NitrateVille Radio Podcast

NitrateVille Radio

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.
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)
May 1
1 hr 27 min
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)
Mar 3
1 hr 32 min
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)
Feb 1
1 hr 32 min
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)
Dec 31, 2024
1 hr 30 min
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)
Dec 2, 2024
1 hr 36 min
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)
Oct 29, 2024
1 hr 33 min
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)
Sep 17, 2024
1 hr 30 min
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)
Aug 3, 2024
1 hr 31 min
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)
Jun 3, 2024
1 hr 18 min
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)
May 1, 2024
1 hr 39 min
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