Podcasts about Gregory La Cava

This week on S&A. Lindsay is joined by The Age's Film Critic Jake Wilson. As they take on a Mess in the West (thank you Nadine Whitney) with a Double of The Coen's Blood Simple (1984) & Gregory La Cava's Lady a Jam (1942) This is a Double where everyone thinks they are the star of their own movie and story. Adding to this the Noir and the Screwball Comedy aren't so different after all. Go See Lady in a Jam at the BBBC in Brunkswick on the 4th of July Orginal Graphics Nadine Whiteny Orginal Music Anthony King Listent o Schlock & Awe on your favourite Podcast App

And now back to your regularly scheduled program. Hosts Brad Garoon and Jake Ziegler return to their examination of the last century in film with a look at 1938. Brad recommended a movie that neither he nor Jake had seen before in My Man Godfrey. They talk about the power of the Thin Man, William Powell, and the tour-de-force performances by the female cast, including Carole Lombard, Gail Patrick, and the indominable Alice Brady. They talk about the peculiar place in Oscar history this Gregory La Cava film occupies, and The theme of the haves vs. the have-nots continues in Jake's pick for the week, Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times. They marvel at how a 90-year-old movie can look like it came out today, at the power of Chaplin's comedic persona, and at the startling beauty of Paulette Goddard (and at her character's baffling backstory). Other movies mentioned in this episode: Sabotage (1936), the Great Ziegfeld (1936) Silver Linings Playbook (2012), Godzilla Minus One (2023).

Welcome to It's A Wonderful Podcast!! One of the true screwball comedy greats that balances its craziness with genuine, depression-era poignancy; a welcome return to this week's main show for the great William Powell, and a first show appearance for the revered Carole Lombard as Morgan and Jeannine talk Gregory La Cava's MY MAN GODFREY (1936) starring Powell, Lombard, Gail Patrick, Alice Brady, Eugene Pallette & Mischa Auer!! Our Youtube Channel for Monday Madness on video, Watchalongs, Live Discussions & more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvACMX8jX1qQ5ClrGW53vow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The It's A Wonderful Podcast Theme by David B. Music. Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ItsAWonderful1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/ItsAWonderful1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ IT'S A WONDERFUL PODCAST STORE:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://its-a-wonderful-podcast.creator-spring.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sub to the feed and download now on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Amazon Music & more and be sure to rate, review and SHARE AROUND!! Keep up with us on Twitter: Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ItsAWonderful1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Morgan: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Th3PurpleDon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jeannine: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/JeannineDaBean⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keep being wonderful!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsawonderfulpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsawonderfulpodcast/support

On this episode I discuss the quintessential Depression-era screwball comedy, My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava, 1936), starring Carole Lombard, William Powell, Gail Patrick, Alice Brady, Mischa Auer, and Eugene Pallette. Works Cited:Christopher Beach, Class, Language, and American Film Comedy (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002).Roger Bryant, William Powell: The Life and Films (New York: McFarland & Co., Inc., 2006).Bernard F. Dick, City of Dreams: the Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2021).Lea Jacobs, Film Rhythm and Sound: Technology, Music, and Performance (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2014).Olympia Kiriakou, Becoming Carole Lombard: Stardom, Comedy, and Legacy (New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020).Thomas Schatz, The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our Universal 1941 Studios Year by Year episode we looked at two films about love and sex by a couple of master filmmakers, Rene Clair's The Flame of New Orleans, a terrific Bruce Cabot vehicle (Marlene Dietrich is also in it), and Gregory La Cava's Unfinished Business, a sexually daring romantic drama (with some screwball elements) starring Irene Dunne that manages to seem like a Pre-Code despite the year in which it was made. We dig into the presentation of Theresa Harris's scheming maid in The Flame of New Orleans, whose aims are much clearer than the ostensible heroine's; and into the painful adult emotions of the brilliant and constantly surprising Unfinished Business, which get into areas that most people don't want to discuss in real life, let alone see in movies.  Time Codes: 0h 01m 00s:      THE FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS [dir Rene Clair] 0h 33m 08s:      UNFINISHED BUSINESS [dir. Gregory LaCava]   Studio Film Capsules provided by The Universal Story by Clive Hirschhorn Additional studio information from: The Hollywood Story by Joel W. Finler                                     +++ * Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s * Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive) * Read Elise's latest film piece on Preston Sturges, Unfaithfully Yours, and the Narrative role of comedic scapegoating. * Check out Dave's new Robert Benchley blog – an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist's 2000+ pieces as he can locate – Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!  Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com   We now have a Discord server - just drop us a line if you'd like to join! 

