Hollywood's First Weight Loss Guru: Madame Sylvia (Make Me Over, Episode 2)
- Podcast Episode
- 2020
- 43m
Glamorous and shrewd, Sylvia of Hollywood became the movie industry's first weight-loss guru during the end of the silent era. An immigrant of mysterious origin, she would cannily market her... Read allGlamorous and shrewd, Sylvia of Hollywood became the movie industry's first weight-loss guru during the end of the silent era. An immigrant of mysterious origin, she would cannily market herself to clients like Gloria Swanson, who she promised to 'slenderize, refine, reduce and s... Read allGlamorous and shrewd, Sylvia of Hollywood became the movie industry's first weight-loss guru during the end of the silent era. An immigrant of mysterious origin, she would cannily market herself to clients like Gloria Swanson, who she promised to 'slenderize, refine, reduce and squeeze' into shape. But her taste for gossip and publicity would become her downfall in th... Read all