Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1944: LADY IN THE DARK & AND NOW TOMORROW
Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1944: LADY IN THE DARK & AND NOW TOMORROW
This week's Paramount 1944 films take the studio's talent of this period in unexpected directions: Mitchell Leisen's La... Read more
11 Aug 2023
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55mins
Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 11: THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS (1960) & SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (1960)
Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 11: THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS (1960) & SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (1960)
In this Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode, Dorothy McGuire's string of interesting wife roles gets tangled up by two of the... Read more
4 Aug 2023
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53mins
Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1943: THE STRANGE DEATH OF ADOLPH HITLER & SON OF DRACULA
Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1943: THE STRANGE DEATH OF ADOLPH HITLER & SON OF DRACULA
Universal 1943 is a strange one, starting with The Strange Death of Adolph Hitler, starring Ludwig Donath as a reluctant... Read more
28 Jul 2023
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46mins
Special Subject: Film Noirlsons by Phil Karlson – KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952), 99 RIVER STREET (1953), FIVE AGAINST THE HOUSE (1955) and THE PHENIX CITY STORY (1955)
Special Subject: Film Noirlsons by Phil Karlson – KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952), 99 RIVER STREET (1953), FIVE AGAINST THE HOUSE (1955) and THE PHENIX CITY STORY (1955)
July's special subject is a sampler of noirs by 1950s noir auteur Phil Karlson: Kansas City Confidential (1952), 99 Riv... Read more
21 Jul 2023
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1hr 43mins
Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 10: THIS EARTH IS MINE (1959) and A SUMMER PLACE (1959)
Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 10: THIS EARTH IS MINE (1959) and A SUMMER PLACE (1959)
This week's Dorothy McGuire episode continues the trend of unusual wife and mother roles with two family melodramas fro... Read more
14 Jul 2023
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1hr 7mins
Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1943: THE FALLEN SPARROW & THE SEVENTH VICTIM + FEAR & MOVIEGOING IN TORONTO
Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1943: THE FALLEN SPARROW & THE SEVENTH VICTIM + FEAR & MOVIEGOING IN TORONTO
For our RKO 1943 episode, we look at two films that exemplify the nascent RKO noir style: Richard Wallace's The Fallen S... Read more
7 Jul 2023
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1hr 20mins
Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 9: OLD YELLER (1957) and THE REMARKABLE MR. PENNYPACKER (1959)
Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 9: OLD YELLER (1957) and THE REMARKABLE MR. PENNYPACKER (1959)
Our Dorothy McGuire episode this week is guaranteed to give you mood whiplash. We begin with Disney classic and Boomer... Read more
30 Jun 2023
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1hr 2mins
Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1943: STORMY WEATHER & THE GANG’S ALL HERE
Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1943: STORMY WEATHER & THE GANG’S ALL HERE
In this extra-special 20th Century Fox 1943 episode, we stare agog at a couple of dazzling musicals: Stormy Weather, wh... Read more
23 Jun 2023
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1hr 29mins
Special Subject – Silent Vidor Sampler – THE SKY PILOT (1921), PEG O’ MY HEART (1922), WILD ORANGES (1924), and LA BOHEME (1926)
Special Subject – Silent Vidor Sampler – THE SKY PILOT (1921), PEG O’ MY HEART (1922), WILD ORANGES (1924), and LA BOHEME (1926)
Our June Special Subject samples the surviving silent cinema of Dave's favorite director (now revealed!), King Vidor. W... Read more
16 Jun 2023
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1hr 23mins
Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 8: TRIAL (1955) and FRIENDLY PERSUASION (1956)
Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 8: TRIAL (1955) and FRIENDLY PERSUASION (1956)
We continue last week's theme of Hollywood's attitude toward the Soviet Union as our Dorothy McGuire Acteurist Oeuvre-v... Read more
9 Jun 2023
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52mins