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NitrateVille Radio

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.

Episodes

20 of 131 episodes

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

01:37:49Sep 16, 2026

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)

01:12:21Jul 31, 2026

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-Cod...

01:36:50May 5, 2026

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...

01:32:25Mar 2, 2026

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)

01:50:12Jan 20, 2026

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

01:34:25Dec 11, 2025

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 St...

01:33:26Oct 31, 2025

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,...

01:45:48Sep 30, 2025

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 • Be...

01:27:37Sep 3, 2025

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 Hort...

01:38:24Aug 4, 2025

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...

01:24:27Jul 2, 2025

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

01:31:13Jun 2, 2025

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...

01:27:33May 1, 2025

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 •...

01:32:55Mar 3, 2025

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)

01:32:14Feb 1, 2025

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...

01:30:22Dec 31, 2024

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)

01:36:57Dec 2, 2024

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...

01:33:32Oct 29, 2024

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 Fr...

01:30:33Sep 17, 2024

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 • Christ...

01:31:14Aug 3, 2024