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Joining us this week on Locarno Meets is Ehsan Khoshbakht, curator of a major retrospective focusing on Columbia Pictures during its heyday of 1929-59. A centerpiece of the 77th Locarno Film Festival, this 44-film program redefined and recontextualized the legendary Hollywood studio during the tenure of its famously tyrannical president and co-founder: Harry Cohn. In our wide-ranging conversation, Khoshbakht spoke about the work of assembling the retrospective using Columbia's weekly release schedules in partnership with the Sony-Columbia archive, about Cohn's complex legacy, and about the unusual amount of freedom afforded to auteurs and women creators at the studio during its Golden Age.

Sidney Buchman clashes with Frank Capra, and gets sucked into the orbit of studio honcho Harry Cohn, before his attendance at a little party comes to cost him dearly, leading to him being suspected of communist ties. Mr. Buchman Goes To Washington is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Adam Prince, Robert Mitas, Dan Benamor and Michael B. Silver. Executive produced by Bill Baber, based on his screenplay of the same name. Written by Bill Baber and directed by Adam Prince. Starring Michael B. Silver as Sidney Buchman, Laura Jane Salvato as Peachy, Jerome St. Jerome as Harry Cohn, Samantha Claire as Carly and Suzy, Ruth Peebles as Virginia and Lillian, Ray Xifo as J. Edgar Hoover and Siegal, Kathryn Brown as Betty, Ruth and Streetwalker, Jonathan Regier as Cooper, Disney, Lawson and Jackson, James Eckhouse as Lardner, Doyle and Announcer, Bob Glouberman as Harold, Bill Kates as Alexander, Reagan, Walter and Churchill, and Adam Lazarre White as Capra and Taverner. Edited, sound designed and mixed by John Higgins and Joel Lipman. Original music by Derlis Gonzalez. If you're enjoying the show, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or anywhere you're listening. And subscribe now, for future episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pressure on Sidney mounts, and Harry Cohn urges him to abandon his honor to get free of it. Mr. Buchman Goes To Washington is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Adam Prince, Robert Mitas, Dan Benamor and Michael B. Silver. Executive produced by Bill Baber, based on his screenplay of the same name. Written by Bill Baber and directed by Adam Prince. Starring Michael B. Silver as Sidney Buchman, Laura Jane Salvato as Peachy, Jerome St. Jerome as Harry Cohn, Samantha Claire as Carly and Suzy, Ruth Peebles as Virginia and Lillian, Ray Xifo as J. Edgar Hoover and Siegal, Kathryn Brown as Betty, Ruth and Streetwalker, Jonathan Regier as Cooper, Disney, Lawson and Jackson, James Eckhouse as Lardner, Doyle and Announcer, Bob Glouberman as Harold, Bill Kates as Alexander, Reagan, Walter and Churchill, and Adam Lazarre White as Capra and Taverner. Edited, sound designed and mixed by John Higgins and Joel Lipman. Original music by Derlis Gonzalez. If you're enjoying the show, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or anywhere you're listening. And subscribe now, for future episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Sidney considers the unappealing option of naming names, tension mounts between him and his wife, and he finally comes to a decision. Mr. Buchman Goes To Washington is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Adam Prince, Robert Mitas, Dan Benamor and Michael B. Silver. Executive produced by Bill Baber, based on his screenplay of the same name. Written by Bill Baber and directed by Adam Prince. Starring Michael B. Silver as Sidney Buchman, Laura Jane Salvato as Peachy, Jerome St. Jerome as Harry Cohn, Samantha Claire as Carly and Suzy, Ruth Peebles as Virginia and Lillian, Ray Xifo as J. Edgar Hoover and Siegal, Kathryn Brown as Betty, Ruth and Streetwalker, Jonathan Regier as Cooper, Disney, Lawson and Jackson, James Eckhouse as Lardner, Doyle and Announcer, Bob Glouberman as Harold, Bill Kates as Alexander, Reagan, Walter and Churchill, and Adam Lazarre White as Capra and Taverner. Edited, sound designed and mixed by John Higgins and Joel Lipman. Original music by Derlis Gonzalez. If you're enjoying the show, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or anywhere you're listening. And subscribe now, for future episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sidney can stall no longer - will he damn himself to preserve his honor, or betray others for his own gain? Mr. Buchman Goes To Washington is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Adam Prince, Robert Mitas, Dan Benamor and Michael B. Silver. Executive produced by Bill Baber, based on his screenplay of the same name. Written by Bill Baber and directed by Adam Prince. Starring Michael B. Silver as Sidney Buchman, Laura Jane Salvato as Peachy, Jerome St. Jerome as Harry Cohn, Samantha Claire as Carly and Suzy, Ruth Peebles as Virginia and Lillian, Ray Xifo as J. Edgar Hoover and Siegal, Kathryn Brown as Betty, Ruth and Streetwalker, Jonathan Regier as Cooper, Disney, Lawson and Jackson, James Eckhouse as Lardner, Doyle and Announcer, Bob Glouberman as Harold, Bill Kates as Alexander, Reagan, Walter and Churchill, and Adam Lazarre White as Capra and Taverner. Edited, sound designed and mixed by John Higgins and Joel Lipman. Original music by Derlis Gonzalez. If you're enjoying the show, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or anywhere you're listening. And subscribe now, for future episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Screenwriter Jesse L. Lasky, Jr. tells his Hollywood tales as an insider stories and insights sparkling with poetry, humor, and the heat of first-hand observation. The son of the man who produced Hollywood's first feature film, Jesse's book is the history of the film industry, the birth of an artform, and a compelling personal memoir. There are revealing portraits of Lasky Sr., and his partners Samuel Goldfish (later Goldwyn) and Cecil B. DeMille (for whom Jesse wrote 8 films, including “The Ten Commandments” and “Samson & Delilah”) – plus photos of friends and colleagues such as Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Alfred Hitchcock, Harry Cohn, Daryll Zanuck, Nick Ray and Sam Fuller. From dating Jean Harlow to writing for Gary Cooper, and his pals Edward G. Robinson, and Yul Brynner – here are the artists and the conmen, the breathtaking creativity, and the destructive treachery. And it is all described by a very witty man who knew everyone and saw everything - Jesse Lasky, Jr. Whatever Happened to Hollywood? from the SON of its FOUNDING FATHER NEW MONOCHROME EDITION: Available Here DELUXE PRINT EDITION, Kindle & Audiobook: Available Here Please Like, Share, and Subscribe to our YouTube channel HERE Buy Richard's acclaimed books HERE Buy Richard's astounding music HERE  Send me enough for a cup of coffee at The Ritz to keep our Radio Richard growing: Via PayPal Via Patreon  

