October 16th - This Day in History

1923 - Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio founded

1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis begins as JFK is shown photos confirming the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba

1968 - Americans Tommie Smith (gold 19.83 WR) and John Carlos (bronze) famously give the Black Power Salute on the 200m medal podium during the Mexico City Olympics to protest racism and injustice against African-Americans

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews writer Miguel Ángel Parra from Spain about his winning LGBT screenplay THE PINK HOUSE. Listen to the best scene script reading after the interview.

Summary of THE PINK HOUSE:

Pablo, a hedonistic homosexual with problems to accept his age, meets Star, a transsexual who used to perform at the gay bar that Pablo just bought and in which he wants to open a disco. Shocked by the harsh history of her life and the situation of abandonment in which Star and some of her friends find themselves, Pablo joins a group of activists in a crazy and fun race to get a safe place for older LGBT people, In spite of the oabstacles that a homophobic town councilor puts on them.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allison Kampf
Raul: Scott Beaudin
Pablo : Steve Rizzo
David : Allan Michael Brunet

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October 15, 2020 - This Day in History

1940 "The Great Dictator", a satiric social commentary film by and starring Charlie Chaplin released

1951 "I Love Lucy", starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, debuts on CBS

2020 - Interview with the winning Comedy Festival screenwriter for THE HOTEL PALMYRA, John Montgomery. LISTEN to audio recording of a best scene reading of the script after the interview

Summary of Script:

A romantic comedy about an uptight executive sent to refurbish a ruined tropical hotel full of nutty guests and a slew of suitors.

CAST LIST: Narrator: Allison Kampf

Marian : Kyana Teresa

Manager : Allan Michael Brunet

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October 14, 2020 - This Day in HIstory

1882 - Arthur Conan Doyle publishes "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" collection of 12 stories - first publication of the famous Sherlock Holmes series.

2003- The Bartman game at Wrigley Field. Game 6 of the NLCS. Fan Steve Bartman deflects the ball away from Chicago Cubs outfielder Moises Alou changing the series and ruining a chance of the Cubs to go to the World Series.

2007 - "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" featuring Kim, Khloé, and Kourtney Kardashian premieres on the E! cable network in the US.

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews writer Mike Meier about this screenplay The Love Hex. Best scene reading of the script performed after the interview..

Summary of Script:

New York in 1929, shortly before the Great Depression. Rose is unhappily married to a mobster lawyer. She suffers from early-onset arthritis. Her doctor recommends a hot spring treatment. Her friend Alice, recently widowed and a mother of three, suffers chronic fatigue. Eventually, both travel to the hot springs in Mexico and hook up with two young gigolos. The days are jolly until on the Día de los Muertos, when Rose's jealous husband arrives out of the blue.

CAST LIST: Narrator: Allison Kampf

Rose : Hannah Ehman

Spencer : Allan Michael Brunet

Ramiro : Scott Beaudin -

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October 13, 2020 - This day in history

1951- The best picture winner for 1951 “All About Eve” premieres

1962 - Edward Albee’s play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway featuring actress Uta Hagen

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews Joel McElvaney about his Dungeons & Dragons inspired screenplay “Dragons of the Gloam”, with a best scene recording of his script after the interview..

A group of teenage Dungeons & Dragons players get zapped into their game—and into the bodies of their characters. Still scared teens on the inside, the game characters must work together to find a hidden castle and defeat a poison-breathing dragon in order to return to their normal lives—and selves.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allison Kampf

Lumbu: Bill Poulin

Gruber: Sean Ballantyne

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October 12th 2020 - This Day in History is a Sports Edition

1979 - Boston Celtics guard Chris Ford scores the first ever 3-point shot in basketball history.

1989 - Worst trade in sports history takes place when the Dallas Cowboys trade Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings for a truckload of draft picks, setting up the Cowboy 90s dynasty.

1992 - Bret “Hitman” Hart defeats Ric Flair for the WWF title at a house show shocking the wrestling universe.

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews the Action/Adventure Festival screenplay winner Tim Kontje (ZERO LINE). Then listen to the audio best scene reading of his script.

Watch the reading: https://youtu.be/Keepz5so21I

A hard-charging journalist teams up with a cynical soldier of fortune and an Iraqi archaeologist as her story on ISIS antiquities trafficking becomes a race against a ruthless private military corporation. Inspired by true events.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allison Kampf

Jen: Hannah Ehman

Chandra: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

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October 11th - This Day in History:

1932 - First ever political telecast is held on CBC in New York City.

1975 - Saturday Night Live premieres. First guest star was George Carlin

2006 - The television show "30 Rock" premieres. Starring and created by Tina Fey

2020 - Watch & Listen Podcast. Watch the short dance film TAKE ME THERE: https://www.chantalncherry.com/take-me-there.html

Then come back and listen to the podcast interview with the director Chantal Cherry: https://www.chantalncherry.com/

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October 10th This Day in History:

1956 - The movie GIANT premieres, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson. It marked the last appearance on screen for the late actor James Dean.

1966- The “Beach Boys” classic single “Good Vibrations” premieres.

2020 - Proud to have interviewed the winning screenwriter Michael Bruno about his animation script PIZZA CO..

Listen to conversation, with full 30 minute reading performed by professional actors of the short script.

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOCg8QH03L8&t=21s

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January 9th - This Day in History

1926 - NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) begins.

1986 - The Late Show with Joan Rivers premieres on Fox, first woman to host a US late-night TV talk show

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews the winning screenwriter of “ReView”, Jonathan Zarantonello

Watch the screenplay reading here: https://youtu.be/dvkStad_IW0

In a video message, a girl invites other women to have sex with her boyfriend, but only if they leave her a review after.

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CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allison Kampf

Taylor: Kyana Teresa

Denise: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

This podcast is edited and produced by Kimberly Villarruel

This date in history October 8 2020

1927 - Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy film THE SECOND HUNDRED YEARS premieres. The first film for the comedy duo.

1942 - The comedy duo Abbott and Costello launch their weekly radio show, marking the beginning for another iconic comedy duo.

2020 - Matthew Toffolo chats with David Sabbath : https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3543330/

The WILDsound organization has performed two of David’s screenplays through the years.

Just recently, 53 Hours In Harpers Ferry: https://youtu.be/uneh9P2Zyrk

And last year, Dancing in the White Room: https://youtu.be/pxs4GvRTTmM

This podcast was produced and edited by Kimberly Villarruel

Watch & Listen Podcast:

First - WATCH the amazing Dance Short film EGO, presented by the Northern Ballet

https://vimeo.com/397946138

Then come back and listen to the podcast interview with director Dan Lowenstein.

October 7th this date in history:

1971 - The French Connection premieres. (Best Picture winner 1971 )

2003 - Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected governor of California

2008 - Spotify launches.

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews the talented filmmaker Dan Lowenstein

Summary of EGO:

Most of us have an alter ego hiding under the surface. We try our best to keep it in, but sometimes it escapes.

Take a front row seat into the psyche of a relationship. Using world class ballet, krump, popping & bboying we witness different moments played out in pure contrast by four incredible dancers. 

This is EGO, a Northern Ballet original dance film.

Directed & Developed by
Dan Lowenstein

Creative Director & Choreographer
Kenneth Tindall

Dancers
Antoinette Brooks-Daw
Kevin Poeung
Sam Amos
Jonadette Carpio 

This podcast is produced & edited

by Kimberly Villarruel

This day in history October 6th

1927 - The Jazz Singer premieres to the world. The first “talkie” film on screen that would forever change the history of film forever.

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews writer Kristen Anderson. Listen to the audio recording of her short story KISSING FISH, then hear the conversation between Kristen and Matthew.

Kissing Fish is about an intense connection with nature, one’s mother, and deep feelings of love, joy, and confidence. It is based-on a dream memory of mine and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did dreaming it! Visual Design & Editor: Kimberly Villarruel Produced by Matthew Toffolo Voice Over Artist: Allison Kampf

First: WATCH the Batman Fan Fiction Short Film CONFESSIONS OF THE BAT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmMRtDG8JGc&t=6s

Then come back and LISTEN to the podcast interview with the director Ronnie Henry

This Day in History October 5th:

1962 - DR. NO, the first ever James Bond film premieres.

1969 - MONTY PYTHON airs for the first time on BBC.

The birth of two iconic British franchises.

And in 2020, Matthew Toffolo interviewed the director of the Batman Fan Fiction Short Film Ronnie Henry

Watch the Film. Listen to the Interview.

Today is Television Day. This day in history:

1957 - "Leave It to Beaver" debuts on CBS

1990 - “Beverly Hills: 90210” debuts on the new TV network FOX

2000 - The highly anticipated season 2 premiere of The West Wing: In the Shadow of Two Gunman, two hour special takes place.

This is today’s focus. The West Wing Season 2 Episode 1. There were gunshot fires during a President Bartlett rally as Season 1 faded to black. All summer long the question was - who was shot? A very network TV cliffhanger cliche on a very non-network television show.

Bradley Whitford (playing Josh Lyman) would go on to win the Best Supporting Actor Emmy for this season, plus The West Wing would beat the powerhouse HBO show “The Sopranos” and win the Emmy for Best Television series.

20 years ago the TV landscape in comparison to today’s television world is completely different.

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This day in history on October 3rd

1941 - The Maltese Falcon" directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, premieres

1952 - The 1st video recording on magnetic tape occurs.

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews Annika Freese, winning screenwriter of THE DETOUR. A recorded best scene of the script occurs after the interview

Watch the video screenplay reading here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXsF4-cBwSQ

When her boyfriend unexpectedly proposes, Accaila MacLochlann realizes she has no idea what she wants from her life. So, when the opportunity to drive across country to sell her parents’ truck and trailer in San Francisco arises, Accaila takes it.

CAST LIST:
Narration: Allison Kampf
SPENCER : Allan Michael Brunet
ACCAILA : Hannah Ehman

Read the blog interview with Annika here: https://matthewtoffolo.com/2020/09/22/interview-with-screenwriter-annika-freese-the-detour/

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Today’s Film of the Day

63 years ago today the David Lean directed classic premiered.. The first of Lean’s “epic” movie series (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago the other two).

Matthew talks about his experience watching the War film without and battles. How if effected him.

A masterpiece of filmmaker. The film still hold up today.

Bridge on the River Kwai was the winner of 7 Academy Award Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director (David Lean), Best Actor (Alec Guinness), Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Music Score. It was also nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Sessue Hayakawa)

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CLOWN OF THE DEAD is a recent winning short screenplay written by Matthew Goudie.

Matthew and Matthew converse about Comedy/Horror Films and his future in the entertainment industry.

Watch the screening reading of CLOWN OF THE DEAD: https://youtu.be/P_d5FPKmZEQ

In a world of clowns, the zombie apocalypse cuts short Bozo's funeral.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allison Kampf

Father Chuckles : Allan Michael Brunet

Bozo Junior : Scott Beaudin

Klumpo : Steve Rizzo

Read the written interview with Matthew Goudie: https://matthewtoffolo.com/2020/09/22/interview-with-screenwriter-matthew-goudie-clown-of-the-dead/

First Off: Watch the Short Film Millennials Throughout History: A Titanic Following: https://vimeo.com/385629704

Then listen to the Interview with Writer / Producer / Creator: Deanna Director

Starring real-life Influencer: Max Emerson (@Maxisms)

An Influencer from 2020 wins the sponsored trip of a lifetime...in 1912.

Shot aboard The Queen Mary ship in Long Beach, CA.

Episode sponsored by the 1 Page Story Contest. Get your story performed by a professional actor: https://novelwritingfestival.com/onepage

First off, watch the 6min. Short Film “Cigarette Lips”: https://vimeo.com/310992362

Then come back and listen to the interview with director/writer Katherine Castellaw on the process of making her first short film.

BONUS: Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Video of the film: https://youtu.be/J4H-9yxKy68

BIO of Katherine:

Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. She has a background in dance and is now a New York based actor. Currently, she is finishing her last year at the William Esper Studio conservatory and has a passion for telling female driven stories through film. Katherine wrote, directed, and produced her first film “Cigarette Lips”, and is excited to begin her filmmaking journey.

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Episode sponsored by the 1 Page Story Contest. Get your story performed by a professional actor: https://novelwritingfestival.com/onepage

Watch the 5 minute dance short film LOOK OUT before you listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGIvsof1BFw

Look Out is a driving and precarious choreographic voyage through rooftops, a parking lot, and a construction site filmed entirely by drone camera on location during LUMBERYARD Under Construction Summer Festival 2018 (Catskill, NY), it features Bridgman|Packer choreography and performance, cinematography by Gavin Preuss, and sound score by Jeff Cook.

For more info on Bridgman|Packer Dance: www.bridgmanpacker.org

Episode sponsored by the 1 Page Story Contest. Get your story performed by a professional actor: https://novelwritingfestival.com/onepage

An episode so strong there is an entire website about it: http://seventeenpeople.com/

Called a “BOTTLE” episode. Is produced cheaply and restricted in scope to use as few non-regular cast members, effects, and sets as possible. Occurs when the show is over-budget and they need to shoot a cost saving episode.