Entertainment News from Athens, Tributes to Greek Artists

Το 2ο μερος του αφιερωματος μου στους Ελληνες που βρεθηκαν στο Hollywood στην αρχη το 20ου αιωνα και εργαστηκαν στην βιομιχανια του θεαματος. παραγωγοι, σκηνοθετες, ηθοποιοι, χορευτες, και φυσικα επιχειρηματιες κινηματογραφων. ακουστε το podcast και για να μαθετε τις καταπληκτικες ιστοριες τους

Ποιοι ηταν οι πρωτοι Ελληνες που βρεθηκαν στην αρχη του 20ου αιωνα στον χωρο του κινηματογραφου και εγιναν ηθοποιοι, σκηνοθετες, παραγωγοι, στο Hollywood? Ακουστε το podcast για μια ιστορικη αναδρομη στην ιστορια αυτων των πρωτοπορων ανθρωπων.

Ενα τραγουδι που θα μας ταξιδευει παντα στις πιο αθωες μας στιγμες, κυκλοφορησε το 1972 σε στιχους του Λευτερη Παπαδοπουλου και μουσικη του Μανου Λοίζου και το οποιο εχει πραγματι μια περιεργη ιστορια που μας παει πισω στο 1922. Ακουστε την ιστορια του

100 years of Greek winners and nominations at the Academy Awards. Directors, Choreographers, Designers, Actors, and many more categories are featured in this tribute to all the Hellenes that have received an Oscar or were nominated for an Oscar over the years. Listen to the podcast and be find out who they are:

Spyros Panagiotis Skouras was a Greek - American motion picture pioneer and film executive who was president of 20th Century Fox from 1942-1962. A rags to riches life story of a shepherd that became the most influential Greek in business, politics and a true patriot. His story is not widely known, take the time to listen how this larger than life man saved three million Greeks from famine and dise...

Irene  " Rena "  Vlahopoulou  28 July 1917 – 29 July 2004 was a  Greek  actress and singer. She starred in theatre, musicals, and  Greek cinema  productions, including  The Gambler  and  The Countess of Corfu. Vlahopoulou was born on the island of  Corfu , the fifth of nine children. She was a talented dancer and actress and a qualified  mezzo-soprano . Over the course of her fifty-five-...

Aris San was a Greek musician, singer and entrepreneur. He popularized Greek music in Israel in the late 1950's and 60's. Aris led a mysterious life as a non Jewish Greek singer who formed close ties with generals and politicians. He became a megastar, club owner and lover of many movie actresses. He is mostly remembered for the magic he could play with his guitar and his lucid vocal style...

Georgia Vassiliadou born 1 January 1897, to a family with ten children. She was  a Greek   actress that played mainly in  comedies  of cinema and on stage. Her real name was Georgia Athanasiou, but she changed it to Vassiliadou when she decided to get into singing and acting.  In 1922 she began her studies at the  Gennadius School and  in 1923 she appeared in various  operas . She worked in major...

Despo Diamantidou born 13 July 1916 in  Athens , she was  a Greek   actress  of  theater  and  cinema . She was the granddaughter of engineer  Spyridon Kritsilis , who served many times as a Member of Parliament. She spoke four foreign languages (English, French, Italian and Russian), which helped her translate a number of foreign plays. In the spring of 1967, Despo Diamantidou participated in a t...

Vasilis Tsivilikas was a Greek comedy actor with significant appearances in the Greek film industry , television and especially theater. His first theatrical performance was in 1965 at Nea Ionia . Two years later Karolos Koun invited him to Theatro Technis. In the early 1970s he got involved with satire plays and in the mid-1970s with prose .  The 70's was also the decade he first appeared on...

While the the World Cup is taking place in Qatar this year causing much criticism and controversy, I took the liberty and made this podcast to get us in the spirit of the game.  The tradition of football chants vary from country to country and team to team, in this episode we explore the creative side of the sport, the songs and stories behind the Greek soccer team chants.  Not being fan...

In this episode of One Story, One Song we search for the truth behind a very popular Greek rebetiko song titled "Ta Nea tis Alexandras" (Alexandras News) it was recorded in 1961 by Vangelis Perpiniadis.  The real story remained unknown for more than 60 years but a facebook post by Argyro Moustakas Vretou after a spike in murders against women (Femicide) in Greece, tell a different story. &nbs...

Elias Kazan was a Greek American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter actor and author. He was described by the New York Times a one of the most honored and influential directors of Broadway and Hollywood history.  Born in Constantinople his family came to the USA in 1913.  Listen to the podcast and find out the extraordinary journey of the man that became known as the "acto...

She was born Amalia Hatzaki in Heraklion , Crete in 1919, initially she was a javelin throwing athlete, later she studied law in Athens . However, she took exams and graduated with honors from the Drama School of the Royal Theatre . She played in many films on the Big Screen Cinema as well as on stage and on television, she is fondly remembered as the partner of famous Greek actor Vassilis Logothe...

