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The first big American studio film — and last big American studio film – directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, The Black Cat is, uh, “inspired” by Edgar Allan Poe’s short story and stars Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff in a taut game of life and death.  We talk with Noah Isenberg, author of Edgar G. Ulmer: A Filmmaker at the Margins and the “Philly Poe Guy”, Edward G. Pettit to compare the film with the Poe story. And, we’re joined by special guest co-host Maitland McDonagh.  Superstitious, perhaps… Baloney, perhaps not.

On a special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks to Michael Felsher, the head honcho at Red Shirt Pictures and the Ultimate Film Fanatic, about his career crafting supplemental material for DVD and Blu-Ray releases including Just Desserts: The Making of Creepshow which is now available for pre-order via IndieGoGo.

We discuss the 1991 comic book film The Rocketeer starring Billy Campbell. We look at the film’s production with its writers (Paul De Meo and Danny Bilson) and director (Joe Johnston). We also talk to the inimitable Jon Polito.  We’re joined by Chris Stachiw of the Kulture Shocked podcast to talk about this under-appreciated film.

As part of our coverage of The Rocketeer we talked with director Joe Johnston about several of his films including Jurassic Park III, Jumanji, October Sky, The Wolfman, Captain America: The First Avenger, and he gives his one and only statement about The Pagemaster.