Yesteryear Ballyhoo Revue

The BallyBOO continues as Zach welcomes back Rob Stroude (Blogger & Pod Pal, 'My Year With Mickey') for a Doctor X Double feature kicking off with Michael Curtiz's 1932 Two Strip Technicolor Terror, DOCTOR X! Grab your Moon Killer Synthetic Flesh gloves and get ready for madness as the boys unpack the intriguing stories surrounding the films production, marvel at the Two Strip Technicolor process,...

The BallyBOO has returned and it's dedicated to the horrors found in Warner Archive BluRays! This week's episode has Zach welcoming back artist and pod-pal Erin Mullane (Velvet Void Creations) to solve a murder mystery involving vampires in just one hour with the help of a hypnotist as the duo dives into Tod Browning's 1935 horror classic, MARK OF THE VAMPIRE! Join them through the cobwebs and pos...

Zach welcomes back film blogger Zoë Kaperonis (The Film Around the Corner)to unpack the emotional baggage of the Seaton family as the duo tackle George Cukor's 1938 comedy melodrama, HOLIDAY! Pull up a chair and pour a drink for yourself & a stuffed giraffe as they learn more about the life of George Cukor, argue in defense of his directing style & brilliance, wrestle with the approach to the mate...

Zach welcome welcome welcomes back Jon Ekstrom (Podcaster, ‘Off The Clock with Jon Eks’) for a trip to the Seminole Ritz in Florida where the booze is bootleg, the sexual freedom is abound, and the music is hot as the duo unpacks Billy Wilder’s groundbreaking 1959 classic, ‘SOME LIKE IT HOT’ Follows along with the duo as they unpack the intriguing production history of the film, reckon with the be...

Zach and return guest Rob Stroude (Ballyhoo Correspondent) were on the town and waiting for a cheesecake from Miller's Bakery that never arrived, which leads them on a merry Nazi-Punching chase through New York as the duo unpacks the 1942 Gangster WWII Comedy, ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT! Prepare yourselves for a deep dive into this hybrid genre gem as the boys unpack the production hostory of the film,...

Zach & Sterling Cook (Filmmaker & Ballyhoo Corespondent, 'Tour de Tati') return for PART 2 of their massive conversation unpacking the films that try to capture cinema magic off the back of Casablanca with a closer look at Background To Danger (1943), The Conspirators (1944) & Passage To Marseille (1944) Tune in to learn about the making of these films, the similar ingridients to Casablanca they h...

Zach welcomes back Sterling Cook (Filmmaker & Ballyhoo Corespondent, 'Tour de Tati') for part 1 of a journey through the same old story played again and again as they unpack films trying to capture the essence of Casablanca with a closer look at TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944) & MACAO (1952) Tune in to learn about the making of these films, the similar ingridients to Casablanca they hold, and whether...

Rashmi & Zach take a trip to Germany on their Noir odyssey where the Cain ‘Postman’ story of doomed love reaches the new millennium as the duo unpack Christian Petzoldt’s 2008 noir-ish thriller, JERICHOW Tune in to learn how Petzold’s grasp on the film carries flourish of Noir learned while weaving together a version that finds a new path on an old story

This week Zach welcomes back filmmaker and pod-pal Brad Haag (Reel Nerds Podcast) for a trip through many locations over three years with the legendary  Orson Welles’ and his 1951 independent film epic, OTHELLO.   Join the duo as they unpack the production of Othello  and it’s many ups and downs all while bringing into conversation the many ways Welles’ methodology or produc...

This week Zach is joined by author & screenwriter Samuel Garza Bernstein to chat about the subject of LGBTQIA+ creatives in the Golden Age of Hollywood and the impact of two of his subject, Roddy McDowell & Cesar Romero.   Join them as the two talk at length about the importance of these stories being brought to the front, how actors and directors navigated their sexual preference in...

Rashmi and Zach continue with the ‘Doomed Lovers’ theme of Noir with a trip to Italy for a look at another adaptation of ‘Postman Always Rings Twice’ as they unpack Luchino Visconti’s 1943 film, OSSESSIONE! Tune in today to learn more about this Visconti debut, what it does from a Noir & Melodrama angle to stand out, and how the film was almost lost entirely!

The Grant-A-Thon Has Arrived! Join Ryan Frost (Reel Nerds Podcast) & I as we get CARY-d away in  unveiling our Top Ten Cary Grant Performances in Grant-A- Thon! Will someone like Only Angels Have Wings more than Bringing Up Baby? Will Mr. Lucky make the cut? And who lives the Hitchcock collabs more? Tune in to find out all that and more! Plus: A Sneak Peak At Our Next Top Ten Special!   &...