Celebrate a century of cinematic splendor with us as film historian Steven C. Smith and fashion expert Kimberly Truhler peel back the curtain on Columbia Pictures' illustrious history. From Harry Cohn's strategic cunning to the studio's transformation under the guiding hand of Frank Capra, this episode promises a treasure trove of insider knowledge. We'll reflect on the indelible mark left by "His Girl Friday"—a film that continues to sparkle with wit and wisdom 84 years after its debut.  With Steven and Kimberly's expertise, we'll also discover the crucial role of fashion in film, celebrating Robert Kalloch's contributions to some of the era's most iconic looks.Steven C. Smith websiteKimberly Truhler GlamAmore websiteAmazon purchase links: Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Volume 4Film Noir Style: The Killer 1940s bookMusic by Max Steiner: The Epic Life of Hollywood's Most Influential Composer BookA Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann Book The Extras Facebook pageThe Extras Twitter Warner Archive & Warner Bros Catalog GroupOtaku Media produces podcasts, behind-the-scenes extras, and media that connect creatives with their fans and businesses with their consumers. Contact us today to see how we can work together to achieve your goals. www.otakumedia.tv

Legend has it that when Jean Arthur walked out of Columbia Studios for the very last time, she shouted "I'm free! I'm free!" If it didn't happen that way, well, Jean had her own habit of stretching the truth so The Old Movie Lady thinks it's okay. She was the unusual character with the quirky voice who became a star in her mid-thirties (shhh!) and appeared in a string of classics like Mr Deeds Goes to Town, The Devil and Miss Jones, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, The More the Merrier. and You Can't Take It With You. But how did she get there, and what lead to Jean's ecstatic departure from Harry Cohn's studio? Find out that and more, in this special episode of OML, this is Close Up: Jean Arthur. This episode contains (mild) language that may be inappropriate for some listeners. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patrial Transcript: Recovering from the dissolution of her marriage as well as a second suicide attempt, Hazel was determined to move on with her life in Paris. The French film industry was interested in Hazel. Now that she felt she had earned more maturity and life experience, she was comfortable actually acting in a role. So she went on set for Le Desordre et la Nuit (Disorder of the Night) where she played a supporting role as a dancer. It was the first time she was playing someone other than herself on screen. Her son shared that after the first day of filming, Hazel came home and announced, “Your Mother does not speak french!” According to Skipper, he knew there was trouble whenever she began a sentence with “your mother.” It turned out that her accent needed work, not necessarily her language skills so the studio got her a french dialect coach.  That same day, they got the news that Harry Cohn, the president of Columbia Pictures had died. She explained to the cast and crew the whole story of Cohn and his promise that she would never make another movie until the day he died. And now, years after his promise, he died and she was on a set filming. It would become one of her favorite stories to tell, no longer would Cohn threaten her career on the big screen. Hazel went on to film a couple of other french films. Very nearly including Paris Blues  with Sidney Poitier & Paul Newman but ultimately the part went to another. She was still synonymous with being a musician even on the big screen. Hazel said, “Once you played the priest, you can never play the gangster…Everybody just wants me to come on and sing. And I can do so much more than that.”  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Partial Transcript: By the 1940s, Hazel Scott was touring the country, known for her unique style of piano and singing, combining classical music with jazz. Her short film career was now cursed by Columbia Picture's head Harry Cohn. “I have always been a very strong feminine creature,” Hazel said, “and to subdue me a very, very strong masculine creature is required.” Enter Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. He was born on Nov 29th, 1908. When his family moved from Connecticut to Harlem, he had his first brush with racism. The Powell family were mostly light-skinned of African, European and Native American ancestry. His lighter complexion did often lead to bullying, with one block of black children and another block of Italian and Irish children demanding to know if he was white or black. In order to survive, Adam became what people needed him to be, black in black crowds and white in white crowds. This chameleon-like adjustment was the beginning of his natural charisma that would make him a successful politician. Learn and listen more:https://shows.acast.com/who-was-she-podcastAlso available on:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-was-she/id1548368026https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08JJS5J2T/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_H6paGbTR63EK9https://open.spotify.com/show/78a4pv6tYgad4C0mEftAgBYou can also find more information on our social media:http://instagram.com/whowasshepodcasthttps://www.facebook.com/whowasshepodcasthttps://www.pinterest.com/whowasshepodcast Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Frank Sinatra was one of the most successful recording artists of the twentieth century. He was also one of the controversial figures within American mass culture. From the earliest days of his ascent, rumors abounded with respect to his alleged connections to the criminal underworld. In Episode 24, Pettengill examines these connections that intersect American culture, even in a twenty-first century context. But WAS Sinatra connected? Did a Don, ANY DON, make Harry Cohn...or Tommy Dorsey an "offer they" couldn't refuse? The answers are complicated.

