How Howard Strickling and Eddie Mannix “Fixed” the Most Horrible Scandals in Hollywood?

[@Heartwing37]

Hollywood is and always has been quite the cesspool!

[@cathycarsilli3999]

That's a fact

[@dickcnormis1444]

That’s why they are all democrats .

[@dickcnormis1444]

@@let-bohne8282 the majority of Hollywood are leftists, I’m not saying there are not conservatives, but the MAJORITY are leftists.

[@dickcnormis1444]

@@let-bohne8282 are you a nitpicking fruit or what? I amended my statement..MOST are liberals, now shut up already.

[@brendapayne6603]

No, they aren't all Democrats and never have been. It's clear you don't know the facts.

[@jpp9876]

I am sure there were a lot of tragedies we can't even imagine because the studios had more invested in these people than just one movie contract and would go to any lengths to protect the public image.

[@brianmccarthy5557]

Eddie Mannix was the inspiration for the name of the main character of the classic Mike Connor's detective series "Mannix" in the late 1960's/early 1970's

[@dorothychambers3956]

Thanks. For another great video.Hollywoods not changed much

[@garrettdavis6500]

Did they cover up Clark Gable's drunk-driving, hit-&-run manslaughter???? I'm a Huge, Clark Gable fan, but Damn, he was a cheat, responsible for the death of an innocent man, married for career advancement. You don't get to the top, & stay there for decades by being a nice guy.

[@Melinda8162]

@TautriadeltaI think it was a car accident, but the person killed was by an hit & run driver. I know I have heard and read about it before.

[@Heartwing37]

Wow, that’s some cynicism!

[@garrettdavis6500]

@Tautriadelta Whatever happened, it doesn't matter today either way. Gable ( I love the guy. He's one of my All-time heroes. ) but, Gable was 6 feet under before I was born. All of the those people. Whatever they have to answer for, it's between them, & God.

[@Melinda8162]

@Tautriadelta Well, ‘just relating’ stories and ‘hear-say’ is not slandering. And, it must cause damages to be considered ‘slander’ as a crime, if that’s what you’re getting at.

[@suzyfarnham3165]

@Tautriadelta Actually it is ALL true. He was drunk driving. He did marry Josephine and Ria to further his career. He was a serial cheater and he was an alcoholic? He was also my favourite actor ..BUT everything Garret said was totally true...except that the person died.That is debateable and always has been..depending on who you talk to.

[@misskatiescarlett6395]

Read the book The Fixers, tells the story of these two men in detail hired by MGM to "fix" any trouble the stars were getting into.

[@leeparks15]

I love finding out stories from back then. If only cell phones existed back then.

[@lindseycarribean5113]

Lol. A lot of careers would have been shattered though ! 😄😆

[@brentonl2631]

What a fantastic look at what went on behind the scenes back then. Not sure if there's been a movie made about these two hard men but it would certainly be epic and you can imagine all the things we didn't find out they fixed! Thanks for this excellent video I enjoy seeing the nitty gritty that went on in Hollywood. Brenton.

[@markperkins5626]

I’ll bet Ryan Murphy would produce a movie about these two guys.

[@TheToobNube]

There's a movie called Hail Caesar. Definitely worth checking out

[@velmonicahouston1165]

That went on? It's still going on!

[@zephyer-gp1ju]

I've read the studios had such well oiled machines that often the police would arrive at a stars's home and the studio people were already there cleaning up.

[@beatlessteve1010]

"special services department" sounds eerily like " the house of special purpose"....aka...the last residence of the Romanovs'

[@mic9843]

And now today this is the profession we know as PR crisis management and crisis communications.

[@lindseycarribean5113]

Thoses " fixers " , hiding people I would say, didn't hesitate to use their fists in order to hide big scandals. Some photographers got beat up !

[@samanthab1923]

Watch the Coen Bros. Hail Caesar! The Josh Brolin character is Eddie Mannix.

[@Rmby5759]

Love it, great show and information.

