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@Nukle0n
June 17, 2025 at 8:07 pm
Loretta Young later admitted that Clark Gable had drugged and SA’d her. Due to her upbringing she believed it to be a moral failure on her behalf.
@toddhensley880
June 17, 2025 at 8:09 pm
I think all reporters should be required to use the Transatlantic Accent like the old newsreels.
@petosjr
June 17, 2025 at 8:13 pm
I really love everything about this historian. He gave great answers and stories and was really enjoyable to listen to ❤
@credenzamostro
June 17, 2025 at 8:14 pm
Wired out there running a Make A Wish Foundation for adults
@rixx46
June 17, 2025 at 8:15 pm
Am I the only one who can answer 90% of these questions anyway? A simple Google search would cover any of these no expertise required.
@sadem1045
June 17, 2025 at 8:21 pm
Shirley Temple said she didn’t like the drink because it was too sweet
@larryisntmynamebutyoucanca9625
June 17, 2025 at 8:22 pm
20:15 a black and white film with very modern pacing is The Invisible Man (1933). It has very good humor, no fluff, tons of tension and is a brisk film at only 70 minutes long
@Mikishots
June 17, 2025 at 8:23 pm
This was a good one. This fellow knows his film history and is fun to listen to👍
@MikeA15206
June 17, 2025 at 8:30 pm
Went to drama school with Tony and I can say without a doubt Tony was not as hot back then, ha ha. Nicely done Tony!
@SirenaWF1
June 17, 2025 at 8:31 pm
So many of my curiosities have been explained! Thank you!!
@ExhaustedOwl
June 17, 2025 at 8:31 pm
Adding to Tony’s comments at 5:30 about the Mid-Atlantic accent being used so that listeners could easily understand — this is still a thing! It’s why Australian and British singers sometimes use a slightly American accent when performing in the USA.
@brandothecatmeow
June 17, 2025 at 8:33 pm
Sunset Boulevard’s last line is not only one of the most iconic, but also one of the most misquoted. And yes, Marilyn was a powerhouse. No one could EVER fill her shoes.
@filmbuffvictor
June 17, 2025 at 8:44 pm
Didn’t Loretta Young later say that Gable had date raped her, which led to her pregnancy?
@debrown789
June 17, 2025 at 8:45 pm
My guy hates television
@ll7868
June 17, 2025 at 8:45 pm
There wouldn’t have been a Dracula without 1922’s Nosferatu. 1927’s Metropolis was the first blockbuster sci-fi film and has some of the most innovative special effects that blows the minds of modern day effects artists.
@neskire
June 17, 2025 at 8:54 pm
Charlie Chaplin used special effects in some of his films. In the film Modern Times, a scene where Chaplin’s character appears to be skating on the edge of a tall building was achieved using a matte painting. The effect was created by filming the skating sequence on a studio floor with a ledge, and then integrating it with a photorealistic matte painting on a sheet of glass placed in front of the camera. This technique allowed for the illusion of Chaplin being on a dangerous precipice without actually putting him or the set in harm’s way.
@NordicQueen65
June 17, 2025 at 8:56 pm
What a treat to have movie questions answered by Tony Maietta! 😊
@kevvtime
June 17, 2025 at 8:56 pm
Very interesting and enjoyable! However, we should all be clear that Thomas Edison did not invent the electric “light bulb“. Edison merely made practical what many others had already made possible. In fact, Joseph Swan demonstrated an electric lamp just under a year before Edison. A good reason why it’s been called the “Swan-Edison“ lamp.
@WhiskyOctober
June 17, 2025 at 9:11 pm
You talk about first films and you miss Metropolis, the first sci-fi film.
@DanH-u3f
June 17, 2025 at 9:15 pm
If Monroe wasn’t a good actress, you would never have heard of her. There were thousands of actresses of that era that you’ve never heard of.
@sirbedevere4944
June 17, 2025 at 9:19 pm
DES MOINES MENTION!!! 15:25
@NaomiGlover-c9u
June 17, 2025 at 9:20 pm
As a senior citizen who primarily watches classic films, I had little expectation of learning anything new. Luckily, I was mistaken.
@dylangamble4810
June 17, 2025 at 9:21 pm
Great episode. Would love to see Tony back for another edition!
@iammermaidsushi
June 17, 2025 at 9:25 pm
😂 Edison was just a thief
@emilyminchew6131
June 17, 2025 at 9:26 pm
I was born in 1972, and I love Gone With The Wind!
@GDog-xl6kr
June 18, 2025 at 6:54 pm
Really insightful, thanks
@poppobel
June 18, 2025 at 6:54 pm
Clark Gable raped Loretta Young. it wasnt an affair.
@Kermode48
June 18, 2025 at 6:55 pm
Hollywood history needs tech support?
@the_Real_Grammy_of_6
June 18, 2025 at 6:56 pm
GONE WITH THE WIND is not difficult for me to watch. It’s a beautifully made film. It’s one of my favorite movies. I have it on DVD so I can watch it whenever I want. SIDENOTE: I have never seen a more beautiful woman than Vivian Leigh is in the scene where Scarlet goes to Ashley’s B-day party. I say that out of admiration, not a romantic thing
@janettucker3196
June 18, 2025 at 6:59 pm
Watch Marilyn in Bus Stop. She was a wonderful comic actress, and I think it was her best film.
