Bruce Goldstein

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.

In this short documentary and personal essay, Bruce Goldstein, founder of Rialto Pictures and repertory director at New York’s FIlm Forum, tracks down many of the 100+ New York City locations—from the Bronx to the Lower East Side—used in his friend Jules Dassin’s classic police procedural THE NAKED CITY, while also spotlighting the contributions of producer Mark Hellinger and cinematographer William Daniels.

Documentary short takes a tour of the New York City film locations of Speedy (1928) such as Times Square, Washington Square, Sheridan Square, Coney Island and Brooklyn.

In this short documentary, created for the Criterion Collection in 2018, Bruce Goldstein, director of repertory programming at New York’s Film Forum and founder of Rialto Pictures, talks about the history of subtitles in the movies, gives tips on good subtitling practices, and pays tribute to veteran translator Lenny Borger.