Love is a Crime
True Crime
It’s 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), Wanger’s actress wife. When the dust settled, Wanger was accepted back into Hollywood’s inner circle with open arms, while a puritan panic virtually ended Bennett’s career in movies and her family would never be the same. How did Joan — the youngest member of one of America’s 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 husband’s crimes? In this limited podcast series, Joan and Walter’s 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.
Location:
United States
Genres:
True Crime
Description:
It’s 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), Wanger’s actress wife. When the dust settled, Wanger was accepted back into Hollywood’s inner circle with open arms, while a puritan panic virtually ended Bennett’s career in movies and her family would never be the same. How did Joan — the youngest member of one of America’s 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 husband’s crimes? In this limited podcast series, Joan and Walter’s 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:
English
Website:
http://www.vanityfair.com
From In the Dark: The Runaway Princesses
Duration:00:15:34
Episode 10: The Woman in the Window
Duration:00:48:58
Episode 9: Dark Shadows
Duration:00:47:23
Episode 8: I Want to Live!
Duration:00:54:46
Episode 7: The Shooting
Duration:00:40:44
Episode 6: Man Hunt
Duration:00:41:49
Episode 5: The Apartment
Duration:00:38:19
Episode 4: The Reckless Moment
Duration:00:44:21
Episode 3: Scarlet Street
Duration:00:49:22
Episode 2: The Man I Married
Duration:00:50:08
Episode 1: Private Worlds
Duration:01:02:38
Introducing Love is a Crime
Duration:00:02:27