{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Media Path Podcast","title":"Wisdom Gleaned From The Golden Age & An Insider's View Of Pop Culture History with Nancy Olson Livingston","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4619,"description":"Nancy Olson Livingston joins Weezy and Lisa for a captivating journey through Hollywood's Golden Age and show business history, all seen through the eyes of a woman who was there for so many of its defining moments. Her memoir is titled A Front Row Seat and wait until you hear what she has witnessed!\n\nNancy Olson (now 98!) was once a UCLA student and a Paramount contract player learning every facet of filmmaking by simply spending time on the studio lot, where she first caught the attention of director Billy Wilder during the shooting of her screen debut in Canadian Pacific. \n\nImpressed by her wholesome Midwestern authenticity, Wilder cast her as Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard. \n\nNancy offers a fascinating look at Wilder's unique directing style which involved extensive rehearsals before shooting only one take! She then recounts the memorable love scene with William Holden that took an unexpected turn when Holden's wife interrupted their steamy embrace with a very emphatic \"Cut!\"\n\nAlthough Nancy stepped away from Hollywood (Marrying Alan J. Lerner)  before any of her first four films were even released, the success of Sunset Boulevard drew her back to the screen.\n\nShe returned at the personal invitation of Walt Disney to star in Pollyanna and then The Absent Minded Professor and she relished every moment spent working with the consummate professionals at Disney.\n\nWhile married to legendary lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, Nancy played an instrumental role in reuniting the stellar songwriting team of Lerner and Loewe!\n\nAfter an estrangement, she helped bring them back together and paved the way for the creation of My Fair Lady, a musical Lerner ultimately dedicated to her. She recalls serving as an unofficial first audience for the now-iconic, \"The Rain in Spain!”\n\nNancy’s next chapter begins with her marriage to Capitol Records Exec Alan Livingston. The  first time he played her music by a new British band called The Beatles she was not impressed but she did hatch...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1GgYXD_hiwnssFuMS_Ei9MsCDyCcGaTzCMtzybbX1pQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEzNjgxLzE1OTg0/NjUyMTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}