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Perhaps the most Finnish way to make a love letter to Finland is to make a movie that emphasizes a kind of remote inhabitability of a place and its people.  No really: this movie about a deadpan population, their apathetic bureaucracy, an undercurrent of white nationalism in the streets of Helsinki, frigid weather, and truly unappetizing-looking food.  And somehow under the direction of Aki Kaurismäki, the viewer - along with the lead character of a Syrian refugee struggling to survive in a cold, seemingly lifeless nation that doesn't want him there - is inevitably charmed by a nation we slowly learn to be more accurately characterized as emotionally reserved, but earnest.  Distrustful, but generous.  Suspicious and guarded, but maybe ultimately welcoming. If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Gregory La Cava's My Man Godfrey (1936).

Fittingly for Labour Day, we're talking about eating the rich and helping out the poor. Even with his butler job in My Man Godfrey though, the suave William Powell isn't exactly Johnny Lunchbox. He gets to wear a tuxedo and work in the ritzy house of a wealthy family of zany idiots. It could be worse. We were overdue to cover a Carole Lombard film, although her committed comic performance is a bit marred by the way they wrote her to be so whiny and annoying. It also doesn't help that she's jamming love down Powell's throat as Gregory La Cava's picture is presenting a romance that's hard to root for. Even if we let the workplace sexual harassment slide, there's that bizarre ending. Nevertheless, it's certainly better than some of the movies from this era that the AFI put on their various lists. So don't sock the 457th Ellises' Analysis for wanting a "protege" and if you must be phony, at least be a good guy as we serve you a podcast about My Man Godfrey on a silver platter. And if you don't like a bunch of pre-dinner martinis, order a mailbox full of Sparkplug Coffee. They'll give you a 20% discount if you use our promo code ("top100project"). We'd also love it if you would rate us and tweet things to us (@moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis) or email us (top100projectpodcast@gmail.com). Oh, one last thing to promote is that Ryan talks about sports flicker shows on "Scoring At The Movies".

This week we cover Gregory La Cava's screwball classic, "My Man Godfrey."  We discuss the casting and production of the film, then we break it down beat by beat and have a fun conversation about what we liked.  After that, we each pair the film with another film for two double bills. Thank you for listening!Created by Spike Alkire & Jake KelleyTheme Song by Breck McGough

Stage Door (1937) / Hell in the Pacific (1968) This week we're moving in together, shacking up with the aspiring actresses of Gregory La Cava's Footlights club and staking out a claim on John Boorman's contested island beach

In the mood for witty dialogue, insane chemistry, and a mostly female cast of up and coming all stars? Then Stage Door (1937) is the film for you! You can meet US at the Stage Door (1937) this week as we confab about this smartly crafted comedy that isn't afraid to show the underbelly of the entertainment industry from the actresses point of view. Gregory La Cava directs a superstar ensemble that includes Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, Andrea Leeds, Adolphe Menjou, and Ann Miller. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Cat Day, Zoe Palko, and Brianne Wilson chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

