Douglas Trumbull on 2001 Oscar Nataloff 2009-08-05 | The great Special Visual Effects Director Douglas Trumbull reveals why his credit for "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) was pulled from his official MGM biography at the time of "Brainstorm" (1983). Trumbull, Wally Veevers, Con Pederson and Tom Howard famously worked on the sfx of "2001" with Stanley Kubrick, winning an Oscar for their groundbreaking achievements...and then the fun started. This interview was taped in 1983.
A more aggressive look at my book The Secret Hitchcock Nataloff 2026-08-05 | How did Alfred Hitchcock use Cary Grant and James Stewart to do what he dared not do himself? I'm sure this new book (coming out from the University Press of Kentucky, October 27, 2026) will raise some eyebrows. But that doesn't mean it isn't possible.
Assertive trailer for The Secret Hitchcock book Nataloff 2026-08-01 | My agent, Lee Sobel, thought I should make a more assertive promo for my forthcoming book, "The Secret Hitchcock," about how the master of suspense used Cary Grant and James Stewart on screen to fulfill his off screen desires. The great cover art is by Thomas Warming. The University Press of Kentucky publishes it on October 27 (2026) and it can be pre-ordered now from Amazon,of course.
The Secret Hitchcock quickie promo Nataloff 2026-07-31 | "The Secret Hitchcock" explores how Alfred Hitchcock used Cary Grant and James Stewart as his romantic avatars in four films apiece - and never told them.
The Secret Hitchcock James Stewart snipe Nataloff 2026-07-31 | What secret did Alfred Hitchcock, James Stewart, and Kim Novak keep from the audience in "Vertigo"? Nat Segaloff writes about this and other Hitchcock classics in "The Secret Hitchcock" coming October 27 from the University Press of Kentucky.
The Secret Hitchcock book preview Nataloff 2026-07-28 | It's no secret that Alfred Hitchcock was attracted to the women he cast in his films -- just how strongly is a matter of scholarly debate -- but because of decency, protocol, and self-image, he never acted on his impulses. Instead, he directed Cary Grant and James Stewart to be his avatars. In the four films that he made with each of these great stars, Hitchcock lived through them to romance Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman, Kim Novak, Doris Day, Eva Marie Saint, and Joan Fontaine. Certain to raise controversy, "The Secret Hitchcock" makes a case that Hollywood's most control-oriented director created a world of symbols and effects that prove this premise. @Kentuckypress
This is Kevin. Nataloff 2025-12-27 | Squirrels don't hibernate. It helps to leave food out for them during the winter. Kevin brings his friends over to share. He likes my nuts. Be like Kevin.
Nat Segaloff discusses The Rambo Report with Adam Long Nataloff 2025-06-02 | Adam Long's podcast with Nat Segaloff for Nat's new book THE RAMBO REPORT.
Nativity play goes wrong Nataloff 2024-12-17 | Something goes horribly wrong when the reins of a Christmas nativity play are handed to a director who doesn't follow the script. This was circulating on line years ago from Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising.
The Naughty Bits Nat Segaloff interview Air Talk KPCC (NPR) Nataloff 2024-08-31 | Nat Segaloff, author of the book "The Naughty Bits: What the Censors Wouldn't Let You See in Hollywood's Most Famous Movies" interviewed by Larry Mantle on KPCC/LAist's "Air Talk" on August 30, 2024. The lively exchange highlights cut scenes, the history of the production Code, and secrets of the censors. (Broadcast standards are honored)
The Naughty Bits book promo Nataloff 2024-06-18 | "The Naughty Bits: What The Censors Wouldn't Let You See in Hollywood's Most Famous Movies" looks at what was cut or never shot from 50+letters movies. Yes, Hollywood was woke nearly 100 years ago. Read all about it.
The Brinks Job William Friedkin featurette Nataloff 2023-08-11 | Produced by Nat Segaloff in 1978 for Boston's "Evening Magazine" on WBZ-TV, this interview with director William Friedkin, who was shooting "The Brink's Job," led to Segaloff writing Friedkin's biography, "Hurricane Billy," ten years later.
