Uncategorized – YESTERYEAR BALLYHOO REVUE

Zach welcomes back Erin Mullane (Filmmaker, ‘The Other Lemming’) for a show to pay tribute to filmmaking legend Roger Corman as they dive deep into his 1963 Poe-film outing, THE RAVEN!

Settle in as the two share their own unique Corman entry points, thrill as they learn more about how Roger climbed the ladder to B-Movie royalty, laugh along as they unpack Richard Matheson’s humor laced plot, marvel at how it’s sorcerer themes have carried into this recent filmmaking era, and finally reflect upon how Corman’s immense influence as a whole has shaped film culture for the be...

Zach welcomes back podcaster Zack Beins (Talkin Troma) for a gigantic discussion surrounding the early cinematic legacy surrounding the ill fated White Star Line Ship … the R.M.S. TITANIC.

Journey with the duo as they unpack Zack Beins’ life long fascination with the subject of Titanic, become marveled by the long cinematic lineage of the disaster on celluloid, explore with shock and bafflement at the many odd ways the subject has been approached on film, find themselves surprised by how some films have grown better with time (and how some have definitely not), and finally ponder the...

Zach welcomes back podcaster Ryan Frost (Reel Nerds Podcast) for a Top Ten Countdown nearly a century in the making as they present to world: THE GLEE OF 1933

All last year, Ryan and Zach celebrated the 90th anniversary of one of cinema’s landmark years. Now join along as they each give you their list of Top Ten Films that run the gamut from Musicals to Monsters!

PLUS: The duo fix the 1933 Academy Awards so you don’t have to!
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The Ballyhoo hands over the hosting duties to Paul Kovit (No Soap Radio) as he sits down to interview Annette Bochenek (Hometowns to Hollywood), Hope Sears (IJBFC, All of the Classics), Victoria Gordon (Wednesday Night Cabaret) , Natalie Gordon, and Zach about being younger fans of Golden Age Hollywood.

Tune in soon to hear them all chatter about their respective origins, how they perceive the best way to introduce that fandom to others, and how they wrestle with the past with the help of context and education.

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Rashmi Menon and Zach Eastman are proud to bring you KOWAI- A look at Japanese Horror, courtesy of YBR Presents!

Tune into Chapter 1 where Rashmi and Zach go all the way back to 1926 for a closer look at the chaotic collage of terror that is Teinosuke Kinugasa’s A PAGE OF MADNESS.

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Zach welcomes back filmmaker and podcast pal Marshall Rosales to the program for an epic Two- Part discussion surrounding the motion picture and the production story of Herbert J. Biberman’s 1954 epic that would be suppressed amid the Hollywood Blacklist, SALT OF THE EARTH.

In Part 1, Zach and Marshall are joined by Hispanic Heritage educator and Improv theater teacher Adrian Holguin, whose family history ties directly into the film’s production and the Miners strike that inspired the film.

Join the trio as they learn more about the Empire Zinc strike that inspire the film and...

The Jack Benny/Mark Sandrich trilogy is now complete as Zach calls upon fellow Benny podcasters Buck Benny (Buck Benny OTR Podcast), Hope Sears (All of the Classics), and John Henderson (This Day in Jack Benny) to assemble (Like some sort of Benny Avenger squad) and take a good long look at the 1940 feud driven comedy brawl, LOVE THY NEIGHBOR.

With the ring of the bell, our analysts gather around the ring and witness the epic battle of Jack Benny and Fred Allen unfold in all its glory. Along the way they will dive deep into the...

On a very special episode of the Ballyhoo, Zach welcomes back Darrel Lantz a.k.a. Buck Benny (Buck Benny OTR Podcast) for a deep dive into a comedy feud born out of a 10 yr. old violinist and the laughter that would ensue for over two decades with a look into the life of Stuart Canin and the birth of the Jack Benny/Fred Allen radio feud.

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You will be treated by the guys with an interview with Stuart Canin, the young violinist himself, as he reflects on the broadcast from 1936 and the life he...

Zach welcomes back Rashmi Menon (Film Fan, International Cinema Correspondent) to join the show in Vienna where will try to unravel the mystery of what happened to certain Harry Lime as they dive into Carol Reed’s 1949 masterpiece, THE THIRD MAN.

