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Frankly my dears, we miss the Golden Age of Hollywood! Our podcast covers films from the silent era to 1969 - westerns, noir, romance, musicals - we'll cover it. Nikki, Suzanne, and Aimee chat about what they love and don't love about these films. Listen in and reminisce about your favorite old movies, or get introduced to some new ones! Share with us your thoughts and any movies you'd like us to cover.

Aimee King


    • Sep 16, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    Episode 73: The Producers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 50:16


    It's our final episode! What better way to end, than with some laughs? We talk about Mel Brooks' The Producers (1967)!

    Episode 72: The Thin Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 39:52


    The original power couple: Nick and Nora. They're on the case! The case of the eponymous thin man, who isn't as scary as he sounds. In fact, it's barely about him. William Powell and Myrna Loy star in The Thin Man (1934).

    Episode 71: My Man Godfrey

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 34:41


    William Powell and Carole Lombard star in this screwball comedy, My Man Godfrey (1936). Meet the Bullock family - they are rather crazy. Bless Godfrey for putting up with them.

    Episode 70: The Philadelphia Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 60:50


    This is the story of Tracy Lord and the three men vying for her affections. It's also the story of Katherine Hepburn's glorious comeback from being labelled "Hollywood Poison." It's the Philadelphia Story (1940).

    Episode 69: Rio Bravo

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 54:57


    Rio Bravo (1959), starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, and Angie Dickenson, is the hangout movie you've been waiting for!

    Episode 68: On The Town

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 31:53


    Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin go on the town in... On the Town (1949)! They're in New York City for 24 hours and they're out to find dates!

    Episode 67: Desk Set

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2021 44:24


    Watch out, Katherine Hepburn! A computer might steal your job! And Spencer Tracy just might steal your heart! It's Desk Set (1957)!

    Episode 66: Cool Hand Luke

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 47:35


    He's cool. He's Luke. He's got cool hands and an indominatable will. He's also got a failure to communicate. Cool Hand Luke (1967) is a prison movie classic!

    Episode 65: Charade

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 30:45


    The first and only time Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn shared the big screen together! It's the ultimate date night movie, Charade (1963). Full of laughs, thrills, twists, turns, a Texan, and a hook-handed man, it's sure to please.

    Episode 64: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 63:03


    A beautiful haunted house by the English sea, a gothic mood, a widow who has never been in love, and the dashing, yet cantankerous, ghost who haunts her. You couldn't really make a more appealing movie for Aimee. It's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison.

    Episode 63: Singin' in the Rain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 49:33


    Good Morning! Gotta dance, sing in the rain, and make 'em laugh! We chat about Singin' in the Rain (1952) and its lasting legacy. It is AFI's #1 musical for good reason.

    Episode 62: Casablanca

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 40:48


    It's perhaps the most oft-quoted film of all time. It's also AFI's #1 Passions film. It's Casablanca (1942) starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.

    Episode 61: Some Like It Hot

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2021 54:25


    Some Like It Hot (1959) is AFI's #1 Laughs film. Billy Wilder's masterpiece of comedy still makes us laugh today.

    Episode 60: Psycho

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2021 75:45


    Visit the Bates Motel. Meet Norman Bates. He's a pretty nice guy. I hear his mother is just the best. Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) is AFI's #1 Thrills film.

    Episode 59: The Wizard of Oz

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2021 53:30


    The Wizard of Oz (1939) is AFI's #1 Fantasy film. Ruby slippers, witches, a horse of a different color, lions, tigers, bears, oh my! 

    Episode 58: Vertigo

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 59:48


    AFI chose Hitchock's Vertigo (1958) as its #1 Mystery. It is truly a mystery to as to why.

    Episode 57: 2001: A Space Odyssey

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 58:56


    AFI's #1 Sci-fi film is 2001: A Space Odyssey. We try to explain it. Try.

    Episode 56: The Searchers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 56:27


    John Wayne and John Ford team up again for this odyssey of the West: The Searchers (1956). It's AFI's #1 Western. Could it ever be replaced? That'll be the day.

    Episode 55: Lawrence of Arabia

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 53:59


    The masterpiece that is Lawrence of Arabia (1962). What is true and what is myth? Is it deserving of AFI's #1 Epic status? Short answer: YES.

    Episode 54: City Lights

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 32:33


    AFI's #1 Romantic Comedy, City Lights (1931) is a masterpiece in silent filmmaking, a representation of the Roaring Twenties, and full of Charlie Chaplin.

