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Front Row Classics is celebrating its 300th episode with one of the most celebrated film authors working today. Brandon is thrilled to welcome historian, author & publisher, Sam Wasson. We discuss Sam's origins as a film fan and what inspired him to write about film. We also discuss his two latest books, "The Big Goodbye" and "The Path to Paradise". This discussion also leads Brandon and Sam to chat about the current and future state of movies.  

300th Episode Front Row Classics is celebrating its 300th episode with one of the most celebrated film authors working today. Brandon is thrilled to welcome historian, author & publisher, Sam Wasson. We discuss Sam’s origins as a film fan and what inspired him to write about film. We also discuss his two latest books, “The … Continue reading Ep. 300- Celebrating 300 episodes with Sam Wasson →

Zeptáme se nordistky Daniely Mrázové. V recenzní části se mimo jiné podíváme na Cestu do ráje ? Příběh Francise Forda Coppoly, unikátní literární obraz hollywwodské legendy, který sepsal Sam Wasson díky tomu, že získal naprosto nevídaný přístup do Coppolových archivů a vedl stovky rozhovorů s umělcem i s těmi, kteří s ním úzce spolupracovali. A na řadu přijde i pravidelná soutěž. Moderuje Karolína Koubová.Všechny díly podcastu Knížky Plus můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.

This week we're going back to the Roaring 20s with Some Like It Hot! Join us as we learn about the Valentine's Day Massacre, speakeasies, Shell Oil, blood typing, and more! Sources: "Prohibition," Mob Museum, available at https://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/the-prohibition-underworld/the-speakeasies-of-the-1920s/ Legends of America, Prohibition Speakeasies: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ah-prohibitionspeakeasy/' Farhud DD, Zarif Yeganeh M. A brief history of human blood groups. Iran J Public Health. 2013;42(1):1-6. Epub 2013 Jan 1. PMID: 23514954; PMCID: PMC3595629. Mitra R, Mishra N, Rath GP. Blood groups systems. Indian J Anaesth. 2014 Sep;58(5):524-8. doi: 10.4103/0019-5049.144645. PMID: 25535412; PMCID: PMC4260296. American Red Cross: History of Blood Transfusion: https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/blood-donation-process/what-happens-to-donated-blood/blood-transfusions/history-blood-transfusion.html G. Garratty, W. Dzik, P.D. Issitt, D.M. Lublin, M.E. Reid, T. Zelinski, "Terminology for blood group antigens and genes—historical origins and guidelines in the new millennium." https://www.shell.com/who-we-are/our-history/our-company-history.html Eastern Post - Saturday 21 August 1880, 6.  East End News and London Shipping Chronicle - Tuesday 08 March 1881, 2. Hereford Times - Saturday 05 April 1862, 14.  "St. Valentine's Day Massacre Wall" Mob Museum, https://themobmuseum.org/exhibits/massacre-wall/  and https://stvalentinemassacre.org/the-massacre/#full [warning: graphic images] https://youtu.be/5HBDbnLD0sM?si=vS9Ow5jSliyJ4dlk Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Like_It_Hot Bob Mondello, "Remembering the Hollywood Hays Code 40 Years On," NPR. https://www.npr.org/2008/08/08/93301189/remembering-hollywoods-hays-code-40-years-on Sam Wasson, "Some Like It Hot: How to Have Fun," Criterion, available at https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6048-some-like-it-hot-how-to-have-fun?srsltid=AfmBOopPS5q3nXRLHIkqMtZqsPgVAxYq_e-masNPf2WcgpTW5x7kwepr Roger Ebert Review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-some-like-it-hot-1959#google_vignette

This week, Air Mail Co-Editor Alessandra Stanley explains how Trump has replaced D.E.I. with his own brand of affirmative action. Something you might call L.O.O.—loyalty, obsequiousness, and obedience. Then, everyone knows Annie Hall as one of the great movies of the past 50 years. But Alex Belth reveals how Woody Allen's 1977 love story was considered a total fiasco when he first edited it and how the director and his team reconceived the movie in the cutting room. And finally, as the founders of MGM, Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg were among the most consequential figures in the history of Hollywood, and Sam Wasson joins us from L.A. to discuss their role in creating movies as we know them today. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

