EPISODE # 71: Lara and James welcome classic film commentator and author Jeremy Arnold to chat about one of the most popular MGM musicals of the 1940s, starring the one and only Judy Garland. Based on a series of short stories from New …
Tag: Musical
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
EPISODE # 62: Two showgirls (Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe) cross the Atlantic on a first-class ocean liner and all the eligible men on board do their best to vie for their attention. Jane Russell’s character (Dorothy) picks the handsome ones; while Marilyn Monroe’s …
Funny Girl (1968)
EPISODE # 44: Say “Hello, gorgeous!” to Barbra Streisand in FUNNY GIRL. This podcast episode was recorded at the famed Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Theater historian Margot Gerber joins us to talk about how the theatre not only hosted the FUNNY GIRL premiere, but …
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
EPISODE # 30: SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN is the epitome of classic Hollywood MGM movie magic, and is a musical about the birth of the Hollywood musical. The film is set in the 1920s, when silent films were being pushed aside by “talkies.” Gene …
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 …
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) …
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
EPISODE # 10: Made during the Depression, when America desperately needed to feel good, Shirley Temple is a ray of sunshine in her role as the young orphan, Rebecca, who auditions for a spot on a radio show. Today, she still ranks as the …
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
EPISODE # 05: Alice Faye was a HUGE star in the 1940s, but is largely unknown today. Did James and Lara succumb to her big blue eyes and honey voice in 1943’s HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO? And is John Payne one of the hottest piano-playing …
Top Hat (1935)
EPISODE # 04: TOP HAT is not a movie you watch for the plot so much as to experience the star power and the chemistry of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. In this rapid-fire review that was recorded at the historic Los Angeles Theatre …
A Star Is Born (1937)
EPISODE # 02: Is Frederic March just a dirty old man in the original A STAR IS BORN? Can a Hollywood marriage survive when one career is on its way up and the other is in a death spiral? And why is James bitter …