Podcasts about The Broadway Melody

This week Harrison will review "The Broadway Melody (1929)" starring Anita Page, Bessie Love, and Charles King and directed by Harry Beaumont#thebroadwaymelody #anitapage #bessielove #charlesking #harrybeaumont #reelyoldmoviesJoin my Discord!: https://discord.gg/VWcP6ge2Donate to my Streamlab here: https://streamlabs.com/sl_id_ff883caf-a8d0-3d7b-980b-9557565e1fe3/tipSocial Media Links: https://linktr.ee/reelyoldmovies

In this episode, Zā joins Brett and Christian to discuss the five films that were nominated for Best Picture at the 2nd Academy Awards. The theme music provided for this podcast was composed by Joshua Arnoldy.Beginning – Overview of the 2nd Academy Awards(7:15) Alibi(17:20) The Hollywood Revue of 1929(32:10) In Old Arizona(42:20) Brief Note on The Patriot(47:15) The Broadway Melody(59:15) Which Picture Was Best? Ranking the Nominees

This week, we review The Woman in the Yard.We also discuss recommendations in Concessions of a Cinephile, and more!The Bloody Awesome Movie PodcastThe Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from disappointment media will introduce a variety of movies or pop-culture-related topics in a series of segments.Review of The Woman in the YardDirector, writer, and cast provided by Letterboxd.com IMDb.com Synopsis: A mysterious woman repeatedly appears in a family's front yard, often delivering chilling warnings and unsettling messages, leaving them to question her identity, motives, and the potential danger she might pose. RATINGS:47% RT critic44% RT audience50 Metascore,5.6 IMDb user score2.6 Letterboxd,Concessions of a CinephileIn this segment, we switch to movie-motivated conversations of a large variety that could include headlines, trailers, top five lists, best of, competitions, etc. Topic RecommendationsMatt's thoughts on Rudderless and UnlovableJon's thoughts on Once Were WarriorsNew recommendations:For Matt to watch - Claydream or HouseboundFor Jon to watch - Goodbye Pork Pie or Inside Media ConsumptionMovies, TV, Video Games, Music, Podcasts (not ours), etc, that we use to pass the timeMatt's consumptionThe Alto Knights, Black Bag, Men, Snow White, NovocaineDead by Daylight Jon's consumptionWings (1927), The Broadway Melody, All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Cimarron, Novocaine, The Penguin Lessons, Opus, Star Trek Nemsis, Snow White, Black BagRobocop: Rogue CitySleep Token

Putting together VideoFuzzy ep. 100 -- coffee certainly helps!   Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman, marking my 100th episode of VideoFuzzy, reporting the progress I've made in cataloging thousands of VHS transfers and digital recordings. This set covers discs 1751 to 1800 in my Classic Collection. I open with a project overview highlighting some of my finds. For my Fuzzy Feature, I encountered the 100th episode of "Bones" that recalled the first case Booth and Bones worked on together. I found a similar story construction in "In Plain Sight," and talked about that one as well. Under Cross Connections I trace Golden Threads Todd Giebenhain and, later, Michael Shamus Wiles. Also, appearances by Amy Acker, Lee Majors, Kathy Najimy, Bryan Batt, Alan Ruck, Stephen Root, Katie Sackhoff, Mark Bergeron, Angela Bassett, Sarah Silverman, Rita Moreno, Dana Delany, Sheryl Crow, Mary Pat Gleason, Marc A. Sheppard, Charlotte Arren, Johnny Broderick, Cyd Cherise, Fred Astaire, Jane Lynch, Olivia Munn and Brian Skala. And under Fond Reflections, love for Michelle Trachtenberg of "Buffy," "Mercy" and "Six Feet Under," and I share some headcanon from an "Angel" chat group I was in. In Video Outreach, I share comments from author and fellow podcaster Kemper Donovan on my review of "Loose Lips," available here: https://bit.ly/3C11ENN Kemper hosts the "All About Agatha" podcast here: https://bit.ly/43j4hnB Then I chat with my sister, Patti Ellingson, about shows we've enjoyed, including "Doctor Who," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Bridgerton" and "Stranger Things." I know I've mentioned my sister's influence on my television viewing different times over the course of this production, and this felt like a fantastic opportunity to chat with her directly. So much fun! In my Classic Collection, I take almost a disc-by-disc deep dive on what I was finding in this set, beginning with a third meet-cute storyline I encountered in this set: the first season finale of "Human Target." Also, comments on "Arrested Development," "The Simpsons," "FlashForward," "Archer," "24," "Caprica," "Community," "Mercy," "Ugly Betty," "Parks and Recreation," "Justified," 2002 and 2005 MTV Movie Award shows, "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report," "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" C-SPAN coverage of the Affordable Care Act, "Breaking Bad," "The Big Bang Theory," "Jawbreaker," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" "Batman Returns," "The Three Faces of Eve," "Sybil," Union activity at The Minot Daily News, "Star Trek Voyager," "Fawlty Towers," "Monty Python's Flying Circus," commercials and music videos, "LOST," "Cougar Town," "Castle," "Fringe," "Chuck," "Broadway Melody of 1940," "Silk Stockings," "V" and "Damages."  Also surfacing in this cataloging effort I found home movies, including a one-act presented at the Carnegie Center in Minot in 2002 or so called "Excerpts." Friends of mine read from books in my collection: https://bit.ly/3DslFO6 It's a bit silly, but if you think of books on your shelves murmuring to one another, that was the idea I was going for. Then, from 100 episodes, I share 100 clips! But there'd only be 99, right? Well, one of the clips I shared referenced outtakes from a "Michael Caine in Space" sketch on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" which, at the time, I had trouble locating. Since then, I was able to locate it here: https://bit.ly/4hnn9XM Enjoy! Finally, in What I've Been Watching, Ralph and I took in Larry Shue's "The Nerd" at the Vernal Theatre downtown, and I shared some thoughts. The company closes out its season with a production of Cole Porter's "Kiss Me Kate" coming up in mid-April, and we're looking forward to it. Tickets and information at https://www.vernaltheatre.com. TOP FIFTEEN: Here's a "Top Fifteen" episode guide for people looking for a quick read-in on this blog and podcast effort: https://videofuzzy.libsyn.com/about. Enjoy! 

Katie checks in with former Artistic Director of City Center Encores! and Creative Director/Senior Vice President of Jujamcyn Theaters, Jack Viertel, about his new theatre-centric novel, Broadway Melody.

The Mahoney sisters arrive in NYC hoping to take Broadway by storm, but will they let a man come between them? Join me as I discuss the 1929 Best Picture Oscar winner The Broadway Melody. 

