The Chicago food podcast from Michael Gebert, James Beard Award-winning food journalist and videomaker from Skyfullofbacon.com. Talk to chefs, food writers and diners about restaurants from high to low in one of the world’s most exciting and influential food cities.
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For fans of classic movies, talking with authors, archivists, filmmakers, musicians and others doing work with our film heritage. From NitrateVille.com, the classic film discussion site.
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111: Dave Glass on Monty Banks • Jeffrey L. Carrier on Patsy Ruth Miller
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Dave Glass on silent comedian Monty Banks • Jeffrey L. Carrier on silent star Patsy Ruth Miller (78:25)By Michael Gebert
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110: Vitagraph Comedies • Film Is Dead. Long Live Film! • Lon Davis Meets The Old Stars
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Vitagraph Comedies, with Rob Stone, George Willeman and Lynanne Schweighofer • Peter Flynn, director of Film is Dead. Long Live Film! • Lon Davis, author of Stumbling Into Film History (99:54)By Michael Gebert
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109: Billy! Brackett and Wilder • Double Indemnity and the Rise of Noir
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Donald Brackett, author of Double Solitaire: The Films of Brackett and Wilder • Alain Silver and James Ursini, authors of From the Moment They Met It Was Murder: Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir (99:22)By Michael Gebert
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108: Bryony Dixon on Victorian Film • Death by Laughter • Tod Slaughter
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Bryony Dixon on Victorian Film • Maggie Hennefeld on Women and Death by Laughter • Sam Dunn on the Deadly Doings of Tod Slaughter (87:20)By Michael Gebert
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107: Dan Streible on Orphan Films • Mike Mashon on the Changing Preservation Scene
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Dan Streible on Orphan Films • Mike Mashon on the Changing Preservation Scene (85:52)By Michael Gebert
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106: Donald Bogle on Lena Horne • Restoring William S. Hart • Pamela Hutchinson on The Red Shoes
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Donald Bogle, author of Lena Horne: Goddess Reclaimed • Tracey Goessel on restoring William S. Hart • Pamela Hutchinson, author of BFI Film Classics: The Red Shoes (96:44)By Michael Gebert
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105: Top Ten in Physical Media 2023, with Bruce Calvert • Foster Hirsch on Movies in the 50s
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Top Ten in Physical Media 2023, with Bruce Calvert and Michael Gebert • Foster Hirsch, author of Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties, on Movie Culture in the 50s (97:11)By Michael Gebert
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104: Pordenone 2023 Festival Report • The "Only" Woman Animator • Scott Eyman on Chaplin vs. America
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NitrateVille Radio Ep. 104: Pordenone 2023 Festival Report, with Lokke Heiss • Mindy Johnson on Bessie Mae Kelley, The "Only" Woman Animator • Scott Eyman, author of Charlie Chaplin vs. America (108:27)By Michael Gebert
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103: Northern Silents • Lisa Stein Haven on Chaplin at First National • Sarah Royal on Lucy
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Jonny Best on the Northern Silent Film Festival • Lisa Stein Haven, author of The Early Years of Charlie Chaplin: Final Shorts and First Features • Sarah Royal, author of AKA Lucy: The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball (96:04)By Michael Gebert
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102: Rob Byrne on Foolish Wives • Eddie Muller on Kid and Cocktail Noir • Becoming Nick and Nora
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Rob Byrne on Restoring Foolish Wives • Eddie Muller on Kid Noir and Cocktail Noir Books • Rob Kozlowski, author of Becoming Nick and Nora (100:27)By Michael Gebert
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101: Serge Bromberg on Laurel & Hardy Year One • Josh Mills on Ernie in Kovacsland
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Serge Bromberg on Laurel & Hardy Year One • Josh Mills on Ernie in Kovacsland (80:36)By Michael Gebert
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100: 100th Episode! with Michael Gebert and Ben Model • Susan Delson on Soundies
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The 100th Episode: David Hammond Interviews Michael Gebert • Most Frequent Guest Ben Model on Tom Mix and More • Susan Delson on Soundies and African-American Performers (103:04)By Michael Gebert
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99: The Warner Bros. Episode, with Mark A. Vieira and Chris Yogerst
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The Warner Bros. Episode, with Mark A. Vieira, author of Warner Bros.: 100 Years of Storytelling, and Chris Yogerst, author of The Warner Brothers (89:46)By Michael Gebert