@markwriter2698
June 18, 2025 at 7:02 pm
Orsen wells was certainly good at his job but in no way do I consider Citizen Cain a great movie. Possibly for it’s time .
@the_Real_Grammy_of_6
June 18, 2025 at 7:09 pm
I’m wondering what the definition of a “Film Historian” really is.
When I heard your comments about the child of Clark Gable & Loretta Young, I thought I had always heard something different. So I Googled it, and I was correct.
Loretta Young waited 19 months to adopt her child, not a “few” months as you claimed.
How can a “Film Historian” not get that information right when someone like me, just a regular old gal, who loves movies, can easily get the correct information??
Now I don’t know if I can believe anything that you say knowing that you have been incorrect about something you claim. 😠😠
@sunalwaysshinesonTVs
June 18, 2025 at 7:10 pm
Was it true Nancy Regan was known for being prolific with the giving of blow jobs on Hollywood sets?
@elespectro
June 18, 2025 at 7:11 pm
Ari Aster makes movies I recommend everyone to see, but which I never want to watch again
@torenatkinson5708
June 18, 2025 at 7:24 pm
Great!
@MickieMuellerStudio
June 18, 2025 at 7:32 pm
I kinda burst into song…LOL but no one usually backs me up so it’s just awkward.😆
@Synthetic-Rabbit
June 18, 2025 at 7:35 pm
I can’t get over how he pronounced “comedian”…
@vincewalker3747
June 18, 2025 at 7:36 pm
I will never understand why people rate Citizen Kane above Casablanca. I’d rather watch Casablanca ten times in a row than to sit through Citizen Kane even once.
@B.H.56
June 18, 2025 at 7:41 pm
I’m in my 60’s. One of the great things in my life, was that growing up, I got to see all the classic films on the UHF TV stations, nights, weekends…It was a great education.
@teruphoto
June 18, 2025 at 7:47 pm
9:29 I want to go to the rooms he goes to 😂
@riccik301
June 18, 2025 at 8:06 pm
Wait…Thomas Edison was a thug?!
@BigDaddy-dr8gf
June 18, 2025 at 8:12 pm
How can you watch a movie like ‘Casablanca’ or ‘Citizen Kane’ and think they are boring?
@matthewarms3786
June 18, 2025 at 8:35 pm
Chaplin liked’em young, as in before they could drive. And also refered to his personal equipment as the 8th Wonder of the World.
@marlamarks2147
June 18, 2025 at 8:38 pm
Another great black and white movie was Mildred Pierce
@jsmith034086
June 18, 2025 at 8:39 pm
Im in love…
@docmccrimmon4489
June 18, 2025 at 9:03 pm
Um… I burst into song at the drop of the hat.
@andrew456732
June 18, 2025 at 9:14 pm
An outstanding colleague, and a bright force of nature! Love you Tony ❤️❤️❤️
@daltjacob4687
June 18, 2025 at 9:16 pm
15:15 didn’t mention james dean
@jimc.goodfellas
June 18, 2025 at 9:17 pm
That Marilyn Monroe question is outrageous…. clearly they’ve never seen any of her films
@mozzstickdestroyer
June 18, 2025 at 9:21 pm
Dilf alert 🚨
@Arden2000
June 19, 2025 at 6:21 pm
I remember hearing once that by the end of the 1920s, Babe Ruth, a figure who is still extremely well known by North Americans 100 years later, was largely considered the second biggest celebrity in the United States. The first was Charlie Chaplin
@luisB_OG
June 19, 2025 at 6:33 pm
We should share to our favorite platforms! I’ll start! Posting it to bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, and Cara 🫡 Hope to see your posts!
@pedroazevedo2067
June 19, 2025 at 6:47 pm
That first question could have just been a quick google search.
@BobbyTheDogUSA
June 19, 2025 at 6:55 pm
Q1. I got it right
@vvblues
June 19, 2025 at 7:04 pm
It’s absolutely baffling that young people with so much technology know absolutely nothing about film history. Shame on you!
@she-hulkSMASHES
June 19, 2025 at 7:05 pm
This was amazing! I need more!!
@giannamason9848
June 19, 2025 at 7:10 pm
Can you bring an art historian on please
@anarei22
June 19, 2025 at 7:17 pm
25 minutes of pure gold! Thanks Tony! Please start your own series and take us through the decades of cinema ❤
@she-hulkSMASHES
June 19, 2025 at 7:17 pm
Why do people diss black and white films? There are some true gems out there like Double Indemnity and Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious, among others.
@glenchapman3899
June 19, 2025 at 7:45 pm
Who knows, there are many wonderful black and white films
@Kevin_Eder
June 19, 2025 at 7:25 pm
Interesting to hear about the studios owning theaters and being forced to divest, seems analogous to the streaming services creating their own content.
@Locked0Out
June 19, 2025 at 7:25 pm
Citizen Kane is the shittiest movie I’ve ever seen
@Moor_means_Mother
June 19, 2025 at 7:44 pm
Marilyn was a character played by a few actresses. What made her special was the achievement of the cosmetic surgeons to keep producing the character.
@RobertMoraleslv
June 19, 2025 at 7:50 pm
Wish you guys had photos of the actors you mention in this video
@angela-kc3wc
June 19, 2025 at 7:51 pm
eddison is not an inventor just a fraud who had money
@sampsonnightly
June 19, 2025 at 7:58 pm
The editing on these is so tight its incredible…
Also this guy radiates big sweet dad energy 🥰
@asm2614
June 19, 2025 at 8:00 pm
Gone With the Wind is an incredible movie. Those who don’t want to watch it because it offends their modern-day sensibilities are missing out.
