It’s a Wonderful Time

Doug Stebleton pt 1

How many times have you watch a movie and wondered, “What if…?”  “What if “this” would  happen?”  “What if the plot was twisted just a bit?”  And then let your imagination just run with it?  What would the results be? In this world that is growing darker and darker it seems every single day, sometimes, we need to just let our imaginations go back to far simpler time. A time when family values were cherished and not trashed. A time when life as, well, simpler!  Even if it is only to take a brief mental and spiritual break from the rotten here and now. Amen! Well, my guest today has been helping people to just that. Doug Stebleton has been working in the entertainment business since 1987. Born and raised in Glasgow, Montana, he came to Hollywood at age 19 and has lived and worked in southern California since then. His expertise is music publishing for film and television. His company owns a catalog of songs that are licensed to film and television studios and to independent productions. Some of the company’s credits include Blood Diamond, Borat, Little Miss Sunshine, Zoolander, Big Bang Theory, Blue Bloods, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Sopranos, Ugly Betty, CSI, Scrubs and ER.  Doug is also a film producer, which we will get into in just a moment, as well as an author. But it is his love of history that drives him to make films and documentaries that are inspiring, informative and educational – all at the same time. His passion for Hollywood films and time travel…yes, “time travel,” has inspired him to publish a great book, titled, “It’s a Wonderful Time.”  This book is based on the film that has been played at Christmas time for over 50 years, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” with James Stewart and Donna Reed. But we will get into that in a few minutes – and you will definitely want to hear all about this book. I’ve been anxious to get Doug Stebleton on the program to talk about this book. Amen! Help me welcome to the program, Doug Stebleton! Doug, thank you for joining us today! I want to get into a bit of your background before I dive into the book, “It’s a Wonderful Time.” I believe our listeners will come to know you a bit more and then the discussion of your great book will make more sense. How did you come to the decision to make the move from Montana to Hollywood? And then you parked cars as a valet…but not just any hotel, right? You were asked to be the personal driver for the person who ran Johnny Carson Productions. How did that happen? So you truly started, I guess you say, from the bottom and worked the jobs that most people would overlook. But God was opening doors for you even back then, right? Were you were working with struggling musicians, actors, etc. at the hotel? Possible contacts that you could use to open doors later? My uncle owned a recording studio back in the late 1960’s up until about the 1980’s in Detroit called “Sound Records.”  I know some of the stories he told in producing music, it sounded like a nightmare come to life sometimes. How did you get started in the music publishing business? But you are also a movie producer as well. You created a documentary called “Mother of Normandy.” Can you tell us a bit about that movie and how it came to be? You also produced and directed a short film titled, “Reagan at Normandy” as well as “Heroes of WWII: The European Campaign.” I take you are a history buff, right?  I am as well, especially World War II. I’m a George Patton scholar, I guess. I’ve read so many books about him… The movie with James Stewart in “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a classic that is still watched by millions of people every year. Doug Stebleton’s book “It’s a Wonderful Time” just takes us down a slightly different path to the movie – but one that is truly entertaining. Drop down into the show notes and order your copy of “It’s a Wonderful Time” right now, today. Order two or three and bless someone you know that would love to have this book.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

  Email:   doug@ironmikeent.com Website:   https://www.hollywoodtimetravel.com Book:  “It’s a Wonderful Time” – on Amazo “Good Fight Ministries!”  

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