Podcast appearances and mentions of Edna Best

RMR 0299: Join your hosts, Chad Robinson, Dustin Melbardis, and Russell Guest for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) [PG] Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Mystery, Drama, Comedy, Period Piece   Starring: Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders, Edna Best, Vanessa Brown, Anna Lee, Robert Coote, Natalie Wood, Isobel Elsom, Victoria Horne   Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Recorded on 2024-12-19

For this week's episode we take a look at the 1934 version of The Man Who Knew Too Much, the story so nice that Hitchcock made it twice. The 1956 version with Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day is now better known, but this was one of the key early hits that established Hitchcock's career. It's a kidnapping thriller about a British family who gets accidently mixed up in some international intrigue while on vacation in Switzerland. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes. Details: A Gaumont-British Picture released in England on December 9, 1934. Produced by Michael Balcon. Screenplay by Charles Bennett and D. B. Wyndham Lewis, based on a scenario by Edwin Greenwood and A. R. Rawlinson. Starring Peter Lorre, Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Nova Pilbeam and Frank Vosper. Cinematography by Curt Courant. Music by Arthur Benjamin. Ranking: 26 out of 52. Ranking movies is a reductive parlor game. It's also fun. And it's a good way to frame a discussion. We aggregated over 70 ranked lists from critics, fans, and magazines The Man Who Knew Too Much got 1,681 ranking points.

Front Row Classics is taking a look at one of most charming, romantic films of all time. Brandon is joined by Ryan Taylor to discuss 1947's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. Ryan is a life-long classic film fans and has her own classic film content on Instagram celebrating Theda Bara. Brandon and Ryan praise the simple, but effective storytelling in The Ghost and Mrs Muir. The pitch perfect performances of Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison along with taut direction by Joseph L. Mankiewicz help to create a film that's been a fan-favorite for generations. The hosts also praise the supporting performances from George Sanders, Natalie Wood and Edna Best along with the haunting score by Bernard Hermann. 

2 + Hours of ComedyFirst a look at this day in History.Then The Jack Parr Show, originally broadcast June 22, 1947, 77 years ago, What Does a Movie Star Really think?  The Summer replacement for Jack Benny. What radio one hundred years ago would have sounded like...funny!Followed by The Halls of Ivy starring Gale Gordon and Edna Best, originally broadcast June 22, 1949, 75 years ago, Dr Halls Reappointment.  Will Dr. Hall be re-appointed the head of Ivy College?  The audition program.Then George Burns and Gracie Allen, originally broadcast June 22, 1943, 81 years ago, Love Potion. Gracie buys a love potion from Nigel Bollingbrook. Followed by Fibber McGee and Molly, originally broadcast June 22, 1936, 88 years ago, The Employment Agency.   Fibber and Molly are running an employment agency. Finally Claudia, originally broadcast June 22, 1948, 76 years ago, Meeting Dr. Taft.  Claudia visits the doctor, in preparation for the baby.Thanks to Richard for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamCivil defense info mentioned on the show can be found here: http://www.civildefensemuseum.com/docs.html