John Romita 1995 interview Nataloff 2023-06-14 | The great comic book artist John Romita (1930-2023) interviewed for my 1995 documentary about Stan Lee. Here are selected remarks that remind us what a great man and fine artist he was, and how much he will be missed by those of us who value his contribution to the medium.
Harry Belafonte for the ACLU Nataloff 2023-04-26 | 2013 PSA for the American Civil Liberties Union spoken by Harry Belafonte. I wrote and edited this and Belafonte recorded it in his New York home. It;s one of my fondest memories of this great man. And so is the ACLU.
Promo video for More Fire! The Building of The Towering Inferno Nataloff 2023-03-20 | Nat Segaloff's new making-of book is about the greatest disaster picture ever made. 1974's "The Towering Inferno" blew away all the others, yet its producer, Irwin Allen, could never have known that he had reached his zenith. This is the story of that film, that man, and this genre.(NOTE: YouTube royalty-free music credit: Makai Symphony: "Duel")
Dogs Diary reading Nataloff 2022-10-24 | "Dog's Diary: Living With a Human During Covid" by Louie, read by Nat Segaloff. Five minutes of a year-long journal written by Louie, the Italian greyhound, while he was sequestered with his human friend, Nat. All income from the book goes to Perfect Paws Pet Ministry. To order: blurb.com/b/11164101-dog-s-diary-living-with-a-human-during-covidBook ©2022 Nat Segaloff; Video (P)2022 Fran Weil
A Lit Fuse 2.0 preview Nataloff 2022-06-28 | The long-awaited expanded edition of "A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison" is coming from NESFA Press. Longer by some 20,000+ words and featuring memorial coverage, personal appraisals, and commentary about the lives and loss of Harlan and Susan Ellison, it will be available from NESFA and the usual online booksellers. nesfa.org/book/a-lit-fuse-4
Douglas Trumbull on Stanley Kubrick and 2001 Nataloff 2022-02-10 | I interviewed Douglas Trumbull on October 3, 1983 for "Brainstorm" and asked him why "2001: A Space Odyssey" was not listed among his credits in the presskit for the film which, like "2001," was also from MGM. His answer should settle the question of how Stanley Kubrick alone received the Oscar© for Special Visual effects.
Re-dedication of Bellaire Avenue Park, North Hollywood, CA May 21, 2021 Nataloff 2021-05-22 | Les than a year after our neighborhood park burned, the City of Los Angeles rebuilt it, thereby restoring a resource that unites kids, family, and community. Kudos to Council Member Paul Krekorian, LA Parks Operations Supervisor Javier Solis, and the architect and workers who brought it back, literally, from the ashes.
St Clair Bourne Tribute Nataloff 2021-02-17 | Tribute to documentary filmmaker St. Clair Bourne who was honored posthumously in 2008 at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival The Africa Chanel. Producer: Nat Segaloff. Editor: Hank Polonsky. Narrator: Wren Brown.
My Adventure with Sheena, Queen of the Jungle behind-the-scenes book Nataloff 2021-02-16 | Tanya Roberts starred in "Sheena," the first major studio motion picture shot entirely in Africa. Yoram Ben-Ami, the film's Executive Producer, has written a book about the making of the picture with stories of the stars, the director who wouldn't take No for an answer, and the animals that wouldn't take direction.
A Lit Fuse Harlan Ellison biography e-book Nataloff 2021-02-04 | This vastly expanded second edition of the Hugo-nominated "A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison" is available as an e-book from NESFA Press and other e-book providers. Containing tributes from sf icons, appraisals of Harlan's legacy, and previously unpublished material, this edition provides closure and perspective to an unquiet life and lasting legacy.
Larry King: Talk of Fame Nataloff 2021-01-24 | I produced this documentary for A&E's "Biography" series on Larry King's tenth anniversary on CNN. All rights were cleared at the time. He was a dynamo as was his entire support team at CNN who deserve as much praise as he and very seldom got it. Posted in memoriam.
