Best Mgm Studios Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 3 | Real Talk About Risk, Roofing & Responsibility Featuring Kevin Rogers of Edwards & Co. [Audio] 32:53

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Let’s get into the side of roofing and insurance most people don’t want to talk about—liability, documentation, and the real risks that can leave homeowners and contractors financially exposed. In this episode, I sit down with Kevin Rogers, President and CEO of Edwards & Co.—a seasoned insurance professional with deep ties to the construction world…

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Special Subject - Farrow vs. Allen – Part 4: ALICE (1990); SHADOWS AND FOG (1991) & HUSBANDS AND WIVES (1992) 1:08:11

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We say farewell to Farrow and Allen (for now, although we'll probably encounter them individually on the podcast again) with this final episode on their cinematic collaboration, covering Alice (1990), Shadows and Fog (1991), and one of their very best, the ill-fated Husbands and Wives (1992). In the first two, two more Allen characters struggle to …

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Episode 2 | What Your Policy May Be Missing Featuring Trisha Devine of BAW Insurance [Audio] 16:20

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What do boxing gloves and business insurance have in common? You'd be surprised because there's a whole lot more than you'd think. In this episode, I’m joined by Trisha Devine of BAW Insurance—a powerhouse in the insurance world, fellow Long Island local, and yes, someone I once shared a boxing ring with for charity. 🎙️🥊 We get into the real talk b…

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 3: SONG OF THE THIN MAN (1947) and MERTON OF THE MOVIES (1947) 42:59

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In this Gloria Grahame Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode we get to see more of what MGM was (not) doing with our acteur's career. Underused in Song of the Thin Man (1947), in which she brings the only real noir energy to the final Thin Man film, she gets a similarly brief but memorable role in the Red Skelton vehicle Merton of the Movies (1947), playin…

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Episode 1 | Behind Every Strong Woman: A Mother's Day Special Featuring Kathy Marzano [Audio] 18:48

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What better way to kick off the Marcor Studios podcast than with the woman who helped shape the foundation—literally and figuratively. In this heartfelt Mother’s Day premiere, I sit down with the woman who’s been my backbone, my biggest cheerleader, and the one who saw it all before it even began—my mom and Gary’s wife, Kathy Marzano. 🎙️🌷 We get pe…

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers - 1931: NIGHT NURSE & BLONDE CRAZY 53:49

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This round of Warner Bros. 1931 brings us two gems by a couple of Pre-Code masters, Roy Del Ruth's Blonde Crazy and William A. Wellman's Night Nurse, showing off the early star charisma of Jimmy Cagney (oozing vulnerability) and Barbara Stanwyck (spitting fire), ably supported by Joan Blondell in both cases. Bonus: Young Clark Gable shows up for an…

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 2: IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN (1947) and CROSSFIRE (1947) 50:38

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Our second Gloria Grahame Acteur-Oeuvre-view episode includes a curious under-use of our acteur in the all-around baffling musical comedy It Happened in Brooklyn (nevertheless memorable for the chemistry between Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Durante), and a judicious use of her by RKO in Edward Dmytryk's anti-fascist noir Crossfire (also 1947). We try to…

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Watching Disney’s Enchantment fireworks, in Walt Disney World's: Magic Kingdom 36:04

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Please put on your headphones to fully immerse yourself in another one of my Walt Disney World memories. You will feel as if you are in the Magic Kingdom with us as we join the crowds near Main Street and witness a breathtaking light and fireworks show all around the castle. 📝📸 Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2025/05/30/memory-331/ 💰 Become a …

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1931: THE EASIEST WAY & THE CHAMP 1:09:45

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For this MGM 1931 episode we watched The Easiest Way, a feminist subversion of melodrama tropes by director Jack Conway and screenwriter Edith Ellis, starring Constance Bennett as the fallen woman and a young Clark Gable, verging on stardom, as her judgemental brother-in-law; and possibly the most sentimental movie ever made, King Vidor's The Champ…

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Special Subject - Farrow vs. Allen – Part 3: SEPTEMBER (1987); ANOTHER WOMAN (1988) NEW YORK STORIES (1989) & CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (1989) 1:32:39

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Our Farrow v Allen series continues with four more collaborations: September (1987), Another Woman (1988), Oedipus Wrecks (1989, part of the anthology movie New York Stories), and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). We count the ways in which Allen mashes up his favourite playwrights, filmmakers, and Russian novelists, trace the development of Allen's …

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 1: BLONDE FEVER (1944) and IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) 1:11:56

