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…
Category: Episodes
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…
46. Laurel Canyon | A Primer
In today’s episode, we take an tour of Laurel Canyon, from the 16th Century to the Present Day. Laurel Canyon’s storied history is fascinating and complex and all the players…
45. Not Dunne Yet | Down at the New Amsterdam
In this Bonus Dunne Day Episode, Alicia takes you first to the West Coast to explore San Francisco’s New Amsterdam, forever preserved in the song Mr. Jones by the Counting Crows. Then,…
44. The Flapper and The Bad Boy | Olive Thomas and Jack Pickford
Continuing our journey into Old Hollywood, Alicia unpacks the wild romance of the “It Couple” of Hollywood in the late 1910s, Olive Thomas and Jack Pickford. Both certainly have their…
43. The Garden of Allah
It’s the beginning of a new season, and we are shifting our focus back to the West Coast! Long before The Beverly Hills Hotel or the Chateau Marmont, there was…
38. Vanderbilt Family Values | Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
In this first of a week of daily episodes, we resume with the Cornelius Vanderbilt II family, picking up the story in 1920. Reggie is going to find a new…
37. Hever Castle | Two Tudor Queens and an Astor too
This week, it is a bonus episode from Done and Dunne Patreon! We explore Hever Castle, standing in the Kent countryside since the 12th century, and talk about its connections…
36. Vanderbilt Family Values | Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Today, we begin our investigation into the storied Gilded Age American family, the Vanderbilts. We’ll start with the second generation, where no one was shy about their wealth, with the…