EPISODE 44 - "THERESA HARRIS: HOW OLD HOLLYWOOD STOPPED HER STAR FROM RISING" - 07/15/2024 ** This episode is sponsored brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BENEATH and get on your way to being your best self.” ** When THERESA HARRIS appears on screen, you cannot take your eyes off of her. Beautiful, talented, and a skilled singer and dancer, she lights up any scene she's in. Despite appearing in over 100 films, she rarely received screen credit and most often played a maid, waitress, or other types of domestic servant. Her parts were small, but her charisma and presence on screen were enormous! As a black woman in the early days of Hollywood, she was limited in the roles she could perform by the restrictive Hayes Code of 1934 and the horrible Jim Crow laws of the South. Still, she is a welcome presence in so many classic films. This week, we look at the extraordinary life and career of the talented THERESA HARRIS.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: “Theresa Harris, Credited and Uncredited in Over 100 Films,” March 28, 2024, by Herb Boyd, New York Amsterdam News; “Just a Maid in Movies, But Not Forgotten,” April 21, 2011, by Manohla Dargis, The New York Times; “The Underrated Charms of Theresa Harris,” July 11, 2020, by Constance Cherise, TCM.com; “Theresa Harris: Television and Film Actress of the 1930s,” August 18, 2023, by Jae Jones, BackThen.com; “Actress Theresa Harris Hollywood Vixen Turned Servant,”September 2, 2011, by Veronica Wells, Madamenoire; IMDBPro.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  Thunderbolt (1929), starring Fay Wray and George Brent; Hold Your Man (1932), starring Jean Harlow and Clark Gable; Baby Face (1933), starring Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent; Professional Sweetheart (1933), starring Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, and Zasu Pitts; Horse Feathers (1932), starring The Marx Brothers and Thelma Todd; Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), starring Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, and Ginger Rogers; Morning Glory (1933), starring Katharine Hepburn and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr; Flying Down to Rio (1933), starring Delores Del Rio, Gene Raymond, Ginger Rogers, and Fred Astaire; Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), starring Jack Benny and Eleanor Powell; Banjo On My Knee (1936), starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea; Bargain With Bullets (aka The Gangster's On The Loose) (1937), starring Ralph Cooper and Theresa Harris; Jezebel (1938), starring Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, and George Brent; Tell No Tales (1939), starring Melvyn Douglas and Louise Platt; Buck Benny Rides Again (1940), starring Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, and Theresa Harris; What's Buzzin' Cousin? (1943), starring Jack Benny and Ann Miller; Blossoms In The Dust (1941), starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, and Marsha Hunt; Our Wife (1941), starring Melvyn Douglas, Ruth Hussey, and Ellen Drew; Cat People (1942), starring Kent Smith, Simone Simon, Jane Randolph, and Tom Conway; I Walked With A Zombie (1943), starring Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Darby Jones, and Christine Gordon; The Dolly Sisters (1945), starring Betty Grable, John Payne, and June Haver; Three Little Girls In Blue (1946), starring George Montgomery, Vera-Ellen, and June Haver; Miracle on 34th Street (1947), starring Maureen O'Hara, Edmund Gwenn, John Payne, and Natalie Wood; Out of the Past (1947), staring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas; Angel Face (1952), starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Round 3 of the 8th Academy Awards bracket, where we took the 12 nominees and added 4 options of our own to create a 16 movie bracket. In this episode will be discussing the final four and declaring a winner!The nominees were: Alice Adams; Broadway Melody of 1936; Captain Blood; David Copperfield; The Informer; The Lives of a Bengal Lancer; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Mutiny on the Bounty; Les Misérables; Naughty Marietta; Ruggles of Red Gap; Top HatOur additional films are: The 39 Steps, A Night at the Opera, Black Fury, and The Bride of Frankenstein. Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.Timestamps are approximate:1:05 - Semifinals3:20 - Discussing the Semifinal Losers3:20 - Broadway Melody of 193613:40 - Black Fury29:35 - Final Matchup29:55 - Top Hat39:55 - Les Miserables55:25 - Declaring a Winner1:01:25 - Did the Oscars Get it Wrong?1:03:20 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner1:07:05 - Conclusions1:13:45 - Next Episode--------------------------Want to see the bracket, know what episode we're currently prepping, and suggest non-nominees that we should watch? Check us out on instagram at oscarswrongpod.

It's a shorter episode this week as we dive into Round 2 of the 8th Academy Awards bracket. We took the 12 nominees and added 4 additional films for a 16 movie bracket. In this episode will be declaring the winners and losers from Round 2 and discussing the films that were eliminated. The nominees were: Alice Adams; Broadway Melody of 1936; Captain Blood; David Copperfield; The Informer; The Lives of a Bengal Lancer; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Mutiny on the Bounty; Les Misérables; Naughty Marietta; Ruggles of Red Gap; Top HatThe films we added were: The 39 Steps, A Night at the Opera, Black Fury, and The Bride of Frankenstein. Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.Timestamps are approximate:1:25 - Round 2 Match-Ups5:20 - Discussing the Losers5:30 - A Night at the Opera14:30 - Bride of Frankenstein21:30 - A Midsummer Night's Dream27:55 - Mutiny on the Bounty42:35 - Next Episode--------------------------Want to see the bracket, know what episode we're currently prepping, and suggest non-nominees that we should watch? Check us out on instagram at oscarswrongpod

We're back for season 3! There were 12 nominees at the 8th Academy Award, so we thought, "what the heck, let's add 4 more," to make this one of our 16 movie tournaments. We discuss the losers from Round 1 in this episode.The nominees were: Alice Adams; Broadway Melody of 1936; Captain Blood; David Copperfield; The Informer; The Lives of a Bengal Lancer; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Mutiny on the Bounty; Les Misérables; Naughty Marietta; Ruggles of Red Gap; Top HatThe films we added were: The 39 Steps, A Night at the Opera, Black Fury, and The Bride of Frankenstein. Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.Timestamps are approximate:7:00 - Bracket Set-Up7:10 - Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and Losers16:00 - Naughty Marietta22:45 - Captain Blood29:45 - Ruggles of Red Gap37:02 - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer43:40 - David Copperfield50:10 - Alice Adams1:00:15 - The Informer1:10:10 - The 39 Steps1:19:45 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst1:21:15 - Next Time--------------------------Want to know what episode we're currently prepping and suggest non-nominees that we should watch? Check us out on instagram at oscarswrongpod

