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Harvey Brownstone Interviews Tommy James, Legendary Rock and Roll Musician Feb 11, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Tommy James, Legendary Rock and Roll Musician

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Tommy James, a legendary musician, singer-songwriter and producer who’s brought us one of the longest string of non-stop hits in the history of pop and rock music, first as the lead singer and guitarist in the superstar group, Tommy James and the Shondells – and then, as a highly successful solo artist.

He’s had 9 platinum albums, 32 Billboard Hot 100 Hits and 23 gold singles, including “Crystal Blue Persuasion”, “Crimson & Clover”, “Mony Mony”, “I Think We’re Alone Now”, “Sweet Cherry Wine”, “Hanky Panky”, “Mirage”, “Three Times in Love” and “Draggin’ the Line”. His songs have been covered by everyone from Billy Idol, Tom Jones, Prince, and Bruce Springsteen to Dolly Parton, Kelly Clarkson and Cher.

His music has been featured in 65 feature films including “Moneyball”, “Austin Powers” and “Forest Gump”, as well as 53 television shows including “Boston Legal”, “Criminal Minds” – and who can ever forget the haunting sound of “Crystal Blue Persuasion” in the season 5 finale of “Breaking Bad”.

In 2010 he published his turbulent and eye-opening memoir entitled, “Me, The Mob and the Music: One Hell of a Ride with Tommy James and the Shondells”, which is listed as #12 in Rolling Stone Magazine’s 25 greatest rock ‘n’ roll memoirs of all time.

In 2019, he celebrated his 50th year in the music business by releasing his highly anticipated album entitled, “Alive”, with 2 tracks hitting the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. And last year, he released a new compilation album entitled, “Rock Party”. He’s sold well over 100 million records worldwide, and he’s received 5 BMI “Million-Air” awards, in recognition of his songs being played more than 22 million times on the air. He’s received the Pittsburgh Legend Award and The Jukebox Artist of the Year Award, and he’s been inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame AND the Las Vegas Entertainers Hall of Fame.

And he’s attracted a whole new generation of music lovers with his own show every Sunday night on the Sirius XM Radio 60s Gold channel.

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Harvey Brownstone Interviews Nicholas Meyer, Multi-Award Winning Author, Screenwriter And Director Feb 10, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Nicholas Meyer, Multi-Award Winning Author, Screenwriter And Director

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Nicholas Meyer, is a multi-award winning author, screenwriter and director, whose remarkable body of work over the past five decades includes some of the most popular and beloved books and movies of our time.

He’s written 8 novels including the immensely popular Sherlock Holmes pastiche, “The 7% Solution”, which spent 40 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list, and for which he also wrote the screenplay, earning him an Academy Award nomination. His other Sherlock Holmes novels include “The West End Horror”, “The Canary Trainer”, “The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols”, and “The Return of the Pharoah”.

But he’s perhaps best known for his connection to the Star Trek movie franchise. He co-wrote the screenplay and directed “Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan”. He co-wrote the screenplay for “Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home”. And he co-wrote the screenplay and directed “Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country”.

He also wrote and directed “Time After Time” and “Company Business”. He directed “Volunteers”, starring Tom Hanks and John Candy, “The Deceivers”, starring Pierce Brosnan, and “Vendetta” starring Christopher Walken. In 1983 he directed the highly acclaimed TV movie “The Day After”, starring Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams and Steve Guttenberg, which dealt with the effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust, and was nominated for 12 Emmy awards – winning two - and remains the single most-watched TV movie ever made, with a viewership of 100 million people in one night.

His screenplays include “Sommersby”, “The Informant”, “Elegy”, and the brilliant 2-part miniseries, “Houdini” starring Adrien Brody, which is based on a fascinating book by our guest’s father, entitled, “Houdini: A Mind in Chains: A Psychoanalytic Portrait”. Our guest is also the co-creator of the Netflix series “Medici”.

If that weren’t enough, he also contributed to the screenplays of 2 other classic movies, “Fatal Attraction” and “Prince of Egypt”.

In 2009 he published an insightful and highly compelling memoir entitled, “The View from the Bridge: Memories of Star Trek and a Life in Hollywood”.

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Harvey Brownstone Interviews Professor Stanley A. Goldman, Author, “Left to the Mercy of a Rude Stream” Feb 05, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Stanley A. Goldman, Professor of Law, Director, Center for the Study of Law and Genocide, Author, “Left to the Mercy of a Rude Stream: The Bargain That Broke Adolf Hitler and Saved my Mother”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Stanley A. Goldman, has written a book that moved me so deeply, that I simply had to invite him on our show. The book is entitled, “Left to the Mercy of a Rude Stream: The Bargain That Broke Adolf Hitler and Saved my Mother”.

