EPISODE # 42: Could it actually be true that leading up to ALL ABOUT EVE, Bette Davis was considered box office poison? And why was her voice so raspy in this film, anyway? James and Lara break it all down, including how Bette was …
The Champ (1931)
EPISODE #41: Welcome to our very first VIDEO podcast! Our regular audio podcast will continue, but from time to time we’ll post a video version. In this episode we discuss THE CHAMP (1931) while on location at the legendary Beverly Hills estate that was …
The Sheik (1921)
EPISODE #40: Rudolph Valentino stars in THE SHEIK, a silent epic from 1921 that made Valentino a superstar. In this episode of CMR, James and Lara are joined by film historian Karie Bible, who leads tours at Hollywood Forever Cemetery (www.CemeteryTour.com), …
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
EPISODE # 39: Do you love IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE as much as we do? Michael Wright, CEO of Amblin Partners and former president and head of programming for TCM (Turner Classic Movies), is our “Audience of One” as James and Lara discuss this …
North by Northwest (1959)
EPISODE # 38: NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) is a classic Alfred Hitchcock suspense thriller about a case of mistaken identity. In this episode of Classic Movie Recall, Lara admits that she was confused by the plot, but it turns out she’s not the only …
Born Yesterday (1950)
EPISODE #37: In BORN YESTERDAY (1950), Judy Holliday’s performance as Billie Dawn is a must-see; you can’t take your eyes off of her and it is easy to see why she won a Best Actress Oscar for the role. But even though she was …
Frankenstein (1931)
EPISODE # 36: FRANKENSTEIN is nothing less than a horror masterpiece. Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive) digs up corpses and uses their body parts to construct a human being, using electricity to inject life into his “monster” creation. After spouting lines like, “Now I know …
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
EPISODE # 35: In THE MALTESE FALCON, Humphrey Bogart plays Sam Spade, a San Francisco detective who is visited by Brigid O’Shaunessy (Mary Astor), who says she needs help finding her missing sister. Sam soon learns that all is not as it appears in …
High Noon (1952)
EPISODE # 34: HIGH NOON stars Oscar-winning Gary Cooper as Will Kane, a marshall in Hadleyville who is getting married to Grace Kelly and planning to retire and leave town. However, just as he is saying his vows, Will receives word that Frank Miller, …
Rear Window (1954)
Episode # 33: In REAR WINDOW, Jimmy Stewart plays a photographer who is in a wheelchair in his New York City apartment with a broken leg. To pass the time, he spends his days looking out the window at his neighbors with a telephoto …