There have been good, great, and even brilliant Best Picture winners over the past century.  Many stay with us forever, and we love watching them over and over and over again.  And then, well, there are films like The Broadway Melody.  Those who have seen it understand.  However, its importance and influence in the history of cinema is undeniable.  It was the first full-length musical with synchronized sound.  Watching it today feels like it was more experimental than anything else. But it does have its good qualities.  Download and listen to film critic Jack Ferdman's take on this modern-day classic and hear which film he gives his Rewatch Oscar of 128/29 to.  Yes, he does watch a lot of films. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW Rewatching Oscar:Website: https://rewatchingoscar.buzzsprout.comApple Podcasts/iTunesSpotifyGoogle PodcastsiHear RadioPodchaserPodcast AddictTuneInAlexaAmazon Overcasts Podcast Addict Player FMRSS Feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1815964.rssWebsite: https://rewatchingoscar.buzzsprout.comSocial Media Links: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, InstagramShare your thoughts and suggestions with us through:Facebook Messanger or email us atjack@rewatchingoscar.comMusic by TurpacShow Producer: Jack FerdmanPodcast Logo Design: Jack FerdmanMovie (audio) clips courtesy of YouTubeSupport us by downloading, sharing, and giving us a 5-star Rating.  It helps our podcast continue to reach many people and make it available to share more episodes with everyone.Tags: OscarsAcademy AwardsBest PicturewinnermoviesfilmreviewRewatching Oscarpodcast

FOLLIES is a Stephen Sondheim musical about looking in the mirror. What might you see? A theater? Or a parking lot? Here to discuss this complex show is the very definition of a multi-hyphenate. Jack Viertel is a producer-writer-artistic director who was not only the force behind hit musicals like Smokey Joe's Cafe and The Prom but oversaw twenty years at New York City Center Encores! He's seen more theatre than most of us put together, and today he brings context and life experience to a show filled with, well, context and life experience. Add to that a double helping of "pastiche," and we've got an episode not to be missed! Order Jack's new book Broadway Melody, filled with ghosts of Broadway past. You can also follow him on X at @jackviertel1. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out our COMPANY episode featuring Nikki Renee Daniels and Teri Ralston: Broadway Podcast Network - COMPANY with Nikki Renee Daniels & Teri Ralston Support "A Musical Theatre Podcast" by giving us a nice review and rating! You can also subscribe to PATREON! for only $1 a month to receive bonus episodes. For more great content, follow us on Instagram, X, and TikTok. Don't forget our TeePublic Store where our original designs benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. More than anything, thank you for being part of this wonderful podcasting community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the previous episode, you heard theater producer and historian Jack Viertel share stories of how his talents and interests weren't in acting, his interactions with playwrights like Lanford Wilson, and the process of adapting a novel into a musical. Now he's back to talk about his new book Broadway Melody as well as share more lessons learned by answering the Final Five Questions in this bonus episode of Why I'll Never Make It. To listen to bonus content like Auditions Stories and get early access to these full conversations ad-free, become a subscriber by going to whyillnevermakeit.com and click Subscribe. Podcast theme music created by host and producer Patrick Oliver Jones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack Viertel is an American theatrical producer and writer. During his 34 years at Jujamcyn Theaters from 1987 to 2021, he occupied positions including Creative Director and Senior Vice President. He was "conceiver of the longest running musical revue in Broadway history, Smokey Joe's Cafe, conceived the critically acclaimed After Midnight, and served as the dramaturg for Hairspray. The musical and movie The Prom were developed from his original concept." From 2000 to 2020, he was a producer at the Encores! series. Under his tenure, several Encores! productions transferred to Broadway, including After Midnight, The Apple Tree, Finian's Rainbow, and Gypsy. In 2003, he began lecturing at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. He developed the content of his music theatre studies course into a book, The Secret Life of the American Musical, published in 2016. Reviews were largely positive, with The New York Times calling it "revelatory and entertaining." Broadway Melody traces three lives through the early ambitions and unlikely pathways that landed all of them in the same place at the same time - 1960s Broadway. Woven through its pages are the hits and flops, the making and breaking of careers, the destruction of three historic theater buildings, the plague of AIDS, the machinations of union bosses and producers, and, of course, the world outside this insular community - the audience that looks to Broadway for emotional thrills, for enlightenment, and for pure entertainment.Laced with humor and sadness, portraits of historical characters from The Street and a long view of the rise, fall and revival of Times Square itself, Broadway Melody stitches three lives - and three hearts - into the fabric of an endlessly compelling tale of the American theater.

In March of 1932 Jack Benny was headlining on Broadway as part of Earl Carroll's Vanities when friend Ed Sullivan invited him to appear on Ed's radio show. At the time Benny had no great interest in radio, but he went on Sullivan's quarter-hour show March 19th, 1932, as a favor. His first line was “Ladies and gentlemen, this is Jack Benny talking. There will be a slight pause while you say, ‘Who cares?” Canada Dry Ginger Ale's advertising agency heard Benny and offered him a show. Benny debuted on NBC's Blue Network on May 2nd, 1932. This initial series aired Mondays and Wednesdays. Benny's wife of five years, Sadye Marks, who'd performed with him on Vaudeville, joined the cast on August 3rd as Mary Livingstone. In storyline she was a young Benny fan from Plainfield, New Jersey. Eventually she read humorous poetry and letters from her mother, and much later she would become a main deflator of Benny's ego. On October 30th, 1932 the show moved to CBS. During this time Benny began ribbing his sponsor in a gentle, good-natured way. Canada Dry got upset, and despite a rating in radio's top twenty, they canceled the show after January 26th, 1933. Chevrolet, which had recently lost Al Jolson, was waiting in the wings. On Friday, March 17th, 1933 at 10PM from New York, Benny debuted with The Chevrolet Program over NBC's Red Network. The June 23rd, 1933 episode was the last of the season as well as Mary Livingstone's twenty-eighth birthday. Howard Claney was announcer with Frank Black as orchestra leader and James Melton as the tenor. When the show returned in the fall it was on Sundays at 10PM from New York. Benny's program slowly began to morph from variety into more developed comedic skits. He also started to show the character traits that would come to define his persona. Unfortunately, Chevrolet didn't like the series and fired him after the April 1st, 1934 episode. But, the General Tire Company immediately scooped him up. Benny debuted on their program the following Friday, April 6th, 1934 at 10PM. There, he first worked with announcer Don Wilson. Wilson would remain with Benny until 1965. Often the butt of weight-based jokes, Wilson's deep belly laugh that could often be heard above the studio audience and his deep, rich voice became a show trademark. This is audio from that April 6th, 1934 episode. That summer Mary and Jack adopted their daughter Joan. She was two weeks old. Jack later said in his autobiography that as Joan grew older, she came to look like he and Mary. She had Mary's face with Jack's blue eyes and his love for music. Benny, Don Wilson, and Mary Livingstone worked together, along with tenor Frank Parker and orchestra leader Don Bestor on The General Tire Show until September 28th, 1934. Then, General Foods came calling. They wanted Benny's help saving a gelatin product of theirs called Jell-O, which was getting badly beaten by Knox Gelatin in sales. On October 14th, 1934 Benny moved to Sunday nights at 7PM from NBC's Blue Network. His rating immediately leapt into the top five. On April 7th, 1935 the show was regularly broadcast from New York for the final time. The Jell-O Program would be moving to Hollywood. Benny simultaneously made Broadway Melody of 1936 and It's In The Air on film. Until the mid-1930s, New York and Chicago were the main broadcasting hubs. Frank Nelson remembered early Hollywood radio. Nelson began working with Benny in June of 1934. Even in 1935, it was still more costly for shows to originate from Southern California. Here's actress Mary Jane Higby, who grew up in Los Angeles, but moved to New York in 1937, explaining why. On November 3rd, 1935 Kenny Baker joined the show as the new singer. That year, Benny's show climbed to second overall in the ratings. The following year Benny made The Big Broadcast of 1937 on film, and on October 4th, 1936 Phil Harris debuted as the new band leader. With Phil Harris in place, Benny's most-famous cast was taking shape.