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Welcome to our inaugural Gloria Grahame episode, which is also our final Acteurist Oeuvre-view! In this episode we consider Gloria's first significant movie role, as the cause of Blonde Fever (1944), in which she and Philip Dorn confuse each other and provide occasion for Mary Astor's multiple levels of irony. We then turn to Gloria's breakthrough …

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1931: 24 HOURS and LADIES OF THE BIG HOUSE 1:10:15

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Our streak of finding gynocentric crime film gems continues with our second Paramount 1931 episode, featuring two movies directed by Sylvia Sidney specialist Marion Gering. 24 Hours pairs a despairing Clive Brook and Miriam Hopkins, haunted by marriages they can't escape in one way or another. And Ladies of the Big House, starring a radiant Sidney …

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view - Diana Wynyard – Part 7:AN IDEAL HUSBAND (1947) and THE FEMININE TOUCH (1956) 1:23:20

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Our final Diana Wynyard episode has arrived all too soon! We look at her two final key roles, in Alexander Korda's film of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband (1947) and The Feminine Touch (1956), a nurse drama that's better than its silly title. And in Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto, we cover the 2025 Toronto Silent Film Festival, focusing on three fil…

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Retro Re-issue [August 23, 2019] - Ethan Mordden’s The Hollywood Studios (1989) - Now With No Introductory Song! 2:44:46

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**** [Retro Re-issue Alert!] **** Turns out it wasn't such a great idea to use Le Tigre's "What's Yr Take on Cassavetes?" as our podcast's theme song in 2019 and 2020! Anyway, Spotify (and presumably Le Tigre) don't seem to think so. Accordingly, please find the attached re-issue of one of our foundational episodes, minus the intro music + a couple…

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Special Subject - Farrow vs. Allen – Part 2: THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (1985); HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (1986) & RADIO DAYS (1987) 1:09:27

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In this Farrow vs. Allen Special Subject episode we dig into a strong set of films, The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and Radio Days (1987), united by their examination of art, popular culture, and fantasy, the possibilities they offer for transcendence, and the conditions of that transcendence. We also, of course, par…

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Reliving a Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid ride, in Walt Disney World's: Magic Kingdom 21:21

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Please put on your headphones to fully immerse yourself in another one of my Walt Disney World memories. You will feel as if you are in the Magic Kingdom with us as we slip under the water, and relive the enchanting music and story of our favorite little mermaid. 📝📸 Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2025/04/18/memory-330/ 💰 Become a recurring su…

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1930: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT & OUTSIDE THE LAW 1:17:19

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We complete our second round of 1930 on Studios Year by Year with Universal. This time around we've got two auteur entries, Lewis Milestone's All Quiet on the Western Front, and a much deeper cut, Tod Browning's eccentric crime drama Outside the Law. We discuss All Quiet as emblematic of the Laemmele Jr. era before turning to Browning's tense, mess…

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view - Diana Wynyard – Part 6: THE PRIME MINISTER (1941) and KIPPS (1941) 1:25:01

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In our penultimate Diana Wynyard Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode, our acteur supports two of the greats of her age, John Gielgud as Benjamin Disraeli in Thorold Dickinson's The Prime Minister and Michael Redgrave as the titular innocent of Carol Reed's Kipps, based on the novel by H.G. Wells. We discuss 19th century British politics (enfranchisement …

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Reliving a Mickey's PhilharMagic show, in Walt Disney World's: Magic Kingdom 25:51

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Please put on your headphones to fully immerse yourself in another one of my Walt Disney World memories. You will feel as if you are in the Magic Kingdom with us as we celebrate the tunes from our favorite Disney animated movies in this epic musical extravaganza. 📝📸 Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2025/04/04/memory-329/ 💰 Become a recurring su…

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Episode 29: Exploring Italy on Two Wheels with Nancy De Losa 32:25

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🌟 Episode 29: Exploring Italy on Two Wheels with Nancy De Losa! 🇮🇹🚴‍♀️ Get ready for an unforgettable ride! In this episode of Magical Destinations By Steve Podcast, we’re diving into the beauty of Italy with Nancy De Losa, Co-Founder of A’qto Italian Cycling Tours. Nancy shares how cycling is one of the most immersive ways to explore Italy, from b…

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1930: FRAMED & THE RUNAWAY BRIDE 1:07:54

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In this week's RKO Studios Year by Year episode, we discuss our favourite movies from our first round with the studio and how that round shaped our impression of RKO, and then turn to two new 1930 movies: Framed (directed by George Archainbaud), a gangster movie focused on Evelyn Brent's tough/tender mixed-up moll, and The Runaway Bride (directed b…

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Episode 28: Wanderlust Whispers: Your Next Travel Adventure Awaits 10:47