« Ce qui me calme quand j'ai le cafard, c'est de prendre un taxi et d'aller chez Tiffany. »Victoire, Pascale et Jeanne comparent la novella de Truman Capote, Petit-déjeuner chez Tiffany, à son adaptation en film réalisée par Blake Edwards avec Audrey Hepburn et Georges Peppard. Un homme se souvient de l'immeuble où il vivait dans les années 1940 et notamment de sa belle et délurée voisine, Holly Golightly. Avec elle, il a fait de grandes fêtes, monté à cheval dans Central Park et surtout été témoin malgré lui d'un trafic plutôt louche...Le film de Blake Edwards est-il fidèle au livre dont il est tiré ? Réponse dans l'épisode !4 min 06 : On commence par parler du court roman Petit-déjeuner chez Tiffany de Truman Capote, paru en 1958.58 min 32 : On enchaîne sur l'adaptation en film sortie en 1961 et réalisée par Blake Edwards avec Audrey Hepburn, Georges Peppard et Mickey Rooney.1 h 40 min 55 : On termine sur nos recommandations autour de Truman Capote, Audrey Hepburn et des croqueuses de diamants.Avez-vous lu ou vu Petit-déjeuner chez Tiffany ?Recommandations :De sang froid, écrit par Truman Capote (1965)Vacances romaines, réalisé par William Wyler (1953)5e Avenue, 5 heures du matin, écrit par Sam Wasson (2012)My Fair Lady, réalisé par George Cukor (1964)Les Hommes préfèrent les blondes, réalisé par Howard Hawks (1953)Crédits :Moon River - Henry Mancini (tiré de la bande-originale Breakfast at Tiffany's) - 1961

Après 40 ans d'attente, Megalopolis est enfin sur les écrans, et le moins qu'on puisse dire, c'est que ça se passe couci-couça pour Francis...Mais nous on l'aime beaucoup ce film, et après avoir exploré la filmographie de Francis Ford Coppola durant nos deux précédentes émissions, on essaye de vous dire pourquoi dans cette troisième émission.PS : Achetez et lisez le FORMIDABLE livre de Sam Wasson, Le Chemin du Paradisédité chezCarlotta.A vos agendas !La prochaine séance MONUMENTAL au Cinéma Arvor sera consacrée au Napoléon d'Abel GanceLe prochain Film du Dimanche Soir sera Maine Océande Jacques Rozier!Nîmoises, nîmois, la moitié poilue de l'émission sera au Sémaphore le 10 octobre pour présenter Daniel de Sidney Lumet, sur l'invitation de Anima.Blind test à Quai des Bulles Saint Malo le 26 octobre ! Photo : Lindsay Birnes

Après 40 ans d'attente, Megalopolis est enfin sur les écrans, et le moins qu'on puisse dire, c'est que ça se passe couci-couça pour Francis...Mais nous on l'aime beaucoup ce film, et après avoir exploré la filmographie de Francis Ford Coppola durant nos deux précédentes émissions, on essaye de vous dire pourquoi dans cette troisième émission.PS : Achetez et lisez le FORMIDABLE livre de Sam Wasson, Le Chemin du Paradisédité chezCarlotta.A vos agendas !La prochaine séance MONUMENTAL au Cinéma Arvor sera consacrée au Napoléon d'Abel GanceLe prochain Film du Dimanche Soir sera Maine Océande Jacques Rozier!Nîmoises, nîmois, la moitié poilue de l'émission sera au Sémaphore le 10 octobre pour présenter Daniel de Sidney Lumet, sur l'invitation de Anima.Blind test à Quai des Bulles Saint Malo le 26 octobre ! Photo : Lindsay Birnes

A l'occasion de la parution du FORMIDABLE livre de Sam Wasson, Le Chemin du Paradischez Carlotta, et de la sortie imminente de Megalopolis, retour sur la filmographie du plus fascinant des cinéastes américains, Francis Ford Coppola.Deuxième partie.A vos agendas !Le prochain Film du Dimanche Soir sera Maine Océande Jacques Rozier!La prochaine séance MONUMENTAL au Cinéma Arvor sera consacrée au Napoléon d'Abel GanceBlind test à Quai des Bulles Saint Malo le 26 octobre !

A l'occasion de la parution du FORMIDABLE livre de Sam Wasson, Le Chemin du Paradischez Carlotta, et de la sortie imminente de Megalopolis, retour sur la filmographie du plus fascinant des cinéastes américains, Francis Ford Coppola.Deuxième partie.A vos agendas !Le prochain Film du Dimanche Soir sera Maine Océande Jacques Rozier!La prochaine séance MONUMENTAL au Cinéma Arvor sera consacrée au Napoléon d'Abel GanceBlind test à Quai des Bulles Saint Malo le 26 octobre !