My guest this week is Jack Viertel who joins us to talk about his delightful new novel, Broadway Melody. This is one of a fascinating wave of novels that explore the history of Broadway though a combination of fictional characters and real-life Broadway figures. Jack Viertel began his theatrical career as a drama critic for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and then worked as a dramaturg at the Mark Taper Forum. This led to him serving three decades as Creative Director and Senior Vice President of Jujamcin Theaters where he oversaw the production of 50 Broadway plays and musicals. Simultaneously, during two of those decades, he also served as the Artistic Director of the New York City Center's Encores! series, producing 65 musical revivals. And he was a creative force behind a string of blockbuster musicals including Smokey Joe's Café, Dear Evan Hanson, and Hairspray. He taught musical theater at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Secret Life of The American Musical. I want to thank all of our Broadway Nation Patron Club members, including our longtime Producer Level patrons, Paula & Steve Reynolds. Their generous support helps to make it possible for me to bring this podcast to you each week. If you would like to support the creation of Broadway Nation, here is the information about how you too can become a patron. Become a PATRON of Broadway Nation! For just $7.00 a month, you will receive exclusive access to never-before-heard, unedited versions of many of the discussions that I have with my guests — in fact I often record nearly twice as much conversation as ends up in the edited versions. You will also have access to additional in-depth conversations with my frequent co-host Albert Evans that have not been featured on the podcast. All patrons receive special “on-air” shout-outs and acknowledgment of your vital support of this podcast. And if you are very enthusiastic about Broadway Nation there are additional PATRON levels that come with even more benefits. If you would like to support the work of Broadway Nation and receive these exclusive member benefits, please just click on this link: https://broadwaynationpodcast.supercast.tech/ Thank you in advance for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack talked with Len Berman and Michael Riedel about his new book "Broadway Melody." Jack has been mesmerized with Broadway since he was 6 years old.

From being a New York Times Best Selling Author to former Artistic Director of Encores! at New York City Center, and former Senior Vice President of Jujamcyn Theaters, Jack Viertel is a true Broadway expert. U Guys, this week's BroadwayWorld Recap has some very exciting Bway news, brought to you by BroadwayWorld.com. Then I am joined by a true expert of Broadway knowledge, Jack Viertel! Jack is a producer, professor, and dramaturg whose book, The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built, made him a New York Times Best Selling Author. We talk about his extensive career in New York City theater, including his hand in co-creating the Encores! series at New York City Center, serving as Artistic Director for twenty years. He shares his experiences in producing new musicals, having also served as Senior Vice President of Jujamcyn Theaters, which owns and operates five Broadway theaters. Jack's latest artistic endeavor is his new novel, Broadway Melody, which hits shelves on April 2nd, 2024. Jack is an absolute wealth of knowledge and such a delight, U don't want to miss this episode! Follow the pod on Instagram: @ohmypoduguys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our first film review for Season 4, we take a look at Outstanding Production winner Cimarron, based on Edna Ferber's best-selling novel. For modern audiences, this polarizing film often jockeys for position with other notorious Best Oscar winner The Broadway Melody as potentially the worst awarded movie. What do Sara and Dad think? You'll have to listen to find out!Our history timeline introduces a new episode feature: Top Song on the day of the film's release. We also have a special announcement at the end of the episode about what is coming next week: a special surprise!Please leave us a review wherever you are listening!Email us rants as well as raves: sheacinema@gmail.comYou can also find us on Instagram (and now Twitter/X): @sheacinema

Helen and Gavin chat about Mean Girls, Role Play, and The Beekeeper, and it's Week 1 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1929 and 1930; Wings, and The Broadway Melody.

It's our highly anticipated coverage of the allegedly most hated Best Picture Oscar winner...The Broadway Melody, which was released on February 1, 1929.This all talking, all singing, all dancing production was so successful in its day that it inspired studios to scramble to cash on its fame by producing 75 musicals within the following  year. Yes, SEVENTY-FIVE. How can something so controversial with modern audiences have pulled that off? Listen in to find out! We have some fun sports history coverage as well!Email us rants, raves, reviews: sheacinema@gmail.com

In this episode, we begin a recurring series where we explore each year's Academy Awards. We will talk about three of the big awards: Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Actress. We will either affirm the winners or pick the one we thought should have won. This time we try to decide if William Wellman's Wings with Clara Bow was worthy.  We also look at The Broadway Melody was good enough. These were the first two winners. The answers may surprise you. Click and listen!

Do you love top notch tap dancing? Do you love a young Judy Garland? Do you love over the top 1930's nostalgia musicals where horse racing and show business converge to hold a shoe-string plot together? Then Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) is the movie for you! Check out tap-dancing sensation Eleanor Powell and a dreamy Robert Taylor in this quirky depression-era romp that includes a talented ensemble cast led by Judy Garland (in one of her first feature film roles), Sophie Tucker, George Murphy, and Buddy Ebsen. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Zoe Palko and Kyle Serilla chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

