Flashback: John Huston and Olivia de Havilland
This episode was originally released on March 3, 2015. Listen to help prep for the next episode of our new season, The Old Man is Still Alive.She was the raven-haired beauty whose lily-white persona w...
15 Apr 202542min
Stanley Donen 1967-1984 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 13)
How does an artist once perceived to be ahead of his time fall behind the times? The choreographer/director of Golden Age classics like Singin’ the Rain and Funny Face left Hollywood for all the 60s a...
8 Apr 20251h 15min
Flashback: The End of Louis B. Mayer
This episode was originally released on December 22, 2015. Listen to help prep for the next episode of our new season, The Old Man is Still Alive.In the 1940s, Louis B. Mayer was the highest paid man ...
4 Apr 202550min
George Cukor 1960-1981 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 12)
George Cukor had always experimented within his relatively broad lane, often finding nuanced ways to explore women’s lives, including their sex lives, under the constraints of the Production Code. But...
1 Apr 20251h 10min
Flashback: Marilyn Monroe – The End
This episode was originally released on March 21, 2017. Listen to help prep for the next episode of our new season, The Old Man is Still Alive.How did a star whose persona seemed to be all about child...
28 Mars 202548min
Henry Hathaway (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 11)
Henry Hathaway started directing in the early 1930s and though he made movies of all genres, he was particularly associated with Westerns. This allowed him to ride out the 1960s making pretty much the...
25 Mars 20251h 12min
William Wyler 1965-1971 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 10)
For over 40 years, William Wyler was one of Hollywood’s most dependable classicists, culminating in 1968 with the ultimate New Hollywood-era throwback to Old Hollywood, Funny Girl. Then, for his final...
18 Mars 20251h 3min
Flashback: Bette Davis and the Hollywood Canteen
This episode was originally released on January 6, 2015. Listen to help prep for the next episode of our new season, The Old Man is Still Alive.This is the story of how Bette Davis evolved from a wann...
14 Mars 202549min
