The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

This week on The Tinsel Factory, separating fact and fiction between the band The Doors, and the movie that was inspired by their lives. Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod  Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources: https://thedoors.c...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the story behind the development of Steven Spielberg's Night Skies and ET 2. Movie Reviews: Paint & Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves   Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod  Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Letterboxd: https://letterbox...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the failed production of Dune directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky. Movie Reviews: Creed III Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod  Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/interacti...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, Orson Welles’s Failed attempt to produce an adaptation of Heart of Darkness. Movie Reviews: Avatar: Way of Water Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources: https://ww...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the  story of the attempted production of the Superman film that never was - Superman Lives. Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources: https://collider.com/supe...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, we go into the history of acting and everything in between. Movie Reviews: Cocaine Bear Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources: youtube.com/watch?v=CfPz1c07IsQ htt...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, we go into the jobs of the hair and makeup departments, as well as a brief history of the development of hair and makeup for film. Movie Reviews: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Le...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the history and responsibilities of the Cinematographer/Director of Photography. Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Types of Lights: https://www.cined.com/common-types...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, we go into the job of production designer from its origins to the modern day, as well as a brief look on how to become one. Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources:...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the life and career of the worlds most famous Tramp: Charlie Chaplin.  Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod  Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all  Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod  Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/  Sources: The Real Charlie Chapli...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the life and career of the actor known as The Great Stone Face - Buster Keaton Movie Review:  Women Talking Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Sources: youtube.com/watch?v=HhwGZJCoTAw https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000036/ https://www.busterkeaton.org https://www.b...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the the life and career of Rudolph Valentino - the Latin Lover. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all   Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Sources: https://cosmeticsandskin.com/cdc/clay.php youtube.com/watch?v=eNvMHbHBTdQ https://www.bonhams.com/auction/24837/lot/113/a-certified-copy-of-rudolph-valen...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the larger than life, well, life, of comedy legend Harold Lloyd (sources coming soon!) Movie Review: The Whale

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the 2022 finale. Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Break 1 music: . youtube.com/watch?v=tmkxlN115CM&list=PL7pkSK1xbGD57HJ-SjRi_0W6irguXY3v9

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the history history of the summer blockbuster from it’s earliest days to the modern day. Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Sources: https://time.com/5776406/blockbuster-meaning/ https://www.librarypoint.org/blogs/pos...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the history of United Artists. Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Sources: youtube.com/watch?v=ri0ln17jaD4 youtube.com/watch?v=jcn8KYdw4a0

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the history of Columbia Pictures. Movie Reviews: Triangle of Sadness & Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1988/08/02/columbia...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a speed run on the history of Universal Pictures. Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod

This week on the Halloween episode of The Tinsel Factory, the true stories behind the Conjuring films. Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Sources: Behind the Horror by Dr. Lee Miller (2020) https://www.ctpost.com/projects/2021/visuals/ed-lorraine-war...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, your host recounts the 1916 New Jersey shark attacks and the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and how these two events inspired the first modern blockbuster, Jaws. Movie review: Smile Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the strange case of Roland Doe, and how it inspired the scariest film ever made, The Exorcist. Movies: Moonage Daydream Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Sources: Behind the Horror by Dr. Lee Miller (2020) https://ny...

This week on the ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE of The Tinsel Factory, how the Plainfield Butcher AKA Ed Gein's horrific crimes inspired three of the best horror films ever made. Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Sources: Behind the Horror by Dr. Lee Miller...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the history of the horror genre from its origins to the modern day. Your host also recounts an evening with Sacheen Littlefeather. Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Sources: https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how...

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the history of comedy films. Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Sources: https://www.filmsite.org/comedyfilms2.html/comedyfilms.html https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/movies-comedy.htm

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the history of drama films, from their ancient origins, to the development of some of its subgenera’s, and the modern usage of drama. Movies: Where the Crawdads Sing Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Screenwriters Ta...