Gilbert and Frank celebrate the life of late director, critic and film historian Peter Bogdanovich with this 2016 episode about the making of “Citizen Kane,” the influence of John Ford and Howard Hawks, the B-movies of Roger Corman and the decline of the Hollywood studio system. Also, Peter befriends Cary Grant, Gilbert meets Richard Pryor, Jimmy Stewart recites a poem and Alfred Hitchcock orders a steak. PLUS: Kenneth Mars! Orson Welles’ lost film! Walter Brennan comes alive! Peter remembers John Ritter! And the strange death of Thomas Ince!

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