Sam Mullins

From Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment, I'm Sam Mullins, and this is Dr. Dante.

From Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment, I'm Sam Mullins, and this is Dr. Dante.

We open in a disco on a rainy night in Hollywood in 1969. In 1969, disco hadn't officially arrived in America yet. But this was Hollywood, where everywhere you looked was the future.

We open in a disco on a rainy night in Hollywood in 1969. In 1969, disco hadn't officially arrived in America yet. But this was Hollywood, where everywhere you looked was the future.

From across the bar, Dr. Ronald Dante spotted a woman sipping a vodka. If you were to see this woman in any context, you would squint your eyes and think, she looks like somebody. Like a somebody. Regal, almost. Her whole life and career was built upon her looking like a somebody.

From across the bar, Dr. Ronald Dante spotted a woman sipping a vodka. If you were to see this woman in any context, you would squint your eyes and think, she looks like somebody. Like a somebody. Regal, almost. Her whole life and career was built upon her looking like a somebody.

She was discovered as a teenager sipping a Coke in a corner store when a man asked her straight up, would you like to be in the movies? So they put her in a minor role in a film as a teenager. And when she was on screen wearing a tight sweater, the men in theaters were rendered into cartoon wolves, eyes popping, slapping the table, howling at the piece of meat before them.

She was discovered as a teenager sipping a Coke in a corner store when a man asked her straight up, would you like to be in the movies? So they put her in a minor role in a film as a teenager. And when she was on screen wearing a tight sweater, the men in theaters were rendered into cartoon wolves, eyes popping, slapping the table, howling at the piece of meat before them.

For the rest of her life, she was known as the Sweater Girl. So they gave her bigger roles in bigger movies. And by the end of the 1940s, she was one of the biggest stars in the world, the woman who would be Marilyn Monroe before Marilyn Monroe. This was Lana Turner.

For the rest of her life, she was known as the Sweater Girl. So they gave her bigger roles in bigger movies. And by the end of the 1940s, she was one of the biggest stars in the world, the woman who would be Marilyn Monroe before Marilyn Monroe. This was Lana Turner.

And on this rainy night at this disco, like so many men before him, Dante noticed her when his manager turns to him and asks, You know who that is?

And on this rainy night at this disco, like so many men before him, Dante noticed her when his manager turns to him and asks, You know who that is?

One song later, Dante was confidently striding toward her, making his move, crafting his angle in the time it took him to cross the room. He asked her, would you like to dance? Lana looked him up and down to do a quick calculation of her own. Handsome, nice suit, warm smile? Yes. She takes his hand as he glides her to the dance floor.

One song later, Dante was confidently striding toward her, making his move, crafting his angle in the time it took him to cross the room. He asked her, would you like to dance? Lana looked him up and down to do a quick calculation of her own. Handsome, nice suit, warm smile? Yes. She takes his hand as he glides her to the dance floor.

Two other people who are likely thinking, oh, Lana, not again. Of the many things Lana Turner is known for, being the sweater girl or Madame X, she's perhaps best known for her many failed marriages. She had a solid half dozen of them by the time she met Dante. There was Artie Shaw, a jazz musician slash complete asshole.

Two other people who are likely thinking, oh, Lana, not again. Of the many things Lana Turner is known for, being the sweater girl or Madame X, she's perhaps best known for her many failed marriages. She had a solid half dozen of them by the time she met Dante. There was Artie Shaw, a jazz musician slash complete asshole.

Then Stephen Crane, husband number two, who, whoops, forgot to mention that he already had a wife. That was a bad scene. Third was Bob Topping, a kind man until he drank. That was a mess. Fourth, Lex Barker, a fellow actor. Man enough to play Tarzan in the movies, not man enough to be married to someone more successful than him.

Then Stephen Crane, husband number two, who, whoops, forgot to mention that he already had a wife. That was a bad scene. Third was Bob Topping, a kind man until he drank. That was a mess. Fourth, Lex Barker, a fellow actor. Man enough to play Tarzan in the movies, not man enough to be married to someone more successful than him.

Husband number five was Fred May, a good man. This one, she blames on herself.

Husband number five was Fred May, a good man. This one, she blames on herself.