Our guest tells the riveting and harrowing account of how his mother, Malka Repstein, a young Jewish wife and mother living in Poland during the Second World War, survived the unspeakably brutal murder by the Nazis of her husband and 2 young children, and spent 2 years in the horrific Lodz ghetto, before being transported to the Auschwitz death camp, where she and a group of 500 women were literally at the steps of the gas chambers, when they were miraculously saved and sent to the Krupp Munitions Factory in Berlin to work as slaves, and subjected to inhuman living and working conditions.

In April 1945, the women were transported from the factory to the notorious Ravensbruk concentration camp to be exterminated. Malka had no idea that her life would be saved by a bizarrely improbable and little known bargain struck on April 21, 1945, by a courageous German Jew with a Swedish passport, by the name of Norbert Masur, and the worst mass murderer of the 3rd Reich, Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS and Gestapo, directly responsible for the implementation of the unprecedented and most extensive genocide in history, carried out by the Nazi regime, and forever referred to as the Holocaust.

Himmler, who by that time realized only too well that the Germans were headed for humiliating defeat, was desperate to cultivate a positive relationship with the Allies in the hopes of saving his own skin. And so he secretly agreed to release 1,000 Jewish female prisoners from the Ravensbruk concentration camp and turn them over to the Red Cross for safe passage to Sweden. Malka eventually went to America, married Morris Goldman, and gave birth to our guest.

He’s a professor of law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, as well as a celebrated journalist and television news correspondent and legal analyst. He’s also the founding director of the Loyola Center for the Study of Law and Genocide.

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Harvey Brownstone Interviews Henry Jaglom, Renowned Writer & Director Feb 02, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Henry Jaglom, Renowned Writer & Director

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Henry Jaglom, is a renowned and highly respected writer, director and playwright, whose body of work reflects his life long dedication to truth, honesty and authenticity in his artistic expression.

He trained with Lee Strasberg at The Actor’s Studio in New York, where he acted, wrote and directed plays. He then made his way to Hollywood, first as an actor in movies including “Psych-Out”, “Drive, He Said”, and “The Last Movie”, and then as a filmmaker. He wrote and directed such classics as “A Safe Place”, “Sitting Ducks”, “Tracks”, “Can She Bake a Cherry Pie”, “Eating”, “Last Summer in the Hamptons”, “New Year’s Day”, “Hollywood Dreams”, “Deja Vu”, and my personal favourite, “Train to Zakopané”.

He’s worked with some amazing actors including Jack Nicholson, Lee Grant, Maximillian Schell, Dennis Hopper, Roddy McDowell, Vanessa Redgrave, Faye Dunaway, David Duchovny – and he made 3 movies with Orson Welles, with whom he formed a deep friendship. In fact, in 2014, a fascinating book by film historian Peter Biskind was released, entitled, “My Lunches with Orson”, based on a series of previously unreleased recordings, of private conversations between our guest and Orson Welles every week over lunch at the famous “Ma Maison” restaurant in Hollywood. The book provides the most riveting and revealing insight into the enigmatic, wickedly witty and restlessly intelligent person that Orson Welles really was.

Our guest is widely considered to be a cinematic genius and a true maverick of American cinema – so much so, that he’s the subject of a fascinating 1995 documentary entitled, “Who is Henry Jaglom?” Well, my friends, you’re about to find out.

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Harvey Brownstone Interviews Casey LaLonde, Grandson of Screen Legend, Joan Crawford Jan 29, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Casey LaLonde, Grandson of Screen Legend, Joan Crawford

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Casey LaLonde, is the grandson of one of the greatest cinematic legends of all time, Joan Crawford. In 1947, 7 years after adopting her children Christina and Christopher, Ms. Crawford adopted twin daughters, Cathy and Cindy.

Our guest is the son of Cathy Crawford LaLonde, who, sadly, passed away on January 10, 2020. Although our guest was only 5 years old when his superstar grandmother, whom he affectionately called “JoJo”, passed away, he has many fond memories of his time spent at her home in New York. And he’s dedicated a great deal of his time and energy in preserving, celebrating and honouring her incredible body of work and legacy.

Joan Crawford made 89 movies, including some of my all-time favourites: “Grand Hotel”, “The Women”, “A Woman’s Face”, “Humoresque”, “Flamingo Road”, “Sudden Fear”, “Autumn Leaves”, “Possessed”, “The Damned Don’t Cry”, “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane”, and of course, “Mildred Pearce”, for which she won an Academy Award. She also appeared in dozens of TV shows including “General Electric Theatre”, “Della”, “The Lucy Show” and “Night Gallery”.

Joan Crawford rose from a youth of dire poverty, and literally reinvented herself, first into a dancer in the roaring 20’s, then into a silent screen star, and then into a full-fledged screen goddess. She was known for her phenomenal work ethic and perfectionism, as well as her incredible devotion to her fans.

