This week, in honor of our first feature starring Richard Quine, Babes on Broadway, we take a little time to focus on his later directorial efforts, Requiem for a Fallen Star, a Columbo episode that finds everyone's favorite rumpled detective examining the backstage shenanigans of Hollywood star Ann Baxter. Enjoy our ramblings as we examine the different types of Columbo murderers, brutal seventies combovers, and Which Ferrer Is Which? Intro theme performed by Journeyman John Baker

TW: Sexual Assault, Pedophilia, Food Issues, Forced Abortion, Frank Sexual Talk, Blackface Minstrelsy Now that we've got all that dirty talk out of the way, it's time for some good clean fun! We discuss Mickey Rooney's inability to lip sinc, the improving quality of the writing for the Freed Unit, and truly one of the most bad taste endings we've seen. It's fun and frolic on Escapades! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXW27qTUqic Texts Referenced: The World of Entertainment by Hugh Fordin Buzz: the Life and Art of Busby Berkeley by Jeffery Spivak Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood's Dark Dreamer by Emanuel Levy A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente Minnelli by Mark Griffin Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Times of Louie B Mayer by Scott Eyman Get Happy: The Life and Times of Judy Garland by Gerald Clark Judy Garland: a Biography by Anne Edwards Judy Garland: The Day to Day Chronicle of a Legend by Scott Schecter The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney by William J Birnes and Richard A Lertzman Ava Gardner "Love Is Nothing" by Lee Server Ava Gardner: the Secret Conversations by Peter Evans and Ava Gardner Intro theme performed by Journeyman John Baker

TW: Sexual Assault, Pedophilia, Food Issues, Forced Abortion, Frank Sexual Talk, Blackface Minstrelsy This week on Escapades Through the Dream Factory, it's Babes on Broadway! It's our third Mickey and Judy film, and an almost explicit sequel to Babes In Arms. This time, we find our intrepid youngsters in the big city, trying to put on a really big show. Fun fact about this movie, its development was wild, dirty and crazy, making this history episode extremely explicit. We have marriages, divorces, sex clubs, surprise pregnancies and a very large toy train set. You won't want to miss our smuttiest episode yet. Texts Referenced: The World of Entertainment by Hugh Fordin Buzz: the Life and Art of Busby Berkeley by Jeffery Spivak Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood's Dark Dreamer by Emanuel Levy A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente Minnelli by Mark Griffin Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Times of Louie B Mayer by Scott Eyman Get Happy: The Life and Times of Judy Garland by Gerald Clark Judy Garland: a Biography by Anne Edwards Judy Garland: The Day to Day Chronicle of a Legend by Scott Schecter The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney by William J Birnes and Richard A Lertzman Ava Gardner "Love Is Nothing" by Lee Server Ava Gardner: the Secret Conversations by Peter Evans and Ava Gardner Intro theme performed by Journeyman John Baker

Welcome to our third Ephemera episode! This week we dig a little deeper into the star of last week's episode, Ann Sothern. At first, we thought that we were just going to watch one of her sitcom episodes, which was so boring, we immediately scrapped this idea. You can watch it yourself, prove us wrong. Harry will give you a quick walk through and a not so quick overview of stereotypes of Greta Garbo. Instead, we watched a film that launched a ten film B-Movie series, 1939's Maisie. And what do you know? We had a lot of fun! Learn a little about Jean Harlow, roles for women, and unfortunate Asian stereotypes. Ephemera Around the Dream Factory! Find another podcast who will talk Maisie. We dare you.

TW: Suicide, Spousal Abuse We're back with John Cassaro to discuss the film Lady Be Good! We talk about cinematic Scrooges, the story of the Match King, and some of the greatest dancing ever recorded on film. Take it away, podcast! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @adreamescapade Write us a letter: [email protected] Texts Referenced: The World of Entertainment by Hugh Fordin Buzz: the Life and Art of Busby Berkeley by Jeffery Spivak Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood's Dark Dreamer by Emanuel Levy A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente Minnelli by Mark Griffin Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Times of Louie B Mayer by Scott Eyman Glenn Ford: A Life by Peter Ford Puttin On The Ritz: Fred Astaire and the Fine Art of Panache Steps In Time: An Autobiography by Fred Astaire Summer Time: George Gershwin's Life in Music by Richard Crawford Intro theme performed by Journeyman John Baker

