152: Hollywood’s First Weight Loss Surgery: Molly O’Day (Make Me Over, Episode 1)

152: Hollywood’s First Weight Loss Surgery: Molly O’Day (Make Me Over, Episode 1)

At the age of 18, actress Molly O’Day’s career showed great promise — the only thing holding her back was a bit of pubescent pudge. When diets failed, she became the guinea pig of Hollywood's first highly-publicized weight loss surgery. This was in 1929, and the procedure was, as one fan magazine described it "dangerous... and all in vain." What lead Molly to such desperation? And what happened after the surgery to make her former lover, actor George Raft, declare it “ruined her health, her career and damn near killed her?" To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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20: LIZ <3 MONTY

20: LIZ <3 MONTY

Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift were best friends and co-stars in three films. This episode tracks Taylor's relationship with the troubled Clift, from their first, studio-setup date through his ...

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19: Raquel Welch, From Pin-up to Pariah

19: Raquel Welch, From Pin-up to Pariah

Raquel Welch, a former cocktail waitress and divorced mother of two, found herself in the odd position of being an old-fashioned sex goddess in the age of flower children and feminism. To learn more...

21 Okt 201437min

18: The Many Loves of Howard Hughes, Chapter 4: Jane Russell

18: The Many Loves of Howard Hughes, Chapter 4: Jane Russell

Our long-running series on the women in the life of the infamous aviator/filmmaker continues with a look at Hughes’ professional and personal relationship with Jane Russell, which began in 1940 when H...

14 Okt 201446min

17: Theda Bara, Hollywood’s First Sex Symbol

17: Theda Bara, Hollywood’s First Sex Symbol

Theda Bara might be the most significant celebrity pioneer whose movies you’ve never seen. She was the movie industry’s first sex symbol; the first femme fatale; and she might have been America’s firs...

7 Okt 201440min

16: Marlon Brando 1971-1973

16: Marlon Brando 1971-1973

This is the story of how, with two movies shot in 1971, Marlon Brando turned his career around, spent his regained celebrity capital on an act of social activism, and put Hollywood's culture of self-a...

29 Sep 201445min

15: Madonna, from Sean to Warren, Part Two

15: Madonna, from Sean to Warren, Part Two

In the concluding chapter of a two-part episode about Madonna and movies, we talk about her mutually beneficial professional and personal involvement with Warren Beatty. To learn more about listener...

23 Sep 201444min

14: Bacall, After Bogart

14: Bacall, After Bogart

When Humphrey Bogart died, Lauren Bacall was just 32 years old. This is the story of how Bacall spent the remaining 57 years of her life, and her lifelong struggle to find a balance between being Mrs....

16 Sep 201436min

13: Bogart, Before Bacall

13: Bogart, Before Bacall

A look at how Humphrey Bogart became Bogey, tracing his journey from blue blood beginnings through years of undistinguished work and outright failure, to his emergence in the early 1940s as a symbol o...

9 Sep 201437min

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