Rashmi & Zach begin their next Noir Unit, Doomed Lovers, with a journey back to 1946 for the all-time Noir classic, THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE! Tune in today to learn more about the stories long journey to the screen, how its rich characterizations sets the tone for Noir romance to come, and how it affected the film world at large!

Zach welcomes back Lara Gabrielle (Author/Historian, ‘Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies) for a chat surrounding a Pre-Code Marion Davies film buried for decades until recently as they unpack the laughs & heart in the 1931 film IT’S A WISE CHILD. Hop into one of Mr. Cohen’s cars and live the screwball life at a mile a second as the duo catch up with Marions life f...

Zach welcomes back Paul Kovit (Director/Editor, ‘No Soap Radio’ ) on a marathon in  Metropolis as they dive into the classic Superhero TV series, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN! Get ready to take flight with the guys as they unpack the origins of the show, demystify the casting of its cast & how they felt being part of the show, marvel at special effect & stunt snafus & successes, break down 5...

This week Zach is joined by author & film journalist Kristen Lopez to dive into a subject matter oft neglected in film discourse as they chat about  her new book ‘Popcorn Disabilities: The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies’ Join them as they discuss how the book came to be,  examine a slate of Golden Age Hollywood films and how they handle dramatizing disabled...

Zach welcomes back Robert Stroude (Ballyhoo Correspondent/ Blogger, ‘My Year With Mickey) to review the parole request of Laurel & Hardy as they break in and break down their very first feature film, the 1931 comedy PARDON US.   Join the duo as they examine the odd route the Boys & Hal roach took to expand the group from shorts to feature films, unpack the way the film both has featur...

The police unit of Noir Mondial reaches its conclusion with a trip to China where Moonlight Sonata is set to the atmosphere of crime in the 90’s with the 2023 Wei Shujun crime film, ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS.   Tune in tomorrow as Rashmi & I dive deep into this compelling & trippy tale of murder against the backdrop of a changing landscape in China, and how it uses Noir elements &#38...

A discussion surrounding the International Versions of Laurel & Hardy Shorts where Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy performed in different languages before the process of dubbing became a more used technique of film export

The Police Unit on Noir Mondial finds itself sifting through the history and pain therein of a notorious killer through the eyes acclaimed director Bong Joon-Ho as Rashmi & Zach unpack his 2003 crime masterpiece, MEMORIES OF MURDER. Tune in tomorrow to hear us examine the ways Director Bong manages to utilize Film Noir tropes and expand upon them to create this true crime classic.

Zach welcomes back historian and writer Craig Shemin (Sam & Friends: The Story of Jim Henson’s First Television Show) for a trip to post-war Germany where neither East or West Berlin can contain the Madness and Mayhem of Billy Wilder’s 1961 Comedy Classic, ‘ONE TWO THREE’ Join the duo as the unpack the history surrounding the films production, take a stab at deconstruct...

Zach welcomes back podcaster, historian, & film lover Jack Hanley (Blindspotting: A Film Discovery Podcast) to the show where the two will journey to South America in search of the many truths captured  by Orson Welles & his camera in 1942 as they unpack his incompleted 1942 film IT’S ALL TRUE and the 1993 documentary/re-assembly of the found footage… named… IT’S AL...

Rashmi and Zach are returning to Hong Kong to figure out who the informants are as they unpack the 2002 crime classic from Andrew Lau Wai-keung & Alan Mak, INFERNAL AFFAIRS. Tune into today to hear how the tropes of noir & Hong Kong cinema are utilized and in many cases evolved from as they dive deep into this astounding title of International Cinema

Zach welcomes back podcast pal and comedian Hope Sears (All The Classics) get lost in the sound of Edward R. Murrow’s responsible voice to tune into his innovative news program See It Now & learn more about how the program took on Senator Joseph McCarthy   Follow along as they sift through the learning and assembly of filmmaking tactics and expertise that changed the game for newsca...

Zach ventures to the Dark Carnival of cinema that was the collaboration of  Tod Browning & Lon Chaney as  he and guests Sterling Cook (Tour de Tati) and filmmaker Jake Algier (Writer/Actor/Performer, Doctor Tenn) unpack THE UNHOLY THREE (1925) and THE UNKNOWN (1927)   Join the trio as they learn a bit more about the formation of the collaboration, unpack production stories that range from...