The History of Hollywood

Published: May 19, 2022, 4:31 p.m.

b"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'."