@Rascoundrel1
June 19, 2025 at 8:08 pm
Affair? Allegedly it was NOT consensual.
@stilltainted922
June 19, 2025 at 8:11 pm
Not you quoting Valley of the Dolls 😂
@susanaltman5134
June 19, 2025 at 8:17 pm
I love Marilyn in Clash By Night and The Misfits. She could act in a non comedic role.
@GB-nu6ow
June 19, 2025 at 8:19 pm
NOT the light bulb 🤦
@susanaltman5134
June 19, 2025 at 8:21 pm
It’s contested whether “the affair” between Young and Gable was consensual.
@kangell21
June 19, 2025 at 8:26 pm
I’m commenting the same as everyone else here for the algorithm. Get Tony back on here ASAP! 👍
@skyhwkz8
June 19, 2025 at 8:40 pm
**Contrary to popular belief, Thomas Edison DID NOT invent the light bulb; it had been around for a number of years. The electric lights at the time, however, were unreliable, expensive, and short-lived.**
@Ceerads
June 19, 2025 at 8:59 pm
I could listen to him for hours. And I can’t believe that a film student finds black and white movies boring! 🤦♀️
@OzSteve9801
June 19, 2025 at 9:26 pm
Yes, Gone with the Wind was about slavery but it also gave its slaves character, something unheard of at the time. Clark Gable said he wouldn’t attend the Oscars if Hattie McDaniel wasn’t allowed to attend, but decided to attend anyway when she was refused entry. Marylin apparently had an IQ of 140 but knew that people wanted the “dumb blonde” act so she gave it to them. She was said to be friends with Albert Einstein. She was deeply insecure as a result of her childhood and always thought she needed others to support her.
@PhillipStephens-v1t
June 20, 2025 at 3:00 pm
There are a couole of tv series about early Hollywood. One is Remember WENN about early radio and the other is The Lot about early Hollywood. I love both of them.
@timandlisalynch2400
June 20, 2025 at 3:22 pm
Chaplin also composed the music for a number of his films. 👍
@seanw8320
June 20, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Thomas Edison being essentially a mob boss shouldn’t surprise me but it does.
@Yora21
June 20, 2025 at 3:36 pm
I consider myself as quite a film buff, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a movie with Elizabeth Taylor. I only know that there is a Cleopatra movie with her, but that’s about all I know about that one.
@cobolsaurus
June 20, 2025 at 3:38 pm
I am amazed people ask some of this questions and don’t know these actors.
@theresaterri
June 20, 2025 at 4:11 pm
I really wish you’d bring this guy back. He didn’t even get to touch upon the “dancing” movies with stars like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, or Gene Kelly who came later. These actors and actresses back then who could dance AND act were simply a double threat. I would love to hear him talk about these types of movies!!!
@melinapaixao82
June 20, 2025 at 4:40 pm
So nice ❤! I was really in need of some nice memories
@fnwytc
June 20, 2025 at 4:48 pm
LOVED this. Thank you. Agree with the rest of the comments – what a lovely person he would be to have a conversation with.
@LilMeatbol
June 20, 2025 at 5:03 pm
4:21 also incorrect. The code was enforced by Hurst publishing, not Hollywood itself. The reason being, if you didn’t follow the code Hurst wouldn’t cover your film which meant to advertisements. Hollywood was not policing itself. Hurst is still located in NYC to this day
@marcblum5348
June 20, 2025 at 5:23 pm
That was a good one.
@pkuo23
June 20, 2025 at 5:53 pm
these people really lived hollywood lives in and out of the movies. this guy retells the stories in a very engaging way!
@RonJohn63
June 20, 2025 at 6:00 pm
The Golden Age ended in the late 1950s, with the end of the Studio system.
@jake1776
June 20, 2025 at 6:25 pm
Shirley Temple was a real person? Okay. Someone didn’t know this? Younger people are fired.
@johnnynephrite6147
June 20, 2025 at 6:27 pm
No straight guys are even interested in her. Why are you?
@margaretforsey7763
June 20, 2025 at 6:41 pm
6:10 RUDE! Marilyn was so beautiful, charming, and funny onscreen!
@kentslocum
June 20, 2025 at 6:49 pm
It blows my mind that people can still appreciate Gone With the Wind by putting it in the context of the time of its creation, while Disney has completely erased any trace of Song of the South, which is far less problematic as a film. 😢
@bmccarty2012
June 20, 2025 at 7:04 pm
Very interesting! As an older person, I was ready for questions that would be very obvious to someone of my generation. But there was a lot of new information and fresh perspective.
@nelsonaugusto
June 20, 2025 at 7:57 pm
“Wild East” situation, you mean
@aiai-j7i
June 20, 2025 at 7:57 pm
Why do Americans always have to shout?
@ToTheTopwithCarlosNavarro
June 20, 2025 at 8:03 pm
Love this guy!!!!
@McDandyandy
June 20, 2025 at 8:11 pm
they have nailed it with Tony, great episode
@000dyl
June 20, 2025 at 8:37 pm
I like this guy a lot but man a couple of these questions were so dumb. Quick Google search!
@ToddJones-h1b
June 20, 2025 at 8:49 pm
8:44 Who cares?