Welcome, dear listeners, to "Friday Night Noir" on Vintage Classic Radio, your gateway to the eerie world of gothic horror. Tonight, we present two spine-tingling tales that explore the depths of madness and mystery. The Diary of Sophronia Winters - Lucille Fletcher First, we delve into "The Diary of Sophronia Winters," an original suspense story by Lucille Fletcher, set in 1932. This chilling gothic horror tale takes us on a journey with the giddy and inexperienced Sophronia Winters, portrayed by the remarkable Agnes Moorehead, who yearns for adventure and experience in her forties. As Sophronia embarks on a whirlwind romance with the enigmatic H. Johnson in St. Petersburg, Florida, she soon discovers that her seemingly perfect husband holds a sinister secret. Their hasty marriage leads them to Hiram's family home—a deserted 125-room gothic-style hotel with a dark history. The tension escalates as Hiram's obsession with the name "Sophronia" and his connection to his sister-in-law, who committed a gruesome murder, unfold in this gothic horror masterpiece. Notable Cast: Agnes Moorehead as Sophronia Moorhead Ray Collins as H. Johnson The Turn of the Screw - Henry James After the horrors of Sophronia's diary, we switch gears to another classic gothic horror story, "The Turn of the Screw," written by Henry James and originally broadcast on September 17th, 1949. This adaptation stars the legendary Ronald Colman and the talented Edna Best. Join us as we venture into the depths of a house filled with secrets, eerily narrated by Ronald Colman. "The Turn of the Screw" tells the tale of a housekeeper, played by Edna Best, hired by a mysterious landowner. As the story unfolds on a dreary November evening, we discover a haunting manuscript and a house filled with locked rooms and hidden horrors. This gothic horror story has been hailed as one of the most eerie and harrowing ever written, leaving listeners in suspense until the very end. Notable Cast: Ronald Colman as the Narrator Edna Best as the Housekeeper These stories not only explore the depths of madness but also challenge the conventions of marriage and patriarchy, offering a thought-provoking perspective on the role of women in society. As you listen, pay attention to the gothic tropes that weave through these tales—hasty marriages, tormenting husbands, creepy houses, locked rooms, and the concept of the Double. So, dear listeners, prepare yourselves for an evening of spine-tingling suspense, madness, and otherworldly mysteries as we present "The Diary of Sophronia Winters" and "The Turn of the Screw." Dim the lights, turn up the volume, and get ready to be transported to a world of gothic horror that challenges the status quo.

The American situation comedy that ran from 1950 to 1952 on NBC radio, created by Fibber McGee & Molly co-creator/writer Don Quinn. The series was adapted into a CBS television comedy (1954–55) produced by ITC Entertainment and Television Programs of America. Here is the background and the conception of the series from Wikipedia sources. British husband-and-wife actors Ronald Colman and Benita Hume starred in both versions of the show. Quinn developed the show after he had decided to leave Fibber McGee & Molly in the hands of his protégé Phil Leslie. The Halls of Ivy's audition program featured radio veteran Gale Gordon (then co-starring in Our Miss Brooks) and Edna Best in the roles that ultimately went to the Colmans, who demonstrated a flair for radio comedy during the late 1940s recurring roles on The Jack Benny Program. The Halls of Ivy featured Ronald Colman as William Todhunter Hall, the president of small, Midwestern Ivy College, and Benita Hume as his wife, Victoria, a former British musical comedy star who sometimes feels the tug of her former profession, and followed their interactions with students, friends, and college trustees. Others in the cast included Herb Butterfield as testy board chairman Clarence Wellman, Willard Waterman (then starring as Harold Peary's successor as The Great Gildersleeve) as board member John Merriweather, and Bea Benaderet, Elizabeth Patterson, and Gloria Gordon as the Halls' maids. Alan Reed (television's Fred Flintstone) appeared periodically as the stuffy English teacher, Professor Heaslip. Other actors who appeared included Virginia Gregg, Lee Patrick, Jean Vander Pyl, Rolfe Sedan, Sidney Miller, William Tracy, Sam Edwards, Arthur Q. Bryan, Barton Yarborough, James Gleason, Jerry Hausner and other actors. The series ran 109 half-hour radio episodes from January 6, 1950, to June 25, 1952, with Quinn, Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee writing many of the scripts and giving free if even more sophisticated play to Quinn's knack for language play, inverted cliches and swift puns (including the show's title and lead characters), a knack he'd shown for years writing Fibber McGee & Molly. Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee continued as a writing team; their best-known play is Inherit the Wind. Cameron Blake, Walter Brown Newman, Robert Sinclair, and Milton and Barbara Merlin became writers for the program as well. In subject matter, the program was often notably ahead of its time, forward looking, and willing to tackle controversial topics. "Hell Week," first broadcast on January 2, 1952, boldly addressed the unforeseen dangers of college fraternity hazing. "The Leslie Hoff Painting" (September 27, 1950) and "The Chinese Student" (February 7, 1950) both openly countenanced and dealt with instances of racial bigotry. Another episode centered on an unmarried student's pregnancy. But listeners were surprised to discover that the episode of January 24, 1951, "The Goya Bequest"—a story examining the bequest of a Goya painting that was suspected of being a fraud hyped by its late owner to avoid paying customs duties when bringing to the United States—was written by Colman, who poked fun at his accomplishment while taking a rare turn giving the evening's credits at the show's conclusion. A further treat was the episode of November 22, 1951, in which Jack Benny appeared as himself, in a storyline involving his accepting Victoria Hall's invitation to perform for charity at Ivy College. The sponsor was the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company ("The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous"). Nat Wolff produced and directed. Henry Russell music director.