In 1954, Frank Sinatra won an Oscar for his performance as a scrappy soldier named Angelo Maggio in the film “From Here to Eternity."  In our Winter Doldrums podcast, we play an audio clip from Francis Ford Coppola's first Godfather film that details how that role went to Sinatra over the intense objection of Columbia Pictures head of production Harry Cohn.  We also have an audio clip from Francois Truffaut's film “Fahrenheit 451,” adapted from Ray Bradbury's novel of the same name.

Our November Special Subject is Sirk Noir-vember: four noir or noir-adjacent movies directed by Douglas Sirk in the late 1940s/early 50s: Lured (1947), Sleep, My Love (1948), Shockproof (1949), and Thunder on the Hill (1951). We discuss to what extent these films can be considered "auteur" works and in what ways they qualify as noirs; Sirk's use of actor personas and his own "acteur" theory; the relative merits of Sam Fuller's and Harry Cohn's ideas about how to end a movie; nun movie tropes; and much more.  Time Codes: 0h 1m 00s:        Sirk in Hollywood 0h 6m 34s:        LURED (1947) [dir. Douglas Sirk] 0h 31m 54s:      SLEEP, MY LOVE (1948) [dir. Douglas Sirk] 0h 45m 02s:      SHOCKPROOF (1949) [dir. Douglas Sirk] 0h 57m 39s:      THUNDER ON THE HILL (1951) [dir. Douglas Sirk]   +++ * Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project – a discussion of Late Spring * Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s * Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive) * Read Elise's piece on Gangs of New York – “Making America Strange Again” * Check out Dave's Robert Benchley blog – an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist's 2000+ pieces as he can locate – Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!  Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com We now have a Discord server - just drop us a line if you'd like to join! 

A classic FIB episode from 6-8-21.The life and times of Sammy Davis Jr's love affair with Kim Novak and how Harry Cohn nearly had him whacked.

In our Jean Arthur Acteurist Oeuvre-view this week, we look at two of Arthur's best-known comedies, Easy Living (1937), directed by Mitchell Leisen, with a screenplay by Preston Sturges, and You Can't Take It With You (1938), directed by Frank Capra. Dave explains why Jean Arthur's performance in Easy Living is his all-time favourite comedy performance by an actress. (Hint: it involves a pig called "Wafford.") We ponder Arthur's transformation into a glamorous romantic lead, even as she retains her (slightly off-kilter) ordinary person qualities, and the contrasting comic visions of Sturges and Capra. Then, in our Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto segment, we discuss our second double feature of Tod Browning's Dracula and Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula, the subject of our 2019 Halloween episode. This time around we find a lot to say about Coppola's Dracula as a Dionysian Christ figure who can lead Winona Ryder out of the death-in-life of civilization.  Time Codes: 0h 1m 00s:        EASY LIVING (1937) [dir. Mitchell Leisen] 0h 49m 27s:      Jean Arthur v. Harry Cohn – 1937/1938 (from John Oller's Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew) 0h 54m 19s:      YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938) [dir. Frank Capra]   1h 22m 35s:      Fear & Moviegoing in Toronto – DRACULA (1931) by Tod Browning & BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992) by Francis Ford Coppola   +++ * Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project – a discussion of Late Spring * Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s * Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive) * Read Elise's piece on Gangs of New York – “Making America Strange Again” * Check out Dave's Robert Benchley blog – an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist's 2000+ pieces as he can locate – Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!  Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com We now have a Discord server - just drop us a line if you'd like to join! 

Episode 20 begins to piece together the moving parts of the West Coast mob. Listeners met Johnny Roselli, Mickey Cohen, and Tony Cornero in the previous episode. This episode will begin to weave the complex tapestry that was Hollywood's mafia scene. Pettengill notes how much of this process began when Al Capone tried to extend his influence into Southern California. It was unsuccessful but he did stumble upon Roselli in the process. And before long, Roselli became Capone's "man in Hollywood." Not to be outdone, the Eastern Syndicate sent their man, Benny Bugsy Siegel, to counter the influence of the Chicago Outfit. Sprinkled into the mix are individuals like Harry Cohn and Billy Wilkerson, who had complicated relationships with numerous underworld figures. Collectively, these individuals helped organized crime reinvent itself as the nation neared the Second World War.

