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Otto Preminger 1960-1979 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 7)
Otto Preminger, Liza Minnelli, and Ken Howard on the set of Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.Long an antagonist to Hollywood’s norms (not to...
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Flashback: LIZ
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts.and SpotifyThis episode was originally released on October 28, 2014. Listen to help prep for the next episode of our new season, The Old Man is Still...
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George Stevens 1958-1970 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 8)
Warren Beatty and George Stevens on the set of The Only Game In Town, 1970, 20th Century Studios Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.As a cameraman during World War II, George Stevens...
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Flashback: Sammy and Dino — Generation Gap
Sammy Davis Jr. by Phillipe Halsman Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.This episode was originally released on December 14, 2021. Listen to help prep for the next episode of our new...
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Billy Wilder 1961-1981 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 9)
Billy Wilder directing on the set of Fedora, 1978, United Artists Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.Hollywood’s 1960s began with Billy Wilder winning three Oscars for The Apartment....
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Flashback: Bette Davis and the Hollywood Canteen
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.This episode was originally released on January 6, 2015. Listen to help prep for the next episode of our new season, The Old Man is Still Alive.This...
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William Wyler 1965-1971 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 10)
William Wyler and John Ford Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.For over 40 years, William Wyler was one of Hollywood’s most dependable classicists, culminating in 1968 with the...
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Henry Hathaway (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 11)
Henry Hathaway and cast members on the set of True Grit Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.Henry Hathaway started directing in the early 1930s and though he made movies of all genres,...
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Flashback: Marilyn Monroe – The End
Marilyn Monroe by Bert Stern, 1962 Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts.and Spotify.This episode was originally released on March 21, 2017. Listen to help prep for the next episode of our new...
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George Cukor 1960-1981 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 12)
George Cukor in 1973. Photograph by Allan Warren. Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.George Cukor had always experimented within his relatively broad lane, often finding nuanced ways...
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Flashback: The End of Louis B. Mayer
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.This episode was originally released on December 22, 2015. Listen to help prep for the next episode of our new season, The Old Man is Still...
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Stanley Donen 1967-1984 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 13)
Director Stanley Donen behind the camera on location. Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.How does an artist once perceived to be ahead of his time fall behind the times? The...
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Flashback: John Huston and Olivia de Havilland
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts.and Spotify.This episode was originally released on March 3, 2015. Listen to help prep for the next episode of our new season, The Old Man is Still Alive.She...
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John Huston, Part One: 1966-1974 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 14)
John Huston as Noah Cross in Chinatown, 1974, Paramount Pictures Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.This series began with the story of a director who wrote his autobiography to...
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John Huston, Part Two: 1975-1987 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 15)
John Huston with Anjelica Huston and Donal McCann on the set of The Dead, 1987, Vestron Pictures Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.In part two of our season finale, we explore the...
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The Old Man is Still Alive archive
In The Old Man is Still Alive, we will look at the late filmographies of a number of directors whose careers began in the early decades of Hollywood, who were still making movies in the 60s and 70s...
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