Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies

Happy Days Are Here Again

Steve interviews author/producers Fred Fox, Jr and Brian Levant, both veteran television writers, story editors and show runners, all about their book,  "50 Years of Happy Days: A Visual History of an American Television Classic." 

The Movies in Uniform

Steve interviews author and film historian Bob Herzberg, all about his book Hollywood and the Military Bureaucracy, focusing on the historical underpinnings and context of such immortal classics as Bataan, Attack, From Here to Eternity, The Young Lions and Patton.  

Actor Jack O'Halloran -"Super Villain from the Phantom Zone and Beyond"

Steve interviews former heavyweight boxing champion/turned actor Jack O'Halloran ("Superman," "King Kong," "Hero and the Terror")

When Cold War Films Were Hot

Steve and fellow film historian Avie Hern discuss the staying power of the 1964 Cold War Thriller "Seven Days in May," which starred Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Martin Balsam, a solid all-star cast in a riveting story written by Rod Serling, based on the terrific novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II and directed by John Frankenheimer.

The James Bond Movie Patriarch Speaks

This week Steve goes into his personal research files and features an interview he did with 007 movie producer Albert R. Broccoli, conducted in Mr. Broccoli's office in MGM's Thalberg Building in the summer of 1977. They discuss the origins of the James Bond movie series, the dealmaking, the casting, the obstacles and challenges, and Mr. Broccoli discusses his early day, from farming broccoli on Long Island to arriving in Hollywood. 
 
 

Breaking Down the Oscar Steeplechase

Steve speaks with Deadline reviewer and awards season analyst Pete Hammond all about this year's Oscar contenders, including "Wicked," "Anora," "The Brutalist," "Conclave," Emilia Perez" and much more. 

Oscar Worthy Films

Steve is joined by his writing partner Billy Riback (a two-time Emmy and Globe nominated writer) to discuss this year's crop of potential Oscar-winning films, including "Wicked," "A Complete Unknown," "Anora," "Dune 2," "Emilia Perez" and much more.

Errol Flynn: The Final Decade

Steve once again is joined by author Robert Florczak (Errol Flynn: The Illustrated Life Chronology), as they discuss the final decade of Flynn's work, including such titles as his last western "Rocky Mountain," "The Sun Also Rises," "The Roots of Heaven" and the little-seen "Cuban Rebel Girls."
 

Cinema of the Holocaust

In time for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Steve is joined by cultural historian and author Jud Newborn (Sophie Scholl and The White Rose) as they discuss the films that have documented the Holocaust - both foreign and domestic - including "Night and Fog" "Schindler's List," "The Diary of Anne Frank" and many more. 
 
 

Film Producing Dynamics

Steve interviews film and television producer and former production executive Marc Charles Rosen  (Threshold) who gets into an insightful discussion on producing dynamics today