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New York Times Bestselling authors Edward Kelsey Moore and Melanie Benjamin talk about identity, books, and cocktails.

Edward Kelsey Moore and Melanie Benjamin


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    Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 61:31


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie is WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER (1957), starring Jayne Mansfield and Tony Randall, with Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell, John Williams, Henry Jones, Lili Gentle, and Mickey Hargitay, and with a cameo by Groucho Marx. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Torch Song

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 70:46


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie is TORCH SONG (1953), starring Joan Crawford and Michael Wilding. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    The Holiday

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 85:09


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie is THE HOLIDAY (2006), starring Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, and Jack Black. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Valentino

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 84:33


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie is VALENTINO (1977), directed by Ken Russell and starring Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, and Carol Kane. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    The Day The Earth Stood Still

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 76:22


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie is THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951), starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier and Lock Martin. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Fistful of Dollars

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 80:18


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie is FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964), directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, alongside Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, José Calvo, Antonio Prieto and Joseph Egger. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Shadow of a Doubt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 87:26


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie is SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Georgy Girl

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 72:46


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie is GEORGY GIRL (1966), starring Lynn Redgrave, Alan Bates, Charlotte Rampling, James Mason, and Rachel Kempson. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Random Harvest

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024 67:43


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie is RANDOM HARVEST (1942), starring Ronald Colman and Greer Garson Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Trapeze

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024 66:37


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie is TRAPEZE (1956), starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    The Rose Tattoo

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024 87:36


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie is THE ROSE TATTOO (1955), starring Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan, and Jo Van Fleet. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Sudden Fear

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 71:04


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie is SUDDEN FEAR (1952), American film noir thriller film directed by David Miller, and starring Joan Crawford and Jack Palance Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Stormy Weather

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2024 55:23


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie is STORMY WEATHER (1943), starring Lena Horne, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and Cab Calloway. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    *insert lame excuse here*

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2024 81:27


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them; their audio engineer let the holidays, day job, COVID, and aliens delay posting this episode. This week's movie is SHAFT (1971), starring Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, and Lawrence Pressman. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Cold [vodka] Opening

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2023 86:30


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie: A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (1946), starring David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kim Hunter and Marius Goring. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    10th Anniversary!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2023 76:57


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie: BLACK NARCISSUS (1947), starring Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, and Flora Robson, and featuring Esmond Knight, Jean Simmons, and Kathleen Byron. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 54:36


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie: THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964), Written and directed by Jacques Demy, with music by Michel Legrand. Starring Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Cowabunga, Big Kahuna

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 72:34


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie: GIDGET (1959), starring Sandra Dee, Cliff Robertson, James Darren, Arthur O'Connell, and the Four Preps. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Maurice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2023 72:16


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie: MAURICE (1987), starring The James Wilby, Hugh Grant, and Rupert Graves. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    NUTS!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2023 69:15


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie: BATTLEGROUND (1949), starring Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalbán, George Murphy, and James Whitmore. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Melanie's Potty-Mouth T-Shirt Reveal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 75:40


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie: CAT PEOPLE (1942), starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, and Jane Randolph.  Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Lost Moral Compass

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 72:24


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie: THE DAMNED DON'T CRY (1950), starring Joan Crawford, David Brian, and Steve Cochran.  Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Cooley High

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 93:17


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie: COOLEY HIGH (1973), starring Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, and Garrett Morris. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

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    Tuggle and TV

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2023 65:51


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie: WHERE THE BOYS ARE (1960), starring Connie Francis, Dolores Hart, Paula Prentiss, George Hamilton, Yvette Mimieux, Jim Hutton, and Frank Gorshin. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Madame X

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2023 63:13


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie: MADAME X (1966), starring Lana Turner, John Forsythe, and Ricardo Montalbán. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!  

    Mendacity!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2023 65:20


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958), starring Paul Newman, Elizebeth Taylor, and Berl Ives. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!  

    Authors in London Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 86:24


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie: THE LONG, HOT SUMMER (1958), starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Orson Wells, Lee Remick, Anthony Franciosa, and Angela Lansbury. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Two Hosts in Tears

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2022 72:15


    We're No Angels Rio Bravo (1959) directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, and Angie Dickinson. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Parade of...(NSFW)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2022 75:44


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie: ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH (1964-ish), starring Kirk Douglas, Alexis Smith, David Janssen, George Hamilton, Brenda Vaccaro, Melina Mercouri, and Deborah Raffin. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Ed Goes Hollywood!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 75:24


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie: LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (1962), starring Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton, and Barry Sullivan. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2022 74:23


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1945), starring George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury, and Peter Lawford. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    100th Episode!! (again)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2022 69:29


    Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them. This week's movie: DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1941), starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, and Lana Turner. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Big News Part Duex!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 81:50


    Melanie shares her exciting news! This week's movie: IMMORTAL BELOVED (1994), starring Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbé, Isabella Rossellini, and Johanna ter Steege. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Big News + Big News

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2022 76:46


    Cold open, Ed and Melanie each share their BIG NEWS!  This week's movie: MARNIE (1964), starring Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!  