In our second Jean Arthur Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode, Arthur moves into her A-picture period at Columbia with John Ford's curious comedy/crime melodrama, The Whole Town's Talking, starring Edward G. Robinson in a dual role, and Erle C. Kenton's Children's Hour-reminiscent Party Wire. While we see more of the familiar Arthur comedy persona emerge in The Whole Town's Talking, she gets to show off her quiet moral authority and perspicacity in Party Wire, playing a woman who becomes the victim of town gossip. We make the case for Party Wire as a small-town satire worthy of standing alongside Stevens' Alice Adams, Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, and Billy Wilder's Kiss Me, Stupid, and find more evidence for the secret feminism of Harry Cohn.    Time Codes: 0h 01m 00s:  THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING (1935) [dir. John Ford] 0h 25m 41s: PARTY WIRE (1935) [dir. Erle C. Kenton] 0h 55m 31s:  Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto - THE RED DETACHMENT OF WOMEN (1961) [dir. Xie Jin]    +++ * Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project – a discussion of Late Spring * Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s * Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive) * Read Elise's piece on Gangs of New York – “Making America Strange Again” * Check out Dave's Robert Benchley blog – an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist's 2000+ pieces as he can locate – Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!  Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com We now have a Discord server - just drop us a line if you'd like to join! 

After twenty years in front of a camera, Loretta Young walked out of her contract with Twentieth Century Fox and became a freelance star. Darryl Zanuck blackballed her as a result, which lead to months without any script offers. She began her independent film career in Columbia studio, because Harry Cohn was one filmmaker brazen enough to defy Zanuck. Loretta made two pictures: The Doctor Takes a Wife (with Ray Milland) and He Stayed for Breakfast (with Melvyn Douglas). Both pictures were critical and commercial successes and established her facility with light comedy.

This episode was written using the following references:American Film Institute. (2010, February 5). Frank Capra Accepts the 10th AFI Life Achievement Award in 1982 [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t746ZVw09P4Balio, T. (1993). Grand design : Hollywood as a modern business enterprise, 1930-1939. New York: Scribner.Capra, F. (1971). The name above the title : an autobiography. New York: Macmillan.Tzioumakis Y. (2006) American independent cinema, an introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.Mizejewski, L. (2010). It happened one night. Chichester, U.K. ;: Wiley-Blackwell.Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998) dirs. Simcha Jacobovici and Stuart Samuels.Muscio, G. (1998). Roosevelt, Arnold, and Capra, (or) the Federalist-Populist Paradox. In Sklar, R. & Zagarrio, V. (eds.) Frank Capra: Authorship and the Studio System (pp. 164-189). Philadelphia: Temple University Press.Carney, R. (1996). American vision : the films of Frank Capra. Hanover, N.H. ;: Wesleyan University Press.Poague, L. (1994). Another Frank Capra. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Podcast guest 323 is Stephen Simon. Stephen produced such acclaimed projects as the Academy Award winning What Dreams May Come (starring Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr.), Somewhere in Time (Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour), and All The Right Moves (Tom Cruise). Stephen was also co-executive producer on fan favorites Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (Keanu Reeves), produced the first original film to premiere on the Internet (Quantum Project), starring John Cleese and Stephen Dorff, was an executive producer on Linda McCartney for CBS Television, and was nominated for an Emmy Award as one of the executive producers of Homeless to Harvard for Lifetime Television. Stephen was the head of production of the film companies owned by legendary Hollywood producers Ray Stark (Funny Girl, The Goodbye Girl, The Way We Were) and Dino De Laurentiis (Serpico, La Strada, 3 Days of The Condor). Stephen also directed and produced Indigo and the film version of Conversations with God. In 2004, Stephen co-founded The Spiritual Cinema Circle, a monthly DVD distribution service that became an immediate international success from 2004-2020. Stephen's first book, The Force is With You, was published by Hampton Roads in 2002, his second book Bringing Back The Old Hollywood was published in 2011, and he co-authored his latest book What Dreams Have Come: Loving Through the Veil with his wife Lauren....after she transitioned to the other side of the veil. Stephen was born into a successful Hollywood family. His father, S. Sylvan Simon, was a producer/director who made films with stars such as Abbott and Costello, Lana Turner, and Red Skelton. He worked as both a producer and an executive at Columbia Pictures under the legendary Harry Cohn, producing films such as Born Yesterday, the 1950 film that garnered a Best Actress Oscar for star Judy Holliday. Sylvan Simon died when Stephen was four years old, an event which compelled Frank Sinatra to become Stephen's “godfather”. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeffrey-s-reynolds/support

