The Golden Age of Cinema with Miles Stephenson
The Hollywood Godfather Podcast
GRI Entertainment
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
On the Hollywood Godfather podcast, Gianni and Jeanie welcome filmmaker Miles Stephenson, 26, a New York–born writer/producer of documentaries. Miles recounts meeting Gianni while producing The Real Godfather documentary about Joe Colombo and The Godfather’s real-life ties, and they discuss Russo’s connections to Frank Costello, Colombo, and on-set stories such as a stolen production van and Lenny Montana’s improvised moment. Miles explains his fascination with the 1967–1975 “New Hollywood” era when the failing studio system gave young directors like Coppola and Scorsese creative control, enabling riskier films shot on location. Russo promotes his books Hollywood Godfather and Mafia Secrets, claims James Patterson validated his Marilyn Monroe account, says Mafia Secrets has a proposed $50M film with director George Gallo, and shares stories involving the Vatican, CIA–mob plots against Castro, and Kennedy-era allegations. The episode ends announcing Miles will return for a second segment.
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| 0:00.0 | Gianni's got the stories from the coast to countryside |
| 0:08.0 | Genie's got the questions sharp as a natural sway |
| 0:15.0 | Every Wednesday night we take you all away. |
| 0:23.6 | From the back streets of Tinsel Town to the Tritorious Globe, |
| 0:29.6 | Old Hollywood meets mafia tales, and you're about to know It's the Hollywood Godfather |
| 0:40.3 | Where the big band plays and the stories don't stop |
| 0:44.3 | With Gianni and Jeannie and Jeannie everywhere, they're taking you to the top |
| 0:49.3 | Keep it smooth and keep it classy. |
| 0:55.0 | Feel that swing nonstop on the Hollywood Godfather the beach. |
| 1:02.0 | Welcome everybody. |
| 1:04.0 | It's time for another Hollywood Godfather podcast. |
| 1:07.0 | And tonight I'm really excited because I met this gentleman a while ago. |
| 1:11.7 | I indirectly got involved in some of the conversations of his previous projects, which we're going to talk about. |
| 1:18.9 | But before we introduce him, what I'd like to do is bring my co-host, Jeannie Raymond, my darling. |
| 1:26.4 | How are you? |
| 1:27.7 | Hello, I'm great. How are you, Tiana? |
| 1:30.7 | Good, good. Perfect. Well, I'm excited for us to introduce Miles, if you will. |
| 1:38.0 | Thank you for having me, Johnny. Welcome to the show, please. And we talked briefly a few minutes ago. |
| 1:46.7 | I really like you because you're such a do-comer and so aggressive. |
| 1:52.3 | I hate to say this, but you remind me of me when I was your age. |
| 1:57.7 | I was all over the place. |
| 1:59.7 | And I think that's what you have to be. If you're not out |
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