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Today's episode is my conversation about the 1929 film Madame X. I'm joined by Dan Pal from the "PalCinema, Television, & Music" newsletter and we talk about the theme of forgiveness which appears in the film, director Lionel Barrymore's conscious decision to limit the amount of music in the film, and whether the story  might have worked better as the original stage production.

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Other films mentioned in this episode include:

• Madame X (1937) directed by Sam Wood
• The Broadway Melody directed by Harry Beaumont
• The Hollywood Revue of 1929 directed by Charles F. Reisner
• Madame X (1966) directed by David Lowell Rich
• Madame X (2021) directed by Ricardo Gomes, Nuno Xico, and Sasha Kasiuha
• The Wizard of Oz directed by Victor Fleming
• The Jazz Singer directed by Alan Crosland
• The Patriot directed by Ernst Lubitsch (lost film)
• It's a Wonderful Life directed by Frank Capra
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde directed by Rouben Mamoulian
• The Divine Lady directed by Frank Lloyd
• Coquette directed by Sam Taylor
• Apocalypse Now directed by Francis Ford Coppola

Other referenced topics:

• Madame X (play) by Alexandre Bisson
• Madame X (album) by Madonna
• The Dark Side of the Moon (album) buy Pink Floyd
• Variety review
• Hartford Courant review
• "Too Much Padding Spoils the Fun" by Mordaunt Hall in the New York Times
• Heart of Darkness (novel) by Joseph Conrad

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