Agents Scott and Cam hurl chairs at one another while decoding Alfred Hitchcock's 1934 hit The Man Who Knew Too Much. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield, Nova Pilbeam, Pierre Fresnay and Cicely Oates. Become a SpyHards Patron and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie commentaries and more! Pick up exclusive SpyHards merch, including the "What Does Vargas Do?" t-shirt by @shaylayy, available only at Redbubble Social media: @spyhards View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at Letterboxd.com/spyhards Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.

Gaumont British Picture Corporation of America released The Man Who Knew Too Much on December 1934. Alfred Hitchcock directed the film starring Leslie Banks, Edna Best, and Peter Lorre. The post The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) appeared first on Movie House Memories.

This is the audition show for Halls of Ivy in which Gale Gordon and actress Edna Best were originally cast as Dr William Todhunter Hall, the Ivy college president and his English Theatre actress wife formerly Victoria Cromwell. The story is the same as the first episode of Halls of Ivy entitled “Reappointment” starring Mr and Ronald Coleman in the title roles. We are all familiar with the Coleman’s as The Halls but Gordon and Best played superb roles. Fantastic! Duration: 32:23 Starring: Gale Gordon, Edna Best Broadcast Date: 22nd June 1949

Gaumont British Picture Corporation of America released The Man Who Knew Too Much on December 1934. Alfred Hitchcock directed the film starring Leslie Banks, Edna Best, and Peter Lorre. The post The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) appeared first on Movie House Memories.

Gaumont British Picture Corporation of America released The Man Who Knew Too Much on December 1934. Alfred Hitchcock directed the film starring Leslie Banks, Edna Best, and Peter Lorre. The post The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) appeared first on Movie House Memories.

This is a snippet from Breaking Walls Episode 95: Radio And The Classroom (1939 - 1965) _________________________ Radio’s Don Quinn rose to fame as Jim and Marion Jordan’s head writer. Throughout the 1940s as he wrote Fibber McGee and Molly, Quinn mulled over the idea of creating a college-centered comedy. Entitled, The Halls of Ivy, in June of 1949 an audition tape was produced with Gale Gordon and Edna Best in the title roles. When both had to back out, Nat Wolff, who was Edna Best’s husband and Don Quinn’s agent thought of his friend Ronald Colman.

Some say he's the best director of all time - but can he handle oneliners, epic brawls and gun ballets like a McTiernan or a Woo? Yes and no. Jonas Högberg & Anders Hultqvist face off with their first Alfred Hitchcock-film in their ongoing quest through action movie history: The Man Who Knew Too Much. And while it certainly isn't one of the best flicks signed by the Master of Suspense it does have an absolutely fabulous scene where Leslie Banks is throwing chairs at villains while an old lady with a gun is playing the organ. Hitchcock is bebopping and scatting all over the place with his ideas. A knitting is wrapped around a pletora of foxtrot dancers, Leslie Banks & Hugh Wakefield psalm-sings their suspicions of certain characters during a sermon, taken aback-reactions are complemented by toy trains, Peter Lorre upstages all the British actors despite not knowing English and Edna Best saves the day with her sharpshooting skills! "This is a scrap, not a smoking concert."

“The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” is directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and stars Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison in the lead roles with Edna Best, George Sanders, Vanessa Brown and Natalie Wood providing excellent supporting characters. Charles Lang, the cinematographer deserves a special mention as well. And of course the moving music by Bernard Hermann.This is a wonderful movie about loss and love, life and death, hopes and dreams, and ultimately about the strength to carry on when life is throwing one difficult challenge after another at you.Bob and I dive into great detail and cover both the film and the music. This is after all the first movie of our Bernard Hermann film festival.So with that I would leave you with two thoughts, the first is to be sure and watch the movie before listening to the podcast if you can, as we do talk about the ending. And secondly, give this article on the music by Bernard Hermann a read, either before, after or during the movie. It really helped me understand the music and the use of leitmotifs, a style of film scoring that apparently Bernard Hermann only used in this film.

