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Do you pair bright yellow shirts with red neckerchiefs? Do you have a secret lair hidden behind a waterfall? Do you love campy, colorful, queer-coded, feminist, HUAC protestin' westerns? Then Johnny Guitar (1954) is the movie for you! Check out this operatic and unconventional Scorsese approved classic directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, and Mercedes McCambridge. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Drew Burnett Gregory and Tirosh Schneider chat about all this and more on a brand new episode of Talk Classic To Me.-----------------------------------------------------------------Want to become a subscriber? Use the link below to support the show!https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/subscribe

Do you love Vincent Price, vats of acid, and skeletons? Then House on Haunted Hill (1959) is the movie for you! Check out this campy and delightful Halloween classic directed by the King of B-Movie horror gimmicks William Castle, starring Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Elisha Cook, Jr., and Skeleton. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest Nick Lang chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. Happy Halloween!-------------------------------------------------------------------Want to become a subscriber? Use the link below to support the show!https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/subscribe

Do you like melodramatic musical remakes in technicolor? Do you wish Judy Garland won a competitive Oscar? Are you the man that got away? Then A Star is Born (1954) is the movie for you! Check out this lavish epic then join us for our belated Pride month celebration as we honor LGBTQIA+ legend George Cukor and gay icon Judy Garland featuring James Mason, Jack Carson, and Charles Bickford. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Andrew Johnson and Kyle Serilla chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.-------------------------------------------------------------------Want to become a subscriber? Use the link below to support the show!https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/subscribe

Are you a musical genius? Are you OBSESSED with a musical genius? Do you like pink wigs? Then AMADEUS (1984) is the movie for you! Check out this sumptuous Milos Forman directed classic with an Oscar winning turn from F. Murray Abraham and equally wonderful performances from Tom Hulce and Elizabeth Berridge. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Stephanie Anderson and Andre Fonseca chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.-------------------------------------------------------------------Want to become a subscriber? Use the link below to support the show!https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/subscribe

Are you the King of New York? Do you think dreams come true in Santa Fe? Do you never fear because Brooklyn is here? Then Newsies (1992) is the movie for you! Celebrate our 100th episode by checking out this underrated musical gem directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega with music by Alan Menken. Starring Christian Bale, Bill Pullman, Robert Duvall, and Ann-Margaret. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Zoe Palko and Ashley Thomas chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. -------------------------------------------------------------------Want to become a subscriber? Use the link below to support the show!https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/subscribe

Do you love playing in the snow? Do you identify as preppy? Do you think love means never having to say you're sorry? Then Love Story (1970) is the movie for you! Just in time for Valentine's day, check out this romantic and heartbreaking Arthur Hiller directed classic (that saved Paramount from financial ruin) and revel in the chemistry of Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal. Sara Greenfield and her guest Sarah Rois chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.-------------------------------------------------------------------Want to become a subscriber? Use the link below to support the show!https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/subscribe

Are you a sassy shoplifter who fell in love with their straight-laced prosecutor over a Christmas road trip to Indiana? Then Remember the Night (1940) is the holiday movie for you! Check out this madcap Preston Sturges penned Yule-Tide classic directed by Mitchell Leisen; starring the fabulous Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray with a supporting cast that includes Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson, Sterling Holloway, and Fred Toones. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest Ashley Blanchet chat about all this and more on this week's special Holiday episode of Talk Classic To Me. Want to become a subscriber? Use the link below to support the show! https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/subscribe

Do you like to follow the money? Have you ever had late-night top-secret meetings with government officials in a parking lot? Are you a hard hitting journalist from the 1970's? Then All the President's Men (1976) is the movie for you! Check out this skillfully written and sharply intelligent thriller directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, and Jason Robards in an Oscar winning turn. Host Sara Greenfield and guest Sarah Rois chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you like the stuff that dreams are made of? Then The Maltese Falcon (1941) is the movie for you! Check out this detailed and fantastic film noir that served as John Huston's directorial debut with a career defining turn by Humphrey Bogart, featuring Mary Astor and the Warner Bros. roster of sublime character actors including Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Lee Patrick, and Elisha Cook Jr. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Zoe Palko and Daniel Strauss chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you love stunning films shot in BOTH brilliant technicolor and chic black and white? Do you like to vacation on the French Rivera and have impromptu European dance parties? Would you rate yourself 100 for "Fun" and 53 1/2 for "Chic"? Then Bonjour Tristesse (1958) is the movie for you! Check out this brilliant Otto Preminger directed classic starring the brilliant Jean Seberg, Deborah Kerr, David Niven, and Mylene Demongeot. Brilliant. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Oriana Nudo chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --------------- This episode is sponsored by Magic Mind. Use the code TALKCLASSIC20 to receive 20% off your order. ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/talkclassictome⁠.