@Shahrdad
June 20, 2025 at 8:53 pm
Marilyn always gave an impression of innocence and vulnerability while simply glowing on the screen.
@amandaholsonback6307
June 20, 2025 at 8:56 pm
I love that you brought up Harold Lloyd! I love him! Heard he was used as inspiration for Cary Grant in Bringing Up Baby!
@strega0
June 21, 2025 at 1:58 pm
Anyone who dismisses Marilyn Monroe’s career hasn’t watched any of her films. What he says is absolutely accurate, whenever I watch her films, there’s no one else I want to look at. She’s just so good at drawing your gaze like that. And she had the most impeccable comedic timing.
And yes, she absolutely outstages Laurence Olivier in The Prince and The Showgirl. That movie was so difficult for her to shoot but ended up being such an amazing film.
@danmar007
June 21, 2025 at 2:20 pm
Patenteded??? 🤣
@pizza_tom
June 21, 2025 at 2:20 pm
Please you have to get a Navy SEAL Sniper on one of these videos! @WIRED
@alanrowekelly11359
June 21, 2025 at 2:27 pm
Awesome episode!
@skogkatt3392
June 21, 2025 at 2:33 pm
This guy was great! Makes me want to catch up on some of the old classics
@rizossss
June 21, 2025 at 2:48 pm
DIOS MIO ES EL VÍDEO DE MI VIDA ES TODO LO QUE HE QUERIDO SIEMPRE
@jondunmore4268
June 21, 2025 at 2:57 pm
I knew most of these things. Jesus! How old am I?
@probcantdothatnow9124
June 21, 2025 at 3:06 pm
AI could answer all these questions.
@Astrompowers
June 21, 2025 at 4:25 pm
That forehead is botoxed for the Gods ❤
@Urlocaldreamgirl
June 21, 2025 at 4:59 pm
BRING this iconic back ASAP!!!
@crp5591
June 21, 2025 at 5:03 pm
UUUGGHH! GWTW. I finally saw it about 10 years ago for the first time. I could not have despised a movie more if I tried. EVERYTHING about the story, the characters, and the setting (although visually, it was stunning given its era). I wanted nothing more than to b-slap what’s her face off my screen. Very few times have I have a more visceral reaction to a film than to that one (and I have seen some awful films). Just hearing it mentioned prompted my having the same visceral reaction again.
@ArnellaMaturin
June 21, 2025 at 5:35 pm
It wasn’t an affair. Clark Gable took advantage of the very Catholic Loretta Young.
@annaczgli2983
June 21, 2025 at 5:38 pm
Nah. Marilyn Monroe might have been great for her time. But, no one is timeless.
@luvastandardbred8270
June 21, 2025 at 5:47 pm
Re b-w movies. The Philadelphia story, Casablanca, high noon, Even wizard of Oz started out black and white…i believe 1939 was the same year that color came out.
@WinstonSmithGPT
June 21, 2025 at 6:05 pm
The mid Atlantic accent was not made up and not just the product of elocution schools. It’s embarrassing to get this so wrong after it’s been so debunked.
@WinstonSmithGPT
June 21, 2025 at 6:13 pm
“A shameful time in our history?” Ending slavery? Spare me.
@SAMTHINKS2
June 21, 2025 at 6:35 pm
There is a scene in Metropolis that was likely an erotic dance at the time. It is laughable now when it cuts to the men loosing their minds. I feel like that dance can be fixed with AI. Are there any other bad effects, poor sound, missing moments in classic films that come to mind? Easy fixes?
@WinstonSmithGPT
June 21, 2025 at 6:48 pm
I think it’s great to finally celebrate Loretta’s behavior now that most all black babies are born out of wedlock. Hilarious how the wealthy preach luxury values that only the poors follow.
@WinstonSmithGPT
June 21, 2025 at 6:58 pm
20:32 This question is a perfect example why we make fun of extremely stupid people.
@tsbulmer
June 21, 2025 at 7:10 pm
Movies just don’t appeal to me as an artform, but even so, this was wonderful engaging, entertaining, and enlightening!
@redluis369
June 21, 2025 at 7:14 pm
I never get why young people are so bitchy about silent films, they watch silent films on tik tok all the time
@matthewhoward-white463
June 21, 2025 at 8:03 pm
Bring him back please, well presented and very interesting to boot.
@halston-newyorkicon54
June 21, 2025 at 8:37 pm
Love this
@feronanthus9756
June 21, 2025 at 8:56 pm
But what about Singin’ In The Rain?
@FewFew77
June 21, 2025 at 9:26 pm
Didn’t know Gone With the Wind had based views on slavery. Now I definitely want to watch it.
@BKadorer
June 22, 2025 at 8:30 am
The first golden age of Hollywood was definitely around 1918 when the first World War ended. Before that the European film mainly French and Italian films dominated the world. But they declined because of the war in Europe and Hollywood took its place.
@kareningram6093
June 22, 2025 at 8:59 am
That was awesome. I’d love to see him come back. I want to know what fun facts he knows that nobody ever thinks to ask about.
@BMoney8600
June 22, 2025 at 9:22 am
This guy is great! I’d have so many questions for him!
@thedexterbros
June 22, 2025 at 10:53 am
24:13 eaaaasy there
@juliag.5114
June 22, 2025 at 6:55 pm
universally accepted and by universe he means the USA lol
@lenayepez7656
June 22, 2025 at 11:45 am
Just something that I would like to see in the edit is more visual examples like photos or clips. There were some like the Charlie Chaplin reference but I wish more were included. Same with photos since I don’t know a lot of the actors mentioned.
