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EPISODE 66 - “WHEN CLASSIC FILM'S SUPPORTING ACTORS STEAL THE SHOW” - 12/16/2024 There is nothing quite like watching a film when suddenly a supporting character comes in and walks away with the film. (Think THELMA RITTER, S.Z. SAKALL, or GALE SONDERGAARD in almost every one of their films!) This week we are focusing on some of our favorite supporting charters who come in and snatch that scene right about from under the big stars. From JOANNA BARNES' Gloria Upson declaring, “It was just ghastly!” in “Auntie Mame” to the impassioned monologue about love that BEAH RICHARDS delivers to SPENCER TRACY in “Guess Who's Coming To Dinner,” we take a fun look at these powerful performances that we're still talking about today. SHOW NOTES: Sources: The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (1997) by Roger Lewis; But Darling, I'm Your Auntie Mame!: The Amazing History of the World's Favorite Madcap Aunt (1998), by Richard Tyler Jordan; Tennessee Williams & Company: His Essential Screen Actors (2010), by John DiLeo; “Judy Holiday, Winner of Oscar, Does of Cancer,” June 8, 1965, Los Angeles Times; “Mildred Natwick, 89, Actress Who Excelled at Eccentricity,” October 26, 1994, by Peter B. Flint, New York Times; “Steve Franken, Actor in ‘Dobie Gillis,' Dies at 80,” August 29, 2012, by Daniel E. Slotnik, New York Times; “Madeleine Sherwood, 93, Actress on Stage, Film and ‘Flying Nun,' Dies,” April 26, 2016, by Sam Roberts, New York Times; “The Making of ‘TheParty',” January 13, 2017, by FilMagicians, Youtube.com; “Beah Richards, 80, Actress in Stalwart Roles,” September 16, 2000, by Mel Gussow, New York Times; “Joanna Barnes, Actress in ‘The Parent Trap' and its Sequel. Dies at 87,” May 12, 2022, by Richard Sanomir, New York Times; TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; IBDB.com; Wikipedia.com; Roger Ebert.com; Movies Mentioned: Adams's Rib (1949), starring Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Judy Holiday, David Wayne, Hope Emerson, Jean Hagen, and Tom Ewell; Born Yesterday (1950), starring Judy Holiday, Broderick Crawford, & William Holden; Auntie Mame (1958), starring Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Fred Clark, Roger Smith, Jan Handzlik, Corale Brown, Pippa Scott, Lee Patrick, Willard Waterman, Joanna Barnes, Connie Gilchrist, Patric Knowles, and Yuki Shimudo; Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958), starring Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Jack Carson, and Madeleine Sherwood; Spartacus (1960), starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Tony Curtis, & Joanna Barnes; The Parent Trap (1961), starring Haley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Joanna Barnes, Charles Ruggles, Ana Merkel, Leo G. Carroll, & Cathleen Nesbitt; The Americanization of Emily (1963), starring Julie Andrews & James Garner; The Time Traveler (1964), starring Preston Foster; Goodbye Charlie (1964), starring Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, Ellen Burstyn, Pat Boone, & Joanna Barnes; Barefoot In The Park (1967), starring Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Mildred Natwick, Charles Boyer, Herb Edelman, and Mabel Albertson; Don't Make Waves (1967) starring Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Sharon Tate, and Joanna Barnes; Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967), starring Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, Beah Richards, Roy E. Glen Sr, Cecil Kellaway, Isabelle Sanford, and Virginia Christine; The Party (1968), starring Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, Denny Miller, Carol Wayne, Gavin MacLeod, Faye McKenzie, Marge Champion, Steve Frankel, Jean Carson, Corine Cole, J. Edward McKinley, and Herb Ellis; The Parent Trap (1998), starring Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix, & Lisa Ann Walter. --------------------------------- 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
On a very special Valentine's episode of MAF, we switch it up and Joanne tells Mike an outrageous story. If you want some relationship advice, we wouldn't recommend looking to Barbra Reifel and Dr. Michael Mastromarino as role models. There might be drugs, there might be infidelity, there might be A LOT of dead bodies - Listen now for the full story! Much of the information for this episode came from a New York Times article by Daniel E. Slotnik. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @MAFPodcastShow Email us at MAFPodcastShow@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/murder-amongst-friends/support
Following the sad passing of HRH Prince Philip and legendary rapper DMX (real name Earl Simmons), the ladies discuss why some people react strongly to the death of a celebrity or public figure they didn't know personally, while others act with indifference, and ask what role the media plays in influencing our feelings.--------------------------------------- FOLLOW THE CONVERSATION #EthnicallySpeakingInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/unitedmelanincoFacebook: https://facebook.com/unitedmelanincoTwitter: https://instagram.com/unitedmelanincoLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unitedmelaninco/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UnitedMelaninGroupGet in touch with us: ethnicallyspeaking@unitedmelaningroup.com---------------------------------------- LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE https://unitedmelaningroup.com/es064(Website – Show notes)https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/arts/music/dmx-dead-earl-simmons.html(Article – DMX, Top-Selling but Troubled Rapper, Dies at 50 – Daniel E. Slotnik for The New York Times)https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/934649.E_A_R_L_(Book* – E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX – DMX, Smokey D. Fontaine)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56690270(Article – Prince Philip: A turbulent childhood stalked by exile, mental illness and death – BBC