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 …
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
EPISODE # 67: Before there was Warren Beatty in HEAVEN CAN WAIT… before there was Chris Rock in DOWN TO EARTH, there was Robert Montgomery in HERE COMES MR. JORDAN! Join us as we travel to the great beyond — to heaven! And who …
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
EPISODE # 52: When it was released in 1946, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES became the most successful film since GONE WITH THE WIND. The movie connected deeply with a country that was recovering from World War II as it told the story …
All About Eve (1950)
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 …
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 …