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NitrateVille Radio

by Michael Gebert

For fans of classic movies, talking with authors, archivists, filmmakers, musicians and others doing work with our film heritage. From NitrateVille.com, the classic film discussion site.

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  1. 131: Terry Chester Shulman on John Barrymore • Jason Ney on Richard Fleischer, Journeyman

    131: Terry Chester Shulman on John Barrymore • Jason Ney on Richard Fleischer, Journeyman by Michael Gebert

  2. 130: Pamela Hutchinson on The Curse of Queen Kelly • Rob Farr Presenting Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew

    Pamela Hutchinson, author of The Curse of Queen Kelly • Rob Farr, author of Presenting Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew (72:12)

  3. 129: Christine Leteux on Maurice Tourneur • David Meuel on Pre-Code William Wellman

    Vintage Directors! Christine Leteux, author of Maurice Tourneur: Weaver of Dreams • David Meuel, author of Assembly-Line Auteur: The Pre-Code Films of William Wellman (96:51)

  4. 128: Mike Gebert's The Chicago Way • J.B. Kaufman on Fantasia • Thomas Gladysz on Louise Brooks

    Michael Gebert, author of The Chicago Way: An Oral HIstory of Chicago Dining • J.B. Kaufman, author of Worlds to Conquer: The Art and Making of Walt Disney's Fantasia • Thomas Gladysz: Focus on Louise Brooks (92:26)

  5. 127: Scott Eyman on Joan Crawford • Dennis Bartok and Craig Rogers of Deaf Crocodile

    Scott Eyman, author of Joan Crawford: A Woman's Face • Dennis Bartok and Craig Rogers , founders of the Deaf Crocodile label (110:12)

  6. 126: Top Ten in Physical Media 2025 • Pre-Code Essentials, with Danny Reid

    Top Ten in Physical Media 2025 with Bruce Calvert • Pre-Code Essentials, with Danny Reid (94:26

  7. Ep. 125: Restoring Beau Geste • 2025 Pordenone Festival Report • Six Degrees of Charlie Chaplin

    Restoring Beau Geste (1926), with Robert Harris and James Mockoski • 2025 Pordenone Silent Film Festival Report, with Lokke Heiss and Lea Stans • Six Degrees of Charlie Chaplin, with Steve Massa and Uli Ruedel (93:26)

  8. 124: Steven C. Smith on Hitchcock and Herrmann • Stephen Rebello on Strangers On a Train

    The Hitchcock Episode: Steven C. Smith, author of Hitchcock and Herrmann: The Friendship & Film Scores That Changed Cinem • Stephen Rebello, author of Criss-Cross: The Making of Hitchcock's Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece Strangers on a Train (105:49)

  9. Ep. 123: Cleveland Silent Film Festival • Lukas Foerster on Weimar Comedies • A Gish Sisters Book

    !23: Emily Laurance on The Cleveland Silent Film Festival and Colloquium • Lukas Foerster on Champagne and Caviar: Four Weimar Comedies • Ben Urish and Rick Geary on The Movie Girls, by Jan Wahl (87:38)

  10. 122: Richard Koszarski and Dennis Doros on Made in New Jersey • Lon Davis on Edward Everett Horton

    122: Richard Koszarski on Made in New Jersey • Dennis Doros on New Jersey, Queen Kelly and Missing Movies • Lon Davis on Edward Everett Horton (98:24)

  11. 121: Rob Byrne on San Francisco Film Preserve • Lisa Stein Haven on Early Buster Keaton

    Rob Byrne on San Francisco Film Preserve • Lisa Stein Haven, author of Early Buster Keaton: From the Vaudeville Stage to Comique Films, 1899-1920 (84:28)

  12. 120: Eddie Muller and the Dames of Noir • Ben Model on The Silent Film Universe

    Eddie Muller, author of Dark City Dames • Ben Model, author of The Silent Film Universe

