Opening
From the recesses of an Aztec temple, the movie house pit orchestras announces a brutal murder…

Rewind to 1921
A grieving Alice rewinds the dusty reels 40 years to tell her side of the story…

Culver City Morning
Back to 1921. The cast and crew assemble for an innocent day of shooting in Culver City…

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” Tango
Tempers flare during the shooting of Valentino’s legendary tango?

Action!
Rex teaches the novice cast how to “act” in front of the camera… Action!

Mexican Waltz
Should Ramón, bitten by the acting bug, tell his traditional Mexican-refugee parents of new his aspirations?…

Cutting Room Floor
Alice discovers a new “Latin Lover”-type while editing the day’s reels, but Rex has discovered a lover in Alice…

Durango Polka 1
“Where the Pavement Ends”
Fasten you seatbelts (errr, life preservers). Howe, the Hollywood columnist/rapper is going on location to get the latest dirt on Rex, Alice, and Ramón… to the South Seas…

Durango Polka 2
“Scaramouche”
…and now to Revolutionary France. Ramón and Alice look smashing as Parisian aristocrats…

Durango Polka 3
“The Arab”
…and to the deserts of Northern Africa. The trio’s stars are rising… but will the “band break-up”?

Hollywood Dream Maker
Enter Louis B. Mayer… he makes stars! And makes them sign right here on the dotted line!

One of Those Girls
Meet Lucille Lesueur, about to be known as “Joan Crawford”, dancing queen of the Café Montmartre, vying for yet another Charleston-dancing trophy. Get ‘em, girl!…

The Show Must Go On
Alice, always hiding her true feelings when it comes to love and life…

Arrival in Rome 
Roman fleets, herculean sets, and a shot at the BIG time!…

Live for Today
In the ruins of a Pompeiian brothel, Ramón shares his devastating secret with the Hollywood reporter. Careful!…

Circus Maximus 
It’s the biggest day on the biggest movie set ever constructed. All eyes, all 12,000 of them on set (and 42 cameras!), are on a nervous 26-year old, his team of stallions, and a Roman chariot. Where is Rex when you need him?

Whisper Sisters Charleston
Welcome to the speakeasy… where the “gin is cold” and all the men are women… Does that drag queen playing Joan really think she can out-dance the real Joan Crawford? Move over, sister!…

Family Values
Mayer lays down the law, the MGM law. “Settle down and get a wife!”…

Leading Lady Waltz
Alice, just mail the damn letter. You’re still his leading lady. And that other guy’s too…

Rio Nights
Ramón attempts a little singing career, with a jaunt to London, and Berlin, and Paris, and Buenos Ares, and Rio…

Just Dance
Joan helps her “dearest” buddy Haines get over some devastating news… with a little tango, and a whole-house make-over…

Take Me There
Ramón contemplates a return to his old life and old ways. Will he leave Alice and Rex behind for good?…

Popocatepetl Cock-tail-es
Bridge party at Ramón’s. Alice, let me mix you a cocktail, and another, and another…

Finalé
A scandal, a murder, a funeral, and a revelation after 40 years…