Behind the Scenes in Hollywood - Single Episodes

Behind the Scenes in Hollywood is a quick-paced, breezy production that offers short, lively updates on coming stars, tidbits about movies in production, and descriptions of wardrobes, engagement rings, and colorful movie anecdotes. McCormick introduced the series with these words: "Very few of us have the time or opportunity to visit in and around the movie studios in Hollywood and actually see how motion pictures are made... What really goes on before and after the cameras begin to grind... To talk with the stars, directors, artisans, the cameramen, authors, producers, screenwriters, and stand-ins... To learn at first hand all the interesting, colorful things that bring a completed movie picture to a theatre screen..."

To date, the series features eighteen episodes produced in 1945. Each episode is between ten and twelve minutes long and features RKO publicist Bidwell McCormick along with a cast of announcers. McCormick would open the show, then Nathan Hale, Nona Rey, or another announcer would alternate stories to keep the narrative fast-paced.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.