News)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56756296(Article – BBC receives 109,741 complaints over Prince Philip coverage – BBC News)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc-38bQzoXw(Video – NY Daily News Receives Backlash For Prince Philip vs DMX Front Page – ItsCarolyn YouTube channel)https://twitter.com/harri_010/status/1381292525546274824?s=21(Video Tweet – via Harrison Twitter @harri_010)https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9555467/dmx-music-streams-rise-after-death(Article – DMX Music Streams Soar 928% Following Death – Keith Caulfield for Billboard)https://www.biography.com/news/aaliyah-plane-crash-died(Article – Inside the Plane Crash That Took Aaliyah's Life – Clarence Haynes for Biography)https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/surviving-r-kelly-aaliyah-damon-dash-underage-marriage-abuse-a9268541.html(Article – Surviving R Kelly: Aaliyah was like a ‘sacrificial lamb' in abuse ‘cover-up', says music boss Damon Dash – Ellie Harrison for The Independent)https://www.today.com/slideshow/reaction-to-the-death-of-michael-jackson-31554829(Slideshow – Reaction to the death of Michael Jackson – Tamron Hall for Today)https://time.com/5773151/kobe-bryant-rape-case-complicated-legacy/(Article – We Can Only Process Kobe Bryant's Death by Being Honest About His Life – Evette Dionne for TIME)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-p1kNjOpes(Video – Boris Johnson recalls Prince Philip joking about Russians 'b*****ds' – The Independent YouTube channel)https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/princess-diana-death-what-happened/(Article – Princess Diana's death: when grief gripped a nation – Dominic Sandbrook for HistoryExtra)https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/13/thailand-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-dies-what-happens-next-death(Article – What will happen next after the death of Thailand's king? – Oliver Holmes for The Guardian)*Please support Black UK businesses by purchasing your book or ordering it online from one of the black-owned independent bookshops listed here: https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/uk-bookshops-diverse-black-authors-books-online/396930----------------------------------------Join Monah, Nushy Rose and Sophie Hannah, three smart, curious and opinionated highly-melanated women, as they and their guests discuss everything from current affairs to pop culture, and everything in between. No subject is off limits for these ladies, especially when it comes to issues affecting British communities of colour. Get ready to laugh, learn and liberate your mind, because if there's one thing you can guarantee, it's that the Ethnically Speaking ladies will be giving it to you straight!----------------------------------------Music by GC
In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil discuss government surveillance of American universities, the political career of John Bolton, and the technological and cultural reasons women’s voices are often insulted as “shrill.” Support Past Present on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: The FBI has urged U.S. universities to monitor certain students and scholars visiting from China. Natalia referred to this history of spying on campus from the Harvard Crimson. National security adviser John Bolton is the latest Trump appointee to have left the administration. Neil referred to this New Yorker profile of Mike Pompeo and Niki to this one of John Bolton. A New Yorker article describing how audio technology has historically been calibrated to male voices went viral. Niki referred to this BBC piece on women’s changing voices. Natalia recommended this article from The Cut on the policing of women’s voices. In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History: Natalia recommended Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s novel, Fleishman is in Trouble. Neil shared Brandon Ambrosino’s Politico piece, “’Someone’s Gotta Tell the Freakin’ Truth’: Jerry Falwell’s Aides Break Their Silence.” Niki discussed Daniel E. Slotnik’s New York Times article, “Chris March, Over-the-Top Fashion Designer, Dies at 56.”
This week, we take the Oscar-nominated film "Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri" as a starting point for a discussion about a new sense of placelessness in film and TV. Over the last year, we've been seeing stories set in ambiguous spaces--the limbo between heaven and hell, distorted models of our world, towns that look like no place we recognize as American. We talk about "The Good Place," "Westworld," "Downsizing," and the Sunken Place from "Get Out" to try and figure out how we lost a sense of where we are. Then we look to shows like "Atlanta" and "The Chi" to think about how we might find our way back.Discussed This Week:“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)“Grownish” (Freeform)“Riverdale” (The CW)Hot Topic "Riverdale" Merchandise“Dennis Edwards, Former Temptations Lead Singer, Dies at 74” (Daniel E. Slotnik, The New York Times)"Don’t Look Any Further" (Dennis Edwards)"'Three Billboards’ Production Designer Inbal Weinberg on Martin McDonagh’s Unique Approach To Screen Language" (Matt Grobar, Deadline)“The Good Place” (NBC)“Stranger Things” (Netflix)“Coco” (Pixar)“Black Mirror” (Netflix)“Get Out” (Universal Pictures)“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.)“Downsizing” (Paramount Pictures)“Westworld” (HBO)"Instravel - A Photogenic Mass Tourism Experience" (Oliver KMIA, Vimeo)“Singin’ in the Rain” (MGM)“Queen Sugar” (OWN)“Atlanta” (FX Networks)“Insecure” (HBO)“Black-ish” (ABC)“The Chi” (Showtime)“Moonlight” (A24)“Black Panther” (Marvel Studios)"Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience" (Yi-Fu Tuan, 1977)"Place and Placelessness" (Edward Relph, 1976)Super Bowl LII Commercials“Ram Trucks Commercial with Martin Luther King Jr. Sermon is Criticized” (Sapna Maheshwari, The New York Times)2018 Kia Stinger - Steven Tyler Big Game Ad - Feel Something AgainBlacture Super Bowl AdAmazon Alexa Loses Her Voice - Super Bowl LII Commercial