Hollywood Romances - True Stories

Beautiful, rich, famous, powerful, find the most famous couples in Hollywood! “Sacred monsters” of cinema, adored throughout the world, and who were the last stars of an era that is now over.These famous love stories have been making headlines around the world for decades, mesmerizing audiences. Excessive characters, money, love, find all the ingredients that forged the legend of Hollywood with couples Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton, Steve McQueen & Ali MacGraw, Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall, Sinatra & Gardner, Marilyn Monroe & Joe DiMaggio, Clark Gable & Carole Lombard, Douglas Fairbanks & Mary Pickford, Peter Bogdanovich & Cybil Shepherd. Discover their journey, their personality, their film career, as well as their destiny, often tragic.Wirtten and narrated by Brad Carty.Hollywood Romances - True Stories is a Studio Minuit podcastCheck out our other podcasts:Unusual deaths - True storiesParanormal - True storiesSuvivors - True storiesDumbest criminals - True storiesDisasters - True StoriesSporting Rivalries - True Stories

Listeners under the age of 30 will probably know who “Benifer” or “Brangelina” refer to; their parents are probably equally aware of the full names of “Liz & Dick.” Because in the 1960s and early 70s, no couple on earth was more famous, more written about, or more wealthy than Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Indeed, much of their income came simply from being famous: the eleven movies they made together were mostly flops at the box office, but studios paid them astronomical salaries simply because the public wanted to see them together (although not necessarily in a movie). They were also the first celebrities to not only survive, but to prosper from, their marital scandals, both separately and with each other. And as if everything else in their relationship wasn’t sufficiently excessive, even getting married and divorced wasn’t enough—so they did it twice!

Listeners under the age of 30 will probably know who “Benifer” or “Brangelina” refer to; their parents are probably equally aware of the full names of “Liz & Dick.” Because in the 1960s and early 70s, no couple on earth was more famous, more written about, or more wealthy than Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Indeed, much of their income came simply from being famous: the eleven movies they made together were mostly flops at the box office, but studios paid them astronomical salaries simply because the public wanted to see them together (although not necessarily in a movie). They were also the first celebrities to not only survive, but to prosper from, their marital scandals, both separately and with each other. And as if everything else in their relationship wasn’t sufficiently excessive, even getting married and divorced wasn’t enough—so they did it twice!

One of the most iconic romantic couples who met while acting together are Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall. Even today, the alliterative phrase “Bogart & Bacall” summons up images of a great love story taking place during the golden age of Hollywood. What is less remembered, however, is the long romantic history of Bogart before Bacall, and Bacall long after Bogart...

One of the most iconic romantic couples who met while acting together are Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall. Even today, the alliterative phrase “Bogart & Bacall” summons up images of a great love story taking place during the golden age of Hollywood. What is less remembered, however, is the long romantic history of Bogart before Bacall, and Bacall long after Bogart...