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98: Robert Harris and James Mockoski on The Johnstown Flood • The Stoogeum's Gary Lassin
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Robert Harris and James Mockoski on The Johnstown Flood, Napoleon, Lawrence of Arabia and other restorations • The Stoogeum's Gary Lassin, author of A Tour De Farce (89:08)By Michael Gebert
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97: LOC Festival of Film & Sound • Two New Silent Film Kickstarters • William M. Drew on Pearl White
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David Pierce on the Library of Congress Festival of Film & Sound • Two New Silent Film Kickstarters by Ed Lorusso and Joe Harvat • William M. Drew on Pearl White (92:58)By Michael Gebert
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96: Academics and Vintage Film: Domitor • The Media Ecology Project • Victor Moore in Silent Comedy
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Rob Stone on Victor Moore and His Klever Komedies • Domitor, with Tami Williams and Ian Christie • Mark Williams on the Media Ecology Project (89:07)By Michael Gebert
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95: Slapstick Festival in Bristol • A Norwegian Silent Comedian • John Stangeland on Aline MacMahon
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Slapstick Festival in Bristol, with director Chris Daniels • Norwegian Silent Comedian August Schøneman, with Snorre Smari Mathiesen • Author John Stangeland on Aline MacMahon (95:57)By Michael Gebert
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94: The Lives of Beau Geste • The King of the Kongo • A Studio in Occupied France
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Frank Thompson, author of The Compleat Beau Geste • Eric Grayson on Restoring The King of the Kongo, with Boris Karloff • Author Christine Leteux on a Studio in Occupied France (95:01)By Michael Gebert
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93: Top Ten in Physical Media 2022 • Steve Massa with More Lame Brains and Lunatics
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Top Ten in Physical Media 2022, with Bruce Calvert • Steve Massa, author of Lame Brains and Lunatics 2 (99:40)By Michael Gebert
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92: Margaret Dumont • Hispanics: Viva Hollywood! • Lawrence Tierney
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Chris Enss and Howard Kazanjian, authors of Straight Lady: The Life and Times of Margaret Dumont, the Fifth Marx Brother • Viva Hollywood author Luis I. Reyes • Burt Kearns, author of Lawrence Tierney, Hollywood's Real Life Tough Guy (97:19)By Michael Gebert
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91: Pordenone 2022 Festival Report • The Unknown Unknown • Lara Gabrielle on Marion Davies
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Pordenone 2022 Festival Report, with Lokke Heiss • Restoring the Unknown The Unknown, with George Eastman Museum's Peter Bagrov, Anthony L'Abbate and Gordon Nelson • Biographer Lara Gabrielle on Marion Davies (103:54)By Michael Gebert
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90: How Elinor Glyn Changed Sex • How Hollywood Changed Going to the Movies
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How Elinor Glyn Changed Sex, with biographer Hilary A. Hallett • How Hollywood Changed Going to the Movies, with author Ross Melnick (100:58)By Michael Gebert
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Cinema's First Nasty Women, with Co-Curators Maggie Hennefeld, Laura Horak, and Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi • Scoring Cinema's First Nasty Women, with Dana Reason (82:02)By Michael Gebert
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88: Film Preservation with Richard Simonton • Jon Mirsalis on Rare Lon Chaney
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The Hidden History of Film Preservation with Richard Simonton • Jon Mirsalis on Rare Lon Chaney (119:24)By Michael Gebert
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87: Jeffrey Spivak on Busby Berkeley • Jack Theakston on New Abbott & Costello and 3-D Restorations
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Biographer Jeffrey Spivak, author of Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley • Jack Theakston on New Abbott & Costello and 3-D Restorations Coming Soon (88:33)By Michael Gebert
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86: Scott McGee on Hollywood's Greatest Stunts • Ed Lorusso on a Wallace Reid DVD Kickstarter
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86: Scott McGee on Hollywood's Greatest Stunts • Ed Lorusso on a Wallace Reid DVD Kickstarter by Michael GebertBy Michael Gebert
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85: TCM Film Festival Returns, with Nora Fiore • Movies as Art: Poster Collector Dwight Cleveland
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TCM Film Festival Returns, with Nora Fiore • Movies as Art: Poster Collector Dwight Cleveland (96:08)By Michael Gebert
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84: Columbus Moving Picture Show • Comique Magazine • Julian David Stone, Author of "It's Alive!"
