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The Golden Hour Film Podcast is a Classic Hollywood and world cinema podcast hosted by Harry Bailey and Shane Mulvaney, that covers some of the greatest, most important and most infamous films pre-1970!
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The Sound of Music follows Maria, a free-spirited novice nun, who becomes governess to the seven von Trapp children in Austria. She is played by the iconic Julie Andrews, who opposite Christopher Plummer makes her podcast debut. The film is also directed by the incredible Robert Wise! The Golden Hour Film Podcast is a deep-dive Classic Hollywood and world cinema podcast exploring the best films, key milestones and essential genres of Golden Age cinema.
Is the Bridge on the River Kwai the best David Lean epic? Its the second appearance on the podcast for the man behind Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago and its the podcast debut of the great Alec Guinness! We hope you all enjoy. The Golden Hour Film Podcast is a deep-dive Classic Hollywood and world cinema podcast exploring the best films, key milestones and essential genres of Golden Age cinema.
The Best Years of Our Live is a post-war classic from legendary Hollywood director William Wyler. Starring Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Harold Russell and Teresa Wright, this swept the Academy Awards back when it took home Best Picture. We hope you enjoy! The Golden Hour Film Podcast is a deep-dive Classic Hollywood and world cinema podcast exploring the best films, key milestones and essential genres of Golden Age cinema.
You Can't Take It With You (1938) stars Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur, with an incredible performance from Lionel Barrymore too. Frank Capra's third Best Picture Winner in five years is a treat. The Golden Hour Film Podcast is a deep-dive Classic Hollywood and world cinema podcast exploring the best films, key milestones and essential genres of Golden Age cinema.
The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 screwball comedy designed to save the career of Katherine Hepburn. It worked. In this episode we discuss whether the film has the greatest film crew in cinema history, where this ranks amongst the filmographies of Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant and Howard Hawks, and whether the film itself even is a screwball comedy. The Golden Hour Film Podcast is a deep-dive Classic Hollywood and world cinema podcast exploring the best films, key milestones and essential genres of Golden Age cinema.
In the 100th episode of the Golden Hour Film Podcast we cover His Girl Friday (1940), starring Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant and directed by Howard Hawks. Its one of the fastest and funniest screwball comedies and we hope you enjoy the episode! The Golden Hour Film Podcast is a deep-dive Classic Hollywood and world cinema podcast exploring the best films, key milestones and essential genres of Golden Age cinema.
Bringing Up Baby is a screwball comedy directed by podcast regular Howard Hawks, starring the undeniably iconic duo of Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. Also theres a literal leopard.
It Happened One Night, directed by Frank Capra, took home all five of the big five Academy Awards upon release. It stars the king of old Hollywood Clarke Gable alongside Claudette Colbert and is one of the greatest romcoms ever made!
The Roaring Twenties (1939) is directed by podcast debutant Raoul Walsh and stars two of hollywoods greatest gangsters, James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. We review this classic crime epic as our final gangster film of our Original Gangsters arc. The Golden Hour Film Podcast is a deep-dive Classic Hollywood and world cinema podcast exploring the best films, key milestones and essential genres of Golden Age cinema.
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) is a classic gangster film starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien and Humphrey Bogart. Its incredible. Its also directed by the legendary Michael Curtiz.
Our review of the 1931 James Cagney and William A Wellman film The Public Enemy!
BONUS EPISODE
Little Caesar (1931) stars the legendary Edward G Robinson as one of the greatest pre-code gangsters there is. In this episode of The Golden Hour Film Podcast we review this major box office success, which helped usher in a new era of gangster films that would take over hollywood.
On our first episode of 2026 we delve into the film that kickstarted the gangster movie boom, The Doorway to Hell starring Lew Ayers and James Cagney in both of their podcast debuts!
Batman the Movie (1966) stars Adam West as the caped crusader in one of his campiest outings ever put to screen. It stars Burt Ward, Caesar Romero and more in one of the most memorable Batman movies ever made, but is it any good?
On the Christmas Episode of the Golden Hour Film Podcast we cover George Cukor's 1933 Little Women, its the podcast debut of Katharine Hepburn, we take a trip to our literary correspondent Evan Murphy and we discuss the 2025 Golden Hour Film Podcast Awards! Merry Christmas!
Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck return to the podcast!
In today’s episode, Harry & Shane dive deep into Howard Hawks' 1932 gangster masterpiece Scarface — a raw, violent, pre-Code look at crime, power, and ambition. From Paul Muni’s electric performance as Tony Camonte to the film’s controversial legacy, we explore what makes this early gangster film influential even 90+ years later.
In our final episode of NoirVember we discuss one of the greatest film noir masterpieces ever made. In this review, we explore the movie’s groundbreaking cinematography, legendary opening shot, and Welles’ dark vision of corruption, morality, and chaos and one of Orson Welles greatest ever performances.
In this episode of The Golden Hour Film Podcast, hosts Harry Bailey and Shane Mulvaney dive deep into Orson Welles’ 1947 noir classic The Lady from Shanghai, starring Rita Hayworth and Welles himself. As part of our Noirvember series, we explore the film’s striking visuals, twisted narrative, and unforgettable mirror maze finale that helped define the film noir genre. Join us as we discuss the behind-the-scenes drama, Welles’ visionary direction, and how The Lady from Shanghai continues to captivate audiences more than seventy years later. Whether you’re a classic cinema lover or discovering film noir for the first time, this episode breaks down why this movie remains a timeless Hollywood masterpiece.
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