via Leonard Maltin's latest blog (
http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/film-history-a-la-carte):
It used to be that if you wanted to pursue film history, you consulted a book or magazine, or attended a lecture. Now there are countless options online, some of them quite inventive. (How else could rare Laurel and Hardy home movies be exposed to a worldwide audience?) Frank Thompson, a prolific author and film historian of the first rank, has launched a podcast called The Commentary Track, where he posts audio interviews with notable colleagues.
You can listen to such eminent writers and scholars as Kevin Brownlow, Rudy Behlmer, Carl Davis, Joseph Musso, Randy Skretvedt, Marilyn Moss, Patricia Hanson, Thomas W. Holland, and John Bengtson. New episodes are being added weekly, and you can subscribe on iTunes (where you can also leave feedback, which helps to spread the word about this worthwhile endeavor).
PODCAST PAGE:
http://www.thecommentarytrack.com/Welcome.htm?m=1Nothing Stooge related (yet), but the latest episode could be of interest:
Host Frank Thompson talks with author Marilyn Ann Moss, biographer of filmmakers George Stevens ("Giant: George Stevens, a Life on Film") and Raoul Walsh ("Raoul Walsh: the True Adventures of Hollywood's Legendary Director"). The conversation touches on the directors' work with actors as diverse as
Laurel and Hardy, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Cagney, Errol Flynn, Bette Davis and classic films such as "Gunga Din," "A Place in the Sun," "Swing Time," "White Heat," "The Diary of Anne Frank" and many others.
There's a forum at the podcast website where you can suggest guests. I've suggested Ted Okuda and/or Ed Watz.
