George Reeves: Elusive Truth, Absent Justice, and the American Way...Hollywood Style

George Reeves: Elusive Truth, Absent Justice, and the American Way...Hollywood Style

Superman may be more powerful than a locomotive, but George Reeves, the actor who famously portrayed the Man of Steel on TV in the 1950s, was very much a mortal man. Did George Reeves really take his own life in June 1959, as the official report stated? Was he actually murdered by an impulsive girlfriend? Or was his death a highly orchestrated hit by one of Hollywood’s most infamous fixers?

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Bonus Episode: The Blacklist and Other Unprecedented Moments in Hollywood

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3 Jun 53min

Lucille Ball: Gun Wounds, Refugees, and the Redhead Who Survived the Red Scare

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29 Mai 37min

Bonus Episode: Will Cliff Booth Make Movie History?

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27 Mai 45min

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25 Mai 33min

Bonus Episode: The Screening Room – The Getaway

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