Break out the zither and stroll ponderously down the war torn streets with the duo as they learn more about the film’s scattered and at times chaotic production, become unshaken by the stories surrounding David O. Selznick’s involvement and meddling, unpack the mythological baggage surrounding Orson Welles and his involvement in the film, analyze the fi...

Zach welcomes back Film Historian and Podcaster Jack Hanley (‘Blindspotting: A Film Discovery Podcast’, ‘They Did It’, and ‘The Superlatives’) to tackle a grand cinematic titan as they take a grand epic look at Orson Welles’ 1941 classic, CITIZEN KANE!

Get ready for a MEGA SIZED discussion as the boys marvel at the Boy Genius and his arrival to Hollywood, look in awe at the films plot and the many allusions it draws to the current state of affairs, gaze upon the brilliant performances from Cotten to Commingore, get giddy over the many cinematic magic tricks used to create such a...

Zach welcomes back filmmaker and podcaster Jay Rickard (Sit a Spell, Dear Rowan) to help him make sense of a chaotic production and an off beat but lovely result as they unpack John Huston’s 1953 cult classic, BEAT THE DEVIL.

Sit back and embrace the madness as the two learn more about the strange state of the films production, cackle at the way David O. Selznick was taken down a notch by Huston and Co., wrestle with and carefully analyze the troubling aspects of Huston and his life, give proper credit to the directors more admirable traits, ma...

Zach welcomes back Hope Sears (Podcaster, All The Classics) for a chat about pure Meh-lodrama stuffed with random globs of comedy as they dive into the 1935 Burns and Allen film, LOVE IN BLOOM.

Settle in for possibly the harshest episode on a film yet as the two trace George and Gracie’s many whereabouts at this time, take more than a minute to ponder the casting of Dixie Lee and whether or not her husband Bing Crosby was meant to star, reckon with the blandness that is leading man Joe Morrison, unravel the tonally uneven plot, attempt to...

Zach enlists return guest Sterling Cook (Filmmaker/ Podcaster, ‘Tour de Tati’, CFVA) to go from the iconic silence of Tati to the legendary silence of The Man With a Thousand Faces, Lon Chaney, as they deep dive into his 1924 vengeful melodrama, HE WHO GETS SLAPPED.

Grab your seats in the circus tent as the boys unfurl the origins and legends around Lon Chaney and his early years, marvel at the intricate merger that created MGM, fawn over the film;s director Victor Sjöström, become aghast at the chaotic and terrifying imagery swirling around naturalistic aesthetic, and po...

Zach once again welcomes Erin and Chloe (Podcasters, ‘Required Viewing with Erin and Chloe), this time on a Decadent Dirigible filled with unbelievable madness, lavish gowns, and flames of doom as they unravel Cecil B DeMille’s maddening 1930 outing, MADAM SATAN!

Grab your cat masks and grab a dance with the them swingin’ clock people as the trio unearth the origins of the famed DeMille, learn more about the failures that brought him to MGM, find themselves cackling at pithy letters from the writer’s to CB, howl with laughter over the insane twists and turns of the plot...

Zach welcomes back the darned delightful Disney devotees Tyler Maybee and Matt Merback for prequel territory as they travel back all the way to the very beginnings of the Walt Disney Studio with a closer look at the man himself and the very short subject cartoons that built an empire.

That’s right: Disney in the 20’s & 30’s HAS ARRIVED!

Settle in for an epic length chat surrounding the beginnings of Walter Elias Disney, his brother Roy, the amazing Ub Iwerks, and the many other key playes in this Ballyhoo Biography to Beat the Band. All of...

Zach takes this week to thank the guests and listeners on the occasion of the show’s 2nd anniversary, followed by some back to back old time radio goodness courtesy of Orson Welles and Edgar Bergen.
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The Campbell Playhouse Theater presents: The Magnificent Ambersons
Broadcast October 29th, 1939

The Charlie McCarthy Show- Guests Walt Disney and “Donald Duck”
Broadcast September 21, 1947

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Thank You Again to Everyone Who Has Tuned In!

The Bally-Boo feels the beating rays of the sun and is sent into oblivion as we draw to a close with an all time terror treasure.