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Special Subject – Stanning for Anna Sten: NANA (1934), WE LIVE AGAIN (1934), THE WEDDING NIGHT (1935), & LET’S LIVE A LITTLE (1948) 1:57:37

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We've got a big one for you this week: four main movies plus four Fear and Moviegoing viewings. Our main feature is Stanning for Sten: Anna Sten's three movies for Samuel Goldwyn, Nana (1934), based on (more like inspired by) the Zola novel, We Live Again (1934), with a Tolstoy source, and The Wedding Night (1935), plus a glimpse at one of her late…

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Magical Destinations By Steve Podcast Episode 27: A Day in the Life of a Travel Advisor & Sports Travel Adventures 12:04

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Episode 27: A Day in the Life of a Travel Advisor & Sports Travel Adventures! Ever wondered what a day in the life of a Travel Advisor looks like? Steve takes you behind the scenes of his daily routine—booking magical vacations, staying on top of the latest travel trends, and making dream trips a reality! With NCAA Basketball’s Selection Sunday on …

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view - Diana Wynyard – Part 5: GASLIGHT (1940) and FREEDOM RADIO (1940) 1:10:12

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In this Diana Wynyard Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode, we look at probably her best-known film, Gaslight (directed by Thorold Dickinson), and consider its pros and cons relative to the Cukor/Selznick Hollywood version of a few years later, as well as the question of how "gaslighting" became an internet meme and how well the source fits the popular me…

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Magical Destiantions By Steve Podcast: Episode 26 12:34

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In this episode of Magical Destinations By Steve, Steve is exploring two unforgettable vacation styles: Caribbean cruises and European river cruises. Plus, Steve shares a personal update on his recovery and upcoming travel plans. What You'll Learn: 🌊 Key differences between Caribbean and European cruises: ☀️ Best times to sail for each destination …

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Fox Film Corporation – 1930: CITY GIRL and JUST IMAGINE 1:10:21

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The first episode of our second Studios Year by Year round with Fox, the "Rube" according to Ethan Mordden, is a real ridiculous/sublime contrast: the sci-fi musical comedy Just Imagine (directed by David Butler), a vehicle for vaudevillian El Brendel, in whom Dave may have found his comedy bête noir; and the F. W. Murnau masterpiece City Girl, whi…

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view - Diana Wynyard – Part 4: ONE MORE RIVER (1934) and ON THE NIGHT OF THE FIRE (1940) 1:24:16

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In this Diana Wynyard Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode we finally come to the source, James Whale's One More River (1934), the movie that inspired Dave to schedule this series, and don't worry, we still think it's a masterpiece. We recap how we've watched the Wynyard onscreen persona evolve and how Whale's new context for it gives it an unforgettable …

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Reliving The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ride, in Walt Disney World's: Magic Kingdom 16:16

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Please put on your headphones to fully immerse yourself in another one of my Walt Disney World memories. You will feel as if you are in the Magic Kingdom with us as we take a delightful romp through scenes and songs made famous by this classic Disney film. 📝📸 Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2025/02/28/memory-328/💰 Become a recurring supporter …

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1930: A NOTORIOUS AFFAIR & THE DOORWAY TO HELL 1:08:44

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For the first episode of our second round of Warner Brothers 1930, we've got a thoughtful, ambitious gangster movie from the mind of little-known auteur Rowland Brown, The Doorway to Hell (directed by Archie Mayo), and a truly dismal melodrama, A Notorious Affair (directed by Lloyd Bacon), rescued from total worthlessness by Kay Francis's turn as a…

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Valentine’s Day 2025 – My Conceptual Valentine - HER (2013) and I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS (2020) 1:36:46

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For our Valentine's Day 2025 episode, we plunge deep into the nature of relationships by discussing two films whose romantic pairings are arguably not relationships at all: Spike Jonze's Her (2013) and his sometime collaborator, Charlie Kaufman's I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020). Isolation, loss, misogyny, male fantasies, hope and despair: we'v…

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Goodnight Muppets, Goodnight Tiana? 1:02:09

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Logan is back from a quick trip to Walt Disney World! Did he do the Country Bears Musical Jamboree? You bet... did he do Tiana? just wait and see. Plus we must morn Muppet Vision and the Galactic Starcruiser as their fates have been sealed.By WDW Today

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year - MGM – 1930: THE FLORODORA GIRL & MADAM SATAN 1:07:16

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We start off our second round of MGM Studio Year by Year episodes with these 1930 films: the Marion Davies comedy vehicle The Florodora Girl (directed by Harry Beaumount) and Cecil B. DeMille's Madam Satan, which Elise decides is something like Eyes Wide Shut if it was made by James Cameron (but, alas, not as interesting as that sounds). (It's stil…