Arthur Penn: American Director Nataloff 2020-07-08 | "Arthur Penn: American Director" is the only biography of the man who fired the first shot in the film revolution in 1967 with "Bonnie and Clyde." His career spans WW2, live TV, Broadway, and Hollywood. Here, in this intimate portrait, we learn about the man as well as his work. This Second Edition adds information that was discovered after the first edition was published.
Hollywood and Venal book video teaser Nataloff 2020-06-11 | A collection of Nat Segaloff's Hollywood short stories illustrated by Thomas Warming. Most originally appeared on Nikki Finke's acclaimed Hollywood Dementia website of original Hollywood fiction, but all of these stories have a basis in fact, and if you know the secrets, you'll appreciate them more. Also available on audio CD from Blackstone Audio and as mp3 download from Bear Manor.
Unboxing Video #2 Nataloff 2020-05-23 | For the life of me, I don't understand what joy is to be found in watching someone take something out of a box, so here's my satire on it.
Unboxing Video #1 Nataloff 2020-05-23 | I don't understand the thrill people get out of watching YouTube unboxing videos, so I made one of my own (as satire)..
William Friedkin directs The Brinks Job Nataloff 2020-04-03 | Oscar-winning director William Friedkin directed "The Brink's Job" in Boston in the summer of 1978. A comedic drama about the 1950 robbery of the Brink's garage by a group of goofy thieves, it was scripted by Walon Green and starred Peter Falk, Paul Sorvino, and Warren Oates. I was told that my crew for Boston's "Evening Magazine" was the only TV coverage Friedkin allowed on the set. As usual, Friedkin delivered the goods (although the scene they're shooting didn't make it into the final movie). Note: All clips were cleared at the time for use in this featurette. This is uploaded from a VHS tape which is believed to be the only surviving copy.
Bob Williams & Louie Nataloff 2020-02-08 | The great vaudeville team of Bob Williams and Louie. What else is there to say?
Privacy: Hollywood Style Nataloff 2020-02-02 | For years, the loss of privacy has been a plot point in Hollywood movies. Until the last few years, however, it was always presented as a paranoid fantasy. Now it's real and getting worse. This montage shows how the Movies were well ahead of the curve, and now everything in them has come sadly true. These clips and music are presented as academic commentary within the scope of Fair Use. (Thanks to Justin Peach for editorial expertise.)
David Kleiler, Sr. Tribute Nataloff 2019-09-19 | My friend David Kleiler, a mover and shaker in Boston's independent film scene, died at age 79. This is my remembrance of our fifty-year friendship
See Spot Stare Nataloff 2019-06-21 | One of our feral cats might finally becoming friendly. Not counting on it, though. At least she's fixed.
Butterfly freed 6 19 2019 Nataloff 2019-06-20 | Raise it from a caterpillar. Kids grow up so fast these days, especially if they're butterflies.
Orson Welles Complex Oral History Nataloff 2019-05-12 | This is the oral history of the Orson Welles Cinema Complex in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I produced it to mark the OW's 10th anniversary. It aired in April, 1979 on WITS radio in Boston. This is an aircheck (minus commercials) and speaks to many of the essential people who created this "a mecca for film worshippers." Feel free to excerpt or quote from this program with proper credit.
A Thousand Clowns (Im Sorry) Nataloff 2019-03-27 | Murray tells Sasndy that he turned down the job that would have saved him and Nick from the Child Welfare Board.
Guarding Gable audiobook promo Nataloff 2019-01-20 | When Carole Lombard dies at the beginning of World War II, her grieving husband, Clark Gable, quits Hollywood and enlists to fight Hitler. His studio, MGM, fearful that the world's #1 movie star will get killed, assigns a junior publicist to enlist with Gable to keep him alive for the duration. A novel drawn from an actual incident is now an enhanced audiobook with dialogue and sound effects.
Guarding Gable book-audiobook promo Nataloff 2019-01-16 | Nat Segaloff's novel "Guarding Gable" is a romantic action story about the movies' #1 star in World War Two.Based on an actual incident, it takes off from there to become a story of love, warm and humor.
Guiding Royalty: My Adventure with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Nataloff 2018-12-10 | A young producer finds himself making a movie with the screen's two biggest stars at a point when their careers were on the way down and his was on the way up -- if he survives.
