From Beneath the Hollywood Sign

"FORGOTTEN LEADING LADIES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD" - 11/18/2024 A friend of mine once said that in Hollywood the toilet flushes every seven years. Meaning after about seven years, no one remembers who you are. Whether that’s true or not, there are many classic film stars who were once popular, who have faded away into obscurity. We covered men a few months ago, and now we are giving the ladies their due. Join us as we talk about four fabulous actresses who deserve to be remembered — LIZABETH SCOTT, MARIE WINDSOR, ELLA RAINES, and GERALDINE FITZGERALD.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: “Biography of Lizabeth Scott,” August 1951, Paramount Pictures; “Liz Scott Slaps Libel Suit on Confidential Mag,” July 26, 1955, Variety; “Cut Actress Lizabeth Scott Out of Texan’s Will,” May 12, 1971, Variety; "Geraldine’s Long Journey,” June 13, 1971, New York Times; “Lizabeth Scott,” November 1971, by Don Stanke, Film Fan Magazine; Merv Griffin Interview with Geraldine Fitzgerald, 1977; Arlene Francis Interview with Geraldine Fitzgerald, 1985; Katie Kelly Interview with Geraldine Fitzgerald, 1985; “The Alluring Lizabeth Scott,” February 1993, by David M. Goodspeed, American Movie Classic magazine; “In Search of Lisabeth Scott: The Sphinx from Scranton,” Summer 2002, by Max Pierce, Films of the Golden Ages; “Marie Windsor A Shining Light,” piute.org; “Marie Windsor Tales of Noir and B Movies,” October 31. 1997, by Jerry Renshaw, The Austin Chronicle; “Marie Windsor, Femme Fatale And Queen of the B's, Dies at 80,” Dec. 14, 2000, New York  Times; “Geraldine Fitzgerald, 91, Star of Stage and Film, Dies,” July 19, 2005, New York Times; “Lizabeth Scott: Sultry Woman of Film Noir (Obit),” February 8, 2015, Los Angeles Times; “A Light In the Dark: Ella Raines and Film Noirs Working Girls,” Fall 2015, by Imogen Sara Smith, Noir City magazine; “A Centenary Celebration of Ella Raines: Radiant Film Stars Daughter Reflects on Her Mother’s Career,” August 6, 2020, by Leticia Magalhães, Cine Suffragette; TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; Movies Mentioned:  LIZABETH SCOTT: You Came Along (1945); The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946); Dead Reckoning (1946); Desert Fury (1947); I Walk Alone (1947); Pitfall (1948); Too Late for Tears (1949); Paid In Full (1950); Dark City (1950); The Company She Keeps (1951); Red Mountain (1951); The Racket (1951); Stolen Face (1952); Bad For Each Other (1953); Scared Stiff (1953); Loving You (1957) Pulp (1972); MARIE WINDSOR: Unexpected Uncle (1941); Weekend For Three (1941); All American Co-ed (1941); The Hucksters (1947); Song of the Thin Man (1947); Three Musketeers (1948); The Kissing Bandit (1948); Force of Evil (1948);  Outpost in Morocco (1949); Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend (1949); Hellfire (1949); The Fighting Kentuckian (1949); Dakota Lil (1950); Little Big Horn (1951); The Narrow Margin (1952); Cat Women of the Moon (1953); Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955);  The Killing (1956); ELLA RAINES: Corvette K-225 (1943); Cry Havoc (1943); The Phantom Lady (1944); Hail The Conquering Hero (1944); Tall In The Saddle (1944); The Suspect (1944);  The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945); White Tie and Tails (1945) Brute Force (1947); The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947); The Walking Hills (1949); Impact (1949); The Man In The Road (1956); GERALDINE FITZGERALD: Blind Justice (1934); Dark Victory (1939); Wuthering Heights (1939); The Gay Sisters (1942); Watch on the Rhine (1943); Wilson (1944); Nobody Lives Forever (1946); Three Strangers (1946); Ten North Frederick (1958); The Pawnbroker (1964); Rachel, Rachel (1968); Harry and Tonto (1974); Arthur (1981); Do You Remember Love (1985); Arthur 2: On The Rocks (1988); --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 61 - “FAVORITE CLASSIC FILMS OF THE 1960s” - 11/11/2024 The decade of the 1960s was an exciting time in filmmaking. The stodgy studio contract system was starting to give way to a new crop of independent cinematic auteurs, often associated with the "New Hollywood" era, including Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, Sam Peckinpah, Arthur Penn, John Cassavetes, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and Peter Bogdanovich. These edgier films pushed the creative boundaries and social themes to reflect the changing times. In this episode, Steve and Nan discuss some of their favorite films of the decade and why they had such an impact!  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Some Like It Cool (2002), by Michael Freehand; Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), by Mark Harris; Jean Simmons: Her Life and Career (2022), by Michelangelo Capua; “Veronica Cartwright talks about ‘The Birds’,” February 8, 2008, YouTube; “Here’s to You, Mr. Nichols: The Making of ‘The Graduate’,” February 25, 2008, by Sam Kashner, Vanity Fair; “Tippi Hedren On Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’,” April 29, 2009, The American FIlm Institute; “The Revenge of Alfred Hitchcock’s Muse,” October 5, 2012, New York Magazine; “Tippi Hedren: Hitchcock Ruined My Career,” December 7, 2012, Huffington Post; “Throwback Thursday: Shirley MacLaine Recalls Filming Lesbian Drama ‘Children’s Hour’ in 1961,” June 4, 2015, Hollywood Reporter;  “The Underappreciated Genius of ‘Planet of the Apes’,” May 18, 2024, by Janelle Bouie, New York Times; “The Children’s Hour,” October 16, 2024, Episode 257, Feminist Frequency Podcast; TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; IBDB.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  The Graduate (1967), starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Elizabeth Wilson, Murray Hamilton, Buck Henry, Marion Lorne, Alice Ghostly, Brian Avery, William Brooke, and Norman Fell; The Birds (1963), Starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, and Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffies, Charles McGraw, Richard Deacon, and Elizabeth Wilson; Days of Wine and Roses (1962), starring Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford, Jack Klugman, Alan Hewitt, Maxine Stuart, Debbie Megowan, and Jack Albertson; Planet of the Apes (1968), starring Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter, Roddy McDowell, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison, James Whitmore, and James Daly; The Happy Ending (1969), starring Jean Simmons, John Forsyth, Shirley Jones, Lloyd Bridges, Teresa Wright, Bobby Darin, Kathy Fields, Dick Shawn, Nanette Fabray, and Tina Louise; The Children’s Hour (1961), starring Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Faye Bainter, Karen Balkin, Veronica Cartwright, and Hope Summers; In The Heat Of the Night (1967), starring Rod Steiger, Sidney Poitier, Lee Grant, Warren Oats, Beah Richards, William Schallert, and Larry Gates; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 60 - "THELMA RITTER: CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH" - 11/04/2024 There's a scene in the classic 1950 film All About Eve where Eve Harrington (ANNE BAXTER), a star-struck fan who has infiltrated the life of Broadway star Margo Channing (BETTE DAVIS), is telling the tragic story of her past to Margo and her friends. While Margo and company are drawn into the sad circumstances of Eve's life, Margo's acerbic dresser Birdie, played to perfection by the great THELMA RITTER, is not buying her sob story. After Eve finishes, Birdie mutters, "What a story! Everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." This is probably the moment I fell in love with Ritter. With her heavy New York accent, diminutive size, working-class charm, and sarcastic zingers, she made a career of stealing scenes from big stars and making the most of her time on screen. She played characters wiser than most, and her characters certainly didn’t suffer fools gladly. She is a cinematic treasure, and we celebrate her as our Star of the Month. SHOW NOTES:  Sources: All About Eve: The Complete Behind-The-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made (2001), by Sam Staggs; All About Thelma and Eve: Sidekicks and Third Wheels (2002), by Judith Roof; Actresses of a Certain Character (2007) by Axel Nissen; “Thelma Ritter, Versatile Actress with Raspy Voice Dies at 63,” February 5, 1969, New York Times; “Ten Women that Changed the Face of Film Forever,” March 8, 2019, by Harry Fletcher, The Standard; TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; IBDB.