by kbronson | Nov 13, 2025 | Episodes
In this episode, we step back into San Francisco at the end of the roaring twenties, when bootleggers, blackhanders, and quiet Mafia bosses carved out invisible empires in North Beach. It was a time when the city’s underworld tried to keep its violence out of sight —...
by kbronson | Nov 1, 2025 | Vintage Films
Steamboat Willie is one of the most significant and recognizable animated shorts in film history, best known for being the official debut of Mickey Mouse. Here are the key facts about this seminal film Landmark in Film History Debut of Mickey Mouse: It premiered on...
by kbronson | Oct 19, 2025 | Episodes
REFERENCES: NOIR CITY 41, in which the cover story, “Queen of the Cutters,” sees Mary Mallory discuss the career of editor Viola Lawrence, and the role that she played in shaping Orson Welles’ confounding masterpiece The Lady from Shanghai. The KL Studio Blu-ray...
by kbronson | Oct 11, 2025 | Episodes
Welcome back! You’re tuning into Part Two and the conclusion of our deep dive into the San Francisco Examiner’s 1944 sensation: “WOMEN IN SALOONS—The Shame of My Sex,” by the legendary, if controversial, author Gertrude Atherton. If you...
