EPISODE # 70: TCM’s Dave Karger joins for this chat about his favorite 1940s comedy, based on a 1939 play of the same name. Sheridan Whiteside (Monty Woolley) is invited to dine at the home of a wealthy factory owner, but he slips on …
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Captain Blood (1935)
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 …
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
EPISODE #63: Bonnie and Clyde is a groundbreaking film that pushed the limits on sex and violence in cinema. Warren Beatty produced the film and also stars as Clyde Barrow, an ex-con who falls in love with a bored waitress played by Faye Dunaway. …
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
EPISODE # 57: Elia Kazan’s Oscar-winning 1951 film, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, is based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tennessee Williams. Kazan directed the Broadway play, and brought all of the leads — except one — for the movie. James and Lara discuss …
Giant (1956)
EPISODE # 55: Film production designer Scott Chambliss (TOMORROWLAND, STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS) joins James and Lara to discuss this GIANT of a film. Director George Stevens took on some serious themes in this 1956 Classic that are still relevant today, and the performances …
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
EPISODE # 54: Elia Kazan’s SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS features two of Hollywood’s most beautiful stars: Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty. Lara and James are joined by Dennis Hensley to unravel the many themes explored in this 1961 classic based on William Inge’s novel …
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 …
Now, Voyager (1942)
EPISODE #24: NOW, VOYAGER (1942) is the movie that might dehydrate you and end the drought in California with your tears. Bette Davis is Charlotte, everyone’s favorite spinster aunt in the Vale family. She was an unwanted child, and the cruel treatment her domineering …
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? (1962)
EPISODE #23: The film opens with a middle-aged couple drunkenly stumbling home from a neighbor’s party. We soon learn that they’re living at a New England university where the man (played by Richard Burton) is a history professor and his wife (played by Elizabeth …
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 …