Richard Niles is re-releasing WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HOLLYWOOD? by his stepfather, screenwriter Jesse Lasky Jr. He has written an informative Foreword and added almost 400 rare photographs. The book tells the story of growing up in the dusty streets of Hollywood when his father produced the first feature film, and started a company that became Paramount. A compelling personal memoir written by a masterful writer, Lasky describes his life as a Hollywood screenwriter for Cecil B. De Mille, Harry Cohn, Nick Ray, Sam Fuller and Alfred Hitchcock, working with Gary Cooper, Anthony Quinn and Yul Brynner, and dating Jean Harlow. Author and film historian Martin Turnbull (https://martinturnbull.com/) interviews Niles about the book, celebrating our 50th episode! This is killer stuff and you only get this with Radio Richard.  LIKE this video! SUBSCRIBE to our social media! DONATE to our PATREON! Pretty Please! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DRRICHARDNILES?sub_confirmation=1 Podcast: https://radiorichard.podbean.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/radiorichard2021 Twitter: https://twitter.com/radiorichard3 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/radiorichard #whateverhappenedtohollywood​ #martinturnbull #richardniles #jesselaskyjr #bookrerelease​ #radiorichard #cecilbdemille #paramount #hollywoodbeginnings #interviews​ #podcasts​ #music​ #podcasting​ #podbean​ #educational​ Radio Richard Theme by Richard Niles ©2021Niles Smiles Music sung by Free Play Duo.

Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford star in Gild- sorry, Affair in Trinidad, Hayworth's first film upon her return to Hollywood after four years away, and a blatant rip-off of a certain classic film noir from 1946. (There's also a chunk of Notorious thrown in for good measure.) Expensively cobbled together at Columbia boss Harry Cohn's instruction, its production was rushed, with its script barely presentable and Vincent Sherman's direction lazy, but audiences weren't put off - it made $7m domestically, blockbuster box office in 1952. Now featured as part of Columbia Noir #2, a box-set from the same series that includes The Garment Jungle, we take the opportunity to see what Affair in Trinidad has to offer - for José, the answer is, "not much, besides Rita Hayworth, gorgeous gowns and rich cinematography" - and discuss more besides, including Hayworth's name and image, and how and why they were changed. Affair in Trinidad is far from a good film, but one of historical interest, and certainly worth seeing for any fan of Rita Hayworth. Recorded on 18th April 2021.

Happy New Year! I pre-recorded this episode, but wanted to get it up today (which I'm last minute doing so) for Caffeine & Crime birthday! A year ago today I started this little side project and I absolutely love doing these episodes and seasons. Heres to another year! xo For 90 years, Hollywood's Chateau Marmont hotel has kept guard over Sunset Boulevard, providing a discreet haven for celebrities, rock stars, writers, and artists to let loose and be themselves in private, away from prying eyes. Anyone who was anyone in this town had a Chateau Marmont story to tell. "If you must get into trouble, go to the Marmont," Columbia Pictures president Harry Cohn once said. Let's dive in! It's Spooky Season! Join me every Tuesday for a new haunted place. We'll talk about the history of it and what makes it so haunted/spooky. Make sure you check out today's blog and Instagram post. Let's talk about it! Instagram - @caffeinecrimepodcast New true crime blog post every Tuesday about current episode over at https://caffeinecrimepodcast.blogspot.com/2020/12/chateau-marmont-s4e8.html --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ally673/support

"Warhol - The American Dream Factory" balaie la carrière de cet artiste parmi les plus influents du XXe siècle. Nouvelle diffusion du coup de cœur de Gorian Delpâture : "Apeirogon" de Colum McCann (Ed. Belfond). Nous recevrons Dimitri Kourtchine. Il nous présentera son documentaire "Frank Capra : Il était une fois l'Amérique" diffusé ce mardi 29 décembre sur Arte lors d'une « Soirée spéciale Frank Capra » qui débutera avec le film "La vie est belle" à 20h50. Il fut le premier à recevoir, en 1934, cinq Oscars pour "New York-Miami", une comédie avec Claudette Colbert et Clark Gable. Trois décennies après son arrivée à Ellis Island, à l'aube du XXe siècle, le petit immigré sicilien n'a pas fini de savourer son rêve américain, premier aussi à décrocher trois fois l'Oscar du meilleur réalisateur. Francesco Rosario Capra a 6 ans lorsque ses parents quittent Bisacquino, leur village sicilien, dans l'espoir d'une vie meilleure. Installé avec sa famille dans un ghetto de Los Angeles, il bûche dur pour suivre une formation d'ingénieur chimiste. Mais un coup de pouce du destin le fait entrer, au début des années 1920, dans le studio de Mack Sennett en tant que gagman. Recruté par le producteur Harry Cohn, qui lui fait signer ses premiers films pour la Columbia, Francesco devenu Frank va passer habilement du muet au parlant avant de s'imposer avec sa "Capra's touch", irrésistible mélange d'idéalisme et d'humour qui teinte quelques-uns de ses chefs-d'œuvre, parmi lesquels "Vous ne l'emporterez pas avec vous", "L'extravagant Mr. Deeds", "Monsieur Smith au Sénat" ou "La vie est belle", entrés au panthéon du cinéma. L'exposition "Warhol - The American Dream Factory", à voir à La Boverie, à Liège, jusqu'au 28 février 2021. On en parle avec François Henrard, directeur des projets chez Tempora (agence en charge du commissariat de l'exposition) et Vincent Delvaux, conseiller scientifique, commissaire associé. L'exposition rassemble les œuvres les plus célèbres d'Andy Warhol, provenant des plus grands musées du monde et de collections privées de premier rang, tout comme des documents rares exposés pour la première fois. De quoi dessiner un portrait vivant de 40 ans d'histoire de cette Amérique dont l'artiste a su capter l'âme comme nul autre de ses contemporains. De quoi aussi faire battre le cœur de La Boverie au rythme des folles nuits de Manhattan, lorsque musiciens, poètes, acteurs et excentriques de tous bords se retrouvaient à la Factory. Le feuilleton « Essentiel.le.s » de Jean-Marc Panis. Au grand concours des mots de l'année, il est un adjectif qui risque bien de se retrouver sur une marche du podium. « Essentiel » aura hanté les articles, les conversations et les discours politiques. Dans ce feuilleton en neuf épisodes, nous nous posons la question de ce qui l'est, essentiel, dans cette période étrange. L'occasion d'aller voir chez les créateurs belges ce qui s'y passe, et de vérifier que le confinement n'est certainement pas synonyme d'hibernation. Episode 6 : Iliona - Autrice/ compositrice/ interprète et productrice

