Matinees On Main Street: A Movie History Podcast
1) 100th Episode! Extra!
I just want to let everyone who listens to this podcast to know that we have reached milestones. One hundred episodes are now available, and I'm about to achieve 2500 downloads on those episodes. So,...Show More
2) Episode 99: The Biographers and the O'Kalems
The early movies were moving out of the studios and into the outlying areas. This includes the development of westerns, movies had in foregn lands, and comapnies starting to eye California as a place...Show More
3) Episode 98: The Jack Johnson Fight
4) Episode 97: The Roosevelt Safari
When President Theodore Roosevelt retired from the Presidency, he immediately traveled to Africa to hunt big game in the name of the Smithsonian Institute. In the wake of this expedition, movies were...Show More
5) Episode 96: The French Come to America
In the middle of the Trust War, and the indie rebellion, The French eye the American market and start establishing branch companies in the US.
6) Episode 95: Upgrading Movie Theaters
Theater operator Roxy Rothephal started a drive to create a better movie watching experience by promoting better looking and larger movie theaters with the kind of amenities found in theater and high...Show More
7) Episode 94- The "Do-Gooders" Effect
The moralist attitudes of Victorians was starting to focus its attention on the movies, and the Trust was responding in kind.
8) Episode 93 - The Westerns Look for a Home
As the movie companies become interested in making western themed movies, a shift takes place as some ofthe companies start making westerns in the west.
9) Episode 92: How The Edisons Made Movies
The Edison Company was one of the few early movie companies to leave some historical record about how it made movies. We'll take a bit of a look at the work process.
10) Episode 91: D.W. Griffith and his Early Biograph Movies
A look at D.W. Griffith's early work at Biograph Studios.