A l'occasion de la parution du FORMIDABLE livre de Sam Wasson, Le Chemin du Paradischez Carlotta, et de la sortie imminente de Megalopolis, retour la filmographie du plus fascinant des cinéastes américains, Francis Ford Coppola.Première partie.A vos agendas !Le prochain Film du Dimanche Soir sera Maine Océande Jacques Rozier!La prochaine séance MONUMENTAL au Cinéma Arvor sera consacrée au Napoléon d'Abel GanceBlind test à Quai des Bulles Saint Malo le 26 octobre !

A l'occasion de la parution du FORMIDABLE livre de Sam Wasson, Le Chemin du Paradischez Carlotta, et de la sortie imminente de Megalopolis, retour la filmographie du plus fascinant des cinéastes américains, Francis Ford Coppola.Première partie.A vos agendas !Le prochain Film du Dimanche Soir sera Maine Océande Jacques Rozier!La prochaine séance MONUMENTAL au Cinéma Arvor sera consacrée au Napoléon d'Abel GanceBlind test à Quai des Bulles Saint Malo le 26 octobre !

Comedian and host Scott Aukerman joins us to talk about turning his hilarious podcast, “Comedy Bang! Bang!” into a book. Also, author Sam Wasson is our guide as we explore “The […]

The Cannes Film Festival is in full swing in the South of France, and one of the big stories everyone is following concerns Francis Ford Coppola. Forty-five years after he won the Palme d'Or for Apocalypse Now, he is back with his latest film, Megalopolis. He has spent more than $100 million of his own money on the film and is at the festival looking for a distributor. Our own Sam Wasson will tell us how one of the titans of moviemaking found himself hat in hand. Then Stuart Heritage will join us from the U.K., where he will tell us about what is known to be the worst hotel in Great Britain. And James Eli Shiffer has the incredible story of an American woman from Minnesota who discovered that she is the secret daughter of an Italian banker and senator who cavorted with Jackie Kennedy and Princess Margaret and was the face of the 1970s jet set.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Kat Rosenfield explains how we are in the throes of a new sexual revolution. Yet where baby-boomers were obsessed with the practice of sex, Zoomers are more interested in the principle of it. Then the subject turns to Civil War, one of the most anticipated movies of the spring, from writer-director Alex Garland. It imagines what a second American civil war might look like. Michael Sragow has seen it and tells us about it. And finally, speaking of movies, Woody Allen has a new film out. His 50th, in fact. Sam Wasson, our man in Los Angeles, met with Allen about the movie, his career, and more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

There are certain weeks of the year when there is just a little more stardust in the air, and that is certainly true of Oscar week. In anticipation of the coveted awards show, we are joined by film historians and bestselling authors, Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson, for a conversation through Hollywood history (which is chronicled in Jeanine and Sam's exceptional biography, Hollywood: The Oral History). We are what we read, and we are also what we watch. Jeanine and Sam spotlight the greatest in show business in this informative, vibrant episode about the movies that built our souls.  We'd also like to thank our sponsor Book of the Month.  Head over to bookofthemonth.com and use Promo Code ADRI to get your first book for just $9.99. Thank you for listening, and thank you for reading. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on The Treatment, Elvis sits down with  comedian, actress, and director Amy Schumer to discuss season two of her Hulu series Life & Beth. Next, Hollywood chronicler Sam Wasson tells us about his latest book, The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story. And on The Treat, Rustin star and Oscar nominee Colman Domingo talks about a centuries old monologue that's never left him.

Author Sam Wasson ("The Big Goodbye", "The Oral History of Hollywood") returns to the podcast to discuss his latest book, "The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story" (Harper Collins, 2023).

Today on the show I am thrilled to welcome writer and historian Sam Wasson. Sam is my favorite Hollywood historian. He is the author of several fantastic books including Fifth Avenue, 5 a.m. and The Big Goodbye. He co-authored Hollywood: The Oral History with film scholar and educator Jeanine Basinger. Sam's latest book is The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story. I had such a great time chatting with Sam. We talk about our mutual love for early Hollywood, Coppola's company American Zoetrope, and how Sam came to publish a limited run of Bruce Wagner's masterpiece The Marvel Universe. Amazing chat! Make sure to check out Sam's new book. Thanks for listening. Kyler --- Episode Links: SamWasson.com PURCHASE a signed copy of The Path to Paradise Felix Farmer PURCHASE The Marvel Universe by Bruce Wagner

Comedian and host Scott Aukerman joins us to talk about turning his hilarious podcast, “Comedy Bang! Bang!” into a book. Also, author Sam Wasson is our guide as we explore “The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story.” And author Bethonie Butler takes us through 50 years of "Black TV."