Notre invité : Dimitri Kourtchine. Il nous présente son documentaire "Frank Capra : Il était une fois l'Amérique". Il fut le premier à recevoir, en 1934, cinq Oscars pour "New York-Miami", une comédie avec Claudette Colbert et Clark Gable. Trois décennies après son arrivée à Ellis Island, à l'aube du XXe siècle, le petit immigré sicilien n'a pas fini de savourer son rêve américain, premier aussi à décrocher trois fois l'Oscar du meilleur réalisateur. Francesco Rosario Capra a 6 ans lorsque ses parents quittent Bisacquino, leur village sicilien, dans l'espoir d'une vie meilleure. Installé avec sa famille dans un ghetto de Los Angeles, il bûche dur pour suivre une formation d'ingénieur chimiste. Mais un coup de pouce du destin le fait entrer, au début des années 1920, dans le studio de Mack Sennett en tant que gagman. Recruté par le producteur Harry Cohn, qui lui fait signer ses premiers films pour la Columbia, Francesco devenu Frank va passer habilement du muet au parlant avant de s'imposer avec sa "Capra's touch", irrésistible mélange d'idéalisme et d'humour qui teinte quelques-uns de ses chefs-d'œuvre, parmi lesquels "Vous ne l'emporterez pas avec vous", "L'extravagant Mr. Deeds", "Monsieur Smith au Sénat" ou "La vie est belle", entrés au panthéon du cinéma.

Nouvelle diffusion du coup de cœur de Gorian Delpâture : "Apeirogon" de Colum McCann (Ed. Belfond). Nous recevrons Dimitri Kourtchine. Il nous présentera son documentaire "Frank Capra : Il était une fois l'Amérique" diffusé ce mardi 29 décembre sur Arte lors d'une « Soirée spéciale Frank Capra » qui débutera avec le film "La vie est belle" à 20h50. Il fut le premier à recevoir, en 1934, cinq Oscars pour "New York-Miami", une comédie avec Claudette Colbert et Clark Gable. Trois décennies après son arrivée à Ellis Island, à l'aube du XXe siècle, le petit immigré sicilien n'a pas fini de savourer son rêve américain, premier aussi à décrocher trois fois l'Oscar du meilleur réalisateur. Francesco Rosario Capra a 6 ans lorsque ses parents quittent Bisacquino, leur village sicilien, dans l'espoir d'une vie meilleure. Installé avec sa famille dans un ghetto de Los Angeles, il bûche dur pour suivre une formation d'ingénieur chimiste. Mais un coup de pouce du destin le fait entrer, au début des années 1920, dans le studio de Mack Sennett en tant que gagman. Recruté par le producteur Harry Cohn, qui lui fait signer ses premiers films pour la Columbia, Francesco devenu Frank va passer habilement du muet au parlant avant de s'imposer avec sa "Capra's touch", irrésistible mélange d'idéalisme et d'humour qui teinte quelques-uns de ses chefs-d'œuvre, parmi lesquels "Vous ne l'emporterez pas avec vous", "L'extravagant Mr. Deeds", "Monsieur Smith au Sénat" ou "La vie est belle", entrés au panthéon du cinéma. L'exposition "Warhol - The American Dream Factory", à voir à La Boverie, à Liège, jusqu'au 28 février 2021. On en parle avec François Henrard, directeur des projets chez Tempora (agence en charge du commissariat de l'exposition) et Vincent Delvaux, conseiller scientifique, commissaire associé. L'exposition rassemble les œuvres les plus célèbres d'Andy Warhol, provenant des plus grands musées du monde et de collections privées de premier rang, tout comme des documents rares exposés pour la première fois. De quoi dessiner un portrait vivant de 40 ans d'histoire de cette Amérique dont l'artiste a su capter l'âme comme nul autre de ses contemporains. De quoi aussi faire battre le cœur de La Boverie au rythme des folles nuits de Manhattan, lorsque musiciens, poètes, acteurs et excentriques de tous bords se retrouvaient à la Factory. Le feuilleton « Essentiel.le.s » de Jean-Marc Panis. Au grand concours des mots de l'année, il est un adjectif qui risque bien de se retrouver sur une marche du podium. « Essentiel » aura hanté les articles, les conversations et les discours politiques. Dans ce feuilleton en neuf épisodes, nous nous posons la question de ce qui l'est, essentiel, dans cette période étrange. L'occasion d'aller voir chez les créateurs belges ce qui s'y passe, et de vérifier que le confinement n'est certainement pas synonyme d'hibernation. Episode 6 : Iliona - Autrice/ compositrice/ interprète et productrice

