Heart Of It All

The Mother of Hollywood

Episode Summary

Los Angeles based journalist and historian Hadley Meares talks with us about the Mother of Hollywood, Daeida Wilcox Beveridge. And just GUESS where Daeida is from? This story is quite possibly THEE origin story of the Ohio and Hollywood connection.

Episode Notes

LA Curbed article written by Hadley Meares on the Mother of Hollywood!

Vanity Fair, Old Hollywood Book Club article with Carole Lombard and Clark Gable

For history buffs; a very cool article on the Street Car and Hollywood. Lots of details about Daeida and Harvey Wilcox. Also some really cool photos of Paul de Longpre’s gorgeous estate.

 

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This episode was edited and engineered by Adam Rich, Audio Supervisor WOUB Public Media

Support provided by WOUB Public Media.