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The guest you're about to listen to is going to be famous one day... You heard it here first. Host Steven Jay (that's me) welcomes engaging personalities who I believe are going to be famous one day. Guests provide vivid illustrations, explain confusing concepts, or reveal deeply personal experiences. Here you'll find yourself learning something new, listening to a captivating story, and maybe even transforming your perception on a subject, or person, you didn't previously understand. You'll ...
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Steve is joined by fellow film historians John Trafton and Avie Hern to discuss the prodigious career of widescreen icon Charlton Heston, covering everything from his early work in The Greatest Show on Earth, to his biblical epics The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur, to his science fiction spectacular Planet of the Apes.…
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Steve interviews Geno Cuddy, a walking encyclopedia of B Western lore. Through Geno, we learn about the product of Hollywood's Poverty Row studios, and cowboy actor legends Roy Rogers, William S. Hart, Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Buck Jones, Sunset Carson, Buster Crabbe, Lash Larue and others, in a spirited discussion about a little known but vital p…
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Steve interviews retired publicity executive Marvin Levy who started his career publicizing Best Picture Oscar winners "Gigi," "Ben-Hur," and "Lawrence of Arabia," eventually becoming director Steven Spielberg's top PR exec, where he was involved in everything from "Jaws" to "West Side Story," with stops along the way with "Close Encounters of the …
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Steve interviews former president of 20th Century Fox Television Harris Katleman, who also served in the top TV spot at MGM Television, Columbia Pictures Television and Goodson Todman Productions. In a career spanning over 50 years, Mr. Katleman takes us from the early days of working for Lew Wasserman at the the MCA agency to getting Rupert Murdoc…
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Steve interviews Academy Award-nominated actor/dancer and now author Russ Tamblyn about his autobiography Dancing on the Edge, and his long film career, which includes such classics as "West Side Story," "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," "The Long Ships," "The Haunting," "Don't Go Near the Water" and many more.…
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This week Steve brings back author, producer, writer, former studio executive, distributor and broadcaster Julian Schlossberg, whose latest book "My First Book Part 2" continues diving into his eclectic entertainment resume, with stops along the way with John Cassavetes, Elaine May, Charles Grodin, Elia Kazan, Marlo Thomas and many more.…
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This week Steve interviews eclectic writer/producer Dimitri Villard whose credits include the sci-fi comedy “Flight of the Navigator,” Jim Carrey’s first starring role in “Once Bitten,” and the Sandra Bullock/Chris O’Donnell starrer “In Love and War.” He has great war stories in the Hollywood trenches.…
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This week, Steve interviews former Showtime president of programming Jerry Offsay, who engineered one of the biggest original motion picture movie development slates in history, green lighting over 300 films over a ten-year period. In Part One of a two parter, we learn all about Jerry’s early life, and how he transitioned from lawyer to top studio …
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Carolyn Pfeiffer has enjoyed a long and prolific career in motion pictures. Her new autobiography "Chasing the Panther" intimately charts her rise from executive star assistant in Europe to leading publicity agency owner to studio executive, producer, educator and author. This week Steve interviews her all about her formative years in show business…
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Alan Gasmer was legendary at the William Morris Agency as a top film packaging agent and all around great guy. Turning to producing, one of his first hits was the action packed "Vikings" television series. This week, Steve interviews Mr. Gasme, learning all about how he came to be such an effective Hollywood player.…
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This week Steve interviews filmmaker David Lee Miller and author Alessandra Seggi, who has written the important book "Youth and Suicide in American Film." Together they discuss the history of how suicide has been featured in our cinema history, dating back to "It's a Wonderful Life," "Rebel Without a Cause," and including Miller's game changing te…
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This week, Steve interviews author/film historian Manny Pacheco (Forgotten Hollywood, Forgotten HIstory) who has wonderful behind-the-scenes stories about such iconic American character actors as Frank Morgan ("The Wizard of Oz"), Lionel Barrymore ("It's a Wonderful Life"), Peter Lorre ("Casablanca"), Arthur Lake ("Blondie"), Van Heflin ("Patterns"…
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Steve interviews veteran film and theatrical producer Julian Schlossberg about his newly released audio book "Try Not To Hold It Against Me," his longtime creative relationship with writer/director Elaine May and his frustrating experience as a production VP at Paramount in the late 70s.Door Steve Rubin
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