NitrateVille Radio

NitrateVille Radio

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.

Episodes

121: Rob Byrne on San Francisco Film Preserve • Lisa Stein Haven on Early Buster Keaton

July 2, 2025 • 84 mins
Rob Byrne on San Francisco Film Preserve • Lisa Stein Haven, author of Early Buster Keaton: From the Vaudeville Stage to Comique Films, 1899-1920 (84:28)
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120: Eddie Muller and the Dames of Noir • Ben Model on The Silent Film Universe

June 2, 2025 • 91 mins
Eddie Muller, author of Dark City Dames • Ben Model, author of The Silent Film Universe
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119: First Women of Hollywood • The Visionary June Mathis

May 1, 2025 • 87 mins
Mary Mallory, author of First Women of Hollywood • Thomas J. Slater, author of June Mathis: The Rise and Fall of a Silent Film Visionary (87:33)
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118: Nasty Women Return! • Rhea Combs on Oscar Micheaux • Katie Gee Salisbury on Anna May Wong

March 2, 2025 • 92 mins
Nasty Women Return! Karen Pearlman on Breaking Plates and Smashing the Patriarchy • Rhea Combs on Oscar Micheaux: The Complete Collection • Katie Gee Salisbury, author of Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong (92:56)
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117: Steve Massa on Roscoe Arbuckle • Noah Isenberg on Edgar Ulmer

January 31, 2025 • 92 mins
Steve Massa on a Roscoe Arbuckle DVD/Blu-ray Kickstarter • Noah Isenberg, author of Edgar G. Ulmer: A Filmmaker at the Margins (92:14)
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116: Dave Kehr on To Save and Project • Copenhagen Silent Film Festival • Moguls

December 30, 2024 • 90 mins
Dave Kehr on MoMA's To Save and Project preservation festival • Thomas Christensen on the Copenhagen Silent Film Festival • Authors Michael Benson and Craig Singer on Moguls: The Lives and Times of Hollywood Pioneers Nicholas and Joseph Schenck (90:33)
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115: Top Ten in Physical Media 2024 • South West Silents & Film Noir UK • Burt Kearns on Shemp!

December 1, 2024 • 96 mins
Top Ten in Physical Media 2024, with Bruce Calvert • James Harrison on South West Silents & Film Noir UK • Burt Kearns on Shemp! (96:58)
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114: Silents Synced • Pordenone Festival Report 2024 • Thomas Walsh on Art Director Ben Carré

October 29, 2024 • 93 mins
Josh Frank, creator of Silents Synced • Pordenone Festival Report 2024, with Lokke Heiss • Thomas Waksh on pioneering art director Ben Carré (93:32)
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113: John Ford and the Cavalry • Francis Ford • The Brothers of the Bs

September 17, 2024 • 90 mins
Michael F. Blake, author of The Cavalry Trilogy: John Ford, John Wayne, and the Making of Three Classic Westerns • Kathy Fuller Seeley on Francis Ford • Thomas Reeder, author of Poverty Row Royalty: The Films of Producer Sigmund Neufeld and His Brother, Director Sam Newfield (90:33)
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112: Seeing Napoleon • Rouben Mamoulian • Helen Morgan

August 3, 2024 • 91 mins
Bruce Calvert on the new restoration of Napoleon (1927) • Kurt Jensen, author of Peerless: Rouben Mamoulian, Hollywood and Broadway • Christopher S. Connelly, author of Helen Morgan: The Original Torch Singer and Ziegfeld's Last Star (91:14)
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111: Dave Glass on Monty Banks • Jeffrey L. Carrier on Patsy Ruth Miller

June 3, 2024 • 78 mins
Dave Glass on silent comedian Monty Banks • Jeffrey L. Carrier on silent star Patsy Ruth Miller (78:25)
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110: Vitagraph Comedies • Film Is Dead. Long Live Film! • Lon Davis Meets The Old Stars

May 1, 2024 • 99 mins
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)
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109: Billy! Brackett and Wilder • Double Indemnity and the Rise of Noir

April 2, 2024 • 99 mins
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)
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108: Bryony Dixon on Victorian Film • Death by Laughter • Tod Slaughter

March 4, 2024 • 87 mins
Bryony Dixon on Victorian Film • Maggie Hennefeld on Women and Death by Laughter • Sam Dunn on the Deadly Doings of Tod Slaughter (87:20)
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107: Dan Streible on Orphan Films • Mike Mashon on the Changing Preservation Scene

February 1, 2024 • 85 mins
Dan Streible on Orphan Films • Mike Mashon on the Changing Preservation Scene (85:52)
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106: Donald Bogle on Lena Horne • Restoring William S. Hart • Pamela Hutchinson on The Red Shoes

January 4, 2024 • 96 mins
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)
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105: Top Ten in Physical Media 2023, with Bruce Calvert • Foster Hirsch on Movies in the 50s

December 6, 2023 • 97 mins
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)
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104: Pordenone 2023 Festival Report • The "Only" Woman Animator • Scott Eyman on Chaplin vs. America

November 3, 2023 • 108 mins
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)
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103: Northern Silents • Lisa Stein Haven on Chaplin at First National • Sarah Royal on Lucy

October 2, 2023 • 96 mins
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)
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102: Rob Byrne on Foolish Wives • Eddie Muller on Kid and Cocktail Noir • Becoming Nick and Nora

September 5, 2023 • 100 mins
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)
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