This is a snippet from Breaking Walls Episode 95: Radio And The Classroom (1939 - 1965) _________________________ Radio’s Don Quinn rose to fame as Jim and Marion Jordan’s head writer. Throughout the 1940s as he wrote Fibber McGee and Molly, Quinn mulled over the idea of creating a college-centered comedy. Entitled, The Halls of Ivy, in June of 1949 an audition tape was produced with Gale Gordon and Edna Best in the title roles. When both had to back out, Nat Wolff, who was Edna Best’s husband and Don Quinn’s agent thought of his friend Ronald Colman.

In episode #5 we discuss one of Alfred Hitchcock's first major films: The Man Who Knew Too Much. On vacation in Switzerland, Bob and Jill Lawrence get caught up in a secretive world of spies and assassins. With time running out, they must follow a cold trail to save their daughter and prevent a world war. Starring Leslie Banks, Edna Best and Peter Lorre. SHOWNOTES The Man Who Knew Too Much - Criterion Collection Alfred Hitchcock Gaumont-British Picture Corporation The 39 Steps The Lady Vanishes The character’s name is Bob Lawrence, not Bill Peter Lorre Foley Effects The Free Irish State Chekhov’s Gun (not to be confused with Pavel Chekhov) The Jazz Singer (first film with sound, a talkie) Gallows Humor National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration commercial Glasses without earpieces are known as Pince-nez glasses Casablanca M (criterion collection) Hey Abbott Remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much (starring Jimmy Stewart) Star Wars THX 1138 starring Robert Duvall Wipe Transition intentionally used in Star Wars and Raiders of The Lost Ark Royal Albert Hall Leverage (S03E04) - The Scheherazade Job Scheherazade by Korsakov Rear Window and Psycho are not Criterion Collection Classic Hitchcock Criterion box set: The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Lady Vanishes, The 39 Steps, and Foreign Correspondent The Woody Allen movie Shadows and Fog (starring John Cusack) Also stars the Julie Kavner who does Marge Simpson’s voice (and who is Not in Sleepless in Seattle)

The Halls Of Ivy. 6/22/49.  Will Dr. Hall be re-appointed the head of Ivy College? Compare the performances of Gale Gordon and Edna Best with those of Ronald Colman and Benita Hume. Herbert Rawlinson, Gloria Gordon, Herb Butterfield, Willard Waterman, Lee Miller, Norman Field, Leo Cleary, Don Quinn (creator), Nat Wolff (director), Henry Russell (music), Gale Gordon, Edna Best, Don Stanley (announcer).oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Halls of Ivy was an NBC radio sitcom that ran from 1950-1952. It was created by Fibber McGee & Molly co-creator/writer Don Quinn before being adapted into a CBS television comedy (1954-55) produced by ITC Entertainment and Television Programs of America. Quinn developed the show after he had decided to leave Fibber McGee & Molly. The audition program featured radio veteran Gale Gordon (then co-starring in Our Miss Brooks) and Edna Best in the roles that ultimately went to British husband-and-wife actors Ronald Colman and Benita Hume. The Colmans had shown a flair for radio comedy in recurring roles on The Jack Benny Program in the late 1940s, and they landed the title roles in the new show. The Halls of Ivy featured Colman as William Todhunter Hall, the president of small, Midwestern Ivy College, and his wife, Victoria, a former British musical comedy star who sometimes felt the tug of her former profession, and followed their interactions with students, friends and college trustees. Others in the cast included Herbert Butterfield as testy Clarence Wellman, Willard Waterman (then starring as Harold Peary's successor as The Great Gildersleeve) as John Merriweather, and Elizabeth Patterson and Gloria Gordon as the Halls' maid.THIS EPISODE:March 31, 1950. NBC netqoek. Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Will Dr. Hall be invited to join the "Ivy Chamber Music and Knockwurst Society" to play the Piffleflute? The program may be dated April 7, 1950. Alan Reed, Benita Hume, Cliff Arquette, Don Quinn (creator, writer), Frank Martin (announcer), Gloria Gordon, Henry Russell (composer, conductor), Ken Carpenter (announcer), Nat Wolff (director), Ronald Colman, Walter Newman (writer). 29:31.