Want to learn even MORE about the iconic author, producer, director, writer, founder of the American Film Institute, creator of the Kennedy Center Honors and all around really nice guy George Stevens, Jr in a sequel interview? Then this is the podcast episode for you! This week, host Sara Greenfield chats with Hollywood and Washington DC legend (and returning guest) George Stevens, Jr whose book My Place in the Sun is now available in audio book format.  --------------- This episode is sponsored by Magic Mind. Use the code TALKCLASSIC20 to receive 20% off your order. https://www.magicmind.com/talkclassictome.

Do you love heartfelt artistic silent melodramas with universal appeal? Are you into German Expressionism and incredible production design? Do you love it when scripts name their main characters things like "Man" and "Woman from the City"? Then Sunrise (aka Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans) from 1927 is the film for you! Check out this stunning yet life-affirming Oscar winning masterpiece directed by F.W. Murnau starring Janet Gaynor, George O'Brien, and Margaret Livingston. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Jeremy Guskin and Allen Rueckert chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Have you been working like a dog? Should you be sleeping like a log? Do you want to feel alright? Then A Hard Day's Night (1964) is the movie for you! Succumb to Beatlemania and check out this cheeky rock 'n roll classic, directed by Richard Lester, starring those lovable lads from Liverpool with the unruly mop-tops -- The Beatles (a.k.a musical geniuses John, Paul, George, and Ringo) in their motion picture debut! Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Jason Berk and Sarah Rois talk about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you love epic cinematic masterpieces and brilliant filmmaking? Then Malcolm X (1992) is the movie for you! Check out this incomparable Spike Lee directed classic with exquisite performances from Denzel Washington (in what was later dubbed by Spike Lee as "the greatest performance ever on celluloid"), Angela Basset, and Delroy Lindo. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Rukhmani K. Desai chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you love a campy cult classic/musical extravaganza? Have you ever wished the Village People had their own fictional biopic? Do you think you can stop the music? (Spoiler alert: NOBODY can stop the music). Then Can't Stop the Music (1980) is the movie for you! Celebrate LGBTQIA + pride month with us as we pay homage to this underrated -and truly bananas- queer coded film starring the Village People, Valerie Perinne, Caitlyn Jenner, and a very young Steve Guttenberg in roller skates. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests, Andrew Johnson, Zoe Palko, and Kyle Serilla, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you want to come up and see us sometime? Then She Done Him Wrong (1933) is the movie for you! Join us this May as we pay tribute to another Mae -- the sensual force of nature that was Mae West -- in a bawdy and fun comedy classic, that was originally penned for the stage by the star herself. At age 40, Mae West made her film debut in this smash hit that cemented her iconic sex symbol persona and notably featured a young Cary Grant in an early break out role. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests, Lauren Lopez and Daniel Strauss, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

To Be or Not to Be (1942), that IS the podcast episode. Check out this witty, wonderful, and bold satire from the great Ernst Lubitsch, who took on the horrors of the Nazi invasion of Poland during WW2 and turned them into a relevant comedic masterpiece. This movie stars the incomparable queen of the screwball comedy Carole Lombard, with memorable performances from Jack Benny and Felix Bressart. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest Tirosh Schneider chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you love fake mustaches and perfectly choreographed stunts? Are you an old-timey film projectionist? Do you dream about cracking the case with a crime crushing criminologist? Then Sherlock Jr. (1924) is the movie for you! Check out this Buster Keaton silent comedy classic that will have you laughing out loud and repeatedly saying "how did he do that?!". Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Susan-Kate Heaney, creator of the Buster Keaton inspired short-film Buster Baby, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you love suspenseful feminist Westerns that are also allegories for how messed up HUAC and the Hollywood blacklist were during the McCarthy era? Then it's high time for you to watch the film High Noon (1952)! Check out this Oscar winning Carl Foreman penned classic starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Katy Jurado, and Lloyd Bridges. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest, Ashley Blanchet, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you love iconic movie musicals starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell? Do you have animal magnetism? Are diamonds your best friend? Then Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) is the movie for you! Check out this delightful musical romp that doubles as one of the best buddy comedies ever made directed by Howard Hawks with musical sequences by Jack Cole. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest Christina Rice, author of  Mean...Moody...Magnificent!: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of  Talk Classic To Me.