Episode # 32: GILDA (1946) takes place in a glamorous nightclub/casino in South America, where everyone appears to be running away from something and on their way somewhere else. George Macready plays the sinister boss Ballin Mundson, who rescues a down-and-out Johnny Farrell, played …
Tag: Classic Movie Recall
Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
EPISODE # 31: OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS is a silent MGM classic from 1928 that stars Joan Crawford as Diana, a party girl with a heart of gold. Diana’s in love with Ben (Johnny Mack Brown), who also loves her until her frenemy Ann (Anita …
The General (1926)
EPISODE # 28: THE GENERAL (1926) is a silent film that is based on The Great Locomotive Chase, an actual event that happened in 1862 in Georgia during the Civil War. Buster Keaton plays train engineer Johnnie, who loves his fiancée, Annabelle, and his …
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
EPISODE #26: THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962) is directed by John Ford, and stars John Wayne as a gunslingin’ cowboy good guy, who instead of being at odds with a typical Western outlaw, finds himself going up against do gooder Jimmy Stewart, …
Roman Holiday (1953)
EPISODE # 20: With Audrey Hepburn luminous in her American debut, 1953’s ROMAN HOLIDAY is as funny as it is beautiful, and sets the standard for the modern romantic comedy. Audrey plays a princess who is on a tour of Europe; when her hectic …
On The Town (1949)
EPISODE # 19: Fun-loving sailors Gabey (Gene Kelly), Chip (Frank Sinatra) and Ozzie (Jules Munshin) have 24 hours of shore leave in New York City, and they want to make every second count. While Chip hooks up with loudmouth cab driver Brunhilde (Betty Garrett) …
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 …
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
EPISODE # 15: The film takes place in Alabama in the 1930s, and is told through the eyes of two kids, a young brother and sister whose father is a small town lawyer named Atticus Finch. The first part of the film is a …
Adam’s Rib (1949)
EPISODE # 14: There were nine films starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, but ADAM’S RIB is arguably the best. Writers Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, friends of the famous couple, wrote the film specifically for them, and Hepburn insisted on her favorite director, …
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 …