Comedian and host Scott Aukerman joins us to talk about turning his hilarious podcast, “Comedy Bang! Bang!” into a book. Also, author Sam Wasson is our guide as we explore “The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story.” And author Bethonie Butler takes us through 50 years of “Black TV.”

S05E12 @Reunion newsletter dropped today. Podcast will now be on Substack, with only previews here. Sign up at: reunionwattba.substack.com Sam Wasson just released The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story, which completes a trilogy of sorts following The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood and Hollywood: The Oral History. The books traverse the full history of the Hollywood studio system, bookended (literally wow haha so fun to say that) by the dive deep into the last time the studio system worked, and the most valiant attempt at continuing it. Now we have TikTok. Enjoy our talk and check the newsletter for more. https://www.samwasson.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teawithsg/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teawithsg/support

The New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with the definitive account of Academy Award-winning director Francis Ford Coppola's decades-long dream to reinvent American filmmaking, if not the entire world, through his production company American Zoetrope. Francis Ford Coppola is one of the great American dreamers, and his most magnificent dream is American Zoetrope, the production company he founded in San Francisco years before his gargantuan success, when he was only thirty. Through Zoetrope's experimental, communal utopia, Coppola attempted to reimagine the entire pursuit of moviemaking. Now, more than fifty years later, despite myriad setbacks, the visionary filmmaker's dream persists, most notably in the production of his decades in the making film and the culmination of his utopian ideals, Megalopolis.Granted total and unprecedented access to Coppola's archives, conducting hundreds of interviews with the artist and those who have worked closely with him, Sam Wasson weaves together an extraordinary portrait. Here is Coppola, charming, brilliant, given to seeing life and art in terms of family and community, but also plagued by restlessness, recklessness and a desire to operate perpetually at the extremes.As Wasson makes clear, the story of Zoetrope is also the story of Coppola's wife, Eleanor Coppola, and their children, and of personal lives inseparable from artistic passion. It is a story that charts the divergent paths of Coppola and his co-founder and onetime apprentice, George Lucas, and of their very different visions of art and commerce. And it is a story inextricably bound up in the making of one of the greatest, quixotic masterpieces ever attempted, Apocalypse Now, and of what Coppola found in the jungles of the Philippines when he walked the razor's edge. That story, already the stuff of legend, has never been fully told, until this extraordinary book.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam Wasson has become one of the finest Hollywood historians of our time, and also one of the most productive. His newest book, The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story is not a conventional biography but an insightful analysis of the formidable filmmaker. It joins Sam's earlier books on Blake Edwards, Paul Mazursky, and the making of Breakfast at Tiffany's and Chinatown as essential reading. He also coauthored with Jeanine Basinger a hefty new volume called Hollywood: the Oral History. He and Leonard maintain a mutual admiration society and Jessie is its newest recruit.

This week I'm joined by Sam Wasson to discuss his new book The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story, which chronicles the making of Apocalypse Now and the rise and fall of Coppola's revolutionary studio, American Zoetrope. From technological innovations to the madness of Coppola's effort to capture America's first “Rock and Roll War,” the book is a fascinating glimpse into a radically different idea of filmmaking than was pursued by the Hollywood studios. 

Coppola is like a Method actor behind the camera—living the movie to make the movie. For The Godfather, he became like a godfather. And most famously, the method behind the making of Apocalypse Now was a descent into madness. Author Sam Wasson joins guest host Sonny Bunch today. show notes: Wasson's new book: "The Path to Paradise"

In this episode, I spoke with the author Sam Wasson on his book regarding Francis Ford Coppola titled "The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola". story. Francis Ford Coppola is one of the great American dreamers, and his most magnificent dream is American Zoetrope, the production company he founded in San Francisco years before his gargantuan success when he was only thirty. Through Zoetrope's experimental, communal utopia, Coppola attempted to reimagine the entire pursuit of moviemaking