Hollywood's had a share of villains—some, off-screen! Thomas Edison sued Hollywood into existence. Harry Cohn's iron fist ruled all. Spade Cooley the singing cowboy became a forgotten murderer. Lawrence Tierney, a beloved crook of Film Noir and Reservoir dogs... drank gallons and punched anything that moved!

Marilyn attends an auction with acting coach Natasha Lytess and reclaims a white piano from her childhood. She re-experiences the period she lived with her mother, childhood sexual abuse traumas, and her mother’s psychotic episode which leaves Gladys institutionalized. The aftermath fragments little Norma Jeane’s daily life as Grace struggles to find a place for her with stable living conditions. A teenage Marilyn is signed to the Blue Book Modeling agency and learns to protect herself in the male-powered entertainment industry. She later attempts to negotiate her contract with studio mogul Harry Cohn at Columbia Studios.

The co-producers discuss the legend of Marilyn’s white piano as a metaphor for her childhood. Discussed is the identity of her abuser, the woman who failed to protect her, and the impact of sexual abuse and childhood trauma on her life. Gary, Nina, and Randall also cover how Marilyn learns to protect herself in the male-powered entertainment industry and her meeting with studio mogul Harry Cohn at Columbia in 1948 when she attempts to negotiate her contract after completing Ladies of the Chorus.

In 1946, Orson Welles decided to make a musical out of Around The World In Eighty Days. He wanted a circus on stage, traveling by a train running through the West. When the show cast ballooned to seventy, including four mechanical elephants, his original producer Mike Todd, pulled out. Welles went to Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures for money. In exchange, Welles would put the play on Broadway, and direct a film at no fee. The problem was, Welles' wife Rita Hayworth had a long-standing hatred for Cohn, even though she was still employed by RKO. In late Spring Welles moved to New York. Around The World In Eighty Days premiered on Broadway at the Adelphi Theatre on May 31st, 1946. The film that Welles agreed to do in exchange for Cohn's help became The Lady From Shanghai.

Joseph Losey’s creepy noir stars Evelyn Keyes as an unhappy wife who spends every night alone, a captive audience to her husband’s voice on the radio. Losey’s picture blends a thoughtful social critique, which anticipates ‘the problem that has no name’, as well as men who chase material wealth, and the pernicious way the line between entertainment and advertisement is blurred by the media. I close the episode with two chapters from Scarlet O’Hara’s Younger Sister, the juicy bestseller from Evelyn Keyes, where she recalls the time when her boss Harry Cohn, head of Columbia Studio, vowed to make her a star.

Joan Bennett demonstrates that ignoring a man can be as effective as having an expert sass mouth. Her natural champagne blonde hair suits the icy character she plays. George Raft exhibits more range here than in any other film of his career. He cracks jokes, sings, and tries to be worthy of Joan Bennett. I close the episode with an excerpt from Tay Garnett's memoir Light Your Torches and Pull Up Your Tights, which recalls the time when he was hired by Harry Cohn to direct the picture. This one is an overlooked gem.

The legendary studio boss Harry Cohn once said to one of his writers, that if you want to send a political message, use Western Union. The point was that movies were for entertainment. Some have even tried to make that argument with respect to novels, but over the years, this has hardly been the case. One of the great examples is Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead. Released 75 years ago, this month. This story of ambition, love, and architecture reverberates through our political discourse today, both in middle America and in the halls of Congress. What other 75-year-old novel can spark a heated debate between Paul Ryan and Paul Krugman? Yaron Brook is an Israeli American entrepreneur and writer. He’s the current chairman of the board of the Ayn Rand Institute where he was its executive director from 2000 to 2017 and is leading the effort to mark the 75th anniversary of The Fountainhead. My WhoWhatWhy.org conversation with Yaron Brook:

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Tommy Curtis on the impetus for "Meetin' and Greetin'" "You came up to me and said, 'You're doing a great job,'" and I think I just had huge ratings or whatever it is. You said, 'Tom, you know. I want to say this in the way Andy would say it, because he was a legendary boss and a great guy. He said, 'Tom, I don't think that cruisin' and boozin' is so correct anymore. Can you come up with something else?" You didn't say, 'Stop using 'cruisin' and boozin''," but you said, 'Come up with something else,' and that's how meetin' and greetin' began, thanks to you." Tommy Curtis, The Matchmaker Meetin' and Greetin' A Ockershausen: This is Andy Ockershausen and this is Our Town, and this is a special, special broadcast for me, a podcast, to introduce this man that I've known for many, many, many years. The actual creator ofthe iconic American phrase, "meetin' and greetin'," my guest is a local legend according to the Washington Post, and according to WMALFM. He was a Yale man also, and has the unique distinction of having appeared on the front page of the Post Style section, Metro section, Sunday magazine, and a story on page one. In addition, the City Paper profiled him in a lengthy cover piece. Further, he is a subject of an acclaimed filmmaker, Dave Nuttycombe's short documentary, Match Me if You Can. My guest today is Tommy "The Matchmaker" Curtis, and he's back from Hollywood. Tommy, welcome to Our Town. Tommy Curtis: All of that is because of you, sir. I got to tell you, this is the man that discovered me. A Ockershausen: You can't blame me for that, Tommy. Tommy Curtis: It is, it's true. A Ockershausen: You are Hollywood royalty. Your family, they must have had great roots in New York, where your family's originally from. Correct? Tommy Curtis: Exactly. My grandfather was Gentleman Jack Cohn, and my uncle was the, what do you call it? I don't want to say hated, but the very controversial Harry Cohn. A Ockershausen: Harry Cohn. Tommy Curtis: He was King Cohn A Ockershausen: A studio mogul. Tommy Curtis: Right. A Ockershausen: The first time I ever heard the word, mogul, it was about Harry Cohn. Tommy Curtis: Gentleman Jack, they argued consistently over the years, because he was the business end, and King Cohn was this guy that was actually, they say- A Ockershausen: The creative part of the business? Tommy Curtis: Yeah. You know what? In the movie, The Godfather, the legend is that was my uncle Harry's horse, in his bed. A Ockershausen: Is that correct? Tommy Curtis: Because he gave the part to Sinatra in From Here to Eternity, that made Sinatra's career. That's the story, I understand. That's a myth, or whatever. A Ockershausen: Yeah, but it's a good story. Tommy Curtis: Yeah. A Ockershausen: That's unusual to have the business side in New York and the creative side in Hollywood. Tommy Curtis: Exactly. A Ockershausen: Your family was the New York side. Tommy Curtis: Right. A Ockershausen: You've got so much to talk about, Tommy, but I ran into your name the first time when you were running for the office. I don't know whether it was the school board or something with the city, and you had a place called Wayne’s Love on K street. I couldn't believe it. I said, "Here's the guy, a saloon owner, wants to be on the school board. What is this all about?" Tommy Curtis: May I just say one thing about that? John F. Kennedy's grandfather, Honey-Fitz, was a saloon owner too. I used that all the time in those days. I said, "Well, it's not that bad." Don't forget, I did go to Yale, so I'm not completely- A Ockershausen: You're a Yale man. Tommy Curtis: I'm a Yale man. That was the little castle on K street; you're right. A Ockershausen: What a great place thought. K street was beginning to come alive then, right? Tommy Curtis: Right. Of course. A Ockershausen: The city was beginning to come alive.

In this second installment of our ongoing series, The Many Loves of Howard Hughes, we explore the life, loves and work of Ida Lupino. Hughes dated Lupino when she was a teenage starlet; nearly 20 years later, after Lupino had become the only working female feature director in 1940s Hollywood, Hughes signed his ex-girlfriend’s production company to a deal at RKO. Hughes supported Lupino as a director, but also helped to kill off her second marriage. We’ll explore how Ida’s relationship with Hughes, and other men in her life, alternately enhanced her career and complicated it. Also: haunted houses, HUAC, The Twilight Zone, post-traumatic stress, polio, more shitty pettiness from Harry Cohn, more high-minded anti-Hollywood talk from Robert Rossellini, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When you are born into your family, it comes with certain coding and we all seem to start to follow in the pathway of your parents. What happens when your parents are Hollywood Royalty and their BFF’s are Red Skelton and Ronald Reagan and your un-official godfather is Frank Sinatra? Well, we will find out and talk to Cynthia’s longtime client, friend and mentor Stephen Simon, the godfather of Spiritual Cinema and author of the newly published book “Bringing Back the Old Hollywood” available at www.TheOldHollywood.com. This is a show not to be missed! ABOUT OUR SPECIAL GUEST: Stephen Simon was born into a successful Hollywood family. His father, S. Sylvan Simon, was a producer/director who made films with stars such as Abbott and Costello, Lana Turner, and Red Skelton. He worked as both a producer and an executive at Columbia Pictures under the legendary Harry Cohn, producing films such as Born Yesterday, the 1950 film that garnered a Best Actress Oscar for star Judy Holliday. Sylvan Simon died when Stephen was four years old, an event which compelled Frank Sinatra to become Stephen’s “godfather”. Stephen’s mother Harriet remarried Armand Deutsch, a film producer at MGM who produced films with stars such as Robert Taylor, James Stewart, and Grace Kelly. Armand Deutsch adopted Stephen, changing the young boy’s last name to Deutsch. In 1996, Stephen legally changed his name back to Simon. He went on to produce Academy Award nominee, WHAT DREAMS MAY COME, the cult classic SOMEWHERE IN TIME, and produced and directed INDIGO and CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD and co-founded THE SPIRITUAL CINEMA CIRCLE.