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  Miracle on 34th Street (1947), starring Maureen O’Hara, Edmund Gwenn, John Payne, and Natalie Wood; Call Northside 777 (1948), starring James Stewart, Richard Conte, and Helen Walker; A Letter To Three Wives (1949), starring Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Jeffrey Lynn, Connie Gilchrist, and Barbara Lawrence; Father Was a Fullback (1949), starring Fred MacMurray and Maureen O’Hara; All About Eve (1950), starring Bette Davis, Ann Baxter, Gary Merrill, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, George Sanders, Marilyn Monroe, Gregory Ratoff, and Barbara Bates; The Mating Season (1951), starring John Lund and Gene Tierney; The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951), starring Jean Peters and Scott Brady; With a Song in My Heart (1952), starring Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne, Robert Wagner, and Helen Westcott; Titanic (1953), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Clifton Webb, Robert Wagner, and Brian Aherne; Pick Up On South Street (1953), starring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, and Richard Kiley; As Young As You Feel (1951), starring Monty Woolley, David Wayne, Jean Peters, Constance Bennett, Marilyn Monroe, Allen Joslyn, and Albert Dekker; Rear Window (1954), starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendel Corey, and Raymond Burr; Daddy Long Legs (1955), starring Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron; The Proud and Profane (1956), starring William Holden and Deborah Kerr; A Hole In The Head (1959), starring Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, and Eleanor Parker; Pillow Talk (1959), starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson The Misfits (1961), starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, and Eli Wallach; Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), starring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Neville Brand, Betty Field, Telly Savalas, Edmond O’Brien, and Hugh Marlowe; How The West Was Won (1962), starring James Stewart, Gregory Peck, John Wayne, Debbie Reynolds, Henry Fonda, Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, and Richard Widmark; Move Over Darling (1963), starring Doris Day, James Garner, and Polly Bergen; Boeing, Boeing (1965), starring Tony Curtis and Jerry Lewis; What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968), starring George Peppard and Mary Tyler Moore; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 59 - "POLITICS: THROUGH THE LENS OF CLASSIC CINEMA" - 10/28/2024 As we all get ready to go to the polls and vote in what might be the most important election of our lives, we wanted to take a look at politics in the films of old Hollywood. This week, we explore the movies that reflected the politics and the issues of the day and left an indelible mark on cinema. From labor wars in New Mexico to a mayor’s race in New England to the early years of Abraham Lincoln, join us as we take a look at some great political movies.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Hearst Over Hollywood (2002), by Louis Pizzitola; Pictures at A Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of a New Hollywood (2008), by Mark Harris;  Hollywood’s White House (2010), by Peter C. Rollins and John E. O’Connor; The Great Depression on Film (2022), by David Luhrssen;   “The Best Man Took On Cutthroat Campaigning,” August 21, 2024, The Hollywood Reporter; “How Blacklisted Hollywood Artists Joined Forces to Make a Truly Subversive film,” June 6, 2024, forward.com; “Subversives: Salt of the Earth,” UCTV TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; IBDB.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  Gabriel Over the White House (1933), starring Walter Huston, Karen Morely, Franchot Tone, Dickie Moore, David Landau, Arthur Byron, Jean Parker, and C. Henry Gordon; Salt of the Earth (1954), starring Juan Chacón, Rosaura Revueltas, Mervin Williams, Henrietta Williams, and Virginia Jencks; The Great McGinty (1940), starring Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff, William Demarest, Allyn Joslyn, Louis Jean Heydt, Thurston Hall, Jimmy Conlin, and Arthur Hoyt; The Best Man (1964), starring Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams, Margaret Leighton, Ann Sothern, Lee Tracy, Shelley Berman, Kevin McCarthy, and Gene Raymond; The Last Hurrah (1958), starring Spencer Tracy, Jeffery Hunter, Dianne Foster, Pat O’Brien, Basil Rathbone, Donald Crisp, James Gleason, John Carradine, Willis Bouchey, Ricardo Cortez, Ken Curtis, Frank Albertson, Anna Lee, and Jane Darwell; The Parallax View (1974), starring Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, William Daniels, Walter McGinn, and Hume Cronyn; Three Days of the Condor (1975), starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow, John Houseman, Addison Powell, Tina Chen, Walter McGinn, Michael Kane, Carlin Glynn, and Hank Garrett; Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), starring Raymond Massey, Ruth Gordon, Gene Lockhart, Mary Howard, Minor Watson, Howard Da Silva, and Alan Baxter; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 58 - "CLASSIC CINEMA'S HORROR HEROES: BELA LUGOSI & BORIS KARLOFF" - 10/21/2024 When you think of the classic Universal Studios monster movies of the 1930s and 1940s, the two names that come to mind are always BORIS KARLOFF and BELA LUGOSI. These two titans of the horror film genre gave us endless hours of chills and thrills in their portrayal of such iconic movie monsters as Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, and The Mummy. This week’s Halloween episode pays tribute to the films and lives of these two incredible actors.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Karloff: The Life of Boris Karloff (1972), by Peter Underwood; The Films of Boris Karloff (1974), by Richard Bojarski; Lugosi: The Forgotten King (1986), Documentary; Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster (2011), by Stephen Jacobs; No Traveler Returns: The Lost Years of Bela Lugosi (2916), by Gary D. Rhodes & Bill Kaffenberger; Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff (2017), by Gregory William Mank; Boris Karloff: A Gentleman’s Life (2018), by Scott Allen Nollen; Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula (2023), by Koren Shami; “Actor Bela Lugosi, Dracula of Screen, Succumbs After Heart Attack at 73, August 17, 1956, Los Angeles Times; “Boris Karloff Dead: Horror-Movie Star,” February 4. 1969, New York Times; “Boris Karloff Dies In London Hospital at 81,” February 4, 1969, Los Angeles Times; “In ‘The Black Cat,’ the Titans of Terror, Karloff and Lugosi, Face Off,” Oct. 26, 2018, New York Times; BelaLugosi.com RogerEbert.com TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; IBDB.