An ode to William Friedkin, Ferris Bueller and more on 4k and an avalanche of great Asian cinema and Hong Kong classics. DigiGods Podcast, 08/22/23 (M4a) — 49.5 MB right click to save Subscribe to the DigiGods Podcast In this episode, the Gods discuss:   After Hours (4k UHD Blu-ray) Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (4k UHD Blu-ray) Alienoid (Blu-ray) Aloners (DVD) Angel Face (Blu-ray) Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (Blu-ray) The Assassination Bureau (Blu-ray) Asteroid City (Blu-ray) Babylon 5: The Road Home (Blu-ray) Battle Kaiju Series 01 – Ultraman vs. Red King Blu-ray (DVD) Beau is Afraid (Blu-ray) Bo Widerberg's New Swedish Cinema (The Baby Carriage, Elvira Madigan, Raven's End, Adalen 31) (Blu-ray) Book Club: The Next Chapter (Blu-ray) The Boy With Green Hair (Blu-ray) The Brave Archer Collection (The Brave Archer, The Brave Archer II, The Brave Archer III, The Brave Archer and His Mate, Little Dragon Maiden) (Blu-ray) Breathless (4k UHD Blu-ray) The Broadway Melody (1929) (Blu-ray) Broker (Blu-ray) Caged (Blu-ray) Cimarron (Blu-ray) Code of the Assassins (Blu-ray/DVD) The Courtship of Eddie's Father (Blu-ray) Cracked (DVD) The Damned Don't Cry (Blu-ray) Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (Blu-ray) DuBarry Was a Lady (Blu-ray) East of Eden (4k UHD Blu-ray) Ender's Game (4k UHD Blu-ray) Ender's Game (DVD) Enter the Dragon (4k UHD Blu-ray) Fast X (4k UHD Blu-ray) The Fastest Gun Alive (Blu-ray) Fear the Walking Dead” Complete Seasons 1-7 (DVD) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (4k UHD Blu-ray) Fist of the Condor (Blu-ray) Fool's Paradise (Blu-ray) Game Trilogy (Blu-ray) The Grandmaster of Kung Fu (Blu-ray) Hand of Death (Blu-ray) Heart of Dragon (Blu-ray) Helen of Troy (Blu-ray) Hey There, it's Yogi Bear (Blu-ray) In the Line of Duty I-IV (Blu-ray) The Jackie Chan Collection: Volume 1 (1976-1982) [Battle Creek Brawl, Dragon Fist, Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin, The Killer Meteors, Shaolin Wooden Men, To Kill With Intrigue] (Blu-ray) The Jackie Chan Collection: Volume 2 (Winners And Sinners, Wheels On Meals,The Protector, Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars, Armour Of God, Armour Of God II: Operation Condor, Crime Story, and City Hunter) (Blu-ray) Justice League: Warworld (4k UHD Blu-ray) King Solomon's Mines (Blu-ray) The Last of Us: The Complete First Season (4k UHD Blu-ray) The Last Starfighter: Collector's Edition (4k UHD Blu-ray) The Last Time I Saw Paris (Blu-ray) The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk / The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk 2 - Jet Li Double Feature (Blu-ray) Legend of Gatotakaca (Blu-ray) Mallrats [Limited Edition] (4k UHD Blu-ray) Night of the Assassin (Blu-ray) Nightbreed Collector's Edition (4k UHD Blu-ray) The Old Man and the Sea (Blu-ray) One False Move (Blu-ray) Project Wolf Hunting (Blu-ray) Queen Christina (Blu-ray) Radiance (DVD) The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Bud Boetticher (The Tall T, Decision at Sundown, Buchanan Rides Alone, Ride Lonesome, Comanche Station) (4k UHD Blu-ray) Rio Bravo (4k UHD Blu-ray) Roman Holiday (4k UHD Blu-ray) Sakra (Blu-ray) Samurai Wolf 1 & 2 (Blu-ray) Seire (DVD) Shaw Brothers Classics Vol. 2 (Lady of Steel, The Crimson Charm, Brothers Five, The Shadow Whip, The Delightful Forest, The Devil's Mirror, Man of Iron, The Water Margin, The Bride from Hell, Heroes Two, The Flying Guillotine, The Dragon Missile) (Blu-ray) Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. 1. (The Assassin, The Thundering Sword, The Golden Swallow, The Jade Raksha, The Bells of Death, The Sword of Swords, Killer Darts, The Invincible Fist, Dragon Swamp, The Flying Dagger, The Golden Sword) (Blu-ray) Shawscope Volume Two: Limited Edition Box (King Boxer, The Boxer from Shantung, Five Shaolin Masters / Shaolin Temple, Mighty Peking Man, Challenge of the Masters / Executioners from Shaolin, Chinatown Kid, The Five Venoms aka Five Deadly Venoms / Crippled Avengers, Heroes of the East / Dirty Ho) (Blu-ray) Shin Ultraman (Blu-ray) Sisu (4k UHD Blu-ray) South Park: Season 21 to 25 Collection (Blu-ray) Still the Water (DVD) The Tank (Blu-ray) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) - The Ultimate Collection (DVD) Thelma & Louise (4k UHD Blu-ray) The Tiger Cage Collection (Blu-ray) The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (Blu-ray) The Venture Bros.: The Complete Series (DVD) Violent Streets (Blu-ray) Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (Blu-ray) Warriors Two (Blu-ray) The Watermelon Woman (Blu-ray) Waterworld [Limited Edition] (4k UHD Blu-ray) Whisper of the Heart (Blu-ray) World War Z (4k UHD Blu-ray) Yakuza Graveyard (Blu-ray) Young Ip Man (Blu-ray) Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (Blu-ray) Please also visit CineGods.com. 

Were talkies a mistake? Join us as we talk about the last of the silent era and the rocky start of the sound era, and possibly the worst Best Picture winner of all time! But also some cool shorts and the frenetic and creative Man With a Movie Camera!   You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1MTCrCrLq4   You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1929 Films Discussed playlist right here! (some are missing, copyright!) 06:12 - Skeleton Dance 13:15 - Un Chien Andalou 22:50 - Man With a Movie Camera 39:02 - Woman in the Moon 1:01:19 - Pandora's Box 1:15:12 - The Broadway Melody 1:38:05 - The Wild Party 1:49:56 - The Cocoanuts 2:04:40 - Final thoughts and Favorites   See you next year!

Kerry and Collin went back and explored three Christmas-themed Barbie movies that came out between 2001 and 2011 (all direct-to-DVD). They both watched "Barbie: A Perfect Christmas," which tells the story of Barbie and her sisters being stranded in a Christmas village while on their way to New York. What better way to deal with that situation than to put on a show? Separately, Kerry and Collin also watched "Barbie in The Nutcracker" (2001) and "Barbie In A Christmas Carol" (2008), respectively. Which is the best of the three? What other worthwhile Barbie movies are out there (besides the obvious)? What does any of this have to do with the U2 song "The Last Night On Earth"? All this, plus a bountiful Blu-ray Gift Exchange segment, featuring Best Picture winners and a couple of Collin's all-time favorites. Paramount: "The Truman Show" (1998) 4K Criterion: "After Hours" 4K (1985) "Breathless" 4K (1960) "One False Move" 4K (1992) Warner Bros: "East Of Eden" (1955) 4K "Rio Bravo" (1959) 4K Warner Archive: "Helen of Troy" (1956) "The Land of the Pharaohs" (1955) "Cimarron" (1931) "The Broadway Melody" (1929) "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (1954) "Du Barry Was A Lady" (1943) "The Fastest Gun Alive" (1956) Drafthouse: "Life On the Farm" (2023) Music Box Films: "Revoir Paris" (2023)