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, a trip down memory lane from 1919 till 2021 as we explore the films that were made about the destruction on Smyrna in 1922. We pay our respects and remember this tragic part of our history while learning some trivia facts about the making of these historic and classic films. Listen to the podcast: 

Andreas Barkoulis August 4 , 1936 – August 23 , 2016 was a Greek film , theatre and television actor . He was one of the emblematic Jeune Premier of Greek cinema. He performed on stage and the big screen participating in more than 100 films, including "An Italian woman in Greece" "Jenny, Jenny"and many more, he was so popular with the young girls that the expression "Girls Barkoulis is here" becam...

Maria Vassiliou was a Cypriot model and actress born in London ‎ ‎ (‎ ‎16 September‎ ‎ ‎ ‎1950‎ ‎ – ‎ ‎5 July‎ ‎ ‎ ‎1989‎ ‎ ‎ ‎). She became known from the leading role in ‎ ‎Alexis Damianos'‎ ‎ film, ‎ ‎Evdokia‎ ‎. ‎‎After "Evdokia", Maria Vassiliou played in ‎ ‎Homer Efstratiadis‎ ‎' Children of Flowers‎ ‎ (1973) and ‎ ‎Theo Angelopoulos‎ ‎' ‎ ‎Troupe‎ ‎ (1975). A little later, her traces were l...

" Misirlou " is a folk song [2] from the Eastern Mediterranean region, with origins in the Ottoman Empire . The original author of the song is not known, but Arabic , Greek and Jewish musicians were playing it by the 1920s. The earliest known recording of the song is a 1927 Greek rebetiko / tsifteteli composition influenced by Middle Eastern music . There are also Arabic belly dancing , Armenian ,...

Born in Limassol, Cyprus on the 17th September 1940 Sotiris Moustakas had a long lasting acting career spanning over forty years. He was described as "an actor without a label" due to his variety of playing in theatrical plays, film, television series etc with ease in different roles receiving great reviews and success in all of them.  He almost received an Oscar award for his role in Zorba t...

Zannino was  Greek actor born in Galata, Istanbul, Turkey ‎August 21, 1923 - ‎ ‎Athens‎ ‎, May 27, 1995.   He was a dancer and actor that appeared in more than 80 films.  ‎Zanninos's artistic career has been brilliant both in ‎ ‎Greek‎ ‎ and in ‎ ‎American‎ ‎ cinema, having participated in ‎ ‎the film The Midnight Express‎ ‎, as well as in ‎ ‎the theater‎ ‎ and in ‎ ‎television...

‎Alekos Alexandrakis‎ ‎ (‎ ‎November 27‎ ‎, ‎ ‎1928‎ ‎ – ‎ ‎November 8‎ ‎, ‎ ‎2005‎ ‎) was a ‎ ‎Greek‎ ‎ ‎ ‎actor‎ ‎ who excelled on the big and small screen and from early on established himself in jeune premier roles. With the ‎ ‎neorealist‎ ‎ film ‎ ‎Quarter the Dream‎ ‎ (1961) he was awarded at the ‎ ‎Thessaloniki International Film Festival‎ ‎.‎ He starred in more than 60 big screen movies, c...

‎Gelly or Gelly Mavropoulou‎ ‎ (October 21, 1932 – July 19, 2021) was a Greek actress‎, ‎Her parents were also actors ‎ ‎Angelos Mavropoulos‎ ‎ (1901 - 1979) and ‎ ‎Marika Krevata‎ ‎ (1910 - 1994). ‎She studied at the French Academy of Athens and at the Drama School of the "Art Theatre" of Karolos Koun. ‎‎She made her first theatrical appearance at the "Rex - Kotopouli" theatre - where the artisti...

  ‎Kostas Tsakonas‎ ‎ (‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎October 12‎ ‎, ‎ ‎1943‎ ‎ – ‎ ‎November 4‎ ‎, ‎ ‎2015‎ ‎) was an ‎ ‎actor in theatre‎ ‎, ‎ ‎film‎ ‎ and ‎ ‎television‎ ‎, best known from ‎ ‎the comedy‎ ‎ films "‎ ‎Learn my child letters‎ ‎", "‎ ‎Classic case of damage‎ ‎" and "‎ ‎The great obstruction‎ ‎".‎ ‎ He graduated from ‎ ‎the Diplareios School‎ ‎ with a degree in  ‎ ‎Electrical Engineering‎ ‎ an...

Born in 1904 Avlonitis was one of the most famous old school Greek comedians.  He performed in numerous films and stage productions in the mid to late 20th century. Vassilis Avlonitis is best known for his collaboration in films with Georgia Vasiliadou.  Listen to the podcast and find out more about this talented, memorable and loved actor that died on the 10th of March 1970 

Ketty Panou was born in Burgas, Bulgaria but emigrated to Greece at a young age.  She was very talented and became a child star, performing in many theatrical plays.  She studied acting and ballet at the George Theodosiadi school of Cinema & Acting and had the leading role in one of the first big screen movies that had sound and vocals ' The Voice of the Heart" in 1943.  She is...