We talk about the amazing costume designer Sandy Powell who recently talked about her work at the Victoria & Albert Museum. See links below. We'd also love you to check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/bandeapartpodcast You Must Remember This, ‘Gossip Girls: Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper (The Queer, Female Film Producer You've Never Heard Of, Episode 5)', (31 May 2021): http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2021/5/5/gossip-girls-queer-film-producer-5 Walter Lang (director), Travis Banton (Miss Lombard's gowns), Brymer (other gowns), ‘Love Before Breakfast' (1936): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027908/ Gregory La Cava (director), Travis Banton (Miss Lombard's gowns), Brymer (other gowns), ‘My Man Godfrey' (1936): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028010/ Richard Dyer, ‘White', Routledge (2017, first published 1997): https://www.routledge.com/White-Twentieth-Anniversary-Edition/Dyer/p/book/9781138683044 Past event: ‘Online Talk: Sandy Powell in Conversation', Victoria & Albert Museum (7 November 2021): https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/awz4mQnapkN/online-talk-sandy-powell-in-conversation Sandy Powell: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0694309/ Sandy Powell's Autograph Suit auctioned at Phillips in 2020: https://www.phillips.com/detail/sandy-powell/UK090320/1 The Female Lead: https://www.thefemalelead.com/about-us Piere Bourdieu, Yvette Delsaut, ‘Le couturier et sa griffe: contribution à une théorie de la magie', Actes de la Recherche en Siences Sociales (1-1, 1975): https://www.persee.fr/doc/arss_0335-5322_1975_num_1_1_2447 Colleen Kelsey, ‘Fashioning Sandy Powell', Interview (18 February 2016): https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/sandy-powell ‘Behind the Seams: An interview with Sandy Powell', podcast episode (7 June 2020): https://www.angelsbehindtheseams.com/podcast/episode0010/ ‘Emily Blunt on the costumes of “Mary Poppins Returns”', Variety Artisans (20 December 2018): https://youtu.be/BiYgPfpjSCk Julie Miller, ‘How Sandy Powell, Oscar-Winning Costume Designer, Ventured Outside Her Comfort Zone', Vanity Fair (6 November 2017): https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/11/wonderstruck-sandy-powell ‘The Rake's Progress: An Introduction', Glyndebourne (23 August 2010) – shows David Hockney's designs: https://youtu.be/DxeeWlp4AZ8 Alex Marshall, ‘Lindsay Kemp, Dancer Who Taught David Bowie, Is Dead at 80', New York Times (29 August 2018): https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/obituaries/lindsay-kemp-dead.html ‘Lindsay Kemp Dies at 80', Gramilano (25 August 2018): https://www.gramilano.com/2018/08/lindsay-kemp-dies-at-80/ Kazuo Ono, ‘The Dead Sea' (1980s): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUjhQLB0hXY

For RKO 1937, Katharine Hepburn runs the gamut of emotions from effervescent-but-repressed to robot-with-a-heart-of-gold in the last entry in her latest series of box office bombs, the J. M. Barrie dual-identity farce Quality Street (directed by George Stevens), and her brief return to critical and commercial viability, Stage Door (directed by Gregory La Cava), with Ginger Rogers. Two films that have little in common besides their star but do both invert the typical Hollywood movie gender ratio. We discuss whether Quality Street lives up to Hepburn's reunion with either her Alice Adams director or her Little Minister source author, and dig into the class analysis of Stage Door, one of the best American comedies of the late '30s. Time Codes: 0h 01m 00s:                       RKO Data 0h 03m 55s:                       QUALITY STREET [dir. George Stevens] 0h 24m 15s:                       STAGE DOOR [dir. Gregory La Cava]             Studio Film Capsules provided by The RKO Story by Richard B. Jewell & Vernon Harbin Additional studio information from: The Hollywood Story by Joel W. Finler                                     +++ * Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s * Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive) * Read Elise's latest film piece on Preston Sturges, Unfaithfully Yours, and the Narrative role of comedic scapegoating. * Check out Dave's new Robert Benchley blog – an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist's 2000+ pieces as he can locate – Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!  Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com  

My Man Godfrey is a 1936 American screwball comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring William Powell and Carole Lombard, who had been briefly married years before appearing together in the film.[2][5] The screenplay for My Man Godfrey was written by Morrie Ryskind, with uncredited contributions by La Cava, based on 1101 Park Avenue, a short novel by Eric S. Hatch. The story concerns a socialite who hires a derelict to be her family's butler, and then falls in love with him. In 1999, the original version of My Man Godfrey was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The film was remade in 1957 with June Allyson and David Niven in the starring roles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Man_Godfrey