Stan Lee - Rare Marvel Prologues Nataloff 2018-11-13 | When Buena Vista Home Video International licensed the IRON MAN, SPIDER-MAN, and THE FANTASTIC FOUR animated TV shows in 1996 they were concerned that world audiences wouldn't be familiar with the super-heroes so they had Stan Lee and me make these prologues to bring new viewers up to speed. As far as I know they have never been shown in America.
Charlie Simpson tribute Nataloff 2018-11-07 | Charlie Simpson was the founder of the film industry Kenya, Africa. His good friend, producer Yoram Ben-Ami, was given an award by the Kenyan President for his part in helping Kenya set up its industry. He produced this tribute video to honor his late friend.
Guarding Gable Nataloff 2018-04-23 | An enhanced novel for audiobook, "Guarding Gable" is based on actual events in which the King of Hollywood, depressed at the death of his beloved wife, Carole Lombard, enlists in World War Two and doesn't care if he makes it back. MGM, horrified that their top star may get killed, persuades a young publicist to enlist with him and keep him alive for the duration. (The sound bites are in the Public Domain.) ©2018 Nat Segaloff
Martin Sheen for the ACLU Nataloff 2017-02-02 | Actor-activist Martin Sheen speaks on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union as the ACLU addresses the current Constitutional crisis. More info: www.aclusocal.org
The Sport of Kings shooting the teaser Nataloff 2016-10-16 | Shooting the :30 teaser for "The Sport of Kings" with Tyme2Shyne Artistic Studios, Ltd. Jayce Venditti, Steve Carson, George Jac, Nat Segaloff.
Marsha Hunts book The Way We Wore Nataloff 2016-08-26 | Hollywood star Marsha Hunt's gorgeous photo book "The Way We Wore" has just been made available again through Bear Manor Media. A decade-by-decade showcase for fashions and trends in American Cinema, the book is also Marsha's remarkable story of stardom, survival, and public service.
Closets The New 400-Year-Old Comedy Nataloff 2016-08-24 | “Closets” is a comedy adaptation of Ben Jonson’s “Volpone” (1605-6) set in modern-day West Hollywood. The play had its world premiere on March 8, 2012 at the Gorton Theatre, Gloucester, Massachusetts under the direction of Joseph Stiliano as a presentation of the Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe. This is an archive video with the following cast (alphabetically)Jonathan Arnold (“Paolo”)David Cluett (“Calvin Cohoon”) Tim Edwards (as Tim Bagley)(“Adam Claypool”)Rebecca Shrimpton (“Sharon Wilson”) George Spelvin (“Detective”) Joseph Stiliano (“Julian Reynolds”)Ken Stoeffler (“Brendan Rockford”)Jayson Winer (“Charles Claypool”)“Closets” (play and video) ©Nat Segaloff. Amateurs and professionals interested in licensing “Closets” should contact the Author through YouTube messaging (if you can find it).
Your Friend and Mine, Andy Devine Nataloff 2016-08-20 | Dennis Devine, son of the beloved character actor Andy Devine, writes a gently probing book about the father he always wanted to know, and finally did in Andy's later years. This is actually a dual memoir that is full of both movie lore and a history of Los Angeles real estate. Devine's book is available from Bear Manor Media and other online booksellers. This promo is a reminder of how wonderful his dad Andy was.
Screen Saver preview Nataloff 2016-08-09 | Nat Segaloff's new book is "Screen Saver: Private Stories of Public Hollywood" in which Nat, a former movie publicist and film critic, tells about the celebrities he's met and the stories he wrote -- and didn't write -- about them. Available from Bear Manor Media in softcover and hardcover.
Green Room Says You! Nataloff 2016-05-27 | In the Green Room before the April 15, 2016 performance of "Says You!" at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, California on KQED radio. See the panelists, emcee, producer, writers, and musical guests right before they go on stage.
R. Samuel Paz receives Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Award Nataloff 2016-04-03 | Attorney R. Samuel Paz receives the Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Public Service Award from Loyola Law School on April 30, 2016. This is the tribute video shown at the ceremony.
