Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies

Episode 44: Bud Moss

Steve speaks at length with retired talent agent, author and film packager Budd Burton Moss who relates stories of working with a constellation of actors in the 1950s and 1960s, including Rita Hayworth, his long time friendship with Sidney Poitier, his marriage to actress Ruth Roman (Strangers on a Train), her harrowing tale of survival on the sinking Andrea Doria luxury liner, and much more. A very rich interview. 

Episode 43: Guy Manos

Steve speaks with motion picture technology entrepreneur and ex-stuntman and champion sky diver Guy Manos of CineLogic, who explains how the insane costs of epic motion pictures can be cut dramatically using pre-visualization technology aka Pre-Viz.  
 
 
 

Episode 42: Ron Shelton

Steve explores the classic “Bull Durham” with its writer-director Ron Shelton who documented his memories in the recent book “The Church of Baseball.”

Episode 41: James Chapman

Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the release of the first James Bond film, Dr. No, Steve interviews author James Chapman, author of the fine forensic history of that film: "Dr. No: The First James Bond Film."

Episode 40: Veronica Cartwright

To celebrate Halloween, Steve interviews three-time Emmy-nominated actress Veronica Cartwright who screamed her way through such genre classics as The Birds, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Alien.  

Episode 39: Karen Kramer

Steve chats with actress/producer Karen Kramer, who acted under the name Karen Sharpe, and is the last surviving adult cast member of the terrific Wiliam Wellman airline disaster drama The High and the Mighty, and was also married to the late epic filmmaker Stanley Kramer (On the Beach, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World).  
 
 
 

Episode 38:Rory Aylward

Steve is joined by motion picture technical advisor Major Rory Aylward to discuss classic World War II movies, including A Walk in the Sun (1946), Battleground (1949), Twelve O'Clock High (1949), Hell is for Heroes (1962), and Patton (1970). 

Episode 37: Brett Cullen

Steve explores the making of Apollo 13 through the eyes of Brett Cullen, one of the busiest actors in Hollywood, who portrayed CAPCOM1, the mission control specialist who hears Jim Lovell say "Houston, we have a problem!"
 
 
 

Episode 36: Jeramie Rain and Marc Sheffler

Steve interviews actors Jeramie Rain and Marc Sheffler who co-starred in the very disturbing horror film "The Last House on the Left," which marked the directing debut of future horror maestro Wes Craven, and which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary

Episode 35: Avie Hern

Steve is joined by film historian Avie Hern as  they celebrate the 70th anniversary of the MGM classic costume epic, Ivanhoe, which starred Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine and George Sanders.