This week, Flora Gill discusses why all of us will soon be unable to avoid Kim Kardashian's nipples. Then, while we're on the subject of divas, it's been impossible to avoid the new memoir by Barbra Streisand. Yet there's one problem with the book, which clocks in at almost 1,000 pages: there's no index. No way to find out if you are one of the thousands of people she mentions. Luckily, here at Air Mail, we've solved that problem for you, and George Kalogerakis will tell us all about our latest public service, the Streisand Index. And on the subject of obsessions: Sam Wasson, who knows the history of Hollywood like few other writers, shares with us how the famed director Stanley Kubrick tried to take on Napoleon, yet in the process suffered his own creative Waterloo.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In front of an audience at Hollywood's historic Grauman's Chinese Theater, for a panel convened as part of AFI FEST, Scott sits down with A. Scott Berg, Cameron Crowe, Nancy Griffin, Aljean Harmetz, Leonard Maltin, Kim Masters, Dennis McDougal, James Andrew Miller, Eddie Muller, John Pierson, George Stevens Jr., Michael Tolkin, Christine Vachon, Mark A. Vieira and Sam Wasson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friend of the podcast and cultural historian Chris Yogerst critically celebrates the century of Warner Bros by looking at the family behind the studio The Warner Brothers. You can buy your copy here (among other outlets). And Chris recommended Sam Wasson's The Big Goodbye and Scott Eyman's upcoming Charlie Chaplin biography. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clint Eastwood called her “Truly one of my favorite people.” Her former students include Michael Bay, Joss Whedon, Laurence Mark, Akiva Goldsman, Paul Weitz, Marc Shmuger and Alex Kurtzman. She's written a dozen books and recently co-authored Hollywood: An Oral History with Sam Wasson (friend of the podcast, read his essay on Jeanine here). Jeanine Basinger is legendary and it is a true honor to have her on Writers on Film. Buy here books here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 77.  We hope you enjoy the show! Please join the conversation - email us with thoughts and ideas and connect with the show on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and at heilmanandhaver.com. IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Sam Wasson Joining us for Episode 77 is "one of the great chroniclers of Hollywood lore" according to Janet Maslin of The New York Times, and "a fabulous social historian" and sleuth in the eyes of Hilton Als of The New Yorker.  Sam Wasson is the author of six books on film, including The New York Times bestsellers Fifth Avenue, 5AM: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman; The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood; and Fosse.  An L.A. native, Sam studied Film at Wesleyan University and at the USC School of Cinematic Arts before publishing his first book, A Splurch in the Kisser: The Movies of Blake Edwards and in addition to his work as an author and publisher, Wasson has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Yorker, and has won three Los Angeles Press Club Journalism Awards. He's served as a consultant for The National Comedy Center in New York and The Film Society of Lincoln Center, was a Visiting Professor of Film at Wesleyan University and Emerson College and, as a panelist and lecturer has appeared all over the world. In 2020, Wasson and producer Brandon Millan founded Felix Farmer Press to publish necessary books on the art, business, culture and history of the Hollywood film. His latest book Hollywood: The Oral History - co-authored with renowned film scholar and educator Jeanine Basinger - was released last year and called “Hollywood's ultimate oral history” by The New Yorker, and “majestic” by The Los Angeles Review of Books.  Wasson's biography of Francis Ford Coppola's real-life dream studio, American Zoetrope, The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story, will be published by HarperCollins this December.  You can find Sam online at www.samwasson.com and he joined us from his home in Laurel Canyon.

Mary Elizabeth Ellis (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Santa Clarita Diet) speeds into the OFF BOOK studio to star in the hottest new vehicular musical. With songs like "Ride or Die", "We Are the Ghosters" and "I Like It When You Call Me Papa", you won't be dragging your feet to any of these tunes! This episode is brought to you by Mack Weldon, Spice Islands, Leesa, and Improv Nation by Sam Wasson.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

CHICAGO  Book by Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse | Music by John Kander | Lyrics by Fred Ebb |  Based on the play by Maurine Dallas WatkinsWorks Consulted & Reference :Chicago (Original Libretto) by  Fred Ebb & Bob FosseFosse by Sam WassonColored Lights: Forty Years of Words and Music, Show Biz, Collaboration, and All That Jazz by John Kander, Fred Ebb, as told to Greg LawrenceMusic Credits:"Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin"The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble"Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer"Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie"Chromolume #7 / Putting It Together" from Sunday in the Park with George (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Performed by Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Judith Moore, Cris Groenendaal, Charles Kimbrough, William Parry, Nancy Opel, Robert Westenberg, Dana Ivey, Kurt Knudson, Barbara Bryne"What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble"Nobody" from Absysinia  | Music by Bert Williams, Lyrics by Alex Rogers | Recorded for the Victor label"Mister Cellophane” from  Chicago (New Broadway Cast Recording 1997) | Music by John Kander | Lyrics by Fred Ebb |  Performed by Joel Grey"Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon"My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews"Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas“What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

Simon Morris talks to Sam Wasson, one of the authors of the massive Hollywood: The Oral History, in which the story of the movie capital of the world is told by the people who made them.

This week on The Treatment, Elvis sits down with Brooklyn Sudano, daughter of disco icon Donna Summer and co-director of the new documentary “Love to Love You, Donna Summer” on Max. Next, writer Aidan Levy discusses his book on the jazz great Sonny Rollins, “Saxophone Colossus: Sonny Rollins.” And on The Treat, writer Sam Wasson talks about a “thrilling” and cinematic singer-songwriter.

