• Sound the Trumpets, Beat Out the Stroke - it's Charlton Heston Night
    Nov 19 2024
    Steve is joined by fellow film historians John Trafton and Avie Hern to discuss the prodigious career of widescreen icon Charlton Heston, covering everything from his early work in The Greatest Show on Earth, to his biblical epics The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur, to his science fiction spectacular Planet of the Apes.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Honey, I Cranked a Screenplay
    Nov 12 2024

    Steve interviews Oscar-winning screenwriter Tom Schulman, who won his Academy Award for "The Dead Poet's Society," but also wrote the comedy classics "What About Bob?" and "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids."

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    58 mins
  • Amber Alert: Compelling Thriller
    Oct 29 2024

    Steve interviews writer/director Kerry Bellessa and his producer/wife Summer all about their taut 2024 thriller "Amber Alert."

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    49 mins
  • TV Themes Galore
    Oct 22 2024
    This week Steve interviews renown film and television music historian Jon Burlingame about TV themes and the impact they've made over the years, referencing such classics as "Gilligan's Island," "The Beverly Hillbillies," "Game of Thrones," "Friends," "Cheers", "Mission Impossible," "Hawaii 5-0," "Combat" and many more.
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Ride'em Cowboys
    Oct 15 2024

    Steve interviews Geno Cuddy, a walking encyclopedia of B Western lore. Through Geno, we learn about the product of Hollywood's Poverty Row studios, and cowboy actor legends Roy Rogers, William S. Hart, Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Buck Jones, Sunset Carson, Buster Crabbe, Lash Larue and others, in a spirited discussion about a little known but vital part of early Hollywood history.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Blockbuster Publicist
    Oct 1 2024

    Steve interviews retired publicity executive Marvin Levy who started his career publicizing Best Picture Oscar winners "Gigi," "Ben-Hur," and "Lawrence of Arabia," eventually becoming director Steven Spielberg's top PR exec, where he was involved in everything from "Jaws" to "West Side Story," with stops along the way with "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Schindler's List," "Saving Private Ryan" and many more.

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    51 mins
  • Dyan Cannon: A Force of Nature
    Sep 25 2024

    Steve interviews three-time Academy Award nominee Dyan Cannon on her lengthy career in television and film, including her Oscar-nominated performances in "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" and "Heaven Can Wait," her marriage to Cary Grant, and her friendship with Peter Sellers and Charles Grodin.

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    49 mins
  • King Suit
    Sep 16 2024

    Steve interviews former president of 20th Century Fox Television Harris Katleman, who also served in the top TV spot at MGM Television, Columbia Pictures Television and Goodson Todman Productions. In a career spanning over 50 years, Mr. Katleman takes us from the early days of working for Lew Wasserman at the the MCA agency to getting Rupert Murdoch to greenlight "The Simpsons," much of which is detailed in his excellent autobiography "You Can't Fall Off the Floor," which he co-wrote with his grandson, Nick.

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    1 hr