On The Tinsel Front

Tag: World War II

  • “That’s What The Best Dressed Man In Harlem Will Wear”

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    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…

  • The Hollywood Canteen

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    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,…

  • S1 E4: “This Is The Army”

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    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…

  • S1 E3: “Housemates”

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    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…

  • S1 E2 “Dishwasher”

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    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…

  • S1 E1 “Washed Out”

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    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:…

  • Union Station

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    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.…

  • Series Trailer

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    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…