Yes, Zach is joined by return guest Henry Jarvis (Reel Nerds Podcast) for a trip to Transylvania by way of Germany for the macabre madness of Murnau as they unravel the 1922 horror classic NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR!

Settle in for night of Shivers by way of Shreck as the two become startled by the origins of FW Murnau, tremble in terror over the meticulous production process, gasp at...

The Bally-Boo presses on through the hallowed halls of horror into one of its most terrifying rooms, the one where you can only hear fear and imagine its sight!

Yes, this week Zach welcomes back the Ravenous Radio hound James Scully (Podcaster, ‘Breaking Walls’) for a deep dive into the very origins of a radio program that brought terror to a personal point of view as they unravel the CBS program Firt Person Singular and its’ production of DRACULA!

After the warm glow of the dial has extinguished from the radio, stick around and listen in as...

The Bally-Boo continues with a tale guaranteed to drag you down many a fathom and leave you gasping from air!

Yes, this week Zach welcomes the terrifying twosome of Erin Mullane and Chloe Riggs (Podcasters, Required Viewing with Erin and Chloe) to dive deep into horrors most austere body of water with a talk surrounding Jack Arnold’s 1954 Monster Classic, CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON.

Prepare to shiver in terror as the folks unravel the strange origins of Hollywood’s famous Gill Man, recoil in terror as they dissect the plot bit by bit, scream in s...

The Ballyhoo once again becomes the Bally-BOO as another month of horror arrives to tingle your spine and shiver your soul.

This week, Zach is joined by podcasters and devilish duo, Ben Taylorson and Smokey (Rated H, House of Hammer) to unveil the horrifying story of a man dwindling towards the infinitesimal as they unravel Jack Arnold’s shocking 1957 Sci-Fi/Horror tale, THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN!

Brace yourselves as the boys shiver in terror over story of Jack Arnold’s beginnings, shriek in fright over the frightening facts surrounding production, dwell in dread over the many...

Zach welcomes stand-up comedian and writer Andrew Bueno onto the program to suss through the mysteries and lessons from the aftermath of a great deluge as they take a long look at Michael Curtiz’s 1928 biblical epic, NOAH’S ARK.

After you sat amidst the sound of partial silence, stick around as the boys unfold the stories of development and Curtiz’s ambitions when coming to America, curdle at the many stories of his directorial methods, ponder the transition from silent to sound and it’s affect on the film, become bewildered by the mash up of Biblical...

Zach welcomes back podcaster and filmmaker Zack Beins (Talkin’ Troma) to unravel the strange story of a Talking Mule who became a hero as they dissect the 1950 comedy classic, FRANCIS.

After you have taken a breath from Francis’ vast (and often unfortunate) vocabulary, settle in as the boys talk about the wacky stories surrounding the project at its early stages, shale their heads at the way Universal rustled a mule for the film series, scrutinize every last detail of the plot, reckon respectfully with the verbiage of Francis, and ASSess the ways the film has influenced the work...

Zach welcomes film aficionado Rashmi Menon to the program for an experience of high drama and methodical detail as they unravel Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 suspense classic, HIGH & LOW.

Listen closely to each detail as the two unravel the story of Kurosawa’s life and start in film, marvel at the way a lesser pulp novel is transformed into an intricate social commentary, stand back aghast at the extremely intricate details which gave Kurosawa praise, break down the two separate yet synchronized storytelling modes of the film, and ponder on how the film’s influence can be seen to thi...

Zach welcomes back podcaster and photographer Brent Ballard (Poptimistic Media Photography) to find out who exactly knows what evil lurks in the heart of men… give up…. it’s THE SHADOW! (Boy that was a tough one)

Gather around the radio and get ready for one of the Shdows most thrilling adventures, THE SILENT AVENGER!

After the show, settle in as the boys learn more about the scattered history of Radio’s greatest crime fighter, marvel at the commitment to the shows script writing process under Walter B. Gibson, revel in the plot as and its sure...

A rather sickly Zach welcomes back a far livelier Cev Moore (Here Lies Amicuss, House of Hammer, Film Guff) for the collision of Robert Wise and Val Lewton as they dissect (wink) the happenings within the 1945 terror masterpiece, THE BODY SNATCHER.