  13. 119: First Women of Hollywood • The Visionary June Mathis

    Mary Mallory, author of First Women of Hollywood • Thomas J. Slater, author of June Mathis: The Rise and Fall of a Silent Film Visionary (87:33)

  14. 118: Nasty Women Return! • Rhea Combs on Oscar Micheaux • Katie Gee Salisbury on Anna May Wong

    Nasty Women Return! Karen Pearlman on Breaking Plates and Smashing the Patriarchy • Rhea Combs on Oscar Micheaux: The Complete Collection • Katie Gee Salisbury, author of Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong (92:56)

  15. 117: Steve Massa on Roscoe Arbuckle • Noah Isenberg on Edgar Ulmer

    Steve Massa on a Roscoe Arbuckle DVD/Blu-ray Kickstarter • Noah Isenberg, author of Edgar G. Ulmer: A Filmmaker at the Margins (92:14)

  16. 116: Dave Kehr on To Save and Project • Copenhagen Silent Film Festival • Moguls

    Dave Kehr on MoMA's To Save and Project preservation festival • Thomas Christensen on the Copenhagen Silent Film Festival • Authors Michael Benson and Craig Singer on Moguls: The Lives and Times of Hollywood Pioneers Nicholas and Joseph Schenck (90:33)

  17. 115: Top Ten in Physical Media 2024 • South West Silents & Film Noir UK • Burt Kearns on Shemp!

    Top Ten in Physical Media 2024, with Bruce Calvert • James Harrison on South West Silents & Film Noir UK • Burt Kearns on Shemp! (96:58)

  18. 114: Silents Synced • Pordenone Festival Report 2024 • Thomas Walsh on Art Director Ben Carré

    Josh Frank, creator of Silents Synced • Pordenone Festival Report 2024, with Lokke Heiss • Thomas Waksh on pioneering art director Ben Carré (93:32)

  19. 113: John Ford and the Cavalry • Francis Ford • The Brothers of the Bs

    Michael F. Blake, author of The Cavalry Trilogy: John Ford, John Wayne, and the Making of Three Classic Westerns • Kathy Fuller Seeley on Francis Ford • Thomas Reeder, author of Poverty Row Royalty: The Films of Producer Sigmund Neufeld and His Brother, Director Sam Newfield (90:33)

  20. 112: Seeing Napoleon • Rouben Mamoulian • Helen Morgan

    Bruce Calvert on the new restoration of Napoleon (1927) • Kurt Jensen, author of Peerless: Rouben Mamoulian, Hollywood and Broadway • Christopher S. Connelly, author of Helen Morgan: The Original Torch Singer and Ziegfeld's Last Star (91:14)

  21. 111: Dave Glass on Monty Banks • Jeffrey L. Carrier on Patsy Ruth Miller

    Dave Glass on silent comedian Monty Banks • Jeffrey L. Carrier on silent star Patsy Ruth Miller (78:25)

  22. 110: Vitagraph Comedies • Film Is Dead. Long Live Film! • Lon Davis Meets The Old Stars

    Vitagraph Comedies, with Rob Stone, George Willeman and Lynanne Schweighofer • Peter Flynn, director of Film is Dead. Long Live Film! • Lon Davis, author of Stumbling Into Film History (99:54)

  23. 109: Billy! Brackett and Wilder • Double Indemnity and the Rise of Noir

    Donald Brackett, author of Double Solitaire: The Films of Brackett and Wilder • Alain Silver and James Ursini, authors of From the Moment They Met It Was Murder: Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir (99:22)

  24. 108: Bryony Dixon on Victorian Film • Death by Laughter • Tod Slaughter

    Bryony Dixon on Victorian Film • Maggie Hennefeld on Women and Death by Laughter • Sam Dunn on the Deadly Doings of Tod Slaughter (87:20)

  25. 107: Dan Streible on Orphan Films • Mike Mashon on the Changing Preservation Scene

