First Times: Madeleine Carroll, The Original Alfred Hitchcock Blonde
In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate Madeleine Carroll, the prototype for every Alfred Hitchcock Blonde.Advertise with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Priva...
20 Jan 202211min
First Times: The Pyramid of Giza, and the Wonders of the Ancient World
In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the Great Pyramid of Giza, and well as share a little love with the other six additional Wonders of the Ancient World.Advertise with us! Learn more about you...
19 Jan 202211min
First Times: Academy Awards
In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate a Hollywood first, and then the Hollywood firsts that followed. On May 16, 1929, a couple of hundred industry types gathered for the very first Academy Award...
18 Jan 202211min
First Times: Moses Fleetwood Walker
In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the man who first, if only briefly, broke baseball's color barrier, Moses Fleetwood Walker. His single season with the Toledo Bluestockings in 1884 was met w...
17 Jan 202211min
First Times: Mr. Potato Head
In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate an iconic toy which pioneered a new approach to marketing: Mr. Potato Head. Hasbro hit a home run by advertising its new offering on television - a first - a...
14 Jan 202210min
First Times: Mary Phelps (Caresse Crosby) and America's First Bra
In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the inventor of a notable first: Caresse Crosby (born Mary 'Polly' Phelps), the first person to patent the bra in the United States. This happened when Cares...
13 Jan 202212min
First Times: Truman Capote's First Swan, Carol Saroyan Matthau
In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate Carol Saroyan Matthau, also known as Carol Grace, the first and most enduring of Truman Capote's Swans. Was she the inspiration for his Holly Golightly chara...
12 Jan 202214min
First Times: Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Special Olympics
In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the remarkable passion of Eunice Kennedy Shriver who, informed by the struggles of her sister, Rosemary Kennedy, founded the Special Olympics and helped chan...
11 Jan 202213min