They’ll show you how they did it… no, not the way Burke and Hare did it, but how Lewton and Wise did. Settle in as they discuss the true life inspiration for the story and film, learn more about the turbulent production and Lewton’s struggle to see the film doe his way, dive deep into t...

Zach welcomes back filmmaker and podcaster Henry Jarvis (‘Reel Nerds Podcast’, ‘Artery and Vain’) in an emergency broadcast situation as they dissect and discuss Fritz Lang’s 1938 gangster-fueled musical love story, YOU AND ME.

Pull up a chair ya mugs and get comfortable as the two catch up with Lang since his fleeing to America, learn more about the film’s multi-talented star George Raft, break into the chaos of the film production, break down the plot in great detail, marvel at the visual acumen stuck in a standard story, find themselves in rapture over the Sylvia Sydney story...

Zach welcomes back podcaster Phil Vecchio (The Mandarian Orange Show, Alex P. Keaton Is My Friend) to unravel the mysteries of flying saucers, re-animated bodies, and humanities STUPID MINDS as they revel in the glory of Edward D. Wood Jr.’s masterpiece, PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE.

Criswell predicts that you will have a marvelous time listening as the guys break into the origins of Ed’s life and films prior to Plan 9, learn more about the many associates throughout Ed’s career, get emotional over the tragic end of Bela Lugosi, revel in the plot and its many m...

Zach welcomes podcasters Jeff and Cory (Switch the Envelope) to help soft through the demons found in Don Birnam’s bottle as they wander through Billy Wilder’s 1945 Oscar winning triumph, THE LOST WEEKEND.

Grab a theremin and watch out for bats as the guys learn the unusual origins of the film, get taken a back by many Wild(er) stories from behind the scenes, marvel at the highlights of the many moments that form Don’s journey, swoon over the cinematography, and reveal the ways the film has broken ground for films surrounding addiction to this day.<...

Zach welcomes back podcaster Jon Eckstrom (Jon of a All Trades) to engage in a rousting rumble with the logic of illogic as the two unpack the daffy and dizzy delight one may find courtesy of Burns and Allen in their 1935 film, HERE COMES COOKIE!

Grab your lamb chops and settle in for a time as the boys unpack the origin of George Burns and Gracie Allen, marvel at the frenetic pace and madness within the film, dissect the brilliance of Gracie as a performer, delight in the madness of the many Vaudevillians strewn about the picture...

Zach is joined once again by Hope Sears (All of the Classics) to help Jack Benny and Ann Sheridan renovate a historical house as they take a deep dive into William Keighley’s 1942 comedy, ‘George Washington Slept Here’.

Grab your tools and get ready to dig for analytical water wells as the two dive into Jack’s own recollections of the film, discuss the genius of Percy Kilbride’s performance, break down how the film ebbs and flows in terms of quality, discuss the detriment of Jack getting involved in slapstick comedy, and take a good chunk of time to...

Zach welcomes back the one and only Adam Jewell to return to the Wild World of Wilder with a look inside the goings on in 1960’s ‘The Apartment’.

Listen in as the boys discuss the origin of the films creation and its connection to real life events, breakdown and analyze each performance within the context of its era and where that falls into today’s understanding, revel in the superb production design, how the film masterfully transitions from moments of humor to moments of drama, and discover for themselves how the film stands in the legacy of the Roma...

Zach is joined by podcaster Hope Sears (All of the Classics) to find out about the amazing things a letter can do when they discuss Ernst Lubitsch’s 1940 classic, ‘The Shop Around The Corner’.

Head on over to Matuscheck’s with them as they break down the many wonderful characters inhabiting the shop, revel in the balance between light frivolity and sincere drama, praise Frank Morgan up and down, share their favorite moments in the film, look into how the films romantic tropes hold up today, and dig into how this may be Lubitsch’s most personal piece.

Zach welcomes Ryan Frost (Reel Nerds Podcast) to the show to discuss a Cary Grant Double Bill of ‘THE AWFUL TRUTH’ and ‘MR. LUCKY’. Listen in as the two break down the films, discuss the difficulties of acquiring a certain Jean Harlow film, and marvel at what modern audiences responded to.

Plus: Would either of the guys pay $500 dollars for Officially Licensed Cary Grant sunglasses?

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