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In the second of this 2 part series on Hollywood Red Heads, this episode tells the story of Maureen O Hara, one of the  most beautiful, athletic, and talented film actresses that ever graced Hollywood film.

Born to a well to do family in southern Ireland, and a fierce Irish and American patriot, Maureen speedily rose up the film ladder, appearing in melodramas, westerns, musicals and adventure movies, many of which are viewed as some of the greatest Hollywood films ever made. 

Dubbed the Queen of Technicolor, she was and remains the quintessential female counter to John Wayne, their film partnership forever viewed as the symbol of what perfect chemistry between a male and lead female actor could be in the movies. 

As well as appearing opposite John Wayne, she fronted movies with many of the great male leads of the studio era, including Tyrone Power and Errol Flynn and was directed by many of the great directors, including the mercurial John Ford, who would have a major impact on her personal and professional life.

But like so  many of the great stars of yester year she would suffer greatly for her art, enduring 2 awful husbands, much sexism, unwarranted gossip, and commercial skulldugery, which sometimes hampered her career.

This episode of CHMTC tells the story of the trials and tribulations of Maureen O Hara, one of Hollywoods hardworking and greatest actresses, who despite all that was thrown at her on a professional and personal level, forged a great career and found personal happiness. 

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Så skal vi atter stifte bekendtskab med en Billy Wilder-film på vores vej mod IMDb-listens nr. 1. Nemlig i form af retssalsdramaet Witness for the Prosecution (Anklagerens Vidne) fra 1957. Her møder vi stærke karakterskuespilspræstationer fra Charles Laughton som gammel og afdanket advokat, Tyrone Power som tilsyneladende svigermors drøm og så endelig (det mærkværdige) sexsymbol fra datiden i form af Marlene Dietrich. Og det er netop skuespillet, der i centrum her sammen med rappe retssalsreplikker og et afsluttende og nyskabende plottwist. Billy Wilders retssalsdrama-skabelon er elsket og brugt et utal af gange af instruktører gennem tiden, og vi ser i dag nærmere på, om Witness for the Prosecution stadig holder i dag eller dramaet er gået hen og blevet søvndyssende med tiden. Episodens anbefalinger følger op på drama-temaet ved at gå i retning af massedrab og kendismord.

Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell and Coleen Gray star in a riveting noir classic about a smooth talking man who gets his start in the circus, then moves on to his own popular act in Chicago. It all begins to crumble around him when he meets a shady psychologist. Will McKinley joins us to discuss 1947's Nightmare Alley.