George Feltenstein joins the podcast to review three new July Blu-ray releases from the Warner Archive.  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer made every effort to impress with its first talking motion picture, setting a new standard for big-budget films and establishing an archetype for decades of movie musicals to follow in "The Broadway Melody." The Great White Way truly becomes the Street of Broken Dreams when sisters Queenie and Hank Mahoney (Anita Page and Bessie Love) follow Hank's boyfriend, Eddie Kearns (Charles King), to Manhattan with visions of stardom. In New York, Eddie and Queenie are attracted to each other, but unwilling to betray her sister, Queenie dates a feckless cad. Now, Hank must sort out the tangle of aspirations and emotions that form this tragic love triangle. Filled with a memorable score of unforgettable songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, this was the first sound film to win the Academy Award® for Best Picture (1929-30). Purchase THE BROADWAY MELODY"CIMARRON" the (1931) Academy Award®-winning adaptation of Edna Ferber's novel traces the lives of two people who are in love with each other--but in love with life even more--as they struggle to bring civilization to the Western frontier in Cimarron! 1898. The Oklahoma Land Rush. As thousands of would-be settlers race across a barren desert to be the first to stake their claim to a plot of land, Yancey Cravat (Richard Dix) is cheated out of his property by Dixie Lee (Estelle Taylor). Without the farm they had hoped to start, Yancey and his wife, Sabra (Irene Dunne), take over the local newspaper after the editor is assassinated. But as the newspaper helps bring order to a lawless land, Yancey feels the wanderlust to find new frontiers and new adventures, and Sabra stays to build a publishing empire. Always in love, frequently apart and destined for greatness, Yancey and Sabra lead lives as tempestuous as the land they have chosen for their home in this epic Western classic. Purchase CIMARRONDuBARRY WAS A LADY (1943)Hapless nightclub hatcheck boy Red Skelton loves glamorous chanteuse Lucille Ball. Handsome hoofer Gene Kelly loves her too. And Lucy? Lucy loves money. Then Red mistakenly gulps down a Mickey Finn and dreams he's in 18th-century France. Before you can powder your wig, a throng of suitors – Red, Gene, King Louis XV, a dashing rebel, a sinister duke and just about everybody – loves Lucy! This glittery, tune-filled bonbon features a supporting cast of wags and wits (including the inimitable Zero Mostel) and three Cole Porter songs from the original Broadway smash: “Friendship,” “Katie Went to Haiti” and “Do I Love You?” Cherchez la Lucy for comedy, music and star power from Hollywood's golden era. Purchase DuBARRY WAS A LADY The Extras Facebook pageThe Extras Twitter Warner Archive & Warner Bros Catalog GroupOtaku Media produces podcasts, behind-the-scenes extras, and media that connect creatives with their fans and businesses with their consumers. Contact us today to see how we can work together to achieve your goals. www.otakumedia.tv

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In our first all-musical episode (don't look at us like that, Broadway Melody doesn't count), Claire, Erin, and Dan dissect two musical movies from famous teams to see which aged worse. First, our Oscar winner, Lerner and Lowe bring us the story of a Parisian womanizer realizing he might have feelings for the teenage girl he's watched grow up... and be trained as a courtesan by her relatives... in the beautiful but deeply troubling Gigi. Then the people's champion, Rogers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, a tale of love, war, and coming to grips with your own unconscious racial biases, with some... colourful choices in cinematography. Colourful, they said significantly. Misogyny vs Racism as the 50s lurch to their conclusion! Find out who came out on top!Find all of our episodes and the rest of Writing Therapy Productions' various entertainments at www.writingtherapyproductions.com

Join us for Judy Garland's first film at MGM, the studio that was to be her home for the next 13 years.

In this episode, I discuss with author Benard F. Dick about his book That Was Entertainment: The Golden Age of the MGM Musical. That Was Entertainment: The Golden Age of the MGM Musical traces the development of the MGM musical from The Broadway Melody (1929) through its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s and its decline in the 1960s, Doug Hess is the host!

The Great Depression has started and that means Nadeem and Mita watched "The Broadway Melody" from 1929 for the next movie review. Mita wishes they had watched "Chicago". 

Harry Beaumont's "The Broadway Melody" was the second winner of the Academy Awards "Best Picture" Oscar and the first "talkie" to take home the coveted gold statue. But does the film stand the test of time and deserve it's place in cinema history? Starring Charles King, Anita Page, and Bessie Love ** Deep Dive Movie Reviews contain spoilers ** 0:00 - Intro 0:46 - Broadway Melody synopsis 2:04 - Was every guy a “touchy - feely perve”? 3:21 - Comparing the Broadway Melody to “Wings” 6:50 - Other Best Picture nominees in 1929 9:49 - An allegory of the horrors of Hollywood 18:36 - Story is an excuse to have song & dance numbers 23:01 - The Oscars in 1930 25:38 - Does The Broadway Melody deserve its place in history?

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Kiki Ebsen, Daughter of Buddy Ebsen, Singer/Songwriter, Musician, HumanitarianAbout Harvey's guest:Today's guest is not only the daughter of one of the most popular, beloved and iconic  Hollywood stars.  She's also a highly successful singer, songwriter, musician and recording artist.  Her father was the legendary actor and song and dance man, Buddy Ebsen, whose amazing career spanned 7 decades.  In movies, he did everything from dancing with Shirley Temple in “Captain January” and with Judy Garland in “Broadway Melody of 1938”, to playing Audrey Hepburn's husband in “Breakfast at Tiffany's”.  But he's best remembered for playing Jed Clampett on “The Beverly Hillbillies”, and later, as the star of the TV detective drama, “Barnaby Jones”, and as Lee Horsley's father in “Matt Houston”.   His daughter, the multi-talented Kiki Ebsen, has toured as a keyboard player and vocalist with some of the greats in the music business including Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald, Al Jareau, Christopher Cross, and Peter Cetera, to name only a few.  She's recorded 8 critically acclaimed albums, including “Red”, “Cool Songs, volumes 1 and 2”, “Scarecrow Sessions”, which is my personal favourite, and her newest album, “Fill Me Up”.  And if that weren't enough, she's one of my heroes for the incredibly important humanitarian work she's doing with rescue horses at her beloved Healing Equine Ranch.  For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/https://kikiebsen.com/https://www.facebook.com/kikiebsenhttps://instagram.com/kikiebsenhttps://www.amazon.com/s?k=kiki+ebsen&ref=nb_sb_noss_1https://www.youtube.com/user/kikiebsenhttp://www.thehealingequineranch.com/https://www.facebook.com/thehealingequineranch/https://www.instagram.com/the.healing.equine.ranch/#KikiEbsen  #BuddyEbsen  #harveybrownstoneinterviews

Go east, young tunesmiths! Great Hollywood songwriters try their respective hands at Broadway musicals with such shows as Ballroom, Skyscraper, Oh Captain!, Shangri-La, and others.