    Dan Streible on Orphan Films • Mike Mashon on the Changing Preservation Scene (85:52)

  26. 106: Donald Bogle on Lena Horne • Restoring William S. Hart • Pamela Hutchinson on The Red Shoes

    Donald Bogle, author of Lena Horne: Goddess Reclaimed • Tracey Goessel on restoring William S. Hart • Pamela Hutchinson, author of BFI Film Classics: The Red Shoes (96:44)

  27. 105: Top Ten in Physical Media 2023, with Bruce Calvert • Foster Hirsch on Movies in the 50s

    Top Ten in Physical Media 2023, with Bruce Calvert and Michael Gebert • Foster Hirsch, author of Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties, on Movie Culture in the 50s (97:11)

  28. 104: Pordenone 2023 Festival Report • The "Only" Woman Animator • Scott Eyman on Chaplin vs. America

    NitrateVille Radio Ep. 104: Pordenone 2023 Festival Report, with Lokke Heiss • Mindy Johnson on Bessie Mae Kelley, The "Only" Woman Animator • Scott Eyman, author of Charlie Chaplin vs. America (108:27)

  29. 103: Northern Silents • Lisa Stein Haven on Chaplin at First National • Sarah Royal on Lucy

    Jonny Best on the Northern Silent Film Festival • Lisa Stein Haven, author of The Early Years of Charlie Chaplin: Final Shorts and First Features • Sarah Royal, author of AKA Lucy: The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball (96:04)

  30. 102: Rob Byrne on Foolish Wives • Eddie Muller on Kid and Cocktail Noir • Becoming Nick and Nora

    Rob Byrne on Restoring Foolish Wives • Eddie Muller on Kid Noir and Cocktail Noir Books • Rob Kozlowski, author of Becoming Nick and Nora (100:27)

  31. 101: Serge Bromberg on Laurel & Hardy Year One • Josh Mills on Ernie in Kovacsland

    Serge Bromberg on Laurel & Hardy Year One • Josh Mills on Ernie in Kovacsland (80:36)

  32. 100: 100th Episode! with Michael Gebert and Ben Model • Susan Delson on Soundies

    The 100th Episode: David Hammond Interviews Michael Gebert • Most Frequent Guest Ben Model on Tom Mix and More • Susan Delson on Soundies and African-American Performers (103:04)

  33. 99: The Warner Bros. Episode, with Mark A. Vieira and Chris Yogerst

    The Warner Bros. Episode, with Mark A. Vieira, author of Warner Bros.: 100 Years of Storytelling, and Chris Yogerst, author of The Warner Brothers (89:46)

  34. 98: Robert Harris and James Mockoski on The Johnstown Flood • The Stoogeum's Gary Lassin

    Robert Harris and James Mockoski on The Johnstown Flood, Napoleon, Lawrence of Arabia and other restorations • The Stoogeum's Gary Lassin, author of A Tour De Farce (89:08)

  35. 97: LOC Festival of Film & Sound • Two New Silent Film Kickstarters • William M. Drew on Pearl White

    David Pierce on the Library of Congress Festival of Film & Sound • Two New Silent Film Kickstarters by Ed Lorusso and Joe Harvat • William M. Drew on Pearl White (92:58)

  36. 96: Academics and Vintage Film: Domitor • The Media Ecology Project • Victor Moore in Silent Comedy

    Rob Stone on Victor Moore and His Klever Komedies • Domitor, with Tami Williams and Ian Christie • Mark Williams on the Media Ecology Project (89:07)

  37. 95: Slapstick Festival in Bristol • A Norwegian Silent Comedian • John Stangeland on Aline MacMahon

    Slapstick Festival in Bristol, with director Chris Daniels • Norwegian Silent Comedian August Schøneman, with Snorre Smari Mathiesen • Author John Stangeland on Aline MacMahon (95:57)