    Episode 53: It's A Wonderful Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 58:31


    Is Bedford Falls the most nostalgic town in America? Does George Bailey live in the Truman Show? Are you crying? I'm definitely not crying. We're talking about It's A Wonderful Life (1946)!

    Episode 52: Citizen Kane

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 61:23


    It's the motherload. It's the number one movie of all time. It's the inspiration of the greatest directors of our time. Xanadu. Rosebud. CHARLES FOSTER KANE. It's Citizen Kane (1941).

    Episode 51: All About Eve

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 52:43


    A sinister ingenue, an aging star, and a superb comeuppance. All About Eve (1950) snagged the Best Picture Oscar in 1951 and we discuss whether it was warranted.

    Episode 50: Around the World in 80 Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 46:12


    It's a journey around the world! In 81 days. Yes, that's right. A technicality wins the day. We chat about Around the World in 80 Days (1956), starring Cantinflas and David Niven, which won Best Picture at the Oscars. For some reason.

    Episode 49: Gone With the Wind

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 48:21


    Scarlett O'Hara. Rhett Butler. Tara. Iconic names in an understandably iconic, yet problematic film. It's four hours of Gone With the Wind (1939) starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. So much to love and so much to hate.

    Episode 48: It Happened One Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 45:59


    Could this movie be the genesis of the tried-and-true plot line wherein a love/hate relationship blossoms into true love in three days? What is the Wall of Jericho when it's in a bedroom? Will Clark Gable successfully hitchhike? It's all in It Happened One Night (1937) starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.

    Episode 47: The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 49:06


    Shirley Temple is all grown up - but not grown up enough for Cary Grant! It's The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer (1947), starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple, and Rudy Vallee. Full of laughs, charismatic characters, and Cary Grant in full charming bachelor mode, this is a delightful romantic comedy.

    Episode 46: My Man Godfrey

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 34:41


    William Powell and Carole Lombard star in the romantic comedy My Man Godfrey (1936). It's a zany love story between a grounded, sophisticated butler and the borderline insane family he works for. What more could we want?

    Episode 45: An Affair To Remember

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 49:16


    Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr begin a clandestine relationship aboard a cruise ship. Destiny awaits. And so does the Empire State Building. Not to be forgotten, it's An Affair To Remember (1957).

    Episode 44: Move Over, Darling

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 25:58


    James Garner has an unusually stressful honeymoon with his new wife as his first wife (not dead, as everyone thought) crashes the nuptial night. Doris Day costars in this hilarious romantic comedy, Move Over, Darling (1963).

    Episode 43: The Birds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 61:37


    Daphne Du Maurier's thrilling short story is adapted by Hitchcock in this simultaneously terrifying and hilarious romp with avians and Tippi Hedren. The Birds (1963) is a feat of special effects and a rare supernatural turn for the master of suspense.

    Episode 42: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 58:49


    Jimmy Stewart and Alfred Hitchcock team up again for The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), a classic thriller that will induce anxiety into every parent watching. Doris Day sings the Oscar-winning song "Que Sera" in the unforgettable climactic scene. And some bonus talk about Universal Studios.

    Episode 41: Rope

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 42:26


    Is murder justifiable? Are there inferior and superior beings? Can you hold a dinner party with the guest of honor being a dead body hidden under the food display? Is the perfect murder executable? Can Phillip keep his mouth shut and stop perspiring? All these questions are answered in Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948).

    Episode 40: Dial M for Murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021 44:03


    Mystery, melodrama, and murder all in one Hitchcock film! What's new? Hitchcock's first and only foray into 3D, Dial M for Murder (1954) has a place in history. And still stresses the heck out of the audience. 

    Episode 39: Meet Me in St. Louis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 53:07


    A film for all seasons (but mostly for Christmas!), it's Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)! There's trolleys, telephone calls, a boy next door, a bonfire, and a snow people massacre. In other words, it has it all. 

    Episode 38: Miracle on 34th Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2020 58:19


    A film about believing in things just because. A film about Santa Claus. Or is it? The Christmas classic, Miracle on 34th Street (1947).

    Episode 37: The Man Who Came to Dinner

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 50:01


    A man comes to dinner... and stays for months. Monty Woolley takes over the house and there's penguins, Bette Davis, a mummy sarcophagus, and lots of insults. And since it's a Christmas movie, there's a change of heart too. It's The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942).

