Calling Old Hollywood

Happy Mother’s Day to all celebrating with and all remembering their Mother 🌸🌷 I’ve just re-released the podcast episode I did last year with Natasha Gregson Wagner — Actress and daughter of Natalie Wood.  We did this episode intentionally for Mother’s Day. Natasha shared so fondly memories her mother, the book and documentary she made in her honor, and more.  As someone who also lost her mother...

In January of 2020 I attended a James Dean event in Palm Springs, hosted by The Film Makers Gallery. It was a beautiful evening. At the after party a cake was brought out and we sang Happy Birthday to Ty, whom I had been talking to throughout the evening but only later learned that he is an Actor and son of Hollywood Icon and Actor - Tyrone Power. Ty was born after his father died, and has carried...

My guest is Friend, Actor, Director, and Author— Christian Madsen. Christian is the second guest to come on the podcast a second time. The first episode we did back in 2020 at the height of the pandemic and riots/protests in LA. We did that episode inside the mausoleum at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Since then, the world has changed again. 

My guest this week is Actor Louis Gossett Jr. We had so much fun making this.  Lou starred in 'An Officer and a Gentleman', 'Roots', 'A Raisin in the Sun', 'Jaws 3-D', 'Watchmen', 'The Gathering of Old Men,' and several other films, television shows, and broadway plays.

My guest on my podcast Calling Old Hollywood with Kat Lively this week is ultra funny and one of a kind. We just celebrated his 29th birthday last night (send him a happy belated!) — Friend, Actor and Author — Fred Stoller. Fred has been in everything from Seinfeld to Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond, Hannah Montana, Drake & Josh, Rick and Morty, Bob’s Burgers and countless other television sh...

 My guest this Wednesday on the podcast is Jazz Bassist, Co-Producer, Songwriter, and one of my favorite people — @alexanderfrankmusic . We talk the history of Jazz, Musicals, his work with Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, His band @lineagetrio , Old Hollywood, Frank Sinatra, Origins stories and much more! 

My guest Wednesday on Calling Old Hollywood with Kat Lively is Screenwriter and Producer of some of my favorite films growing up — Larry Karaszewski. He co-wrote ‘Problem Child’ (all of them), ‘Ed Wood’, ‘Man on the Moon’, ‘Dolemite is my Name’, ‘The People vs. Larry Flynt’, ‘Big Eyes’, and several others. Larry and I discuss his journey into screenwriting, love of film and classic films, inspirat...

My guest this week is Gary Sweeney @gsweeney120   Gary Sweeney is a classic film enthusiast and ran a successful website called The Midnight Palace for almost 15 years. He is currently the Creative Director for the Joan Crawford Estate and is still planning to write a biography on Leila Hyams someday. He’s worked with the families and estates of several Classic icons, helping to preserve and maint...

Edward Curtiss Colver, also known as Ed Colver, is an American photographer, best known for his early punk photographs.

A wonderful conversation with Playwright, Writer and Actor Billy Van Zandt. Billy shared stories from his times working with Don Rickles, Frank Sinatra, Bob Newhart, Penny Marshall, Sean Penn, Tom Cruise and others. We talk comedy, acting, life, the process of writing, his brother Steven, and my favorite -- the story of the time he, Sean Penn and Tom Cruise sat outside Lucille Ball's house wa...

John James is an American actor and producer best known to television audiences for playing the character of Jeff Colby in both the prime-time soap opera Dynasty and its spin-off series The Colbys throughout the 1980s. 

Marli Renfro is an American former showgirl, model, Playboy cover girl and actress. She was the body double for Janet Leigh in the shower scene of the 1960 film Psycho. 

My guest is Motorcycle aficionado, professional paranormal investigator, former crime scene photographer, and James Dean / Classic Hollywood enthusiast, Patrick Langdon Patrick and I recorded this episode at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, where we discussed James Dean, his life, death, and love for racing, as well the German James Dean documentary Patrick worked on. We also talk Patrick’s involvement...

Tyrone Power Jr. Talks about his Father, Classic Hollywood Icon Tyrone Power.

Undoubtably one of the funniest humans alive, Bruce Vilanch is my guest on Calling Old Hollywood this week. Bruce and I discuss everything under the Hollywood sun from influences like Lucille Ball to his work with Bette Midler, The Village People, The Comedy Store, Hollywood Squares, methods for writing, the hit tunes he co-wrote, Johnny Carson, favorite classics, and much, much more.

Due to the recent passing of numerous beloved stars, Calling Old Hollywood with Kat Lively has changed this months guest lineup. We will return with the show over the next few weeks with guests who were friends and loved ones of Betty White, Peter Bogdanovich, Sidney Poitier, and Bob Saget. We begin these episodes with a complete delight -- Author and Producer for The Dr. Phil Show, Mr. Michael St...