[@gingerleake8385]

Your stories are interesting but the editing is awful. You repeat yourself and tell things out of order. Think about rereading your script before recording and have someone else watch it before uploading.

[@theshape7214]

I agree

[@zephyer-gp1ju]

I agree and he does this in most of his videos.

[@ruthlawrence8046]

Hi Age of Vintage, how are you going? Loving this video about the two hard hitting "FIX IT MEN " I don't think there would have been a movie made in the Golden Years of Hollywood that didn't need something either, hushed up, or simply disappear into oblivion. How interesting would it have been back in that time, to be right in the thick of things, & see what went on behind the scenes. I'm sure there would have been plenty going on, that we still don't know about. Another fascinating insight into the way thing's were handled that's for sure. Nice to see AOV CHANNEL back up, LOVE LOVE YOU & your fantastic channel 😍 Love Love from Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺🎬🎬📽📽❤❤💛💛💙💙💚💚💖💖😊😊😄😄💘💘💋💋💋💋💋XXXXXXXX

[@Susieq26754]

Them old movie stars were as perverted as they are today.

[@gaylejackson9409]

Did you drop the Patricia Douglas story about the sales convention ranch party or did I miss the end of that? It's a good one. Many details lost because a lot of your storytelling meanders. Too bad.

[@djquinn11]

I just read her story, how disturbing and disgusting.

[@zephyer-gp1ju]

She was raped by one of the salesmen. Unlike many women of the time (and today) she didn't keep quite about it. I think there is a movie about it, Girl 21 or something to that effect.

[@michaelhanning2321]

No, you didn't miss it because he ended the story when she showed up for call that she was led to believe was for background or extra work, leaving what was done to her completely unspoken. The rest of this clip doesn't do much better- Lot's of famous names with no substance. I worked on that lot for over 35 years, so I was looking forward to some well well written accounts of how these two men went about their business, but there was basically zero information delivered ...

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

Thanks for the warning on the dud video, there's no videos on your channel despite all of your experience being around film 👀

[@robertobrien4799]

Great vid!

[@michaelweber8724]

Why do you have a photo of Carol Burnett in "Annie" at 8:02? What does that have to do with any of this?

[@roberthenleynola]

I enjoyed most of the video very much, but ... it's Lupe VELEZ, not Lupe VELDEZ.

[@bobsanders9114]

It certainly is. Suggests poor research.

[@Melinda8162]

Who cares?

[@caraqueno]

@@Melinda8162 People with integrity do, Melissa!

[@grahamhill6340]

Wonderful videos... Having had a 40 year career in HOLLYWOOD as both a writer and studio historian, I am well educated to your subjects. In this case I have to point out some of the stars you mention have the photos of others -like talking about VAN JOHNSON's scandal and showing KEENAN WYNN instead.... There are other examples, but I'm sure most people wouldn't notice anyway. Your presentation is first class, and I'm British myself and envy your appealing voice. When I came out to HOLLYWOOD in the 1970's, it was the very tail-end of the Studio System, but I was fortunate enough to meet, interview and write about so many of the people both in-front of and behind the camera, who have had iconic lives. From being studio historian for MCA-Universal 1977-1988 and for 20th Century-Fox 1989 -2015, whilst writing storylines for TV shows as 'historians' don't make enough to live-on, I got to make friends with people who personally knew firsthand a lot more about the scandals you show here... I hope we can communicate further as we clearly have something in common here -Cheers!

[@dggydddy59]

Mike Connors who played Joe Mannix from the 60's TV show MANNIX in a video about someone with that same last name?! Who is picking out the pictures you use? Somebody's not paying attention!

[@maxpayne2574]

I noticed that in the Raymond Burr video also

[@deborahgallery8912]

That era was fascinating indeed mannix and strickling knew everything going on in Hollywood

[@delilahjustdelilah603]

Eddie Mannix was my grandmother (through marriage), uncle, she told me some CRAZY stories!

[@SunsetBoulevard111]

Please share

[@deanadiedrich9304]

How about Toni Maddox and George Reeves bio. He was the best Clark Kent ...out of them all!

