EPISODE # 64: One of the greatest swashbuckling adventures of the 1930s, Captain Blood stars Errol Flynn in the role that made him a star. The film was directed by Michael Curtiz (of Casablanca fame) and co-stars Olivia de Havilland. Now you’ll know why …
Tag: 30s
It Happened One Night (1934)
EPISODE # 60: Claudette Colbert jumps ship (literally) to escape her father’s disapproval and ends up meeting Clark Gable on a bus. What could possibly go right? Join Lara Scott and James Moll as they welcome Randy Haberkamp from the Academy of Motion Picture …
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
EPISODE # 56: THE WIZARD OF OZ is a 1939 classic film beloved by children everywhere, but how does it hold up when you watch it as a grownup? For starters, the Wicked Witch of the West seems even MORE terrifying! James and Lara …
Dinner at Eight (1933)
EPISODE # 49: James and Lara recorded this episode (there is an audio and a video version) at the historic King Vidor/John Barrymore/Tony Scott estate in Beverly Hills. John was actually living there while he made DINNER AT EIGHT (1933), which was filmed …
The Champ (1931)
EPISODE #41: In this episode, James and Lara discuss THE CHAMP (1931), while on location at the legendary Beverly Hills estate that was built in the 1920s by the film’s director King Vidor. This episode also has a video version that you can watch …
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 …
Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
EPISODE # 21: SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS is based on one of the Brothers Grimm collection-of-folk-tales, and follows a beautiful young princess, Snow White. Her stepmother is the evil queen, and she is jealous of Snow White’s beauty and irked by the …
Monkey Business (1931)
EPISODE # 16: The incomparable Marx Brothers stow away on a ship and become involuntarily involved with a pair of feuding gangsters. This film includes one of the funniest Marx Brothers scenes ever, where they take turns impersonating Maurice Chevalier. MONKEY BUSINESS is the …
Grand Hotel (1932)
EPISODE # 13: In this Best Picture Oscar winner from 1932, a drunk doctor, an eccentric ballerina, a jewel thief, a businessman, his mistress and a dying bookkeeper all cross paths in the finest (fictional) hotel in Europe, the Grand Hotel.
James and Lara …
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
EPISODE # 12: GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 is one of the best movies to come out of 1930s Hollywood.
It takes place in New York City at the height of the Great Depression. Four showgirls scheme for that next role in a Broadway musical …