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  BELA LUGOSI: The Silent Command (1923); The Thirteenth Chair (1929); Dracula (1931);  Freaks (1932); Mark of the Vampire (1935); Murder In the Rue Morgue (1932); Island of Lost Souls (1932); The Black Cat (1934); The Raven (1935); Ninotchka (1939), starring Greta Garbo; Son of Frankenstein (1939), starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi; Black Friday (1940); You’ll Find Out (1940); The Devil Bat (1940); The Saint’s Double Trouble (1940); The Wolf Man (1942); The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942); The Corpse Vanishes (1942); Bowery At Midnight (1942); Ghosts on the Loose (1943); Zombie’s on Broadway (1945); The Body Snatcher (1945); Genius At Work (1946); Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957); BORIS KARLOFF: The Lightning Raider (1919); The Hope Diamond Mystery  (1920); The Deadlier Sex (1920); The Hellion (1923); Omar The Tentmaker (1922);  Dynamite Dan (1924); Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927); The Criminal Code (1930); Frankenstein (1931); Scarface (1932); The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932); The Mummy (1932); The Ghoul (1933); Gift of Gab (1934); The Invisible Ray (1935); The Raven (1935); The Bride of Frankenstein (1935); The Son of Frankenstein (1939); Mr. Wong, Detective (1938); Black Friday (1940); You’ll Find Out (1940); House of Frankenstein (1944); The Body Snatcher (1945); Isle of the Dead (1945); Bedlam (1946); The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947); Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1948); The Strange Door (1951); The Black Castle (1952); The Island Monster (1954); The Raven (1963); The Terror (1963); Die, Monster, Die! (1965); Caldron of Blood (1968); How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966); Targets (1968); The Crimson Cult (1968); Fear Chamber (1968); House of Evil (1968); Isle of the Snake People (1971); The Incredible Invasion (1971); --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 57 - “Old Hollywood’s Unlikely Casanova: Gene Markey” - 10/14/2024 GENE MARKEY was an interesting character. He was a Hollywood writer and producer who had a decent, but not spectacular career. But what makes him so fascinating is the company he keeps. This man was once married to three of the most beautiful and fascinating women in the world: JOAN BENNETT, HEDY LAMARR, and MYRNA LOY. He later left Hollywood behind and married a wealthy Kentucky horsewoman and lived happily ever after. This week we explore the life, career, and loves of this most unlikely Casanova. SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Ecstasy and Me (1966), by Hedy Lamarr Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming (1987), by James Kotsilibas & Myrna Loy The Bennetts: An Acting Family (2004), by Brian Kellow; Hollywood at the Races: Film's Love Affair With The Turf (2019), by Alan Shuck; Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film (2021), by Ruth Barton; “Gene Markey, Author, Screenwriter, Producer, and Breeder of Horses Dies,” May 2, 1980, New York Times; TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; IBDB.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  The Floradora Girl (1930), starring Marion Davies; The Great Lover (1931), starring Adolphe Menjou & Irene Dunne; She Wanted A Millionaire (1932), starring Joan Bennett & Spencer Tracy; As You Desire Me (1932), starring Greta Garbo; Baby Face (1933), starring Barbara Stanwyck; Little Women (1933), starring Katharine Hepburn, Frances Dee, Joan Bennett, & Jean Parker; Midnight Mary (1934), starring Loretta Young; Fashions of 1934 (1934), starring Bette Davis; Champagne Charlie (1936), starring Paul Cavanaugh; Private Number (1936), starring Loretta Young & Robert Taylor; Girl's Dormitory (1936), starring Ruth Chatterton; Wee Willie Winkie (1937), starring Shirley Temple; On The Avenue (1937), starring Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll & Alice Faye; Suez (1938), starring Tyrone Power & Loretta Young;  Kentucky (1938), starring Loretta Young, Richard Greene, & Walter Brennan; The Little Princess (1939), starring Shirley Temple; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), starring Basil Rathbone; Lillian Russell (1940), staring Alice Faye; Algiers (1938), starring Charles Boyer & Hedy Lamarr; Lady of The Tropics (1939) Boom Town (1940), starring Clark Cable, Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr & Claudette Colbert; The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946), starring Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews & Teresa Wright; Moss Rose (1947), starring Victor Mature & Peggy Cummins; The Bachelor and The Bobby-Soxer (1947), withCary Grant, Myrna Loy, & Shirley Temple; The Song Of The Thin Man (1947), starring William Powell & Myrna Loy; Mr. Blanding Builds His Dream House (1948), starring Cary Grant & Myrna Loy; Cheaper By The Dozen (1950), starring Clifton Webb, Myrna Loy, & Jeanne Crain; Glory (1955) starring Margaret O’Brien; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 56 - “MARJORIE REYNOLDS: CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH” - 10/07/2024 Most film fanatics agree that after the Paramount Picture’s holiday classic “Holiday Inn” (1942), actress MARJORIE REYNOLDS, who gave a star-turn as struggling actress Linda Mason who gets a break singing and dancing in the seasonal nightclub run by BING CROSBY, should have been a big star. However, for reasons not quite clear, she didn’t rise into the stratosphere. While she had a very respectable and long career, she just didn’t soar to the top, as expected. As our Star of the Month, we will take a look into Marjorie Reynolds’ life and career and explore our theories on why “Holiday Inn” did not make her a major star.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Christmas In the Movies (2023), by Jeremy Arnold; Whatever Became of…10th Series (1986), by Richard Lamparski; My Heart Belongs (1976), by Mary Martin; Scarlet Fever (1977), by William Pratt (including the collection of Herb Bridges); The Film Lovers Companion (1997), by David Quinlan; Biography of Marjorie Reynolds, July 25, 1942, Paramount Pictures;  “Super Cinderella,” November 1942, by William Lynch value, Silver Screen magazine; “Marjorie’s Horse Comes In,” November 7, 1942, by Kyle Crichton, Collier’s Magazine; Versatility Pays Off for Marjorie Reynolds,” March 10, 1944, by Hedda Hopper, Los Angeles, Times; “Divorce Plans Discussed by Miss Reynolds,” July 23, 1951, by Hedda Hopper, Los Angeles, Times; “Marjorie Reynolds to Be Wed to Film Editor,” May 16, 1952, Los Angeles, Times; “Marjorie Reynolds Weds Film Editor,” May 18, 1953, The Sedalia Democrat (Missouri); “Marjorie Reynolds: Sixty Years in the Film Business,” April 1984, by Colin Briggs, Hollywood Studio Magazine; “Marjorie Reynolds, 79, Actress, In Classic Films and on Television,” February 16, 1997, The New York Times; TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; IBDB.