@K.W.-po7hf
June 22, 2025 at 12:24 pm
This was great! Thanks! I took a lot of film classes & yet still learned a lot here.
@QueerlyBeloved386
June 22, 2025 at 12:49 pm
These questions should be made available before you come out 😂😂❤❤
@OGRE_HATES_NERDS
June 22, 2025 at 1:38 pm
13:50 “no one really knows what happened”
I can think of 2 people who might
@Amigastar23
June 22, 2025 at 1:51 pm
Thanks for this, i liked it very much.
@Isliandra
June 22, 2025 at 1:54 pm
Marilyn was a good actress. She hid her physical pain so well. I have endometriosis too.
I had a theatre director who would yell out “sparkle!” I still shiver at that word.
@travisbicklejr
June 22, 2025 at 2:31 pm
Dracula was NOT a silent film.
@tomz29
June 22, 2025 at 2:55 pm
this guy hates the Catholics
@solfeggietto8306
June 22, 2025 at 2:56 pm
The Loretta Young story isn’t gossip. She was raped by Gable. She thought what had happened was her fault until years later because of misogyny. It’s horrible.
@juliag.5114
June 22, 2025 at 6:54 pm
it is horrible, he told the story like it was nothing, i thought it was a bit disrespectful…
@tommyg8146
June 22, 2025 at 3:02 pm
What a gorgeous historian 😍 Love him!
@Maleni143
June 22, 2025 at 3:20 pm
I watched citizen kane, it was well acted, but the story was kind of boring to me. Granted! I was like 15 when i watched it lol
@juliag.5114
June 22, 2025 at 6:44 pm
i’ve been watching old movies since i was 16 and trust me there are many movies that are better and more enjoyable than citizen kane, it’s a back pick for teenagers specially
@Maleni143
June 22, 2025 at 6:48 pm
@@juliag.5114i agree! I’ve watched other old movies that i liked a lot better than citizen kane
@jonathanperrone
June 22, 2025 at 4:11 pm
@1:20 “he patenteded everything” 😂
@Marksman3434
June 22, 2025 at 4:55 pm
It’s kind of funny how Thomas Edison was the main cause of the US film industry establishing itself in California
@juliag.5114
June 22, 2025 at 6:37 pm
19:53 I think it’s important to mention that in the late 40s there was also another decision that heavily impacted the studio system, which was the decision in favor of Olivia de Havilland against Warner Bros that basically ended the system where studios “owned” actors and gave them a lot more freedom and agency over their own careers
@amandadhoward7134
June 22, 2025 at 8:43 pm
Also the Paramount Decree of 1947, ending vertical integration.
@juliag.5114
June 22, 2025 at 6:40 pm
20:10 baby face is one of the best movies i’ve ever seen, it’s also really interesting how Theresa Harris’ character was portrayed, she was black and yet was best friends with the main character (barbara stanwyck)
@juliag.5114
June 22, 2025 at 7:01 pm
20:57 i wouldn’t say “it happened one night” is _definitely_ the first screwball comedy but it was probably the first big hit in that genre… still there were others before
@juliag.5114
June 22, 2025 at 7:03 pm
we need more videos with this guy about old hollywood!!
@thehapagirl92
June 22, 2025 at 8:02 pm
6:44 Sounds like me when I enter a room
Also, I think she went to the acting studio because her then-husband Arthur Miller thought she was dumb. Marilyn wanted to prove him wrong.
@FabricFool
June 22, 2025 at 8:37 pm
I don’t know. What’s so legendary about Elizabeth I? Could she even *govern*? She’s an icon.
@minutemanmuster
June 22, 2025 at 8:47 pm
Many older films can seem boring to today’s audience who are used to short scenes and quick cuts. The older films are paced differently and, in some cases, feel more like a stage play. Regarding Citizen Kane, it doesn’t feel revolutionary on an initial viewing because so much of the technical advances and the cinematic language of the film became commonplace. It showed filmmakers new ways to tell their stories.
@Momninja67
June 22, 2025 at 9:08 pm
More of this please!
@Orbital_Defleciton
June 23, 2025 at 5:56 pm
Darn, No mention of Rodger corma. Maybe to obscure for this questioning. But little shop of horrors and house of usher. He did have a lot of flops, but for sure the “pope of pop cenima” died in 2024 at age 98.
@MrBumslap
June 23, 2025 at 6:19 pm
21st Century Combover
@matman000000
June 23, 2025 at 9:14 pm
I love seeing the influence of early cinema on modern movies. Without Chaplin and Keaton, there’d be no Jackie Chan and Tom Cruise. Some of the most inventive scenes of today stand on the shoulders of silent giants, e.g. Keaton’s boat flipping scene inspiring shots in Inception and Euphoria, The Phantom Carriage being referenced in The Shining or the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari creating the blueprint of psychological horror twists for decades to come.
@CaptHayfever
June 23, 2025 at 10:34 pm
You guys really made this man answer when the studio system ended 3 times?
@PhatLvis
June 23, 2025 at 10:52 pm
A line of dialogue cannot be “iconic,” nor can any sound at all, for that matter. A movie SCENE, however, Could be – and Swanson’s last scene in Sunset Boulevard IS.