After her death in 1977, her eldest daughter Christina published a book entitled “Mommie Dearest”, claiming that Joan was physically and emotionally abusive to herself and her brother Christopher. The book, which was made into a movie starring Faye Dunaway, was hugely controversial, and was immediately denounced by many of Ms. Crawford’s friends and co-workers, as well as by her daughters Cathy and Cindy – although to be fair, some celebrities including Helen Hayes, June Allyson and director Vincent Sherman, while never witnessing any abuse, DID describe Ms. Crawford as an unusually strict parent. Whatever may be the case, the book and movie had the unfortunate effect of somewhat overshadowing and tarnishing Joan Crawford’s well-deserved place as one of the Golden Age of Hollywood’s most important and prolific leading ladies.

Her handprints and footprints are in the forecourt at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille award at the 1970 Golden Globes. And the American Film Institute named her the 10th greatest female movie star of all time.

The efforts of our guest, to shine a light on Ms. Crawford’s talent and artistic legacy, are greatly appreciated by her legions of fans, including myself.

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Harvey Brownstone Interviews Barri Cohen, Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, “UNLOVED - HURONIA’S FORGOTTEN CHILDREN” Jan 26, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Barri Cohen, Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, “UNLOVED - HURONIA’S FORGOTTEN CHILDREN”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Barri Cohen, is an award-winning filmmaker, best known for documentaries focusing on health, mental health, environmental and social justice issues. Some of her best known works include her feature documentary entitled, “Toxic Trespass: Children’s Health & The Environment”, “Toxic Beauty” and “Girls Night Out”.

Her latest film adds to the recent revelations here in Canada, of brutal legacies of neglect, abuse, violence and the trauma inflicted on our most vulnerable citizens. We know about the tragic and horrendous plight of Indigenous children in residential schools. We’ve learned what’s happened to many children at the hands of Catholic priests. We’ve heard about the treatment of elderly people isolated in nursing homes.

And now, thanks to our guest, we’re learning about the shameful and horrific treatment of disabled, institutionalized children, in her multi-award winning documentary entitled, “UNLOVED - HURONIA’S FORGOTTEN CHILDREN”.

The movie takes us on an intensely personal journey of the filmmaker’s quest to uncover the mystery of what happened to her 2 long-deceased, intellectually disabled half-brothers, who were rarely talked about, after they were institutionalized in the 1950’s at a government run facility in Orillia, Ontario, first opened in 1876, and called the “Ontario Hospital School”. It was neither a hospital nor a school. In 1945, it was renamed the Huronia Regional Center, and it operated until it was finally closed in 2009, after having held captive, tens of thousands of vulnerable children and youth, who suffered dehumanizing treatment.

That institution forms part of the immense tragedy of Canada’s, and the 20th century’s, disastrous treatment of intellectually disabled children. In the film we meet a number of survivors who speak frankly about the physical, emotional and sexual abuse and trauma they endured, and the landmark class action lawsuit they brought against the Ontario government, which was finally settled in 2013. The film, written and directed by our guest, will be televised in Canada on the CBC network on Sunday January 29, and will then be available on CBC GEM.

Our guest was the co-chair and a founding member of the Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival. She was the National Executive Chair of the Documentary Organization of Canada. And she’s the former editor and publisher, and currently a columnist, at Point of View Magazine. And if that weren’t enough, she’s currently studying psychoanalysis.

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Harvey Brownstone Interviews John F. Thomas, Award-Winning Actor, Writer and Producer Jan 22, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with John F. Thomas, Award-Winning Actor, Writer and Producer

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, John F. Thomas, is a multi-award-winning actor, writer, producer and singer-songwriter whose impressive and diverse body of work is rapidly making him a force to be reckoned with in the entertainment industry.

His many television appearances include “Underpaid”, “Age of the Living Dead”, “Christian Brothers”, “What’s to Come”, “Smothered”, “Another Qué-Rashad Moment” and “Nico Live”. He’s appeared in a number of movies including “Funeral Arrangements”, “Bus Stop”, “Curtain Call”, which earned him a Best Supporting Actor nomination, “Arranged Marriage”, and “Reunion of Champions”, which is currently streaming on Amazon and Tubi. He also produced, wrote and starred in the innovative and exciting sci-fi drama short film, "Emotical", which won him 7 awards, including "Best Actor". And this coming Spring, he’ll be starring in the highly anticipated feature film, “Memoirs of a Vixen".

There seems to be nothing this man can’t do. He’s released 2 albums under the name “J.T. Slimcutta”. He’s appeared in musical theatre. He has his own YouTube channel, containing his video shows entitled “Reel Review”, giving his unique perspective on movies and TV shows, and “The J.T. Effect”, which promotes critical and forward thinking, and motivation. AND he’s created his own comedy sketch series called "Deliver The Funny".