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  Holiday Inn (1942), starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, & Virginia Dale; Wine, Women, and Song (1933), starring Lilyan Tashman; Murder In Greenwich Village (1937), starring Richard Arlen & Fay Wray; Tex Rides With The Boy Scouts (1937), starring Tex Ritter; The Overland Express (1938), starring Buck Jones; Western Trails (1938), starring Bob Baker; Six Shootin’ Sheriff (1938), starring Ken Maynard; Star Spangled Rhythm (1942), starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Veronica Lake, & Alan Ladd; Dixie (1943), starring Bing Crosby & Dorothy Lamour; Up In Mabel's Room (1944), starring Dennis O’Keefe & Gail Patrick; Ministry of Fear (1944), starring Ray Milland; Three Is A Family (1944), starring Charles Ruggles & Fay Bainter; Bring On The Girls (1945), starring Veronica Lake & Eddie Bracken; Monsieur Beaucaire (1946), starring Bob Hope & Joan Caulfield; The Time Of Their Lives (1946), starring Bud Abbott & Lou Costello; Meet Me On Broadway (1946), starring Fred Brady & Spring Byington; Heaven Only Knows (1947), Bob Cummings & Brian Donlevy; Badmen of Tombstone (1949), starring Barry Sullivan & Broderick Crawford; That Midnight Kiss (1949), starring Mario Lanza & Kathryn Grayson; The Great Jewel Robber (1950), starring David Brian; Home Town Story (1951), starring Jeffry Lynn, Alan Hale Jr, & Marilyn Monroe; Models, Inc (1952), starring Howard Duff & Coleen Gray; His Kind of Woman (1951), starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, & Vincent Price; The Silent Witness (1962), starring Tristram Coffin & George Kennedy; Pearl (1978), starring Angie Dickinson, Dennis Weaver, & Robert Wagner; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 55 - “Favorite Classic Films of the 1950s ” - 09/30/2024 ** This episode is sponsored brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BENEATH and get on your way to being your best self.” ** The 1950s was a real transitional decade for classic films. As we got further away from WW2, and the Cold War began to rise up prominently, there was a cynicism across the land that influenced the content of many Hollywood movies. Films took on a grittier, more realistic feel, and the subject matters were darker and more controversial. It was the decade that sparked masterpieces like “Sunset Boulevard,” “All About Eve,” “From Here To Eternity,” “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof,” “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “Anatomy of a Murder,” “ Strangers on a Train,” “Shane,” and “High Noon.” Listen as Steve and Nan talk about some special 1950s films that inspire them. SHOW NOTES:  Sources: TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; Wikipedia.com; NewYorkTimes.com RogerEbert.com Movies Mentioned:  No Man of Her Own (1950), starring Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, and Richard Denning; In A Lonely Place (1950), starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame; A Place In The Sun (1951), starring Montgomery Cliff, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelley Winters; Pick Up On South Street (1953), starring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, and Richard Kiley; Witness For the Prosecution (1957), starring Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, and Elsa Lanchester; A Face In The Crowd (1957), starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Lee Remick, Walter Matthau, and Anthony Franciosa; Big Country (1958), starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford and Charlton Heston; Indiscreet (1959), starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 54 - "SPECIAL GUEST: PERI GILPIN TALKS OLD HOLLYWOOD" - 09/23/2024 ** This episode is sponsored brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BENEATH and get on your way to being your best self.” ** We all know her as the hilarious and acerbic radio producer Roz Doyle on the iconic sitcom “Frasier,” and on the reboot currently airing on Paramount Plus. This week, we have a sit-down interview with actress PERI GILPIN. Peri discusses her love of classic films, the films that inspired and influenced her, and the classic film stars who she has had the good-fortune to work with. Tune in to this very special episode.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: TheStudioTour.com; TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; IBDB.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  Shell (2024), starring Elizabeth Moss and Kate Hudson; Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960); Pillow Talk (1959); Move Over Darling (1963); The Thrill of It All (1963); Switch (1991); The Importance of Being Earnest (1952); Tootsie (1982); Bringing Up Baby (1938); The Philadelphia Story (1940); All About Eve (1950); Star Wars (1977); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); North By Northwest (1959); The Godfather (1972); The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956); Sense and Sensibility (1995); The Sound of Music (1965) --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 53 - “Tribute to Gena Rowlands” - 09/16/2024 ** This episode is sponsored brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BENEATH and get on your way to being your best self.” ** When screen legend GENA ROWLANDS passed away last month at the age of 94, she left behind a film and TV legacy that will undoubtedly influence artists for decades to come. She was an acting titan who changed the way modern audiences looked at acting. From her historic independent movies with husband JOHN CASSAVETES to mainstream Hollywood to powerful performances in iconic television films, Rowlands’ performances were always honest, complicated, and emotionally raw. There was just no one like her; and there never will be again. This week, we pay tribute to her endearing legacy on and off the screen. SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Cassavetes on Cassavetes (2001), by Ray Carney; In The Moment: My Life As An Actor (2004), by Ben Gazzara; “Family First, Says Pretty Blonde,” November 16, 1963, The Tribune (South Bend, IN); “I Want It All…Husband…Children…Career!” June 1975, by Ronald Bowers, Photoplay; “NBC Offers Drama About AIDS,” November 11, 1985, by John J. O’Connor, The New York Times; “To Mom With Love: Gena Rowlands’ Son Directs Her Latest Film,” February 23, 1997, by Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press; “Idol Chatter: Gena Rowlands,” 1999, by Al Weisel, Premiere Magazine; “Shop Talk: Actress Gena Rowlands, Not Much of a Shopper, Tells Tales,” February 15, 2002, by Gwen Davis, The Wall Street Journal; “Gena Rowlands On Pioneering The Indie Film Movement With Her Late Husband John Cassavetes,” November 13, 2015, by Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter; “Oscar Goes To Gena Rowlands,” November 14, 2015, by Susan King, Los Angeles Times; “And The Honorary Oscar Goes To…” November 20, 2015, by Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter; “The Notebook’s Gena Rowlands Has Alzheimer’s, Is in Full Dementia,” June 25, 2024, by Cara Lynn Shultz, People Magazine; “Gena Rowlands, Actress Who Brought Raw Drama To Her Roles, Dies at 94,” August 14, 2024, by Anita Gates, New York Times; TCM.com; IBDB.com; Movies Mentioned:  The High Cost of Loving (1958), starring Jose Ferrer; Lonely Are the Brave (1962), starring Kirk Douglas; The Spiral Road (1962), starring Rock Hudson; A Child is Waiting (1963), starring Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland; Tony Rome (1967), starring Frank Sinatra; Faces (1968), starring John Cassavetes; Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), starring Seymour Cassel; A Woman Under the Influence (1974), starring Peter Falk; Opening Night (1977), starring John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara; A Question of Love (1978), starring Jane Alexander; The Brink’s Job (1978), starring Peter Falk; Gloria (1980), starring John Adams; Tempest (1982), starring John Cassavetes; Love Streams (1984), starring John Cassavetes; Thursday’s Child (1984), starring Don Murray; An Early Frost (1985), starring Aidan Quinn, Ben Gazzara; The Betty Ford Story (1987), starring Josef Sommer; Another Woman (1988), starring Mia Farrow; Once Around (1991), starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter; Night On Earth (1991), starring Winona Ryder; Face of A Stranger (1992), starring Tyne Daly; Crazy In Love (1992), starring Holly Hunter; The Neon Bible (1995), starring Jacob Tierney; Unhook The Stars (1996), starring Marisa Tomei; She’s So Lovely (1997), starring Sean Penn; Hope Floats (1998), starring Sandra Bullock; Hysterical Blindness (2003), starring Uma Thurman; The Notebook (1999), starring Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams; Broken English (2007), starring Parker Posey; Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2014), starring Cheyenne Jackson; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 52 - "BIG SCREEN TO SMALL SCREEN: CLASSIC CINEMA'S TV REMAKES." (052) - 09/09/2024 ** This episode is sponsored brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BENEATH and get on your way to being your best self.” ** Sometimes, a classic film is primed for being turned into a successful television series — think “M*A*S*H*,” “Alice,” “In The Heat of the Night,” or “Peyton Place.” But this isn’t always the case. There have been many classic films turned into TV shows with less-than-stellar results. Does anyone remember the “Casablanca" TV show on ABC with Starsky & Hutch star DAVID SOUL filling in for HUMPHREY BOGART? Don’t worry, nobody else does either! This week, we take a look at a few of the TV series that were based on classic movies that didn’t quite hit the mark. SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Television Series of the 1950s (2016), by Vincent Terrace; Encyclopedia of TV Shoes: 1925 - 2010 (2011), by Vincent Terrace; The Complete Directory To Prime Time Network TV Shows (1988), by Time Brooks and Earle F. Marsh; TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  Operation Petticoat (1959), starring Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Dina Merrill, and Arthur O’Connell; Halloween (1978), starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence; Topper (1937), starring Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Roland Young, and Billie Burke; How To Marry A Millionaire (1953), starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell; The Third Man (1949), starring Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, and Alida Valli; My Sister Eileen (1942), starring Rosalind Russell and Janet Blair; My Sister Eileen (1955), starring Janet Leigh, Betty Garrett, and Jack Lemmon; Please Don’t Eat The Daisies (1960), starring Doris Day and David Niven; The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison; Casablanca (1942), staring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 51 - “Richard Conte (Star of the Month) ” - 09/02/2024 ** This episode is sponsored brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BENEATH and get on your way to being your best self.” ** In the great film noir classic Thieves Highway, a gripping drama that takes on the dirty underbelly of the trucking industry, the spectacular RICHARD CONTE plays Nick Garcos, a world-weary, jaded, World War II vet who returns home. After finding his family's produce business in shambles and his father crippled, he seeks revenge against the crooked rival produce dealer who caused his father's accident. In his gripping portrayal, Conte shows his strengths as an actor. With his square shoulders, cleft chin, and intense eyes, Conte gives the impression that he means business. Conte was just as comfortable playing mobsters and street hoods as he was playing charming, sympathetic leading men. He always projected manly strength, and you knew he was no one you wanted to mess with. So say hello to our Star of the Month, RICHARD CONTE. SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Bad Boys: The Actors of Film Noir (2003), by Karen Burroughs; “Conte In the Sun,” March 3, 1946, by Thomas M Pryor, New York Times; “A Star Comes Home,” March 3, 1950, by Louis Berg, Los Angeles Times Magazine; “The Role I Liked Best…” May 20,1950, by Richard Conte, Saturday Evening Post; “Richard Conte: Official Biography,” June 14, 1951, Universal Pictures; “Conte Forms Indie Pix, TV Company,” January 21, 1960, Variety; “Conte Has His Own Method,” February 14, 1960, by Don Albert, Los Angeles Times; “Actor Conte, Wife Reveal Divorce,” July 12, 1962, by Harrison Carroll. LA Herald Examiner;  “Richard Conte Getting Offers He Can’t Refuse As Ideal Mafia Type,” March 14. 1973, Variety; “Richard Conte, Cold-Eyed Movie Gangster, Dies at 61;” April 16, 1975, by Jack Jones, Los Angeles Times; “Richard Conte Dies In Hollywood at 65,” April 23 1975, Variety; TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  Heaven With A Barbed Wire (1939), starring Jean Rogers and Glenn Ford; Guadalcanal Diary (1943), Starring William Bendix, Lloyd Nolan, and Anthony Quinn; The Purple Heart (1944), starring Dana Andrews and Farley Granger; Captain Eddie (1945), starring Fred MacMurray and Lynn Bari; A Bell For Adano (1945), starring Gene Tierney and John Hodiak; A Walk In The Sun (1945), starring Dana Andrews. Lloyd Bridges, and John Ireland; The Spider (1945), starring Faye Marlowe; 13 Rue Madeleine (1947), starring James Cagney; The Other Love (1947), starring Barbara Stanwyck and David Niven; Call Northside 777 (1948), starring James Stewart and Helen Walker; House of Strangers (1949), starring Susan Hayward; Thieves Highway (1949), staring Lee J. Cobb and Valentina Cortese Big Jack (1949), starring Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main; Whirlpool (1950), starring Gene Tierney and Jose Ferrer; The Sleeping City (1950), starring Coleen Gray  Under The Gun (1951), starring Audrey Totter; The Blue Gardenia (1953), starring Anne Baxter; Highway Dragnet (1954), starring Joan Bennett; The Big Combo (1955), starring Cornel Wilde; I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955). Starring Susan Hayward; New York Confidential (1955), Starring Broderick Crawford; Full of Life (1956), starring Judy Holiday; The Brothers Rico (1957), starring Dianne Foster; They Came To Cordova (1959), starring Gary Cooper and Rita Hayworth; Ocean's 11 (1960), starring Frank Sinatra; Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed? (1963), starring Dean Martin; Circus World (1964), starring John Wayne and Rita Hayworth; The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); Tony Rome (1967); The Lady In Cement (1968); Hotel (1967); Operation Eagle Cross (1968); The Godfather (1972); Shoot First, Die Later (1974); Evil Eye (1975); Violent Rome (1975); --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 50 - “Birthday Tribute to Classic Film star Vera Miles” - 08/26/2024 ** This episode is sponsored brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BENEATH and get on your way to being your best self.” ** After placing 3rd runner up to Miss America in 1948 as Miss Kansas, VERA MILES soon embarked on a long and illustrious career in Hollywood and was soon working with great directors like ALFRED HITCHCOCK (“Psycho” and “The Wrong Man”) and JOHN FORD (“The Searchers” and “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”). This week, we pay tribute to Miles as she turns 95 on August 23rd. Listen as we celebrate this beautiful, talented, and somewhat underrated star.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Hitchcock’s Heroines (2018), by Caroline Young; Women In The Films of John Ford (2014), by David Mevel; “Vera Miles: Country Girl in Hollywood,” May 13, 1956, by J.D. Spiro, Los Angeles, Times; “Vera Miles: She’s Alfred Hitchcock’s Newest Acting Find,” January 13, 1957, Parade Magazine; “Vera Miles Says: I’m Glad I Was Poor,” May 1959, by Amy Francis, Screenland Magazine; “Vera Miles: Official Biography,” September 1961, Paramount Pictures; “The Loser Who Became A Star,” May 15, 1973, by Earl Wilson, The New York Post; “Fighting Trim Vera Miles Still A Doer,” February 20, 1981, by Mark Hemeter, The Times-Picayne (New Orleans); “Psycho Actress Defends Hitchcock,” June 25, 1983, by Richard Freedman, The Spokesman-Review, Newhouse News Service; “Vera Miles: Hollywood Walk of Fame,” June 29, 2010, by Carina MacKenzie, Los Angeles Times; TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  For Men Only (1952), starring Paul Henried; The Rose Bowl Story (1952), starring Marshall Thompson; The Charge At Feather River (1953), starring Guy Madison and Helen Westcott; Pride of the Blue Grass (1954), starring Lloyd Bridges; Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle (1955), starring Gordon Scott; Wichita (1955), starring Joel McCrea; The Searchers (1956), starring