[@nadyarossi5102]

Couldn't agree more!

[@gnolan4281]

Two minutes into this video you are still repeating that these two guys were fixers. I understood the first time.

[@michaelhensley8203]

15 minutes and not a single detail to back up the accusations fixing!

[@emilymalden3310]

I read the book, The Fixers. It was good!

[@Melinda8162]

@Sylvia Cortez Sounds interesting. I’ll need to look for it. Hopefully at the library?

[@geniasmith5791]

I'm going to check it out I luv to read and I'm a huge fan of old Hollywood 😁

[@Melinda8162]

@@geniasmith5791 Me too. Nothing interesting about 'current Hollywood' ! 😔😁

[@allisonjackson6142]

Is this the same Eddie Mannix that was portrayed in Hollywoodland? It has to be right?

[@samanthab1923]

Yes, his wife was seeing George Reeves.

[@monilaninetynine3811]

Yep.

[@elavke5441]

@@samanthab1923 is that why he died?

[@samanthab1923]

Ela Vke Don't think so. She was at his funeral. I believe the new girl killed him.

[@shakeyraware1563]

@@samanthab1923 I agree lennore lemmon did it but he was at Eddie mannixs funeral home eerie right 🤯😵‍💫

[@erichstocker4173]

I have never viewed a video that repeated the same thing again and again. Yet, it provided no details of any of these repeated things. Gangster and fixer appeared more than stars. All generalization and no specifics. Worthless.

[@sandisteinberg1579]

Try Mo10ta biographic videos, which repeat, screw up chronology, and use artificial narrators!!

[@bridgetgrant2776]

Exactly, what happened to Patricia Douglas?

[@loritracy1385]

Thank you 🌺

[@lindseycarribean5113]

Age, it's time for you to watch the Netflix show "Hollywood" !!! It relate with some of the points of this video. Really interesting. Do it before it gets removed, we never know, some are actually.

[@Emacee1701]

Narration with random pictures. Usually the pictures have nothing to do with what's talked about at the time (or at all). Come on, Dude. Match the pictures to the script. Otherwise, just do an audio only podcast. As it is, the pictures just get in the way.

[@zero_bs_tolerance8646]

Thank you.

[@ageofvintage2106]

Thank you! 🙂

[@thedon978]

We’re these men what the movie “Hail Cesar” was all about?

[@seanohare5488]

Thats famous New York City cop Eddie Egan in the photo with tv mannix star mike Connors

[@thack57]

The guy with Mike 'Mannix' Connors that they ID as Eddie Mannix is actually Eddie Egan better known as Popeye Doyle. They show him afain by himself.

[@bridgetgrant2776]

I think Strickling was the one who handled Loretta Young adopting her own child

[@Sacto1654]

But yet, Strickland and Mannix were essential to MGM for two reasons: the known infidelity of Charlie Chaplin and the highly-controversial trial of Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, accused of the death of a movie starlet in in 1921. Those two issues unnerved movie moguls to no end, and as such these two “fixers” were very necessary to protect the reputation of MGM, despite what we think now.

[@nadyarossi5102]

I've always believed that Eddie Mannix had George Reeves (Superman) killed.

[@blorac9869]

Berkeley, Davies and Comptroller are just three words that , so called speaker can not pronounce properly. Also Velez.

[@lenr.1719]

Unfortunately have to unsubscribe. You're build-up to the actual information leaves one nauseated. Get to the point faster.

[@waltrohrbach2459]

No, "Schenck" is correctly pronounced like "Shank" and NOT "skenk"

[@AllenHanPR]

Lets be real any higher powered, industry has one of these guys.

[@janiceanderson8181]

When’s the MINI-SERIES coming!!!!!

[@HoriaNeagu]

We only got the modern-day equivalent - Ray Donovan.

[@terr777]

Poor choice to throw in a still of Carol Burnett (in a film role) as if she ever had a scandal with the bottle.

[@BoBo-ti6jh]

The two worked only for MGM and most of the scandals you mentioned had nothing to do with MGM. They did not help to cover those up.