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Reliving an "it's a small world" ride, in Walt Disney World's: Magic Kingdom 28:50

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Please put on your headphones to fully immerse yourself in another one of my Walt Disney World memories. You will feel as if you are in the Magic Kingdom with us as we embark on a whimsical boat ride past a jubilant chorus of children from around the globe. 📝📸 Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2024/02/07/memory-327/ 💰 Become a recurring supporte…

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view - Diana Wynyard – Part 3 WHERE SINNERS MEET (1934) and THE MARRIAGE SYMPHONY (1934) 1:03:59

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For this episode of our Diana Wynyard Acteurist Oeuvre-view series, our featured acteur plays a disillusioned modern woman in two 1934 movies, Where Sinners Meet and Let's Try Again, that are cynical about marriage in a way that (we argue) screwball comedy would soon render archaic. And in Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto we give our impressions of t…

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Reliving a Country Bear Jamboree show, in Walt Disney World's: Magic Kingdom 22:37

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Please put on your headphones to fully immerse yourself in another one of my Walt Disney World memories. You will feel as if you are in the Magic Kingdom with us as we clap our hands and stomp our feet to the original show music. 📝📸 Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2025/01/24/memory-326/ 💰 Become a recurring supporter for as little as $1 a mont…

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Special Subject - Farrow vs. Allen – Part 1: MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S SEX COMEDY (1982); ZELIG (1983); BROADWAY DANNY ROSE (1984) 1:06:38

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Our Special Subject this month is the start of a series on the cinematic collaboration of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen. In this first episode we look at A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982), Zelig (1983), and Broadway Danny Rose (1984), paying particular attention to the relationship between the Allen and Farrow characters and to the question of wha…

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1930: THE LOVE PARADE & THE VAGABOND KING 1:08:04

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It's time for another round of Studios Year by Year, starting over with Paramount 1930! And this time Dave has brought even more nostalgic reading material to give some context for this studio content. We also launch another new series feature: a review of our favourite movies from the previous 1930-1948 round. Turning to the Paramount movies we wa…

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view - Diana Wynyard – Part 2: MEN MUST FIGHT (1933) and REUNION IN VIENNA (1933) 53:39

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Our second Diana Wynyard Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode brought two real oddball pre-Codes to our attention: Men Must Fight (1933), a hardcore pacifist film that predicts the upcoming world war in certain ways, in which Wynyard more or less reprises her Cavalcade role; and Reunion in Vienna (1933), based on a Robert E. Sherwood play, which could hav…

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1948: A WOMAN’S VENGEANCE & LARCENY 46:57

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Our first round of Studios Year by Year comes to an end with these Universal 1948 movies: A Woman's Vengeance (directed by Zoltan Korda with a screenplay by Aldous Huxley, based on his short story "The Gioconda Smile") and Larceny (directed by George Sherman). Huxley's philosophical concerns add unexpected dimensions to familiar Gothic tropes and g…

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Christmas 2024 - The Festive Bergman – FANNY & ALEXANDER (1982) 1:01:01

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Our 2024 Christmas episode is devoted to all 312 minutes of Ingmar Bergman's late masterpiece Fanny and Alexander (1982); a phantasmagorical smorgasbord of genres and summary of the writer-director's obsessions. We explore the film's Keatsian and Kierkegaardian implications, its relationship to the Modernist moment, and its oneiric inquiry into the…

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view - Diana Wynyard – Part 1: RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS (1932) & CAVALCADE (1933) 53:22

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Our first Diana Wynyard Acteurist Oeuvre-view presents us with a couple of politically reactionary pre-Codes: Wynyard's Hollywood debut, Rasputin and the Empress (1932), which is mostly Rasputin (a very freaky Lionel Barrymore), not much Empress (Ethel B), and almost no Wynyard; and her Hollywood triumph, Cavalcade (1933), Noël Coward's version of …

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO - 1948: BERLIN EXPRESS & THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR 50:20

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In this 1948 Studios Year by Year episode, we look at two artefacts from Dore Schary's brief tenure as Head of Production at RKO, Berlin Express (directed by Jacques Tourneur), an early Cold War curiosity in which Robert Young and Merle Oberon try to save Paul Lukas from the clutches of Nazis in war-torn Frankfurt, and The Boy with Green Hair (dire…

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Reliving a Pirates of the Caribbean ride, in Walt Disney World's: Magic Kingdom 22:48

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Please put on your headphones to fully immerse yourself in another one of my Walt Disney World memories. You will feel as if you are in the Magic Kingdom with us as we pillage, plunder, rifle, and loot alongside some swashbuckling pirates. 📝📸 Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2024/12/13/memory-325/ 💰 Become a recurring supporter for as little as…