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Samantha Glasser on the Columbus Moving Picture Show • David B, Pearson on Comique Magazine • Julian David Stone, Author of "It's Alive!" (77:01)By Michael Gebert
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83: Ben Model on Raymond Griffith via Kickstarter • Eric Hoyt on Hollywood Trade Papers
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Ben Model on Raymond Griffith, Marion Davies and More Silent Stars via Kickstarter • Eric Hoyt on the Golden Age of Hollywood Trade Papers (90:40)By Michael Gebert
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82: Hippodrome Silent Film Festival in Scotland • David Crump on Fred Karno
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Director Alison Strauss on the 12th Hippodrome Silent Film Festival in Bo'ness, Scotland • Author David Crump on Fred Karno's Influence on Silent Comedy (82:23)By Michael Gebert
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81: Dana Stevens on Buster Keaton's Century • Farrah Nehme on Dames at MoMA • Found Emulsion
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Dana Stevens, author of Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century • Farran Smith Nehme on 30s Dames at MoMA • Glenn Andreiev on Lost and Found Emulsion (88:11)By Michael Gebert
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80: The Real Charlie Chaplin • Serge Bromberg on Julien Duvivier
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James Spinney, co-director of The Real Charlie Chaplin • Serge Bromberg on rediscovering Julien Duvivier in the 1920s (96:36)By Michael Gebert
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79: Physical Media Top Ten of 2021 • Jaime Weinman on Looney Tunes
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Physical Media Top Ten of 2021, with Bruce Calvert • Jaime Weinman on the History of Looney Tunes (92:24)By Michael Gebert
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78: Scott Eyman on 20th Century Fox and Darryl F. Zanuck • Thomas Reeder on Century Comedies
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Scott Eyman, author of 20th Century-Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Creation of the Modern Film Studio • Thomas Reeder, author of Time is Money! The Century, Rainbow, and Stern Brothers Comedies of Julius and Abe Stern (77:08)By Michael Gebert
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77: 2021 Pordenone Festival Report • Rediscovering Ellen Richter • Media History Digital Library
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NitrateVille Radio Ep. 77: 2021 Pordenone Festival Report, with Lokke Heiss • Rediscovering Ellen Richter, with Philipp Stiasny and Oliver Hanley • Eric Hoyt on Media History Digital Library (103:07)By Michael Gebert
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76: Vim Kickstarter • Becoming Carole Lombard • The Magnificent Jane Russell
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Rob Stone on Vim Comedies • Olympia Kiriakou on Becoming Carole Lombard • Christina Rice on the Magnificent Jane Russell (89:04)By Michael Gebert
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75: Eddie Muller on Film Noir's Dark City • Silent Movie Day is September 29
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Silent Movie Day, with Brandee Cox and Steven K. HIll • Eddie Muller on Film Noir's Dark City (86:58)By Michael Gebert
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74: Edward Everett Horton Comedies • Andrew Erish on Vitagraph • Stephen Horne on Silent Sirens
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Ben Model on Edward Everett Horton comedies on DVD • Andrew A. Erish on Vitagraph: America's First Great Movie Studio • Stephen Horne on music for Silent Sirens (98:10)By Michael Gebert
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73: Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna, and Online • Kit Parker's 50 Years in Film
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Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna, and Online, with Marianne Lewinsky • Kit Parker's 50 Years in Film (90:30)By Michael Gebert
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72: Silent Film Showings Are Back! • Lisa Stein Haven on Max Linder
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72: Silent Film Showings Are Back! • Lisa Stein Haven on Max Linder by Michael GebertBy Michael Gebert
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71: Preserving Paramount with Andrea Kalas • Kat Ellinger on Mae West
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Paramount SVP of Asset Management Andrea Kalas on Preservation in 2021 • Kat Ellinger on Mae West (86:32)By Michael Gebert
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70: Searching for Shoulder Arms • Lois Weber's Sensation Seekers • Billy Wilder, Newspaperman
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Brigitte Paulowitz on Searching for Chaplin's Shoulder Arms • Shelley Stamp on Lois Weber's Sensation Seekers • Noah Isenberg on Billy Wilder, Newspaperman (76:57)By Michael Gebert
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69: Tyrone Power • Mary Astor • The Classic Film Collective
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69: Introducing The Classic Film Collective, with Kate Gabrielle and Jill Blake • Gillian Kelly on Tyrone Power • Kathleen Spaltro on Mary Astor (89:50)By Michael Gebert
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68: A Year of The Silent Comedy Watch Party • William Wellman Jr. on His Father Wild Bill
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68: A Year of The Silent Comedy Watch Party • William Wellman Jr. on His Father Wild Bill by Michael GebertBy Michael Gebert
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67: Legendary Jungle Hoax Film Ingagi • Stars Under the Nazis
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Kelly Robinson on Legendary Jungle Hoax Film Ingagi • Stars Under the Nazis: Dr. Eddy von Mueller on Luis Trenker's The Kaiser of California • Olaf Möller on Hans Albers in Port of Freedom (87:23)By Michael Gebert
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66: The Woman Behind MGM's Throne • Film Noir Fashion
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Jacqueline Braitman on Ida Koverman, the Woman Behind MGM's Throne • Kimberly Truhler on Film Noir Fashion (91:56)By Michael Gebert
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65: Bruce Goldstein on The Naked City • Tommy Jose Stathes • Arnold Leibovit on George Pal
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Bruce Goldstein on The Naked City • Tommy Jose Stathes' Silent Cartoon Kickstarter • Arnold Leibovit on George Pal's Puppetoons (87:12)By Michael Gebert
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64: Physical Media Top Ten of 2020 • Philippe Garnier on Scoundrels, Spitballers and Screenwriters
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Physical Media Top Ten of 2020, with Bruce Calvert • Philippe Garnier on Scoundrels, Spitballers and Screenwriters of the 1930s (86:00)By Michael Gebert
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63: Allen Lewis Rickman on Yiddish Cinema • Ned Thanhouser on the Thanhouser Studio
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Yiddish actor-translator Allen Lewis Rickman on The Jewish Soul: Ten Classics of Yiddish Cinema • Ned Thanhouser on his family's silent film studio (90:56)By Michael Gebert
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62: Scott Eyman on Cary Grant • Fright Favorites Author David J. Skal
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Scott Eyman, author of Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise • David J. Skal, author of Fright Favorites, 31 Movies To Haunt Your Halloween and Beyond (89:11)By Michael Gebert
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