Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies

Welcome To Saturday Night At The Movies With Steven Jay Rubin! The podcast that celebrates film past present and future!

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Episodes

5 days ago

Steve interviews Marcia Clark, former lead prosecutor in the OJ Simpson trial, all about the 1953 Barbara Graham case, depicted in the 1958 film, "I Want to Live," which netted Susan Hayward the Best Actress Oscar that year, and revealed in fascinating detail in Clark's terrific new book, Trial by Ambush.  

The Sound of Music at 60

Monday Apr 07, 2025

Monday Apr 07, 2025

Steve goes into his Interview files to retrieve a 1980 interview with Academy Award-winning director Robert Wise who discusses the making of "The Sound of Music," the Best Picture Oscar winner of 1965.

Happy Days Are Here Again

Monday Mar 31, 2025

Monday Mar 31, 2025

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

Monday Mar 24, 2025

Monday Mar 24, 2025

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.  

Monday Mar 03, 2025

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

When Cold War Films Were Hot

Monday Feb 24, 2025

Monday Feb 24, 2025

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.

Monday Feb 17, 2025


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. 
 
 

Thursday Feb 13, 2025

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

Thursday Feb 13, 2025

Thursday Feb 13, 2025

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.

Monday Feb 03, 2025

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."
 

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