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases. He is arguably the most famous fictional detective ever created, and is one of the best known and most universally recognisable literary characters in any genre. Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that featured Holmes. All but four stories were narrated by Holmes' friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson, two having been narrated by Holmes himself, and two others written in the third person. The first two stories, short novels, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887 and Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. The character grew tremendously in popularity with the beginning of the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine in 1891; further series of short stories and two serialized novels appeared almost right up to Conan Doyle's death in 1930. The stories cover a period from around 1878 up to 1903, with a final case in 1914.THIS EPISODE:May 13, 1946. Mutual network. "The Uneasy Easy Chair". Sponsored by: Petri Wines. Holmes works on a murder in which the murder weapon is a diabolical chair. Inspector Lestrade has the last laugh! The story is based on, "The Musgrove Ritual." Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Harry Bartell (announcer), Denis Green (writer), Anthony Boucher (writer), Arthur Conan Doyle (author), Dean Fosler (music), Edna Best (producer). 29:27.

The Halls of Ivy was an NBC radio sitcom that ran from 1950-1952. It was created by Fibber McGee & Molly co-creator/writer Don Quinn before being adapted into a CBS television comedy (1954-55) produced by ITC Entertainment and Television Programs of America. Quinn developed the show after he had decided to leave Fibber McGee & Molly. The audition program featured radio veteran Gale Gordon (then co-starring in Our Miss Brooks) and Edna Best in the roles that ultimately went to British husband-and-wife actors Ronald Colman and Benita Hume. The Colmans had shown a flair for radio comedy in recurring roles on The Jack Benny Program in the late 1940s, and they landed the title roles in the new show. The Halls of Ivy featured Colman as William Todhunter Hall, the president of small, Midwestern Ivy College, and his wife, Victoria, a former British musical comedy star who sometimes felt the tug of her former profession, and followed their interactions with students, friends and college trustees. Others in the cast included Herbert Butterfield as testy Clarence Wellman, Willard Waterman (then starring as Harold Peary's successor as The Great Gildersleeve) as John Merriweather, and Elizabeth Patterson and Gloria Gordon as the Halls' maid. THIS EPISODE: October 4, 1950. NBC network. Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Mr. bentley Brook has come to at Ivy College. He's quite good looking, and he's apparently fallen in love with Mrs. Hall! Ronald Colman, Benita Hume, Ken Carpenter (announcer), Sandra Gould, Jerome Lawrence (writer), Robert E. Lee (writer), Ken Peters, Helen Crutchfield, Mary Alden, Henry Russell (composer, conductor), Nat Wolff (director), Don Quinn (creator). 29:25.

I would like to take this time to thank every one for listening to Radio America We have been on podomatic now for 1 year and a few weeks. We have just surpassed 210,000 downloads. And we truly want to thank everyone , to celebrate our 1 year anniversary and download. We are offering a special if you buy 3 cds you get the 4th free, that a total of 200 shows for $15.00 which includes shipping clickhere Visit the Radio America Store web site.Buy your 50 mp3 for &5.00 No show was more listened to in rural America than Lum and Abner (1935-1953) A large part of America was rural during its run. On the air for over twenty-two years (the first few years on local radio), it was the situation comedy second only to Fibber McGee and Molly in popularity. Lum (played by Chester Lauck) and Abner (Norris Goff) exemplified the small town, rural Americans so many people strongly identified with, and their homespun, gentle humor struck a familiar but somehow surprisingly funny note in people, keeping them tuned in week after week. Partners Lum and Abner owned the Jot `Em Down Store and Library, a kind of jumble shop, selling everything from lye soap to stoves to used books - a little bit of this, a little bit of that - in the fictitious town of Pine Ridge, Arkansas. By 1936, the show had become so popular, the town of Waters, Arkansas, officially changed its name to Pine Ridge. Frequent customers hanging around Lum and Abner's potbelly stove were such country characters as Grandpappy Peabody, Snake Hogan, and Cedric We Hunt (all played by Lauk), and Dick Huddleston, the town postmaster, Doc Miller, and Squire Skimp (played by Goff). Others heard on the show from time to time were Zasu Pitts, Cliff Arquette, Edna Best, Cornelius Peeples, and Andy Devine.