When They Were Making It
Hosted by Patrick Rankin · Patrick Rankin
4.7from 443 ratings
- 26
- Episodes
- 23
- Transcribed
- 443
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2026
- First episode
About When They Were Making It
The real human stories behind classic Hollywood's greatest films and legends. Marilyn Monroe. Casablanca. Audrey Hepburn. The Wizard of Oz. Charlie Chaplin. Breakfast at Tiffany's. Alfred Hitchcock. Sunset Boulevard. What do they all have in common? They had to make it first. Each week, we go beyond the legend to explore classic Hollywood's biggest icons and most beloved films. Not the myths. Not the takedowns. The whole human story. From the silent era to the early 1960s — the people, the films, and the impossible work of becoming a legend. WTWMI is written, produced, and hosted by Patrick Rankin. Original artwork by Simone Beech and original music by Lionel Ziblat. A new chapter every Tuesday. Follow wherever you get your podcasts.
- Publisher
- Patrick Rankin
- Category
- history · tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 May 2026
- Latest episode
- 3 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
23 of 26 episodes have a transcript.
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Original It Girl — The Roaring Twenties, Paramount Superstardom, and the Scandals That Changed Everything
27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Alfred Hitchcock, Part 3: The Final Act — Psycho, The Birds, and the End of an Era
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Alfred Hitchcock, Part 2: Building a Golden Age — Grace Kelly, Vertigo, and the Road to Psycho
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Clara Bow: Hollywood's Original It Girl — The Roaring Twenties, Paramount Superstardom, and the Scandals That Changed Everything
Published 3 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Clara went to her father and told him she wanted to enter. Robert gave her a dollar, which, for the bows, was no small thing. She took it to a cheap photographer in Brooklyn, who took two photographs of her. They were, by her own account, terrible. She mailed them in without telling her mother. […]
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