In a first for the ever-intrepid Team Vintage Sand, we devote an entire episode to the exploration of the history of a single genre. Thus we present Episode 37: A Pocket History of the Hollywood Musical. From its clunky beginnings at the dawn of sound through the unexpected brilliance of Spielberg's "West Side Story" remake last year, we take a deep dive into this most deliberately artificial (and therefore most polarizing) of all film genres. Rather than going decade by decade, we divided this history into six “movements” that provide a lens to view the rise, steep decline and startling rebirth of the musical over the last century. After a brief mention of such important early works as the Best Picture-winning "Broadway Melody of 1929" and King Vidor's first foray into sound, the daring and dazzling (if problematic for contemporary audiences) "Hallelujah!"(1929), the movements we lay out are as follows: I. The Warner Brothers musicals of the pre-Code 1930's, which confronted head-on the difficulties of life during the Great Depression and gave the world its first glimpse of the lunatic genius of Busby Berkeley II. The RKO musicals of the mid and late 1930's, featuring Astaire and Rogers, silly escapist story lines and music by some of the greatest composers of American popular song III. The Golden Age, a quarter century dominated though not exclusively limited to MGM, which is bookended by "The Wizard of Oz" in 1939 and "The Sound of Music" in 1956. This is the age of Vincente Minnelli and the Kelly/Donen team, of "Singin' in the Rain" and "The Band Wagon", of larger budgets and production values and, at its height, a rapidly increasing artistic ambition IV. The decline, which starts in the late 1960's with horrors like "Doctor Doolittle" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie". With the notable exception of "Grease" and the uniquely odd success of "Rocky Horror", the live action musical is essentially moribund from the 70's through the end of the century. However… V. …we argue that the traditional Hollywood musical is kept alive by whoever it was at Disney that had the vision, after having seen "Little Shop of Horrors", to hire Menken and Ashman to revive their animated musical division. The run of successes that Disney had from "The Little Mermaid" and "Beauty and the Beast" through Ashman's untimely death halfway through "Aladdin", and up through 1997's "Mulan" showed that the Musical hadn't died; it had just morphed into cartoon form for a while VI. The unlikely revival of Musicals in this century, sparked out of nowhere by a most unlikely film: Baz Luhrmann's 2001 "Moulin Rouge". The genre's return was cemented by the choice of "Chicago" for Best Picture the next year, and it has been going strong ever since As a final note, we also posit our Grand Unification Theory of the Hollywood Musical—that the greatest among these films were ones originally created for the screen rather than adaptations of Broadway shows. Yes, there are exceptions, but for every "West Side Story" (particularly the 2021), there are a few dozen films like "South Pacific", "Camelot", "A Little Night Music", "Rent", "Cats" and "Dear Evan Hansen". So come and meet those dancing feet as we take you on a whirlwind tour of a century of supreme artistry and epic fails, with stops at just about every point in between.

No ar o Logotonia da série “Filmes e Drinks”, em que comentaremos todos os vencedores do Oscar de Melhor Filme desde o início da premiação. Neste episódio conversaremos sobre o filme Broadway Melody, vencedor do Oscar de Melhor Filme na edição de abril de 1930. Este episódio de Logotonia foi gravado em 18 de fevereiro de 2022 em nossas casas. A conversa também está disponível no Anchor, Spotify, iTunes (Apple Podcasts), Twitter e Facebook. Nossos links estão aqui: https://linktr.ee/logotonia - The New York Times (página contendo crítica do filme por Mordaunt Hall): https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/melody-re.html?scp=10&sq=imagination&st=cse - Variety (página contendo crítica do filme por Sid Silverman): https://variety.com/1929/film/reviews/broadway-melody-1200410242/ - Rotten Tomatoes (página agregadora de críticas sobre o filme): https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/broadway_melody - IMDB - The Internet Movie DataBase (página contendo dados sobre o filme): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019729/?ref_=tttr_tr_tt

Well you don't a Best Picture Winner like this every week! We're talking about The Broadway Melody from 1929 and boy... there is not a lot to talk about. It was the first Best Picture to have sound, I guess. So Timo's happy. But what about everyone else? And what film will the Back Log Boys tackle next week? You can find more content on YouTube and Twitter. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Join us as we talk about the second movie to ever win an Academy award for best picture. The 1929 movie The Broadway Melody. On Film History The History Of film. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/film-history/support

In this episode we discuss the second Best Picture Winner, The Broadway Melody, the creation of the Hollywood musical, Pre-Code films, and the invention of the talkie! Other topics include: Bessie Love, Anita Page, Charles King, Jack Warner, film history, Hollywood musicals, and musical theater. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thanktheacademypodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thankacademypod --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thank-the-academy/support

The second Best Picture award Winner. We follow two semi-talented sisters from the vaudeville circuit as they try to make it big time on Broadway. Matters of the heart complicate the attempt. Patrick and Lauren discuss this weird love triangle...square...thing, and break down Hollywoods first movie musical. The grand-daddy of all movie musicals. There are a ton of laughs, many...not intentional.

Clare and Alaina make sense of 5 musicals. Just like how the pocket knife is a tool of many uses, songs in musicals are multi-purposeful. Some musicals use song to drive the plot, and for characters to express emotions too powerful for talking. Other musicals may use songs in a more serious matter, like to reflect the major themes of the film. And then there's the 10 minute long Broadway Melody scene from Singing in the Rain, which says “f*ck it! Let's go big and blow a fifth of the budget”. We can't be one to judge though, as we spend 1/3rd of this episode is accidentally spent analyzing the complexities of Cabaret. We also spend time discussing the value that great costumes and production design add to the musical experience. Come listen to Clare and Alaina discuss what songs rise to the top, and the songs not catchy enough to make the cut! Movies Mentioned Mamma Mia .25-11 :45 Moulin Rouge 11:45-25:36 Cinderella 25:36-35:53 Cabaret 35:53-55:04 Singin in the Rain 55:04-11:1.04 Intro and outro music: Kevin MacLeod. "Dark Hallway". 2008

