Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies

Episode 59: Constance Towers

Steve speaks with stage, screen and television actress Constance Towers about her origins in show business, her co-starring role opposite John Wayne and William Holden in director John Ford's Civil War drama "The Horse Soldiers," her subsequent co-starring role in Ford's "Sergeant Rutledge," and her work with maverick director Sam Fuller on "The Naked Kiss."  
 
 

Episode 58: Alan Rudolph

Steve speaks with maverick film director Alan Rudolph (The Moderns, Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle) about his origins, his father, director Oscar Rudolph, his association with director Robert Altman, and the influences that made him one of Hollywood's most interesting storytellers. 

George Lazenby

Steve interviews Australian George Lazenby, the man who, despite no acting experience whatsoever, replaced Sean Connery as James Bond, and starred opposite Diana Rigg in one of the greatest Bond movies ever - "On Her Majesty's Secret Service."

Episode 55: Stefanie Powers

Steve speaks with actress Stefanie Powers about the origins of her long career in film and television, her Blake Edwards thriller Experiment in Terror, her John Wayne movie, McClintock, and how she almost became part of the classic West Side Story

Episode 55 Gary King

Steve speaks with special effects maestro Gary King - part of the King family of special effects experts - his entry into the business, and his work on such classics as Young Frankenstein, The Towering Inferno, The Final Countdown and Endangered Species. 

Episode 54: George Stevens Jr.

Steve speaks with legendary producer, director, writer, documentarian, playwright and founder of the American Film Institute, George Stevens Jr., who shares details about his dad's directing career and World War II service, "The Diary of Anne Frank," the Hollywood blacklist period, the documentary "George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey" and the beginnings of the AFI.  
 
 
 

Episode 53 Wayne Kramer

Steve speaks with director Wayne Kramer, whose 2003 drama, The Cooler, starring Wiliam H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, Paul Sorvino, and Maria Bello, is one of the best Las Vegas films ever.

Episode 52: Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns

Steve is joined for an eclectic evening by pop culture historians Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns, authors of the book "The Show Won't Go One: The Most Shocking, Bizarre and Historical Deaths of Performers Onstage." In addition to discussing the book and its upcoming sequel "Hollywood Endings," they go deep on Jerry Lewis's "The Errand Boy" and the life and career of actor Lawrence Tierney, the subject of Kearn's new book, "Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood's Real Life Tough Guy."  
 
 
 
 
 

Episode 51 Derek Sculthorpe

Steve speaks with British film historian and author  Derek Schulthorpe about his books on such iconic character actors as Edmond  O’Brien, Van Heflin, Sidney Greenstreet, Claire Trevor, Brian Donlevy and Ruth Roman.

Episode 50: Gary Gerani

Steve speaks with author, screenwriter, Blu-ray commentator and trading card expert Gary Gerani, as they discuss his career, his cult classic Pumpkinhead, and the 1957 courtroom classic 12 Angry Men.