Calling Old Hollywood

What happens when a man nearly dies writing a book about beloved Golden Age of Hollywood Actor, Shemp Howard?

John Scheinfeld and I discuss his new two hour television special, ‘Mash: The Comedy that changed Television’, his career and previous work, life and inspiration, influences, classic film and music history, and more. Director John Scheinfeld is best known for his films ‘Reinventing Elvis: The ‘68 Comeback’, ‘The U.S. vs. John Lennon’, ‘Who is Harry Nilsson?’, and ‘Herb Alpert Is..” 

Neal Gumpel and I discuss his career and origin in screenwriting, swap showbiz stories, compare & contrast migrating to Tennessee, , Comedy, thoughts on AI George Carlin and Sofia Coppola’s new film ‘Priscilla’, Humor in humanity & existentialism, & more.

PART 2 with Mark Linett Calling old Hollywood has returned and this week’s guest is Mark Linett. Read all about this episode here : https://katlively.substack.com/p/love-and-mercy-an-interview-with Follow on social media platforms, and keep support the efforts to keep history alive. https://linktr.ee/katclassic

Calling old Hollywood has returned and this week’s guest is Mark Linett. Read all about this episode here : https://katlively.substack.com/p/love-and-mercy-an-interview-with Follow on social media platforms, and keep support the efforts to keep history alive. https://linktr.ee/katclassic

My guest this week is Author, Actor and kin to some of the greatest in entertainment, Ryan Cassidy. We geek out over Classic Hollywood, his new book 'James Cagney was my babysitter', family legacies, favorite classics and more.

In celebration of Black History month, this week on Calling old Hollywood I am shining a light on the episode I did with Louis Gossett Jr. From 2022. Lou Gossett is best known for his roles in Roots, An officer and a Gentleman, Iron Eagle, and The Punisher. The stories he shared during the episode with both make you smile and break your heart.

Creator & Host Kat Lively is interviewed by Pat Jankiewicz.

Guest Barbara Feldon dishes on bts ‘Get Smart’ memories, Don Adams, her beautiful memoir, Dean Martin, the great love of her life, NYC in the 60’s and a whole lot more. A serious treasure.

Filmmaker Brian Levant joins me this week.  One of the coolest cats I know, Brian’s work includes directing and producing some of my favorite films growing up such as Problem Child 2, The Flintstones, Jingle all the Way, Are we there Yet?, Scooby Doo, Snow Dogs, and was also a writer back in the day on Happy Days and Mork and Mindy.   We geeked out over film history, we conversed of...

Scot Schwartz is my guest this week. He is best known for playing Flick in the 1983 beloved film ‘A Christmas Story’. His latest film ‘A Christmas Story Christmas’ is the third installment in the ‘A Christmas Story’ franchise. It debuted November 17th on HBO Max and will be released to other video streaming platforms soon. The film sees the original cast back in action for another round of festive...

One of the coolest around is my guest on Calling Old Hollywood this week, Actor and Author Darby Hinton. From Wagon Train to Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws, Days of our Lives, Good Guys and Bad Guys, he's done quite alot. Best known though for his role as Israel Boone on Daniel Boone. We filmed this upcoming episode in both video and audio. He was generous to show us film and television memoribilia...

This Wednesday on Calling Old Hollywood , you know him from ‘The Pope of Greenwich Village’, ‘Runaway Train’, ‘The Expendables’, ‘Star 80’, ‘The Dark Knight’, and countless other films and television shows. My guest is Actor Eric Roberts. I’ve wanted to interview Eric for awhile for sentimental reasons. Growing up, my Mothers favorite film was 1995 drama ‘Saved by the light’. My mother passed when...

My guest this week is one of the sweetest people I've met and worked with, Actress Catherine Hicks. Since it's October we focused on her role in the very first Child's Play film (listen to the episode I released this past Wednesday with her husband Kevin Yagher). Catherine dishes behind the scenes stories of the film, how the two met, and the impact the film has had on her life. She also dishes ab...

my guest is master FX Artist and Director Kevin Yagher. Kevin is best known for his work in designing and creating iconic horror icons like Child’s Play’s ‘Chucky’, the Crypt Keeper creature, and Freddy Krueger’s gruesome makeup. Kevin has worked in the industry since his early twenties, with eager sights set on the FX world. One of the kindest, we discuss his work with Child’s Play, the Crypt Kee...

Larry Floyd and Woody wise are my guests this week. We discuss the upcoming Lone Pine Film Festival and the history of western films.

This week on Calling old Hollywood were joined by James Dean's cousin Marcus Winslow, and his best friend the last two years of his life Lew Bracker.

Marli Renfroe wasn't just Janet Leigh's body double in the iconic Hitchcock film 'Psycho'. She was also a Playboy bunny with a wild life.

Warren Beath author of 'Death of James Dean' chats with us about his obsession with the icon

Gearing up for the 2022 Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Convention , this is the second time Martin has been on the show. We discuss all things Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention, the remarkable lineup this year, the influence behind creating the convention 17 years ago, the current projects Martin is working on, the coffee shop he has underway, the importance of keeping pop culture and film/tv history rele...

My guest this week is Comedian, Writer, Actor and Podcaster -- DANA GOULD. Dana wrote for The Simpsons for seven years, has performed stand up comedy most of his life, and has written and appeared on countless television shows. He's also host of his own podcast The Dana Gould Hour, and has a comedic talk show via YouTube called 'Hanging with Doctor Z' wherein he interviews celebs in...

Burt is an actor best known for playing Dick Grayson's Robin, the sidekick of Batman (played by Adam West), in the television series Batman (1966–1968), its theatrical feature film, the Saturday morning animated series The New Adventures of Batman (1977), the two-episode pilot Legends of the Superheroes (1979), the animated reunion films Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016) and Batman...

My guest is Magician and Mentalist - Mr. Bernie Shine. Bernie Shine is a magician and performer who has been a prolific entertainer since he first appeared on the scene in the 1970’s. Shine was a law student when he first started performing regularly at the Close Up Room at the Magic Castle in Hollywood. The young magician was taken under the wing of some of the more experienced performers, includ...

√\Richard Shelton is a British film, TV and theatre actor and singer, who performed in ITV's Emmerdale. He portrayed Frank Sinatra in Rat Pack Confidential in London's West End, and performed in the movies House of Lies and in My Week with Marilyn. 

My guest  is Founder of @breakfastatdominiques , Dominique Benedict. Breakfast At Dominique’s is a new company bringing the world Officially Licensed Signature Coffee Blends of Hollywood’s Greatest Icons. Using 100% fair trade organic coffee sourced from a small private roaster in Ohio, USA, where each bag is crafted by an artisanal roaster, quality at an affordable price point is a major company...