Presenting Cautionary Tales | Lights, Camera, Tax Break
If you like You Must Remember This, you might also enjoy Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford, a podcast about stories of historic human error, catastrophes, and heists, and the lessons we can learn from...
23 Mai 202540min
Welcome to Hollywoodland: John Waters: Subversion, Shock, and the Ultimate Outsider
If you’ve finished all episodes of The Old Man is Still Alive, I’ve got another treat for you from Jake Brennan at Hollywoodland. Have a listen to this episode of Hollywoodland about John Waters, fro...
2 Mai 202534min
John Huston, Part Two: 1975-1987 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 15)
In part two of our season finale, we explore the final decade of John Huston’s life and career. As he was slowly dying of emphysema and undergoing massive turmoil in his personal life, Huston continue...
24 Apr 202553min
John Huston, Part One: 1966-1974 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 14)
This series began with the story of a director who wrote his autobiography to secure his place in history after his career had gone down the drain. It ends with the story of a man who wrote his autobi...
22 Apr 202549min
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