On top of all that, he’s in the process of writing a book anthology called “The Prodigy Series”, and the first 2 books, “Humble Beginnings”, and “Let’s Get to Work”, are now available.

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Harvey Brownstone Interviews Shane Stanley, Award-Winning Producer/Director of “Night Train” Jan 18, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Shane Stanley, Award-Winning Producer/Director of “Night Train”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Shane Stanley, is one of Hollywood’s most popular, innovative and prodigious filmmakers, making his 3rd appearance on our show.

He’s well-known for his highly popular movies including “Gridiron Gang”, “My Trip Back to the Dark Side”, “Mistrust”, “The Untold Story” and “Break Even”.

When I first interviewed him, we focused not only on his movies, but on his bestselling book entitled, “What You Don’t Learn in Film School: A Complete Guide to Independent Filmmaking”, which has become mandatory reading for aspiring filmmakers.

Last time he was here, we talked about his blockbuster hit movie, “Double Threat”, which was one of last year’s most popular movies, and one of the most watched movies around the world on Amazon Prime.

Now he’s back to discuss his highly-anticipated, brand new movie entitled “Night Train”, which has just been released on a number of cable TV networks and streaming platforms including Xfinity, Verizon, Apple TV, iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play and many more. The movie was written by our guest’s longtime collaborator, the brilliant C.J. Walley. And it has everything you want in a great film: an intriguing plot, memorable characters, great dialogue, suspenseful action, terrific visuals and production values, and some thought-provoking themes to ponder after the final credits roll.
I’m delighted to welcome back to our show, the man who directed, produced and edited “Night Train”.

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Harvey Brownstone interviews Sara Karloff, Daughter of Legendary Master of Horror, Boris Karloff Jan 15, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Sara Karloff, Daughter of Legendary Master of Horror, Boris Karloff

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Sara Karloff, is the only child of one of the greatest and most beloved cinematic legends of all time – the master of horror, Boris Karloff.

Although this brilliant British actor made 174 movies and demonstrated remarkable versatility, in films like “The Criminal Code”, “Scarface”, “The Public Defender”, “Five Star Final”, ”The Lost Patrol”, “The House of Rothschild”, and “The Body Snatcher”, he is most definitely best remembered for his iconic roles in such horror classics as “Frankenstein”, “Bride of Frankenstein”, “Son of Frankenstein”, “The Mummy”, “The Old Dark House”, “The Black Room”, “The Black Cat” and “The Raven”.

He appeared in many television shows, and starred in 3 TV series of his own: “Thriller”, “Colonel March” and “The Veil”. And who can ever forget his portrayal of the Grinch in the classic animated Christmas special, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, for which he won a Grammy Award.

Aside from his iconic work on film and television, he appeared in dozens of radio shows and stage productions, including the role of “Captain Hook” in Peter Pan on Broadway opposite Jean Arthur. And he earned a Tony award nomination for his performance on Broadway opposite Julie Harris, in “The Lark”. He also made over 20 children’s recordings for Cademon Records.

And of course, his instantly recognizable voice inspired the 1962 hit song by Bobby Pickett, “The Monster Mash”. He was a charter member of the Screen Actor’s Guild, and he’s one of the very few stars to have been awarded TWO stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for his work in movies, and one for his work on television. And in 1997, the U.S. Postal Service honoured him as Frankenstein's Monster and the Mummy in its "Classic Monster Movie Stamps" series.

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Harvey Brownstone Interviews Edward Miskie, Actor, Singer, Producer, Author, “Cancer, Musical Theatre and Other Chronic Illnesses” Jan 12, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Edward Miskie, Actor, Singer, Producer, Author, “Cancer, Musical Theatre and Other Chronic Illnesses”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Edward Miskie, is an award-winning actor, singer, writer and producer who’s appeared in dozens of musical theatre productions including “Ragtime”, “Mama Mia”, “Anything Goes”, “42nd Street”, “Into the Woods”, “Kiss Me Kate”, “Hairspray” and “White Christmas”.

On television and film, he can be seen in “Bite Size Hallowe’en”, “Shut Up Astoria”, “Wicked Little Town”, “Chambers”, “Optima”, “The Allies” and “Cancer Can Rock”.

But what compelled me to invite him on our show, is his remarkable book entitled, “Cancer, Musical Theatre and Other Chronic Illnesses”, which is a brutally honest, turbulent and sometimes hilarious account of his traumatic but thankfully triumphant experience as a 25-year old young musical theatre star, who was suddenly diagnosed with a rare form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. The book tells the insightful, compelling, poignant, and ultimately life-affirming story of his 10-month journey back in 2012, navigating the terrifying and tempestuous world of cancer treatment. Originally published in 2017, a special edition was produced in 2022 to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of his victory over cancer.

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