Only Imagery is iconic – i.e., a person or thing whose Image is famous, usu. with the implication that it has become emblematic. (The word Icon, in orginal Greek, MEANS Image.)
In addition to being the most overused word on YouTube, Iconic is also, by far, the most MISused – misusers seeming to believe it means simply “widely known,” “instantly recognizable,” “memorable,” etc., without specific and sole reference to imagery. Increasingly, too, it is being employed, mistakenly, as a synonym of “very famous.”
This case of misuse has spiraled due to the YouTube Feedback Loop – wherein video-makers parrot and propagate each other’s speech errors.
A troubling consequence of such wide misuse is that dictionaries – as a matter of long-held policy (now in need of revision in this age of the viral Internet, for obvious reasons) – will update definitions to reflect vernacular usage, setting up a slippery slope towards our language’s ultimate debasement, driven insidiously by Synergistic Ignorance.
@rebelbelle1388
June 23, 2025 at 11:07 pm
I don’t believe Natalie Wood’s death was an accident, and I know I’m not alone.
@carmenbealieau
June 23, 2025 at 11:42 pm
Im very happy that this was posted , as film lovers we have to keep the culture alive and known
@AnthonyCassidy50
June 24, 2025 at 12:08 am
Citizen Kane slipped to third in the latest Sight and Sound Survey. I encourage everyone to watch it though – and make up their own mind. I can understand people loving Casablanca, Tokyo Story, Vertigo, Godfather, Boyz n the Hood, Mulholland Drive etc – but Citizen Kane really does not fare well in comparison.
@sorceress1986
June 24, 2025 at 12:32 am
Thank you, Tony, for framing the Loretta Young story properly. What she did to Judy was awful. I recommend her book “Uncommon Knowledge”.
@johnnyjohns54
June 24, 2025 at 2:22 am
Calling Alva Edison the “father” of the lightbulb, makes it sound as if he (or more factually his team) invented it. He didn’t, the inventor of the light bulb was Warren de la Rue.
@Zenocrat
June 24, 2025 at 5:01 am
I have watched countless of these wired videos but this guy is right up there at the top. Fantastic video!
@osaji922
June 24, 2025 at 5:05 am
Well, the business isn’t in LA anymore. lol
@AyeofRa
June 24, 2025 at 8:52 am
Marilyn Monroe’s earlier film Don’t Bother to Knock is wonderful. It is a serious role where she plays a mentally disturbed young woman. I wish she had been given the chance to do more of these types of pictures as she wanted.
@martinbryan137
June 24, 2025 at 10:03 am
I just wish that there were more trained actors in films nowadays. Some of these movies are HORRIBLE – not because of production, but because of the acting lol.
@juxyper
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 am
The Marilyn Monroe bit still tells me and maybe now quite stronger that she was a talentless hack that only used her looks to get what she wanted lol
@aldocastro9486
June 24, 2025 at 11:54 am
Would love to hear him talk for hooooours
@FlyingElbowKick
June 24, 2025 at 1:45 pm
I have to assume that when you’re saying Mid-Atlantic, you mean Transatlantic?
@AdrienBrodyWithSprinkles
June 24, 2025 at 8:36 pm
No, they called it Mid-Atlantic, because it lies somewhere between East Coast American, and English.
@OlaAlmakki
June 24, 2025 at 2:20 pm
I was waiting for a question about mae west. Was she popular in her time?
@juhva
June 24, 2025 at 3:10 pm
Is this Kevin Kline…
@ericjohnson4230
June 24, 2025 at 4:17 pm
@23:07 there was absolutely manipulation of the camera. Famously the scene of Charlie Chaplin skating over the edge of a balcony. A camera trick was used to place the drawing of a drop where there was no drop and no danger.
@j_vasey
June 24, 2025 at 6:06 pm
the most sense? Seriously she was terrified of water.
@user-db3xu1hw7r
June 24, 2025 at 6:25 pm
imo the worse thing about the studio system isn’t how they owned their own actors, it’s how they owned their own movie theaters
@paradigmshift470
June 24, 2025 at 6:55 pm
Some of these questions… Either kids today aren’t talking to their grandparents, or the grandparents with knowledge are dying off… 🙁
@noeyyang38
June 24, 2025 at 7:55 pm
PLS BRING HIM BACKKK
@blackpinups
June 24, 2025 at 8:40 pm
What about Noseferatu? Wouldn’t that be considered the first horror film?
@j.amandagarcia1719
June 25, 2025 at 12:42 am
I like this guy! I would love a video with him telling us more stories about old Hollywood
@carlmanvers5009
June 25, 2025 at 2:16 am
Citizen Kane is regarded as the greatest film for one really solid reason. Everything else aside, it’s a great film. Doesn’t miss a beat. The casting, the performances, the narrative, the cinematography. It’s just a REALLY good film. If you haven’t seen it then watch it. Take the time. You won’t regret it.
@LaPetitWookiee
June 25, 2025 at 2:25 am
Metropolis is one of the Silent/Sepia-Tone films that I would recommend people watch if you love Sci-Fi.
That film is the Blueprint for Sci-Fi and so much of what has followed can be directly traced back to it. – And no, the French 1902 film Le Voyage dans la Lune (Voyage to the Moon) isn’t the first Sci-Fi, it is far better categorized as Surreal or Fantasy.
