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Holidays by the Lake
Before our 2025 series kicks off we have a special holiday treat episode. In the past we used to do a podcast episode of our old series The Movie Files during the holidays of a film that takes place during the Christmas season that’s not really a Christmas movie. To revisit the tradition we offer…
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The Science of 007
Though we havent see James Bond on the big screen recently and fans are looking forward to a new action hero and a new feature film, in this special episode of The Movie Files we revisit the man with the license to kill to talk a little about Bond history – and our book The…
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The Movie Files – Green Dolphin Street
We head off to New Zealand and the world of special effects, but through the eyes of Hollywood for the film version of the novel Green Dolphin Street. Though the movie largely takes place in New Zealand, the movie was filmed on MGM soundstages and released in 1947. But New Zealand is at the heart…
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The Author Show – Who Nuked the Duke?
Author John William Law recently appeared on The Author Show to discuss the book Who Nuked the Duke? and the related film The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout. The interview is hosted here. The book helped inspire a film that had its world premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival in October 2023 and closed the Palm…
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The Prize of Stockholm
Paul Newman, Elke Sommer, Diane Baker and the legendary Edward G. Robinson take a romp through Stockholm in the 1963 classic The Prize. Though the film was films on the soundstages of Hollywood, Stockholm, the Grand Hotel and the illustrious Nobel Prize are featured characters in this Hitchcock-esque feature not made by The Master of…
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Bond in Berlin
On a recent trip to Berlin and Munich we got to track down some locations for James Bond. Bond was quite the world traveler and Europe was an easy place to drop 007. Bond arrived in Germany for Octopussy for key scenes later in the film, but the story opens up in the city. Octopussy…
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The Defector
Montgomery Clift traveled to Munich to film The Defector in 1966 to prove to Hollywood and Elizabeth Taylor that he was capable of completing a motion picture. Wanting to work he hadn’t had many offers and The Defector was an independent film in Europe that promised him the leading man role in a mystery/suspense film.…
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The Sound of Music
As musicals go, The Sound of Music captivated a generation of moviegoers and lives on as one of the preeminent examples of Hollywood’s ability to entertain audiences with story, music, action, and drama. The 1965 American musical was produced and directed by Robert Wise. Starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, the film single-handedly saved Twentieth Century Fox from…