[@brigette3004]

Covering up the trash.

[@forgottengemsoldtimenusic6520]

A poorly made video. They keep saying the same information over and over. Get better writers!

[@nonosays]

Now THAT'S a movie!

[@lanacampbell-moore4549]

Thank You AOV 2👌😁

[@the_resourceful]

A pair of Greasy Palms.

[@philipanderson4673]

Boy... this is a real mess... don't waste your time.. (Lupe Velez, not Veldez.. do your homework)

[@californiagirl1579]

Wow! Just sad 😔 I believe it all dammm

[@carmeniglesias1714]

These people were authoritarian if not out right Facists!

[@mwansakapambwe968]

kinda like that ray donovan character

[@emmajohnson6955]

I need a fixer in my life.

[@johnerwin9024]

Fixers or Hatchet Men😳

[@nicholasfiorentino85]

Sick

[@larry1824]

Get me Geissler

[@romanclay1913]

Did they cover-up the actual cause of Jean Harlow's death?

[@romanclay1913]

@Sylvia Cortez STD?

[@elavke5441]

Kidney failure. What's to cover up?

[@romanclay1913]

@@elavke5441 STD possibly syphilis. Hair loss, impaired vision, fever, sore throat. No antibiotics.

[@romanclay1913]

@Tautriadelta That's proof on how well Howard Strickling and Eddie Mannix did their jobs.

[@elavke5441]

@@romanclay1913 how sad

[@sheilakirby5616]

TRUE TALENT ,,, OR JUST HOW FAR THEY COULD BE PUSHED PAST THEIR MORALS TO GAIN OR BE GIVEN GREATER ROLES !!! THE GOOD OL BOYS CLUB WASN'T ALL TO GOOD !!! JUST SELF INDULGING AND PERVERTING THUGS !!! SOME OF THESE ACTRESSES TRULY DESERVED BETTER !!!

[@mackermaldrill2656]

Mickey Rooney! What did he do, unbutton the top two buttons of his shirt? Regardless, a movie about these two guys would be, as Mr. Spock would say, "fascinating."

[@maxpayne2574]

Given he was married 8 times I think he unbuttoned more than his shirt!

[@mackermaldrill2656]

@@maxpayne2574 Yes, but it was most likely the sight of what women found that contrubuted to his being married 8 times.

[@Melinda8162]

@@mackermaldrill2656 Oh ugh......I cannot ‘ even imagine ‘ that.......ewwwwww.

[@mackermaldrill2656]

@@Melinda8162 Thank you.

[@elavke5441]

@@mackermaldrill2656 what?

[@waltrohrbach2459]

perfect pronounciation of "Schenck", because it's critisized twice, no it's not "skenk" but pronounced like "shank", as it was done. (of course everyone is free to "skenk" on, just doesn't make it right)

[@pamfrank3962]

Interesting

[@danicegewiss862]

Lupe Velez not Valdez.

[@zero_bs_tolerance8646]

I caught that, too.

[@ageofvintage2106]

Thank you! Yeah, we have realized...I don't know how did it happen...:o

[@elizabeths4371]

somewhat repetitive.

[@mohawkdriver2504]

Whole lot of talk with no substance. Don’t waste your time watching it.

[@dianatate5499]

I do wish you would word your titles as a proper sentence!

[@jl3322]

They showed a picture of Sen Ted Kennedy’s car from Chappaquiddick on this video. Talk about hard up to stretch this video that elicits nothing new that you no doubt already read about in the multiple Hollywood Babylon books written over the years.

[@kennethfrawley]

Like the tale, but your backgrounds are rubbish. Focus on analogous images and backgrounds. For, the story is compelling, verbally, yet rather annoying visually.

[@aliceborealis]

Slowest, most boring video EVER!

[@suzetteperkins1089]

You kept repeating yourself and didn’t expand much on the

[@OlhaZubrenko]

Сплетни

[@edmondscott7444]

Awful rubbish music get rid please. Ruins video.