John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter; The Wrong Man (1956), starring Henry Fonda; Beau James (1957), starring Bob Hope; Web Of Evidence (1959), starring Van Johnson; The FBI Story (1959), starring James Stewart; A Touch Of Larceny (1960), starring James Mason and George Sanders; 5 Banded Women (1960), starring Jeanne Moreau; Psycho (1960), starring Anthony Perkins, Janey Leigh, and John Gavin;  Back Street (1961), starring Susan Hayward and John Gavin; The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), starring John Wayne and James Stewart; A Tiger Walks (1964), starring Brian Keith; Those Calloways (1965), starring Brian Keith, Brandon De Wilde, and Linda Evans; Follow Me Boys! (1966), starring Fred MacMurray; The Spirit Is Willing (1967), starring Sid Caesar; Gentle Giant (1967), starring Dennis Weaver and Ralph Meeker; Hellfighters (1968), starring John Wayne and Katharine Ross; The Wild Country (1970), starring Steve Forrest; One Little Indian (1973), starring James Garner; The Castaway Cowboy (1974), starring James Garner; Run For The Roses (1977), starring Stuart Whitman; Smash Up On Interstate 5 (1976), starring Robert Conrad, Buddy Ebson, Sue Lyon, Terry Moore, and Tommy Lee Jones; Psycho II (1983), starring Anthony Perkins; The Initiation (1984), starring Clu Galugar and Daphne Zuniga; Separate Lives (1995), starring Linda Hamilton and Jim Belushi; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 49 - “Birthday Tribute to Classic Cinema Star Ann Blyth ” - 08/19/2024 ** This episode is sponsored and brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BENEATH and get on your way to being your best self.” ** With her crystal clear soprano voice, porcelain doll face, and fierce acting talent, ANN BLYTH became a much-in-demand star in the 1940s and 1950s. While known mostly as a romantic musical comedy star in films such as “Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid” (1948), “Rose Marie” (1954), and “Kismet” (1955), she was also a deft dramatic actress when given the chance. Who can forget her as Veda, the daughter who made JOAN CRAWFORD’s life a living hell in “Mildred Pierce” (1945), or as the downtrodden alcoholic singer in “The Helen Morgan Story” (1957)? Blyth turns 96 on August 16th and is truly a living legend. Listen this week as we pay tribute with an episode about Ann Blyth’s remarkable life and career. SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Ann Blyth: Singer, Actress, Star (2018), by Jacqueline T. Lynch; “Ann Blyth: Official Biography,” July 1956, Paramount Pictures; “Film Actress Breaks Back in Accident,” March 10, 1945, LA Examiner; “Actress Ready to Work After Skiing Accident,” January 18, 1946, LA Examiner; “Ann Blyth’s Mother Dies,’ July 23, 1946, Los Angeles Times; “Bright Future Visioned For Youthful Ann Blyth,” September 10, 1949, by Hedda Hopper, Los Angeles Times; “Angelic Annie,” September 27, 1952, by Richard G. Hubler, Collier’s Magazine; “The Blyth Spirit,” October 12, 1952, by William Brownell, New York Times; “Ann Blyth: Bride of the Year,” June 1953, Photoplay Magazine; “A Blyth Spirit From An Earlier Error,” February 28, 1985, by Jack Hawn, Los Angeles Times; “She’s Still Singing Just As Beautifully,” March 19, 1989, by Mitchell Smyth, Toronto Daily Star; “Looking Back: Ann Blyth” June 5, 1990, by Ann Blyth, The Hollywood Reporter; “Playing Thier Songs,” October 14,1994, by Libby Slate, Los Angeles Times; “Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That,” September 29, 1997, by Candace A. Wedlan, Los Angeles Times;  “Not Like Veda,” August 12, 2013, by Susan King, Los Angeles Times; TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  Chip Off The Old Block (1944), starring Donald O’Connor, and Peggy Ryan; Babes On Swing Street (1944), starring Peggy Ryan; Mildred Pierce (1945), starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Zachary Scott, Jack Carson, and Eve Arden; Swell Guy (1946), starring Sonny Tufts; Brute Force (1947), starring Burt Lancaster, Yvonne DeCarlo, and Ella Raines; Killer McCoy (1947), starring Mickey Rooney; A Woman’s Vengeance (1948) starring Charles Boyer; Another Part of The Forest (1948), starring Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Edmond O’Brien, and Dan Duryea; Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948), starring William Powell and Irene Hervey; Top O’ The Morning (1949), starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald; Once More My Darling (1949), starring Robert Montgomery; Free For All (1949), starring Robert Cummings: Our Very Own (1950), starring Farley Granger; Katy Did It (1951), starring Mark Stevens; The Great Caruso (1951), starring Mario Lanza; Thunder On the Hill (1951), starring Claudette Colbert; All The Brother’s Were Valiant (1953), starring Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger;  Rosie Marie (1954), starring Ann Blyth; The Student Prince (1954), starring Mario Lanza; Kismet (1955), starring Howard Keel; Slander (1957), starring Van Johnson and Steve Cochran; The Buster Keaton Story (1957), starring Donald O’Connor; The Helen Morgan Story (1957), starring Paul Newman; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 48 - “STEVE & NAN'S FAVORITE CLASSIC FILMS OF THE 1940s ” - 08/12/2024 ** This episode is sponsored and brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BENEATH and get on your way to being your best self.” ** The 1940s was a phenomenal time for movies. Auteurs like ALFRED HITCHCOCK, GEORGE STEVENS, WILIAM WYLER, and BILLY WILDER were coming into their own with important and personal films that changed the landscape of cinemas. Also, stars like BETTE DAVIS, KATHARINE HEPBURN, CARY GRANT, and HENRY FONDA were defining the screen roles that would make them legends. This week, Nan and Steve will discuss and disect a few of their very favorite films of the most golden of all decades in film.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Preston Sturges By Preston Sturges: His Life in His Words (1991), by Preston Sturges and Sandy Sturges; George Cukor: A Double Life (2013), by Patrick McGilligan; Raoul Walsh: The True Adventures of Hollywood’s Legendary Director (2013), by Marilyn Ann Moss; Robert Rossen: The Films and Politics of a Blacklisted Idealist (2013), by Alan Casty; Michael Curtiz: A Life In Film (2021), by Alan K. Rode; Possessed: The Life of Joan Crawford (2010), by Donald Spoto; George Stevens: The Films of a Hollywood Giant (2019), by Neil Sinyard; Wild Bill Wellman: Hollywood Rebel (2015), by Wiliam Wellman, Jr; Stanwyck (1994), by Axel Madsen; Fonda: My Life (1981), by Henry Fonda; Ingrid Bergman: My Story (1980), by Ingrid Bergman and Alan Burgess; Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise (2020), by Scott Eyman; Ida Lupino: A Biography (1996), by William Donati; TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  Christmas In July (1940), starring Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, William Demarest, Raymond Walburn, Jimmy Conlin, Rod Cameron, and Franklin Pangborn; Penny Serenade (1941), starring Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi, and Edgar Buchanan; The Lady Eve (1941), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, William Demarest, and Eugene Pallette; High Sierra (1941), starring Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Joan Leslie, Cornel Wilde, Arthur Kennedy, Henry Travers, and Alan Curtis; The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Harry Morgan, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn, Jane Darwell, William Eythe, and Harry Davenport; Gaslight (1944), starring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, Angela Landbury, and Dame May Witty; Mildred Pierce (1945), starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Zachary Scott, Jack Carson, eve Arden, and Bruce Bennett; All The Kings Men (1949), starring Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dry, Anne Seymour, and John Derek; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BENEATH and get on your way to being your best self. EPISODE 47 - “Laird Cregar (Star of the Month) ” - 08/05/2024 With his sad, dark eyes, hulking frame, and aristocratic speech, actor LAIRD CREGAR often played the complex villain tortured by a sinister past or an unrequited love that turns into an obsession. No one played characters with suppressed anguish, a tortured soul, or darkness lingering beneath the surface better than he did. While he only made 16 films in a period of five years, he is unforgettable. His desire to be thin was his achilles heel that turned tragic. This week join us as we take a deep dive into the short life and career of this amazing actor.