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Today's episode is my conversation about the 1928 film A Woman of Affairs. My friend Amanda Kusek from the The 90-Minute Movie newsletter joins me to discuss the film and we talk about a complex web of love triangles, the expressive, over-the-top performance of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as Jeffry, and whether or not the source material truly was as scandalous as history has made it out to be.
You can watch A Woman of Affairs on YouTube or purchase a copy for your collection and be sure to check out Amanda's newsletter.
Other films mentioned in this episode include:
- "Steamboat Willie" directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks
- Tempest directed by Sam Taylor
- The Patriot directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- Wonder of Women directed by Clarence Brown
- Madame X directed by Lionel Barrymore
- The Count of Monte Cristo directed by Tom Persons and Francis Boggs
Other referenced topics:
- The Green Hat (novel) by Michael Arlen (also available on Project Gutenberg)
- An American in Paris by George Gerswhin
- The Great Gatsby (novel) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Variety review of A Woman of Affairs
- New York Times review of A Woman of Affairs
- A Woman of Affairs on silentsaregolden.com
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Today's episode is my conversation about the 1928 film A Woman of Affairs. My friend Amanda Kusek from the The 90-Minute Movie newsletter joins me to discuss the film and we talk about a complex web of love triangles, the expressive, over-the-top performance of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as Jeffry, and whether or not the source material truly was as scandalous as history has made it out to be.
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- "Steamboat Willie" directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks
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- The Green Hat (novel) by Michael Arlen (also available on Project Gutenberg)
- An American in Paris by George Gerswhin
- The Great Gatsby (novel) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Variety review of A Woman of Affairs
- New York Times review of A Woman of Affairs
- A Woman of Affairs on silentsaregolden.com
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