@ayeedell9334
June 25, 2025 at 3:07 am
The Edison thing just made him not actually inventing the light bulb more believable
@Menuki
June 25, 2025 at 5:04 am
Before internet and memes, we used to quote movie lines all the time.
@skye4591
June 25, 2025 at 10:23 am
clicked off as soon as you praised thomas Edison lol as a historian you should be more aware and also share his shady business practices
@wesleyratko7830
June 25, 2025 at 11:59 am
Please feature more of him. He’s fantastic.
@Darkest_Soul_187
June 25, 2025 at 4:40 pm
I got into the “old Hollywood” movies about 2 years ago, and I love it. I’ve watched about 50 so far.
@MarvinSandefur-l3p
June 25, 2025 at 4:45 pm
The way you explained this is SO clear. Thank you
@Daisemiin
June 25, 2025 at 6:34 pm
Sadly most of these questions could be answered by a 2 minute Google search so were wasted on this. But Id like to see more with better questions.
@samp.8099
June 25, 2025 at 8:23 pm
0:13 Saint-Francis doesn’t know what Google is
@Zeromus7
June 25, 2025 at 8:47 pm
Awesome facts, loved this ‘support’ video
@sarahjoy1279
June 25, 2025 at 10:31 pm
OMG BABY FACE MENTION!!!!
@AmySimmons-y1k
June 25, 2025 at 11:41 pm
awesome 💫
@CarolynJones-f6v
June 25, 2025 at 11:41 pm
great ❤
@JohnWhitaker-f6t
June 25, 2025 at 11:42 pm
love this god bless🙏❤
@FrankSanchez-s8s
June 25, 2025 at 11:42 pm
my god the thigngs you saying is great
@RachelCohen-u9m
June 25, 2025 at 11:42 pm
great video i really enjoyed it!
@StevenKing-o1l
June 25, 2025 at 11:42 pm
To anyone who’s suffering depression, anxiety, insomnia and other mental health problems, you are not alone. I feel you. You are so brave. You are doing so well. I’m proud of you. I’m sending you a virtual hug ❤ For me, it wasn’t therapy or meds that helped the most — it was reconnecting with myself. I started using the exercises in Shift Your Mind by Alexander Brooks, and it made me feel human again. The anxiety that used to control my whole day barely shows up now! 🙏❤
@davidpar2
June 25, 2025 at 11:44 pm
Regarding GWTW: Just because some narcissist wants to “current thing” virtue signal about it doesn’t mean other people can’t enjoy it. Not everyone subscribes to assigned opinions culture. What a dumb question.
@MetalheadBrjann
June 25, 2025 at 11:59 pm
I’m so glad Buster Keaton was mentioned. The man was absolutely nuts in the stunts he did.
@IVthHorseman
June 26, 2025 at 4:49 am
18:05 At this point dude has a pass to use the R-word
@callaghanm
June 26, 2025 at 10:06 am
I love these videos but they are starting to get board line unwatchable with how many ads y’all put in these videos
@ArchieAndy27
June 26, 2025 at 1:27 pm
Maietta is wonderful, such a font of knowledge! We need a part 2 😅
@ArchieAndy27
June 26, 2025 at 1:39 pm
12:21 never knew that about Loretta Young! She was wonderful in The Bishop’s Wife ❤
@ArchieAndy27
June 26, 2025 at 1:45 pm
15:04 you could also mention Tony Perkins (who was rumoured to have had a relationship with Tab Hunter), whose sexuality at the time was at odds with the romantic lead/”boy next door” image Paramout were trying to mould him with – wonderful that he managed to navigate this era whilst being true to himself ❤
@kramkavalkad
June 26, 2025 at 2:34 pm
We need a sequel to this one. Please talk more about Mae West.
@ellajobberknoll
June 26, 2025 at 4:11 pm
What’s Up Doc mention! One of my faves that I feel like should be seen by more people because it’s just chef’s kiss.
@mythdusterds
June 26, 2025 at 5:06 pm
I like It happened One Night with Clark Gabel.
@andimoon17
June 26, 2025 at 5:10 pm
Why did I have to watch 5+ ads for this 30 min video? They have to make money but that’s ridiculous
@mythdusterds
June 26, 2025 at 5:11 pm
I did not know that Citizen Kane Hardly played anywhere because of the people trying to stop Citizen Kane at the time.
@FelixAnderssonMLGY
June 26, 2025 at 7:09 pm
I want everyone that is somewhat interested in Sunset Boulevard to watch it, it is so incredible! Even if you don’t enjoy film noirs. It’s just incredible!
@CodPatrol
June 26, 2025 at 8:11 pm
It’s really not
@MetalUFOs
June 26, 2025 at 7:24 pm
I delivered groceries to Gloria Swanson as a teenager in 1980-82ish…. she morphed into her Sunset Boulevard character when I saw her in her 80s. As a kid had no idea who she was but my parents knew.
– She lived at 2 East 73rd Street on the ground floor (corner of 5th Ave)
– Always had a yam boiling in a clear pyrex pot on the stove
– She actually had a bald man servant guy, maybe in his 40s I’m guessing
– Never tipped me until just after her last marriage, then she tipped $1
– First and only time she ever spoke to me was when I forgot her blueberries in her delivery one time. She opened the door, looked at me and said “Shame shame shame, isn’t that a shame.”
That’s all. Betty Ford tipped me $5 for a 1 block delivery. That was $5 in 1980. Yea Betty!
@CodPatrol
June 26, 2025 at 8:09 pm
Real or just cap?
