In this episode, we are going to travel from 1950 – from where we left Jack calling Jackie, nine months too late, to 1953 – when Jackie will get that…
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56. Jacqueline Bouvier and John F. Kennedy | Part One
It’s a little bit of a linear leap, but it’s all connected! For this week’s episode, we stay in the early 1950’s to align Jacqueline Bouvier with John F. Kennedy,…
55. An Interlude with Gloria Swanson and Joe Kennedy
In this episode, we pause briefly within our Marilyn Monroe episodes to investigate the affair of Gloria Swanson and Joseph P. Kennedy. This liaison creates an example for the Kennedy…
54. Mirrorball | Marilyn Monroe 1954
In this episode, we investigate the year of three weddings, and one split – 1954. It is not only Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio that will wed this year, but…
53. Mirrorball | Marilyn Monroe 1951-1953
As we continue our investigation into Marilyn Monroe, we focus on the years 1951 to 1953. Marilyn connects with two important men in her life in this time period –…
52. Mirrorball | Marilyn Monroe: Early Life to Almost Famous
Dominick Dunne, by his own admission, worshipped Marilyn Monroe, and was lucky enough to get to know her a bit during their overlapping years in Hollywood. In this episode, we’ll…
51. Romanoff’s
Done & Dunne has spent some time at Beverly Hills mainstay The Daisy, the exclusive club that Nick and Lenny were members of, and where Frank Sinatra once paid the…
50. All Things Old Hollywood with Martin Turnbull
Author Martin Turnbull has made Hollywood’s Golden Age the focus of his career. His Garden of Allah novels transport readers to a time when the glitz and glamour of Hollywood…
49. Laurel Canyon | Natalie Wood
Darlings, in this episode, we pull the thread of Natalie Wood and connect her back into Laurel Canyon. Her parents build a home on Lookout Mountain on Woodrow Wilson Drive,…
47. Laurel Canyon | Tom Mix and Frank Zappa
We begin the deep dive into our Laurel Canyon investigation with a story about a famous log cabin located at the intersection of Lookout Mountain and Laurel Canyon Boulevard. From…