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Love is a CrimeThe untold story of the Bennett/Wanger romance and professional partnership a film noir played out in real life. Author: Vanity Fair & Cadence 13
Its one of the wildest scandals in Hollywood history: In 1951, major Hollywood producer Walter Wanger (Jon Hamm) went to prison for shooting an agent who he suspected was having an affair with Joan Bennett (Zooey Deschanel), Wangers actress wife. When the dust settled, Wanger was accepted back into Hollywoods inner circle with open arms, while a puritan panic virtually ended Bennetts career in movies and her family would never be the same. How did Joan the youngest member of one of Americas most famous acting families, and one of the key femme fatales of 1940s film noir end up a real-life fallen woman, paying a public price for her husbands crimes? In this limited podcast series, Joan and Walters granddaughter/filmmaker Vanessa Hope, and film historian/podcaster Karina Longworth (You Must Remember This), tell the untold story of the Bennett/Wanger romance and professional partnership a film noir played out in real life. Language: en Genres: Film History, True Crime, TV & Film Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Episode 10: The Woman in the Window
Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
In one last noir twist, Joan marries for a fourth and final time to a man with a secret life. The last chapter of our story takes us from the Greenwich Village cross-dressing scene of the 1960s, to the set of Dario Argento’s giallo classic, Suspiria (Joan’s last film), to post-reunification Berlin, where Bennett’s legacy as a key face of film noir is solidified. What are the lasting reverberations of the violent act Walter Wanger committed in 1951 -- on Joan Bennett’s family, on film culture, politics and society? What, if anything, would be different today? Listen and subscribe at http://listen.vanityfair.com/loveisacrime or wherever you get your podcasts: http://listen.vanityfair.com/liac Apple Podcasts: http://listen.vanityfair.com/loveisacrime Spotify: http://listen.vanityfair.com/liac-spotify Stitcher: http://listen.vanityfair.com/liac-google For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