Inside this Episode with host, Mitch Hampton When it comes to nonfiction prose, surely the work and accomplishments of biographers and cultural and social historians might be at the forefront of meaningful documents of a given society. When you being to consider what is involved in narrating the life story of a well known and public figure in the arts it becomes clear that this too is an art in itself. The guest of this episode, Sam Wasson is one of the leading figures in such writing, not only is he a comprehensive and indefatigable chronicler of the history of Hollywood cinema, he is most unusual in his ability to understand equally both the classical Hollywood of the 1920s through the fifties as well as the New Hollywood of the 1960s and 70s. Wasson is also a consummate journalist who has been able to speak with many of the most important figures and players in both periods and has been crafting surveys of the periods and their creators. Interestingly I first became familiar with Wasson for his biography of Bob Fosse, only later reading his work on Hollywood. I see Wasson as somebody on whom future academic historians and fans alike will rely to get a real feelings for the qualities of popular art over the past sixty odd years. Sam Wasson's Bio L.A. native Sam Wasson studied Film at Wesleyan University and at the USC School of Cinematic Arts before publishing his first book, A Splurch in the Kisser: The Movies of Blake Edwards, “the critical resurrection of Blake Edwards" (Andrew Sarris). The subsequent publication of Paul on Mazursky, Wasson's book of conversations with the legendary writer-director of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and Down and Out in Beverly Hills, occasioned Quentin Tarantino to declare Mazursky "one of the great writer-directors of cinema.” Published in 2010, Wasson's Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman became a New York and Los Angeles Times Best Seller and a New York Times and Publishers' Weekly best book of the year. Winner of the Cinémathèque française's Meilleur livre étranger sur le cinéma, Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. has been translated into over a dozen languages and was named by Entertainment Weekly one of the best pop-culture books of all time.  For his full bio visit:https://www.samwasson.com/about Links to Mr. Wasson's works: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Sam-Wasson/s? rh=n:283155,p_27:Sam+Wasson --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mitch-hampton/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mitch-hampton/support

Head down to the closet under the stairs and reach for the bottom of the pile of board games for the classics! Since May is officially Star Wars season, we focus on some of the great, classic Star Wars games that we have loved to play over the years. Jay and Shua try to get the highest spin as they channel the Force on Enjoy Stuff!   After Jay's review of Star Wars: Jedi Survivor, tune in for a history of board games and a look at some of the greatest classic Star Wars games.    News Dark Horse Comics and Mattel are releasing a very cool Masters of the Universe art book Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves gets a digital release with bonus features Beetlejuice 2 is officially announced NASA found the juice to keep Voyager 2 going for 3 more years! Kit Kat cereal is here! Gimme a break! Have you checked out the Gran Turismo trailer? David Tenant returns to Doctor Who for 60th Anniversary Return of the Jedi hits #4 at the box office   Check out our TeePublic store for some enjoyable swag and all the latest fashion trends What we're Enjoying When Jay's power goes out, he gets to dig into a book. The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood by Sam Wasson tells some stories about one of the most classic eras of Hollywood and the drama around it. Shua is deep into season 2 of the Netflix series Shadow and Bone. He describes it as a ‘fantasy steam-punk', which has a very unique feel.     Enjoy Games!    Board games have been around way longer than you realize. But are some of those historic games still being played? First we look back at some of the oldest games in human history that are still being played today. Dice has definitely been around the longest, dating all the way back to prehistoric times. But if you want something with an actual board, that would be the Royal Game of Ur, which has been played since 2650 BCE! Backgammon may no longer hold the title of oldest, but it sure has been around for a long time. There's even an annual, world-wide game award from Germany, called the Spiel des Jahres. One game a year has been picked as the best since 1978.    There's some great games that we grew up with that may not make it on the Spiel des Jahres list, but they were fun nevertheless. Classic, mainstream games like Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, Mousetrap, Yahtzee, and more start our board game discussion with some nostalgia.    But it's Star Wars month, so we pick some of the Star Wars favorites from the last 46 years. From the original Escape From Death Star game to the heyday of Revenge of the Sith products, these classic games give us so many varieties of game play. Listen in to see if your favorites made the list.  Which board games do you Enjoy playing? What Star Wars games would you add to the list? First person that emails me with the subject line, “Fair and square” will get a special mention on the show.  Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to EnjoyStuff@RetroZap.com  

Sam Wasson, author of The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood, talks about his book which is much more than a detailed look at the making of a movie. He explores the broader political and cultural trends that impacted Hollywood and the nation.

