In 1911 a group of filmmakers moved to Hollywood on the whim of a coin flip when they couldn\u2019t decide whether to relocate from New Jersey to California or Florida. Now, the Hollywood film industry contributed $504 billion to US GDP pre-pandemic and actors are more recognisable than most world leaders.\nCarla Valderrama, Hollywood historian and author of \u201cThis Was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars and Stories\u201d joins Sean to discuss some of the fascinating stories from old Hollywood.\n \nListen and subscribe to\xa0Moncrieff\xa0on\xa0Apple Podcasts,\xa0Google Podcasts\xa0or\xa0Spotify.\n\xa0\xa0\nDownload, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\nYou can also listen to Newstalk live on\xa0newstalk.com\xa0or on Alexa, by\xa0adding the Newstalk skill\xa0and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.