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy (2017), by Gregory William Mank; “Atlas With A Grin,” by Fredda Dudley, December 1941, Screenland magazine; “Setbacks To Fame,” by Dorothy B.Haas, June 1942, Silver Screen magazine; “Bold, Bad, (Bluffing) Cregar,” by Barbara Berch, January 1945, Screenland magazine; “Ripping Tales: Laird Cregar: The Forgotten Ripper,” by Kevin G. Shimick, Fall 1991, Scarlett Street; “Queers In History: Laird Cregar,” December 9, 2012, by Elisa Rolle, livejournal.com; “Heavy: The Life and Films of Laird Cregar,” October 7, 2013, by Jennifer Garland, Virtual Virago; IMDBPro.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  I Wake Up Screaming (1941), starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, and Laird Cregar; The Lodger (1944), starring Merle Oberon and Laird Cregar; Charley’s Aunt (1941), starring Jack Benny, Kay Francis, James Ellison, and Laird Cregar; Rings On Her Fingers (1942), starring Gene Tierney, Henry Fonda, Laird Cregar, and Spring Byington; Hudson Bay (1940), starring Gene Tierney, Paul Muni, Vincent Price, and Laird Cregar; Blood and Sand (1940), starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, and Laird Cregar; This Gun For Hire (1942), starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, and Laird Cregar; Ten Gentlemen From West Point (1942), starring George Montgomery, Maureen O’Hara, and Laird Cregar; The Black Swan (1942), starring Tyrone Power, Maureen O’Hara, and Laird Cregar; Heaven Can Wait (1943), starring Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main Spring Byington, and Laird Cregar; Hello Frisco, Hello (1943), starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Lynn Bari, and Laird Cregar; Hangover Square (1945), starring Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell, and George Sanders; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BENEATH and get on your way to being your best self. ** This episode is sponsored brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BENEATH and get on your way to being your best self.” ** As CAROLE LANDIS was known as “The Ping Girl” and ANN SHERIDAN was known as “The Oomph” Girl,” actress MARIE McDONALD was saddled with the equally misogynistic title, “The Body.” Yes, she was tall, leggy, and curvy, but she was also talented, a fact that many of the powerful men of Hollywood seemed to forget. Unfortunately, Marie was better known for her wild private life that included seven marriages, high profile romances, tabloid escapades, and one of the most bizarre kidnappings to ever happen in Hollywood. This week, we tell the colorful story of this long-forgotten leading lady.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: "Fallen Angels" (1988), by Kirk Crivello; Tragic Hollywood: Beautiful, Glamorous, and Dead (2013), by Jackie Ganiy; “Marie McDonald ‘Gets Sick’ With Former Husband,” January 6, 1955, Toledo Blade; “Millionaire Asks Divorce From Marie McDonald,” May 22, 1956, Daytona Beach Morning Journal; “Marie McDonald Reported Held By Kidnappers,” January 4, 1957, Ellensburg Daily Record; “Marie McDonald Tells Police How She Was Seized By Two Men,” January 5, 1957, Reading Eagle; “Marie McDonald Stars In Police Film of Kidnapping,” January 8, 1957, The Telegraph; “Grand Jury Probes Marie’s Kidnap,” January 16, 1957, The Deseret News; “Marie McDonald Leaves Hospital” June 15, 1958, Reading Eagle; “Actress Marie McDonald Weds Again,” May 25, 1959, St. Petersburg Times; “Marie McDonald’s Fourth Husband Seeking Divorce,” September 18, 1962, Daily News; “New Ruling Calls Marie McDonald Death Accidental,” December 30, 1965, The Toledo Blade; “Marie McDonald, Actress, Is Dead; Autopsy Was Inconclusive, Glamour Girl Was 42,” October 21, 1965, The New York Times; “Movie Producer Donald Taylor Apparent Suicide,” January 3, 1966, Rome News-Tribune; “Phantom Intruders Abducted A Pin-Up Star,” July 2, 2022, Medium.com; IMDBPro.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  Pardon My Sarong (1942), staring Lou Abbott and Lou Costello; Lucky Jordan (1942), starring Alan Ladd and Marie McDonald; I Love a Soldier (1944), starring Paulette Goddard, Sonny Tufts, and Beulah Bondi; Guest In The House (1944), starring Anne Baxter and Ralph Bellamy; Getting Gertie’s Garter (1945), starring Marie McDonald and Dennis O’Keefe; Living In A Big Way (1946), starring Gene Kelly and Marie McDonald; The Geisha Boy (1958), starring Jerry Lewis and Marie McDonald; Promises! Promises! (1963), starring Jayne Mansfield and Marie McDonald; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 45 - “Forgotten B-Leading Men of the Golden Age of Hollywood” - 07/22/2024 ** This episode is sponsored brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BENEATH and get on your way to being your best self.” ** Sometimes, there is nothing quite like a good old B-movie. Maybe the production values aren’t the best, and maybe the story is grittier than most, but these little gems have provided hours of viewing pleasure to so many. These films also had great leading men in them. Studly, sturdy, reliable actors who might not be GARY COOPER or CARY GRANT or CLARK GABLE, but were handsome and talented and knew how to beat up the bad guys and win over the lovely leading lady. As an homage to the leading men of the B's, this week, we’ll take a look at the lives and careers of five of our favorites. SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Film Actors (1965); “Successor To Gable,” by Robbin Coons, September 30, 1943, Big Spring Daily Herald;  "John Hodiak Dies Suddenly of Heart Attack,” October 20, 1955, Los Angeles Times; “The Story of Bob Cummings,” September 2, 1950, Voice; “Skip E. Lowe 1987 interview with Robert Cummings,” December 17, 2016, by Alan Eicler, Youtube.com; “Robert Cummings on Honesty,” May 1959, by Bob Cummings, Guideposts; “Robert Cummings Is Dead at 82; Debonair Actor in TV and Film,” December 4, 1990, by Peter B. Flint, The New York Times;  “Dennis O’Keefe, Son of Vaudeville Performers Knows The Theatre,” July 7, 1939, The Times (Muncie Indiana); "O'Keefe Achieves Stardom; Seeks Director's Post,” October 12, 1944, Los Angeles Times. “Dennis O’Keefe, Screen Veteran, Is Dead at 60,” September 2, 1968, The Marion (Ohio) Star; “Bill Lundigan’s Success Recipe,” March 29, 1942, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle; “The Life Story of William Lundigan,” March 24, 1951, Picture Show; “Actor William Lundigan Dies; Began Career in 1937,” December 22, 1975m by Ted Thackery, Jr. Los Angeles Times; "The Life Story of Alan Marshal,” January 11, 1941, Picture Show;  “Alan Marshal, Actor, 52, Dead; Stage and Film Performers Appeared in ‘Wagon Train’,” July 10, 1961, The New York Times; Alan.kitmarshal.site; IMDBPro.com; IBDB.