From the valley of The Broadway Melody, Andrew and Dave reach a peak with the exceptional All Quiet on the Western Front, a masterful anti-war epic that looks at World War One through the perspective of German soldiers. Directed by Lewis Milestone, this powerful film has been banned in many countries around the world, from Germany to Australia, and leaves a searing mark on anyone who watches it. In this discussion, Andrew and Dave explore their relationships to war, alongside the importance of telling this kind of narrative on film. Eventually, the two hosts ask the important question: Does the Best Picture winner All Quiet on the Western Front matter anymore? Clips used in this episode are all pulled from All Quiet on the Western Front, copyright owned by Universal Pictures. Subscribe to the show via the links here: Show Page // Apple Podcasts // RSS Feed // Spotify // Deezer Follow the hosts on social media at the links below: Andrew F Peirce - @TheCurbAUDavid Giannini - @DaveAGianniniSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the valley of The Broadway Melody, Andrew and Dave reach a peak with the exceptional All Quiet on the Western Front, a masterful anti-war epic that looks at World War One through the perspective of German soldiers. Directed by Lewis Milestone, this powerful film has been banned in many countries around the world, from Germany to Australia, and leaves a searing mark on anyone who watches it. In this discussion, Andrew and Dave explore their relationships to war, alongside the importance of telling this kind of narrative on film. Eventually, the two hosts ask the important question: Does the Best Picture winner All Quiet on the Western Front matter anymore? Clips used in this episode are all pulled from All Quiet on the Western Front, copyright owned by Universal Pictures. Subscribe to the show via the links here: Show Page // Apple Podcasts // RSS Feed // Spotify // Deezer Follow the hosts on social media at the links below: Andrew F Peirce - @TheCurbAU David Giannini - @DaveAGiannini

Ah, after a stellar start, David and Andrew encounter the first bonafide dud Best Picture winner: Harry Beaumont's musical The Broadway Melody. This pioneering musical film should be the benchmark for genre to go forth with, but as David and Andrew discover, that's not the case! Dig on in and find out more about this Oscar winner. Join along with the discussion as a new episode drops each month by following the discussion on social media on Twitter at @AwardsDontPod and Facebook at Awards Don't Matter. And shoot through any questions or thoughts to AwardsDontMatterPod@gmail.com. Clips in this episode: Clips from The Broadway MelodyVan and Schenck - Stay Out of the South Also, if you need a much, much better 'Melody' movie to watch, then check out The Dogwash Melody. Subscribe to the show via the links here: Show Page // Apple Podcasts // RSS Feed // Spotify // Deezer Follow the hosts on social media at the links below: Andrew F Peirce - @TheCurbAUDavid Giannini - @DaveAGianniniSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ah, after a stellar start, David and Andrew encounter the first bonafide dud Best Picture winner: Harry Beaumont's musical The Broadway Melody. This pioneering musical film should be the benchmark for genre to go forth with, but as David and Andrew discover, that's not the case! Dig on in and find out more about this Oscar winner. Join along with the discussion as a new episode drops each month by following the discussion on social media on Twitter at @AwardsDontPod and Facebook at Awards Don't Matter. And shoot through any questions or thoughts to AwardsDontMatterPod@gmail.com. Clips in this episode: Clips from The Broadway Melody Van and Schenck - Stay Out of the South Also, if you need a much, much better 'Melody' movie to watch, then check out The Dogwash Melody. Subscribe to the show via the links here: Show Page // Apple Podcasts // RSS Feed // Spotify // Deezer Follow the hosts on social media at the links below: Andrew F Peirce - @TheCurbAU David Giannini - @DaveAGiannini

Join hosts David and Andrew on May 15th as they discuss 1928/1929's Best Picture winner, The Broadway Melody. Join along with the discussion as a new episode drops each month by following the discussion on social media on Twitter at @AwardsDontPod and Facebook at Awards Don't Matter. And shoot through any questions or thoughts to AwardsDontMatterPod@gmail.com. Subscribe to the show via the links here: Show PageApple PodcastsRSS FeedSpotifyDeezer Follow the hosts on social media at the links below: Andrew F Peirce - @TheCurbAUDavid Giannini - @DaveAGianniniSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join hosts David and Andrew on May 15th as they discuss 1928/1929's Best Picture winner, The Broadway Melody. Join along with the discussion as a new episode drops each month by following the discussion on social media on Twitter at @AwardsDontPod and Facebook at Awards Don't Matter. And shoot through any questions or thoughts to AwardsDontMatterPod@gmail.com. Subscribe to the show via the links here: Show Page Apple Podcasts RSS Feed Spotify Deezer Follow the hosts on social media at the links below: Andrew F Peirce - @TheCurbAU David Giannini - @DaveAGiannini

Welcome to the first discussion episode of Awards Don't Matter! Hosts David and Andrew discuss the first two Best Picture winners, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and Wings.Two? Yep! The first Academy Awards had some quirks with the F.W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans winning the only instance of the Best Unique and Artistic Picture, while William A. Wellman's Wings won the first iteration of the Best Picture Oscar, then known as Outstanding Picture. David and Andrew take a look at both films, while ultimately asking the question... do these films matter any more? Join them on the 15th of May for the next episode taking a look at the second Best Picture winner, The Broadway Melody. Join along with the discussion as a new episode drops each month by following the discussion on social media on Twitter at @AwardsDontPod and Facebook at Awards Don't Matter. And shoot through any questions or thoughts to AwardsDontMatterPod@gmail.com. Clips in this episode: Sunrise: A Song of Two HumansWings - same gender kissWings - tracking shotSubscribe to the show via the links here: Show PageApple PodcastsRSS FeedSpotifyDeezer Follow the hosts on social media at the links below: Andrew F Peirce - @TheCurbAUDavid Giannini - @DaveAGianniniSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the first discussion episode of Awards Don't Matter! Hosts David and Andrew discuss the first two Best Picture winners, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and Wings. Two? Yep! The first Academy Awards had some quirks with the F.W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans winning the only instance of the Best Unique and Artistic Picture, while William A. Wellman's Wings won the first iteration of the Best Picture Oscar, then known as Outstanding Picture. David and Andrew take a look at both films, while ultimately asking the question... do these films matter any more? Join them on the 15th of May for the next episode taking a look at the second Best Picture winner, The Broadway Melody. Join along with the discussion as a new episode drops each month by following the discussion on social media on Twitter at @AwardsDontPod and Facebook at Awards Don't Matter. And shoot through any questions or thoughts to AwardsDontMatterPod@gmail.com. Clips in this episode: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Wings - same gender kiss Wings - tracking shot Subscribe to the show via the links here: Show Page Apple Podcasts RSS Feed Spotify Deezer Follow the hosts on social media at the links below: Andrew F Peirce - @TheCurbAU David Giannini - @DaveAGiannini