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The Celluloid President

The Celluloid President

De: Gary Holmes
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We're presidential history buffs and former aides to top politicians, and we're here to discuss movies on American presidents. Each podcast focuses on what Hollywood is trying to tell us about America by using a president as a lead character. Join us for provocative insights, opinions and recommendations as we examine the celluloid president.

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  • Otto Preminger's "Advise and Consent"

    Otto Preminger's "Advise and Consent"
    Jun 5 2025

    Jim and Gary discuss the 1962 adaptation of "Advise and Consent," possibly the most popular American political novel of all time, which was turned into movie by the director Otto Preminger. They muse on the meaning of so many conspiracy and paranoid movies from the early 1960s and debate theU.S. Senate's power to advise and consent on a Presidential nomination.

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    1 h y 6 m
  • Daryl F. Zanuck's "Wilson"

    Daryl F. Zanuck's "Wilson"
    May 6 2025

    In 1944, Daryl F. Zanuck, the head of Twentieth Century Fox, produced a movie about his political hero Woodrow Wilson. Despite being nominated for ten Academy Awards and the winner of five, the film is now largely forgotten. Jim and Gary discuss its historical and artistic merits, while chewing over what they think about Wilson the president.
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    1 h y 12 m
  • Donald Trump as "The Apprentice"

    Donald Trump as "The Apprentice"
    Apr 7 2025

    "The Apprentice" purports to tell Donald Trump's origin story, back when the notorious Roy Cohn took him under his wing and showed him how to win at any cost. Jim and Gary take the movie on its own terms -- as a piece of history in the 1970s and 80's -- and refrain from discussing contemporary events.

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    1 h y 5 m
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