153: Hollywood’s First Weight Loss Guru: Madame Sylvia (Make Me Over, Episode 2)
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Make Me Over is a special presentation of You Must Remember This. Last week, we learned about an actress who literally had several pounds of flesh sliced off of her body in an effort to conform to Hollywood's body ideals of the late 1920s. Today, we're going to hear the story of a woman who showed up in Hollywood around that same time, peddling a novel and possibly sadistic new way for performers to reduce their size.
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