TW: Marital Abuse, Assault We're talking Lady Be Good today! No Judy, no Mickey, just Eleanor Powell and her fascinating feet. This week, we're trying a couple new things. First, at least for now, we're going to try splitting our film episodes in half, so there will be a history segment published on Tuesdays, and a film segment on Fridays. Second, and more excitingly, we have our first guest, John Cassaro otherwise known as Journeyman John Baker, the performer of our theme. We talk about Powell, the end of her career, the beginning of the Gershwin Brothers, Fred and Adele Astaire, we talk about everything that isn't nailed down. It's a party, and it won't stop until we finish off this Friday. Stay tuned! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @adreamescapade Write us a letter: [email protected] Texts Referenced: The World of Entertainment by Hugh Fordin Buzz: the Life and Art of Busby Berkeley by Jeffery Spivak Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood's Dark Dreamer by Emanuel Levy A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente Minnelli by Mark Griffin Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Times of Louie B Mayer by Scott Eyman Glenn Ford: A Life by Peter Ford Puttin On The Ritz: Fred Astaire and the Fine Art of Panache Steps In Time: An Autobiography by Fred Astaire Summer Time: George Gershwin's Life in Music by Richard Crawford Intro theme performed by Journeyman John Baker

TW: Food Issues, War Ephemera Around the Dream Factory returns this week with our episode on the November 1940 issue of Ladies' Home Journal, which can be found here: https://archive.org/details/sim_ladies-home-journal_1940-11_57_11 Please support Archive.org at this time! Don't blame them for our silly show! Also discussed heavily is the life of Ann Batchelder, the major article used to do so is this article here: https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1008297911 Other details, food crimes perpetrated live on mic by our own Angela Smith. No one else dares bring you such content!

Judy Garland! All grown up! Sort of! This week we cover the Freed Unit's third film, Little Nellie Kelly. Also covered, the life of George M Cohan, the wit of Norman Taurog, and the entire Wikipedia entry of John "Jack" McGowan. It's a great day for the Irish! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @adreamescapade Write us a letter: [email protected] Texts Referenced: The World of Entertainment by Hugh Fordin Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Times of Louie B Mayer by Scott Eyman Get Happy: The Life and Times of Judy Garland by Gerald Clark Judy Garland: a Biography by Anne Edwards Judy Garland: The Day to Day Chronicle of a Legend by Scott Schecter George M Cohan: The Man Who Owned Broadway by John McCabe Elvis' Favorite Director: The Amazing 52 Year Career of Norman Taurog by Michael A Hoey Intro theme performed by Journeyman John Baker

Ephemera Around the Dream Factory 1 This week, we begin our off-week programming of whatever catches our eye around the previous main week episode. Angela takes the reigns for the first time to describe the book Live Alone and Like It, by Marjorie Hillis. Learn about how to pay your maid, the seven bottles you need in your liquor cabinet and what horrors await a woman who has sex. Hint! The woman always pays! Theme performed by Journeyman John Baker

TW: Alcoholism, vehicular manslaughter, substance abuse Our second episode concerns 1940's Strike Up the Band, more context around our principals, and a truly momentous trip to New York City. Note: There was a major audio issue with this episode, and though we tried to save as much as possible as salvage, some fidelity and much of Angela's audio track was lost. We have fixed the problem moving forward, and hopefully this is as bad as one of our episodes will sound and Angela will continue to be much more of a presence than she is here. Texts Referenced: The World of Entertainment by Hugh Fordin Buzz: the Life and Art of Busby Berkeley by Jeffery Spivak Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood's Dark Dreamer by Emanuel Levy A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente Minnelli by Mark Griffin Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Times of Louie B Mayer by Scott Eyman Get Happy: The Life and Times of Judy Garland by Gerald Clark Judy Garland: a Biography by Anne Edwards Judy Garland: The Day to Day Chronicle of a Legend by Scott Schecter The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney by William J Birnes and Richard A Lertzman Intro theme performed by Journeyman John Baker