    Run, Josh, Run!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2022 84:07


    Melanie and Ed love watching film noir and dishing on them. This week's movie: IN A LONELY PLACE (1950), starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!      

    I'll Never Let You Go

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 75:21


    With audio issues in the rear-view mirror, but an inability to do their intro correctly, Melanie and Ed are again watching old movies and dishing on them IN PERSON! This week's movie: LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945) starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, and Vincent Price. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Sexy Rexy!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 61:06


    Still getting over two years of remote podcasting, Melanie and Ed are watching old movies and dishing on them IN PERSON! This week's movie: THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR (1947) starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    BACK TOGETHER AGAIN!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2022 57:11


    After two years of Covid, and two cross-country moves, the band is back together!  Melanie and Ed are watching old movies and dishing on them IN PERSON! This week's movie: ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS (1964) starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Bing Crosby. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    LAST (remote) EPISODE!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 63:20


    Melanie and Ed are reuniting in Chicago in just a few days...the next podcast will not be remote!! This week's movie: Who Cares??? It's a good one, but overshadowed by the news that future podcasts will be done with Mel and Ed in the same room! Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Going Home!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 54:47


    Big news from Melanie!  This week's movie: The Ladykillers (1955) starring Alec Guinness, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Sweet Smell of Success

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022 64:32


    Ed in Chicago, Melanie in Williamsburg, watching old movies and dishing on them! This week's movie: SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis.  James Wong Howe cinematography! Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Best Damn Movie in the History of the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2022 78:31


    Melanie's first live event in two years, Ed is writing short stories. This week's movie: ICE CASTLES (1978) starring Lynn-Holly Johnson and Robby Benson. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!  

    Stone Cold Sober...A Mistake

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 62:53


    Ed in Chicago, Melanie in Williamsburg, watching old movies and dishing on them! This week's movie: SOLOMON AND SHEBA (1959) starring Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, and George Sanders. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Check. Check. Checkmate.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 62:33


    Melanie podcasting from Williamsburg VA, Ed podcasting from Chicago IL, and Yul Brynner on the internet. This week's movie: BEAT THE DEVIL (1953) starring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, and Peter Lorre. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. (programming note: watch the B&W version) Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    The Year Of Reconnecting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022 74:02


    After a challenging couple of months, Mel and Ed are back! Still podcasting from Williamsburg VA, and Chicago and watching way too many movies. This week's movie: DARLING (1965) starring Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, and Laurence Harvey. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Holiday Special On Location!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2021 86:17


    A replay of one of Melanie and Ed's most popular episodes of all time....recorded on location in December of 2019, just prior to CovidTimes™ at the iconic Miller's Pub in downtown Chicago.  Send comments and show topic suggestions to melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Baby John Wayne

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 59:17


    Ed in Chicago, Melanie in Williamsburg, watching old movies and dishing on them! This week's movie: BABY FACE (1933) starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Theresa Harris, and baby John Wayne. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Behind The Book - THE GIRLS IN THE PICTURE

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 14:23


    Podcast co-host Melanie Benjamin talks about her novel THE GIRLS IN THE PICTURE.  A fascinating novel of the friendship and creative partnership between two of Hollywood's earliest female legends—screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    More Wedding Content!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2021 53:03


    Podcasting from Chicago and Williamsburg, Mel and Ed are *still* popping popcorn, watching old movies and dishing on them! This week's movie: FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950) starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Billie Burke, and Leo G. Carroll. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    The Best of Mel and Ed: Humoresque

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2021 85:54


    New York Times Bestselling Authors Melanie Benjamin and Edward Kelsey Moore love to watch (and dish!) on old movies, then make book recommendations with similar themes. Popular episode from March 2021, HUMORESQUE (1946) starring Joan Crawford, John Garfield, and Oscar Levant. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

    Queue The Honeymoon!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2021 66:18


    Melanie is now a Mother-in-Law!  This week's movie: CARMEN JONES (1954) starring Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte, produced and directed by Otto Preminger. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

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