    Episode 36: Born Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 41:19


    Look it up, why don't ya! Judy Holliday in her Oscar-winning performance, probably because of that outstanding, abrasive voice. Born Yesterday (1950) is a cerebral Cinderella story where a crook's girlfriend gets an education and a mind of her own instead of glass slippers and a prince. Well, she does get William Holden in the end. So maybe a prince as well.

    Episode 35: The Adventures of Robin Hood

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020 48:51


    Welcome to the eternal medieval summer of bravery and romance! Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland light up the technicolor screen with their chemistry in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). It's exactly what you think it is!

    Episode 34: The King and I

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 41:30


    It's Rogers and Hammerstein! In Siam! Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr star in The King and I (1956), a film based on a true story that is mostly untrue. Beautiful sets, memorable performances, and the coolest, random-est 20-minute sequence that has nothing to do with the main plot in a movie ever.

    Episode 33: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2020 55:35


    Walt Disney's first classic, happier-than-the-Grimm-fairytale animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). An unfortunate 14-year old princess who is already treated like a slave in her own house is relentlessly pursued by a grown woman who is jealous of her. Somehow. She makes friends and grows up along the way.

    Episode 32: The General

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 58:01


    Buster Keaton's favorite film he made, The General (1927) is a masterpiece of the Silent Era. As per usual with Mr. Keaton, it's full of impressive stunts. And we ask, "why can't movies be more like this these days?" There are reasons.

    Episode 31: Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 45:11


    The classic tale of man and monster - and which is which. We watch both Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and decide that the Monster really can't catch a break. And that the Bride deserved more screen time. It IS her movie, after all.

    Episode 30: Freaks (1933)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2020 53:28


    Freaks (1933) is a controversial film, to say the least. Does it champion disability rights? Or does it demonize people with disabilities? Whatever those answers are, it is certainly true that audiences in 1933 were not prepared for this film and it flopped hard as well as scared the crap out of viewers. Not these viewers, though. We were mostly bored. We are joined in this episode by the loverly Cassi Davis, who offers much needed insight for this doozy of a movie. 

    Episode 29: Wait Until Dark

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 57:39


    Audrey Hepburn is blind and alone. Alan Arkin is waiting in the dark. An elaborate scheme turns sour and Audrey must fight for her life. All over a doll. Wait Until Dark (1967) delivers on thrills and one particularly nasty jump scare will get you every time. What we would wish to tell Audrey (and everyone who's listening): LOCK YOUR DANG DOOR!

    Episode 28: Arsenic and Old Lace

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 52:58


    For a gallon of elderberry wine, one teaspoon of arsenic, then add half a teaspoon of strychnine, and a pinch of cyanide. "Should have quite a kick." Yes. A kick into two perfectly lovely grandmas' basement graveyard. It's Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and it serves up some murder and *ahem* killer laughs. We're kicking off our month of Halloween-y movies with this spooky comedy from Cary Grant and Frank Capra.

    Episode 27: Duck Soup

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 36:33


    It's the Marx Brothers! One of their most nonsensical, borderline surrealist, possibly Dada-esque films, Duck Soup (1933) is a classic, but is it really that great? Frankly, My Dears, we're not sure.

    Episode 26: Auntie Mame

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 70:58


    Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death! That's Auntie Mama (1958) for you. A film about living outside of the box and not being ashamed of it. Also there's so much redecorating. We definitely recommend. And remember: LIVE!!

    Episode 25: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 58:31


    When your daydreams start becoming reality, it's time to see a psychiatrist. Except when the psychiatrist is Boris Karloff. Then you should question everything. Check out the OG The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) starring Danny Kaye and listen in as we compare it to the Ben Stiller remake in 2013. And we give Walter Mitty some better life advice than the movie does.

    Episode 24: The Reluctant Debutante

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 57:10


    Just about every American girl's dream is to experience 'the season' in London as a glamorous debutante, among high society, being introduced to English men. Sandra Dee couldn't care less in The Reluctant Debutante (1958) as her father, Rex Harrison, and stepmother, Kay Kendall, try to fix her up as a London deb. Suzie, Nikki, and Aimee are joined by some special guests as they discuss the surprises and questionable moral compass this movie offers.

    Episode 23: We're No Angels

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 45:23


    Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, and Aldo Ray are three criminals on Devil's Island who turn into one family's three angels one fateful Christmas Eve. We're No Angels (1955) is one of Bogie's few comedies and his talent shines. Suzie, Nikki, and Aimee talk about this unexpected gem.

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