Dishwasher”
After putting in for a transfer, Ollie tries to fit in at the First Motion Picture Unit, only he’s qualified for nothing and finds himself in a miserable situation. At his new home, he makes an exciting discovery… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING… with… MUSIC: SOUND EFFECTS courtesy of Soundly, Epidemic Sound,…
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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… with… MUSIC: SOUND EFFECTS courtesy of Soundly, Epidemic…
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The Sunset Limited
Ollie: Am catching the train to L.A. tonight, well, actually, tomorrow morning. It leaves around three AM… The train Ollie would have taken from Louisiana to Los Angeles was the Southern Pacific’s SUNSET LIMITED. “The Sunset Limited is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 1,995-mile (3,211 km) route between New Orleans, Louisiana, and Los Angeles, California, with major stops in Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, and Tucson. Introduced…
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Union Station
Ollie: Dear Bet: A few hours ago we pulled into Union Station in Los Angeles. It’s a big, beautiful building — tall ceilings, impressive wood beams, beautiful Spanish tiles… L.A.’s famous train station — where a newly arrived Ollie takes note of a beautiful girl named Elle — was only three years old in 1942.…
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Pacific Electric Railway Red Cars
Ollie: As instructed, I got off the trolley at the National stop and walked up a block… “The Pacific Electric Railway Company, nicknamed the Red Cars, was a privately owned mass transit system in Southern California consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and was the largest electric railway system in the world in the 1920s.” Wikipedia Los Angeles’ once great transit system plays a…
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Sound Editor Ray
Ollie: This morning, for instance, this sound editor named Ray offered to show me how he uses a machine called a Moviola to put in a sound effect and sync it with the action… I created the character of sound editor Ray to honor my father, Raymond Bomba, who worked as a film and TV…