@betteramulet50
June 26, 2025 at 9:06 pm
This guy knows a lot about classic Hollywood, but his answer regarding the mid-Atlantic accent is blatantly incorrect (although commonly believed)
For a detailed explanation of the misconception and history of the accent itself you can check out a video about it by linguist Geoff Lindsey – it’s more in his wheelhouse!
@cgoodwin256
September 13, 2025 at 3:35 pm
It wasn’t the boat that was banging the night Natalie Wood died, it was Walkin and Wagner banging that resulted in her death.
@DavidBaruffi
September 13, 2025 at 4:31 pm
Hmm, “Affair” is one way of describing the “relationship” between Clark Gable and Loretta Young, that’s all I’m insinuate.
@Antigonex
September 13, 2025 at 10:23 pm
keaton is one of my favorite silent film actors. i think he is better than chaplin haha
@LivTarot
September 14, 2025 at 12:27 am
I loved this. Please have him back for a Part 2. Thanks! ❤
@lizlemon8035
September 14, 2025 at 1:41 am
That was really interesting. I hope they bring Tony back for more questions. I loved listening to him.
@JSTNtheWZRD
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 am
Jayne Mansfield looks better in the dark
@Troy-z-n7d
September 15, 2025 at 8:13 pm
I should watch babyface some time
@saviitrius
September 16, 2025 at 3:54 pm
18:02 Someone’s never had “Animal crackers in my soup” sneak up on them in the middle of the night.
@totz_the_plaid9625
September 17, 2025 at 10:11 pm
Important note: $5 in May 1929 = $95.29 in August 2025.
Those 15 min. of the first Academy Awards were EXPENSIVE.
@Jenna8_N
September 18, 2025 at 3:27 pm
Edison didn’t invent the light bulb
@sjsawtelle5773
September 18, 2025 at 4:52 pm
I loved that this discussion referred to scandals without some of the darker rumors clouding the light but not shallow tone they were going for.
@Stonehorn
September 18, 2025 at 7:45 pm
No, Gone with the Wind is not hard to watch for modern audiences. It’s hard to watch for morons.
@chrisroyale7626
September 18, 2025 at 8:27 pm
I remember as a teen I was like why is Marilyn so iconic is it just because she’s pretty? So I started watching her films and she’s a capital A actress.
@enlightenerofcryptozoology8761
September 19, 2025 at 1:07 pm
Definitely felt bad hearing the story and damage the black listing did to a titan star like Chaplin as it had long term effects on him and especially in the US. But then came that historic day in 1972. At that year’s academy awards, he didn’t just accept an honorary Oscar award, he also received the longest applause ovation in the academy history. Lasting over 12 minutes by those in audience as a profound gesture of atonement and industry admiration to this legend. As he walked onto the stage, you can see the emotions he felt when receiving such an immense ovation. It was an emotional moment for Chaplin as he even struggled to express his gratitude.
@thenightstar8312
September 20, 2025 at 6:41 pm
チャーリー カーク は起きた出来事に値した。
@carlajane297
September 20, 2025 at 11:29 pm
We need more videos with him!
@lordjubilus
September 22, 2025 at 3:13 pm
there was nosferatu and the phanton of the opera before dracula
@kenyabee9448
September 23, 2025 at 9:19 am
Marilyn Monroe was a dope fiend. Full stop. She wasn’t talented. She had the complexion for the connection and slept her way to the top
@jartober
September 30, 2025 at 10:25 pm
Absolutely nuts.
@helloworld-sl2lw
September 23, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Ok
@andreharris7211
September 26, 2025 at 7:31 am
Munroe was a mediocre actress but a good comic actress although most of the jokes are about her being dumb or naive. She wasnt a great comic actress compared to say kathleen turner
@jumbatronik
September 26, 2025 at 10:02 pm
LMAO Did he burp at the start of the second question????
@Lovedhurtlost
September 28, 2025 at 6:11 pm
That Loretta Young story just took me tf out, omg. 🫢
@alexanderclaylavin
September 28, 2025 at 8:47 pm
1. The late 60’s and 70’s are referred to as a ‘Silver Age’ among film scholars, not a second Golden Age.
2. The Production Code mandated that screen kisses could be a maximum of four seconds, not five.
3. The haughty accent that the East Coast boarding schools affected and spread among the American ruling class was the ‘Transatlantic’ accent, not the Mid-Atlantic.
@OphidianLeo64
September 30, 2025 at 10:53 am
I’m here to listen to people defend Marilyn Monroe, thank you. Rest in peace, Norma Jean. Sorry that too many people don’t understand how brilliant you have to be to play a dumb blonde so well. ❤
@underscorejojo
October 1, 2025 at 11:46 am
*OLD HOLLYWOOD FACT:* Kirk Douglas brutally raped Natalie Wood when she was a teenager and he got away with it, because he was seen as a distinguished, older male actor, so everyone refused to believe Natalie when she spoke of it. F*ck Kirk Douglas.
@magcann
October 1, 2025 at 9:34 pm
people did speak the mid atlantic accent natively pre hollywood
@juleslondon3088
October 2, 2025 at 6:11 am
I was very disappointed when he didn’t speak like Terry Thomas. Woof, woof, ra-ther old chap! 🎩
@Moon_Flower11267
October 2, 2025 at 12:30 pm
“Famously violet eyes” – shows picture of blue eyes.