On The Tinsel Front

Tag: U.S. Army Air Forces

  • Episode 3: “Housemates”

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    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…

  • Episode 2: “Dishwasher”

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    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,…

  • Episode 1: “Washed Out”

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    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…

  • The Hal Roach Studios

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    Miller: No, before the war it was the Hal Roach Studios, you know, where Laurel & Hardy and the Our Gang films were made. When the Army took it over, Fort Roach seemed appropriate… The home of the USAAF First Motion Picture Unit during the war, the “Hal Roach Studios was an American motion picture and television production studio. Known…

  • About the Cover Art

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    If you are wondering the podcast’s cover art… This was the emblem for the USAAF’s First Motion Picture Unit during the war. In researching whether I could use it I learned about the INSTITUTE OF HERALDRY, the U.S. Government agency in charge of emblems and coats of arms for the military and other agencies. From…

  • Trailer

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    This is the trailer for ON THE TINSEL FRONT, a scripted podcast series coming in Spring 2024. It is 1942.  Washed out of flight school and inexplicably assigned to the 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…