  38. 94: The Lives of Beau Geste • The King of the Kongo • A Studio in Occupied France

    Frank Thompson, author of The Compleat Beau Geste • Eric Grayson on Restoring The King of the Kongo, with Boris Karloff • Author Christine Leteux on a Studio in Occupied France (95:01)

  39. 93: Top Ten in Physical Media 2022 • Steve Massa with More Lame Brains and Lunatics

    Top Ten in Physical Media 2022, with Bruce Calvert • Steve Massa, author of Lame Brains and Lunatics 2 (99:40)

  40. 92: Margaret Dumont • Hispanics: Viva Hollywood! • Lawrence Tierney

    Chris Enss and Howard Kazanjian, authors of Straight Lady: The Life and Times of Margaret Dumont, the Fifth Marx Brother • Viva Hollywood author Luis I. Reyes • Burt Kearns, author of Lawrence Tierney, Hollywood's Real Life Tough Guy (97:19)

  41. 91: Pordenone 2022 Festival Report • The Unknown Unknown • Lara Gabrielle on Marion Davies

    Pordenone 2022 Festival Report, with Lokke Heiss • Restoring the Unknown The Unknown, with George Eastman Museum's Peter Bagrov, Anthony L'Abbate and Gordon Nelson • Biographer Lara Gabrielle on Marion Davies (103:54)

  42. 90: How Elinor Glyn Changed Sex • How Hollywood Changed Going to the Movies

    How Elinor Glyn Changed Sex, with biographer Hilary A. Hallett • How Hollywood Changed Going to the Movies, with author Ross Melnick (100:58)

  43. 89: Cinema's First Nasty Women

    Cinema's First Nasty Women, with Co-Curators Maggie Hennefeld, Laura Horak, and Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi • Scoring Cinema's First Nasty Women, with Dana Reason (82:02)

  44. 88: Film Preservation with Richard Simonton • Jon Mirsalis on Rare Lon Chaney

    The Hidden History of Film Preservation with Richard Simonton • Jon Mirsalis on Rare Lon Chaney (119:24)

  45. 87: Jeffrey Spivak on Busby Berkeley • Jack Theakston on New Abbott & Costello and 3-D Restorations

    Biographer Jeffrey Spivak, author of Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley • Jack Theakston on New Abbott & Costello and 3-D Restorations Coming Soon (88:33)

  46. 86: Scott McGee on Hollywood's Greatest Stunts • Ed Lorusso on a Wallace Reid DVD Kickstarter

    86: Scott McGee on Hollywood's Greatest Stunts • Ed Lorusso on a Wallace Reid DVD Kickstarter by Michael Gebert

  47. 85: TCM Film Festival Returns, with Nora Fiore • Movies as Art: Poster Collector Dwight Cleveland

    TCM Film Festival Returns, with Nora Fiore • Movies as Art: Poster Collector Dwight Cleveland (96:08)

  48. 84: Columbus Moving Picture Show • Comique Magazine • Julian David Stone, Author of "It's Alive!"

    Samantha Glasser on the Columbus Moving Picture Show • David B, Pearson on Comique Magazine • Julian David Stone, Author of "It's Alive!" (77:01)

  49. 83: Ben Model on Raymond Griffith via Kickstarter • Eric Hoyt on Hollywood Trade Papers

    Ben Model on Raymond Griffith, Marion Davies and More Silent Stars via Kickstarter • Eric Hoyt on the Golden Age of Hollywood Trade Papers (90:40)

  50. 82: Hippodrome Silent Film Festival in Scotland • David Crump on Fred Karno

    Director Alison Strauss on the 12th Hippodrome Silent Film Festival in Bo'ness, Scotland • Author David Crump on Fred Karno's Influence on Silent Comedy (82:23)

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For fans of classic movies, talking with authors, archivists, filmmakers, musicians and others doing work with our film heritage. From NitrateVille.com, the classic film discussion site.

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