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  JOHN HODIAK: Maisie Goes To Rio (1944); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Life Boat (1944); Sunday Dinner For A Soldier (1944); A Bell For Adano (1945;) The Harvey Girls (1946); Somewhere In The Night (1946); Desert Fury (1947); ROBERT CUMMINGS: The Virginia Judge (1935); Hollywood Boulevard (1936); So Red The Rose (1935); King's Row (1941); Saboteur (1942); Dial M For Murder (1954); DENNIS O’KEEFE: T-Men (1947); Raw Deal (1948); Saratoga (1937); Topper Returns (1941); The Story of Dr. Wassel (1944); Up In Mabel's Room (1944); Doll Face (1945); Brewster's Millions (1945); Cover Up (1949); The Lady Wants Mink (1953); WILLIAM LUNDIGAN: The Lady Fights Back (1937); Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939); The Old Maid (1939); Dodge City (1939); Santa Fe Trail (1940); A Shot In The Dark (1941); Apache Trail (1942); The Fabulous Dorseys (1947); The Inside Story (1947); Pinky (1949); Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950); I'll Get By (1950); Love Nest (1951); I'd Climb The Highest Mountain (1951); The House on Telegraph Hill (1951); ALAN MARSHAL: The Garden of Allah (1936);  After The Thin Man (1936); Night Must Fall (1937); Parnell (1937);  Conquest (1937);  Dramatic School (1939);  Four Girls in White (1939); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939);  Irene (1940);  He Stayed For Breakfast (1940);  Lydia (1941);  The White Cliff's of Dover (1944); Bride By Mistake (1944); The Opposite Sex (1956);  House On Haunted Hill (1959); Day of the Outlaw (1959); --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 44 - "THERESA HARRIS: HOW OLD HOLLYWOOD STOPPED HER STAR FROM RISING" - 07/15/2024 ** This episode is sponsored brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BENEATH and get on your way to being your best self.” ** When THERESA HARRIS appears on screen, you cannot take your eyes off of her. Beautiful, talented, and a skilled singer and dancer, she lights up any scene she’s in. Despite appearing in over 100 films, she rarely received screen credit and most often played a maid, waitress, or other types of domestic servant. Her parts were small, but her charisma and presence on screen were enormous! As a black woman in the early days of Hollywood, she was limited in the roles she could perform by the restrictive Hayes Code of 1934 and the horrible Jim Crow laws of the South. Still, she is a welcome presence in so many classic films. This week, we look at the extraordinary life and career of the talented THERESA HARRIS.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: “Theresa Harris, Credited and Uncredited in Over 100 Films,” March 28, 2024, by Herb Boyd, New York Amsterdam News; “Just a Maid in Movies, But Not Forgotten,” April 21, 2011, by Manohla Dargis, The New York Times; “The Underrated Charms of Theresa Harris,” July 11, 2020, by Constance Cherise, TCM.com; “Theresa Harris: Television and Film Actress of the 1930s,” August 18, 2023, by Jae Jones, BackThen.com; “Actress Theresa Harris Hollywood Vixen Turned Servant,”September 2, 2011, by Veronica Wells, Madamenoire; IMDBPro.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  Thunderbolt (1929), starring Fay Wray and George Brent; Hold Your Man (1932), starring Jean Harlow and Clark Gable; Baby Face (1933), starring Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent; Professional Sweetheart (1933), starring Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, and Zasu Pitts; Horse Feathers (1932), starring The Marx Brothers and Thelma Todd; Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), starring Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, and Ginger Rogers; Morning Glory (1933), starring Katharine Hepburn and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr; Flying Down to Rio (1933), starring Delores Del Rio, Gene Raymond, Ginger Rogers, and Fred Astaire; Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), starring Jack Benny and Eleanor Powell; Banjo On My Knee (1936), starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea; Bargain With Bullets (aka The Gangster’s On The Loose) (1937), starring Ralph Cooper and Theresa Harris; Jezebel (1938), starring Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, and George Brent; Tell No Tales (1939), starring Melvyn Douglas and Louise Platt; Buck Benny Rides Again (1940), starring Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, and Theresa Harris; What’s Buzzin’ Cousin? (1943), starring Jack Benny and Ann Miller; Blossoms In The Dust (1941), starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, and Marsha Hunt; Our Wife (1941), starring Melvyn Douglas, Ruth Hussey, and Ellen Drew; Cat People (1942), starring Kent Smith, Simone Simon, Jane Randolph, and Tom Conway; I Walked With A Zombie (1943), starring Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Darby Jones, and Christine Gordon; The Dolly Sisters (1945), starring Betty Grable, John Payne, and June Haver; Three Little Girls In Blue (1946), starring George Montgomery, Vera-Ellen, and June Haver; Miracle on 34th Street (1947), starring Maureen O’Hara, Edmund Gwenn, John Payne, and Natalie Wood; Out of the Past (1947), staring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas; Angel Face (1952), starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BENEATH and get on your way to being your best self. EPISODE 43 - “Favorite Classic Films of the 1930s” - 07/08/2024 During the golden era of old Hollywood, each decade brought forth exciting films that helped define the motion picture industry. In a new feature, Steve and Nan will dissect each decade and highlight movies that resonated with them as they started their individual study of film. Beginning with the 1930s, listen as they discuss films that made an impact not only on them but on the film industry as a whole. And yes, a few of the films they discuss are from that magic year of 1939. SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage (1981), by Stanley Cavell; The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942 (2022), by Grégoire Halbout; The Art of the Screwball Comedy (2013), by Doris Milberg; Wiliam Holden: A Biography (2010), by Michelangelo Capua; The Life and Loves of Barbara Stanwyck (2009), by Jane Ellen Wayne; The Lonely Life: An Autobiography (2017), by Bette Davis; Leslie Howard: The Lost Actor (2013), by Estel Eforgan; Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew (1997), by John Oller; The Films of Frank Capra (1977), by Victor Scherle and William Turner Levy; IMDBPro.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  The Women (1939), starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Mary Poland, Joan Fontaine, Lucille Watson, Virginia Pohvah, Virginia Weidler, Marjorie Main, Virginia Grey, Hedda Hopper, Ruth Hussey, and Mary Beth Hughes; The Petrified Forest (1936), starring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Porter Hall, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran, Joe Sawyer, Charley Grapewin, and Paul Harvey; Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939), starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Thomas Mitchell, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Beulah Bondi, and Guy Kibbee; Easy Living (1937), starring Jean Arthur, Ray Milland, Edward Arnold, Luis Alberni, Franklin Pangborn, Mary Nash, William Demarest, and Esther Dale; My Man Godfrey (1936), starring William Powell, Carole Lombard, Gail Patrick, Alice Brady, Eugene Pallette, Jean Dixon, Misha Auer, and Alan Mowbray; The Awful Truth (1937), starring Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Ralph Bellamy, Cecil Cunningham, Molly Lamont, Alexander D’Arcy, Joyce Compton, and Esther Dale; Stage Door (1937), starring Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, Andrea Leeds, Eve Arden, Gail Patrick, Adolphe Menjou, Franklin Pangborn, Samuel S. Hinds, and Constance Collier; Golden Boy (1939), starring Barbara Stanwyck, William Holden, Adolphe Menjou, Lee J. Cobb, Joseph Calleia, Edward Brophy, and Sam Levene; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices