Budge Crawley – What Happened to Canada’s King of Film?

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In this episode, I have an interview with the author Barbara Wade Rose, who wrote a biography about Canadian filmmaker Budge Crawley called “Budge: What happened to Canada’s king of film”.

Budge Crawley was a pioneer Canadian independent filmmaker who started making films in Ottawa, Ontario during the 40s and had a long film career that culminated in winning an Oscar for a documentary called “The man who skied down Everest”. Now he is forgotten, but we will attempt to revive his achievements by talking about his life and movies.

Link to the show notes:

https://nfpcan.blubrry.net/budge-crawley-what-happened-to-canadas-king-of-film-show-notes-and-links/

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Money Is The Real Star – The Business History Of Hollywood – Part 2

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We continue and finish our talk about the early history of Hollywood. But not the history of movie stars or movies, but the history of film from the very practical point of view of business. How did Hollywood make its money? Listen and find out.

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Money Is The Real Star – The Business History Of Hollywood – Part 1

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We talk about the early history of Hollywood. But not the history of movie stars or movies, but the history of film from the very practical point of view of business. How did Hollywood make its money? Listen and find out.

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Forgotten Canadian Pioneers That Hollywood Needs To Thank

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In episode 5, we talk about Canadians who moved to Hollywood in the early days. That is to say Canadians who, instead of working in Canadian movies, such as they were then, decided to go to Hollywood and tried to make it there. We talk about Mary Pickford, Mack Sennett, May Irwin and Douglas Shearer.

Here is a link to a Mary Pickford YouTube channel if you’re interested in watching Mary Pickford movies.

https://www.youtube.com/@MaryPickfordOfficial

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Hustlers, Traitors And Dreamers – The Curious Story Of Movies In Canada – Part 4

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In this episode, we conclude talking about the early days of Canadian film using the book “Embattled Shadows” by Peter Morris. We hear the final thoughts from Peter Morris, and then I give my opinion about Morris’s take on early Canadian film.

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Hustlers, Traitors And Dreamers – The Curious Story Of Movies In Canada – Part 3

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In part 3 of the early days of Canadian movies, we talk about Hollywood’s monopoly and domination in Canada. We also talk about ASN studios in Montreal, which was the only positive thing in Canadian movies at that time.

Here is a link to the ASN’s Canadian Cameo: Rhapsody in Two Languages (1934) mentioned in the podcast: https://youtu.be/NK0pmAWmatU

Enjoy!

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Hustlers, Traitors And Dreamers – The Curious Story Of Movies In Canada – Part 2

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In this episode, we continue to discuss the early history of Canadian film based on the book by Peter Morris. We learn about a movie promoter called Ernest Shipman and also about the Motion Picture Bureau of Canada.

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Hustlers, Traitors And Dreamers – The Curious Story Of Movies In Canada – Part 1

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In this episode, we give a brief overview of season 1, and we start talking about the early history of Canadian movies, based on the book
entitled “embattled shadows” by Peter Morris.
We cover chapters 1,2 and 3.

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