Tag: Hollywood History
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SNAFU STORY MEETING
How an idea becomes a story. Spoiler Alert: This post doesn’t give away any plot points, but you’ll appreciate it more if you read it after listening to Season 2, Episode 5 (“Mother”). OLLIE: I have an idea… PHIL EASTMAN: Great. What is it? OLLIE: Well, it’s kind of dumb… GEISEL: Ollie, there are no…
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The Two Rays
Harryhausen and Bradbury, best friends SPOILER ALERT: While this post doesn’t give away any plot points, it’s best read after listening to Episode #6: “Reflections” HARRYHAUSEN: Ollie, this is my friend, Ray Bradbury… Ray’s a writer. OLLIE: Really? Of what? BRADBURY: Science Fiction, things like that. HARRYHAUSEN: Weird stuff. BRADBURY: Yeah, weird like everything in…
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LEON SCHLESINGER PRODUCTIONS
Leon Schlesinger Productions Where Warner Brothers cartoons were made! OLLIE: And what is it they do? JULIE: They’re animators. We make the Warner Brothers cartoons here. You know, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck… Asked to identify the company associated with the cartoons that featured Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck et al, most people would answer…
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S2 E4: “Suspect”
Season 2, Episode 4: “Suspect” Accused by police, Ollie finds an unlikely savior… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… Produced under the auspices of a SAG/AFTRA Micro-Budget Podcast Agreement. MUSIC: SOUND EFFECTS courtesy of Soundly. While On The Tinsel Front purports to tell a true story, all the characters are fictional except for…
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S2 E3 “Shock”
Season 2, Episode 3: “Shock” Ollie desperately seeks information, and is interviewed by police… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… 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…
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SEASON 2 has begun!
It’s taken only two years, but Season 2 is finally here! (Thanks for your patience!) Episodes #1 and #2 are now available wherever you get your podcasts. Go to the podcast’s page on Podlink for links to Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other platforms. You can also listen on the Tinsel Front website Episodes page, The…
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S2 E1 “Uncertainty”
Season 2, Episode 1: As the filming of “This Is The Army” comes to the close, Ollie wonders what he’s going to do next. Elle, meanwhile, has gone missing… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… Produced under the auspices of a SAG/AFTRA Micro-Budget Podcast Agreement. MUSIC: Sound Effects courtesy of Soundly. While…
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S1 E5: “Lunch With Father”
Season 1, Episode 5: “Lunch With Father” 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…
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S1 E4: “This Is The Army”
Season 1, Episode 4: “This Is The Army” 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…
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S1 E3: “Housemates”
Season 1, Episode 3: “Housemates” 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…
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S1 E2 “Dishwasher”
Season 1, 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…
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S1 E1 “Washed Out”
Season 1, 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:…
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Series Trailer
1942. Washed out of flight school and inexplicably assigned to the U.S. Army Air Forces “First Motion Picture Unit” in Culver City, California, Private Oliver Whelan tumbles down the rabbit hole of World War II Hollywood. A hilarious, fascinating and touching FULL CAST AUDIO COMEDY-DRAMA inspired by the real-life people and places of the U.S. Army’s…