It's Oscar Week! A week we'll always love… even if we haven't seen the all the movies. Our guest this week is Michael Schulman, author of Oscar Wars, a definitive bio of the awards ceremony and the organization that created it. From the catfights of Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland to the slap heard round the world, this book has it all. Halle Berry, Frank Capra, Steven Spielberg, John Wayne, Dennis Hopper, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and Citizen Kanes, they are all here and you don't want to miss any of them. We loved every moment of this conversation…and we didn't want you to miss a thing. So, no bookstore again this week, but next week we are back with a bookstore, promise. Books mentioned in the podcast: Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion “Jumpers” by Tad Friend for The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/13/jumpers Hollywood: The Oral History by Sam Wasson Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman by Sam Wasson

This week on The Treatment, Elvis sits down with Academy Award nominee Stephanie Hsu, who's up for her supporting role in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Next, writer Sam Wasson talks about his latest book that goes behind the scenes of moviemaking, “Hollywood: The Oral History.” And for The Treat, director Kasi Lemmons delves into the magical realism of her favorite authors.

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire, Peter Rainer and Charles Solomon review this weekend's new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms. FilmWeek: ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water,' ‘Bardo: False Chronicle of A Handful Of Truths,' ‘The Quiet Girl' And More (0:15) “Avatar: The Way Of Water,” Wide Release “Bardo: False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths,” The Landmark Theater & Bay Theater[Pacific Palisades]; Streaming on Netflix  “The Quiet Girl,” AMC Sunset[West Hollywood] “Little Nicholas: Happy AS Can Be,” Laemmle Royal[West LA] “Who Killed Santa?: A Murderville Murder Mystery,” Streaming on Netflix “The Runner,” Laemmle Royal[West LA] & Laemmle Town Center[Encino] “The Volcano: Rescue From Whakaari,” Bay Theater[Pacific Palisades]; Streaming on Netflix Larry Mantle's Interview about HOLLYWOOD: THE ORAL HISTORY (31:48) Since 1969, the American Film Institute in Los Angeles has held a series called the Harold Lloyd Master Seminars, where industry professionals would discuss the trade with AFI students. In the new book ‘Hollywood: The Oral History,' written by film scholar and professor Jeanine Basinger and film historian Sam Wasson, these recordings are put to page. The book contains stories from over 300 industry professionals ranging from make-up artists to cinematographers, from the silent movie era to contemporary blockbusters. Larry speaks with co-writer Sam Wasson about the process of bringing spoken history to paper and the evolution of Hollywood from its conception to present day.

This week, Sam Wasson, the author of one of the great books on moviemaking, The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood, joins Ashley and Mike to talk about his latest book about the city of dreams, Hollywood: The Oral History. In addition, Marcia DeSanctis reveals her idea for a winter travel destination that should go to the top of everyone's bucket list. And speaking of winter and the holidays, food writer and editor Christine Muhlke shares her thoughts on the best new cookbooks of the season. All this and more make this week's show one you won't want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

With Wakanda Forever opening this weekend, the question remains if it can repeat Black Panther's series of Oscar feats. And with Top Gun: Maverick and maybe Avatar: The Way of Water also in the hunt, will the Oscars be ready to fully embrace blockbusters? That, plus a conversation with Hollywood: An Oral History co-author Sam Wasson. E-mail us at littlegoldmen@vf.com Find Little Gold Men on Twitter: @HWD  Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws, @beccamford, @davidcanfield97  Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

These are our listeners! And this week, after a couple recommendations for the listeners, I'm reading feedback helpful and otherwise. Out of the mouths of babes. Epistolary output from the peanut gallery. Unsolicited offers. Random opinions. Two-star ratings! One-star ratings! More! Recommendations in this episode: Canyon Crows 'Hauntology' on Spotify. Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man on YouTube. Jean Stein's West of Eden at Amazon. The Big Goodbye, Sam Wasson's book about 'Chinatown'. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli by Mark Seal  

