
Tales From Hollywoodland
TALES FROM HOLLYWOODLAND is a fast-paced weekly show business podcast, with an emphasis on all genres of movies; classic to current, as well as Broadway, TV, Cable, and Streaming. Hollywood vets Arthur Friedman, Steve Rubin, and Julian Schlossberg will be interviewing Hollywood luminaries, treating the listeners to decades worth of stories, anecdotes, insider viewpoints, candid opinions, as well as vivid and often hysterically funny celebrity encounters. From Sinatra to Cruise, Redford to DiCaprio, Hitchcock, and Coppola to Spielberg and Tarantino, Uncle Miltie to Eddie Murphy, Hackett and Rickles, and on and on. It’s all here with a capital E for Entertainment. Come join us for TALES FROM HOLLYWOODLAND.
Latest episodes

Sep 11, 2023 • 1h 12min
Broadway to Movies and Back Again
Start snapping your fingers, because this week the Tales from Hollywood team touts the classic Broadway musicals that became movies, and conversely, the classic movies that became Broadway musicals. We want to hear from you! Feedback is always welcome. Please write to us at talesfromhollywoodland@gmail.com and subscribe and rate the show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and wherever fine podcasts are found.

Sep 4, 2023 • 60min
Sex in the Cinema
This week the Tales From Hollywoodland team dives into the multi-faceted, and fascinating world of Sex and the Cinema, and how Hollywood has adjusted its approach over the years from extreme censorship to deregulation. We want to hear from you! Feedback is always welcome. Please write to us at talesfromhollywoodland@gmail.com and subscribe and rate the show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and wherever fine podcasts are found.

Aug 28, 2023 • 1h 2min
Owning and Operating a Movie Theater
With considerable experience in the field, the Hollywoodland team explores how they came to the exhibition business and the range of skills they needed to own and operate a modern movie theater, also in this episode the guys start the show with a remembrance of Hollywood great Billy Friedkin. We want to hear from you! Feedback is always welcome. Please write to us at talesfromhollywoodland@gmail.com and also, please subscribe and rate the show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and wherever fine podcasts are found.

Aug 21, 2023 • 1h
What Do Producers Really Do?
The Tales from Hollywoodland crew - producers all - take a deep dive into defining the world of motion picture producing - its responsibilities, pitfalls and joys. We want to hear from you! Feedback is always welcome. Please write to us at talesfromhollywoodland@gmail.com and please subscribe and rate the show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, Amazon Music, Audible, and wherever fine podcasts are found.

Aug 14, 2023 • 52min
The Best of Alfred Hitchcock
The Tales from Hollywoodland team explores the classic film output of the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, focusing on such films as Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho, and North by Northwest. We want to hear from you! Feedback is always welcome. Please write to us at talesfromhollywoodland@gmail.com and please subscribe and rate the show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, Amazon Music, Audiable, and wherever fine podcasts are found.

Aug 7, 2023 • 60min
Oppenheimer and the Bomb
The Tales from Hollywoodland team talks about the sensation of the Barbie phenomenon and its impact on the movie industry. Then the crew does a deep dive into director Christopher Nolan's latest epic, Oppenheimer, and the cataclysmic history behind it. We want to hear from you! Feedback is always welcome. Please write to us at talesfromhollywoodland@gmail.com and soon you will be able to subscribe and rate the show on Apple Podcast, Stitcher Radio, Google Play, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, and wherever fine podcasts are found.