Every other week this fall, we will be airing some of Alec's favorite episodes from our archives. This week features two incredible authors: chronicler of Hollywood legends, Sam Wasson, and the Pulitzer-Prize winning The New Yorker writer, Lawrence Wright. Sam Wasson tackles distinctive creators and seminal moments in Hollywood history, from Blake Edwards and Paul Mazursky, to Audrey Hepburn and the history of improv. Alec loved Sam Wasson's book, The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood. In this fascinating conversation, Wasson tells the story of the four men behind the 1974 film: producer Robert Evans, screenwriter Robert Towne, director Roman Polanski, and star Jack Nicholson  - and how the film was a turning point in each of their lives. Lawrence Wright is an author, screenwriter, playwright, and staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. Filmmaker Alex Gibney directed an HBO documentary based on Wright's reporting in Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Unbelief. In his in-depth and varied reporting, Wright has documented the Jonestown massacre, explored allegations of Satan worship, profiled brimstone-tinged gospel preachers, and tracked the histories of al-Qaeda and the Church of Scientology.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In part three, New York Times best selling author Sam Wasson talks about the life lessons that can be found in the art of improv, pop culture, and more as he answers questions from the Patreon Peeps. Sam Wasson Purchase Sam Wasson's Books Fosse/Verdon on Hulu  Gillian on Twitter Gillian on Instagram The Hamilcast on Twitter The Hamilcast on Instagram Join the Patreon Peeps

Author Sam Wasson is back and talking all about the post-show daze after his first time seeing Hamilton (while revealing truths on the industry art of going backstage after a show), dives deep on the sticking power of great art, the good and bad feelings it can bring, the rituals we create to consume art, why a good movie musical adaptation is, and should be, different on the screen from what you've seen on the stage, and what's worth going to war for in the name of making something great. Sam Wasson Purchase Sam Wasson's Books Fosse/Verdon on Hulu  Gillian on Twitter Gillian on Instagram The Hamilcast on Twitter The Hamilcast on Instagram Join the Patreon Peeps

Sam Wasson, the New York Times best-selling author behind Fosse; Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, “Breakfast at Tiffany's,” and the Dawn of the Modern Woman; Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art ...and more visits The Hamilcast to talk about his early college connections with Hamilton creatives—and how it helped lead to Tommy Kail, Alex Lacamoire, Andy Blankenbuehler and Lin-Manuel Miranda teaming back up to adapt his book Fosse into the award winning FX miniseries Fosse/Verdon. Sam Wasson Purchase Sam Wasson's Books Fosse/Verdon on Hulu  Gillian on Twitter Gillian on Instagram The Hamilcast on Twitter The Hamilcast on Instagram Join the Patreon Peeps

Welcome to the final episode of Wake Island! Bruce Wagner is on the show. BRUCE WAGNER is a novelist and screenwriter known for his apocalyptic yet spiritual view of humanity as seen through the lens of Hollywood. His books include: Force Majeure, Dead Stars, I'm Losing You, Wild Palms (graphic novel), I'll Let You Go, Still Holding, The Chrysanthemum Palace, Memorial, The Empty Chair, I Met Someone, A Guide For Murdered Children (writing as Sarah Sparrow), and ROAR: American Master - The Oral Biography of Roger Orr. Bruce was a co writer on A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987). David Cronenberg adapted his screenplay into the movie Map to the Stars, starring Julianne Moore, John Cusack, and Robert Pattinson. Wagner and Oliver Stone co-executive produced Wild Palms, the mini-series Wagner created, based on a comic strip that he wrote for Details magazine. Wild Palms aired on ABC in 1993. Wagner signed a book deal with Counterpoint Press in 2019 for his novel The Marvel Universe: Origin Stories. When he turned in the manuscript, Wagner said that the editor and publisher told him "the language is problematic." One of their objections was to the word "fat" - a 500-lb. character in the novel playfully calls herself "The Fat Joan" (an homage to the popular social media personality "The Fat Jew") - and stated that "not even a character can call herself that." The writer Sam Wasson wrote about the book's journey in Graydon Carter's digital magazine AirMail ("Bruce Wagner's Woke Universe"), suspecting that Wagner's editor had been cautioned by "sensitivity readers." In the same article, Wasson quotes Wagner as saying, "My entire body of work would be thrown into a furnace if it were to be read and judged by sensitivity readers." On October 13, 2020, Wagner decided that rather than look for another publisher, he would release the novel for free, on brucewagner.la, and into the public domain. BLURBS: “He is a visionary posing as a farceur.” - Salman Rushdie “Wagner is a James Joyce whose Dublin is Hollywood.” David Cronenberg “Bruce Wagner's stories about Hollywood are the best I've read since F. Scott Fitzgerald and Nathanael West.” - Terry Southern “Wagner writes like a wizard. His prose writhes and coruscates.” - John Updike LINKS: You can download a free copy of the Marvel Universe here or buy a physical copy online at Amazon. Children of the New Flesh c/o 11:11. The New House c/o Whiskey Tit. SOCIAL: Twitter: @WakeIslandPod Instagram: @wakeislandpod David's Twitter: @raviddice --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wake-island/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wake-island/support