Dani and Nick return for the twelfth episode and season finale of season two of KINOTOMIC.This episode we talk about 'My Man Godfrey', directed by Gregory La Cava, and starring Carole Lombard and William Powell; and 'Palm Springs, directed by Max Barbakow and starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti.In this episode we discuss female-led comedy films, the nature of a time-loop movie, and reflect on the season gone.Many thanks for listening! Don't panic, we will be back!!'My Man Godfrey' review by Roger EbertTwitter: @kinotomicContact us: kinotomic@gmail.com

It's another movie with another name in the title. You know what that means! Brandon & Tyler are joined by Ashley to discuss Gregory La Cava 1936 Screwball Comedy "My Man Godfrey" Follow us on on Twitter, @FilmFoilPodcast, and Facebook Brandon's Twitter: @BrandoV2 Tyler's Twitter: @TylerJRinne Ashley's Twitter:  @ashleyhothan Music - "Golden Sunrise" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/ Elevator Music - "Local Forecast - Elevator Music" by Kevin Macleod: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/

We've done it, friends. We have reached the end of the "La Cava Saga" with 1937's Stage Door. Directed by friend of the podcast Gregory La Cava and starring Ginger Rogers and Katherine Hepburn, Stage Door was nominated for four Academy Awards but won nothing. In this episode, Danny, Sarah, and Caleb discuss the invention of pantyhose, hang out vibes, and Audrey Hepburn vs. Katherine Hepburn.     The Snub Club is a biweekly podcast about cinema history where we discuss the film from every year's Academy Awards with the most nominations but no wins. Hosted by Danny Vincent, Sarah Knauf, and Caleb Bunn!   Follow us everywhere! Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/SnubClubPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesnubclubpodcast/ Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=108436691341808&id=108435618008582&substory_index=0

On this episode of The Snub Club, the crew is talking about 1934's The Affairs of Cellini. Directed by Gregory La Cava and telling the tale of a Venetian artisan/serial killer, The Affairs of Cellini was nominated for four Academy Awards but won nothing. In this episode Danny, Sarah, and Caleb discuss Venetian pants, The National Recovery Administration, and 20th Century Fox history.     The Snub Club is a biweekly podcast about cinema history where we discuss the film from every year's Academy Awards with the most nominations but no wins. Hosted by Danny Vincent, Sarah Knauf, and Caleb Bunn!

In which we discuss the silent comedy SO'S YOUR OLD MAN (1926) starring W.C. Fields, and learn that Ron watched the movie at two times the normal speed, find out that Dan watched it at one-and-a-half times speed, and wonder how many other silents W.C. Fields was in. (Warning: contains spoilers and some content may be triggering.)

Paramount, 1935: we have two very unusual and very different movies, which nevertheless share the theme of private worlds and the possibility of communication between them. First up is Gregory La Cava's Private Worlds, about the inner lives of psychiatrists and the permeable boundary between sanity and insanity. It stars Claudette Colbert as Dr. Jane Everest and Charles Boyer as her chauvinistic boss and secret crush. Next, Henry Hathaway's fantasy melodrama Peter Ibbetson, which treats love as a shared mental world in ways that anticipate Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, while the camera falls in love with Gary Cooper's sweaty, suffering face.  Time Codes: 0h 0m 00s:                              PRIVATE WORLDS (dir. Gregory LaCava)        0h 46m 40s:                            PETER IBBETSON (dir. Henry Hathaway)                 +++ * Check out our Complete Upcoming Schedule - now projected to the end of our Lilli Palmer series in 2024 * Find Elise’s latest film piece on Billy Wilder and 1930s Romantic Comedy *And Read lots of Elise’s Writing at Bright Wall/Dark Room, Cléo, and Bright Lights.* Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com    

RKO, 1932: Selznick has come in as production chief and fired everyone but Pando S. Berman. We look at the result of this new regime in the form of two La Cava-helmed pictures. First, the white elephant, Symphony of Six Million, based on a short story by Fannie Hurst, shows us how RKO does the Lower East Side. Then, the termite, The Age of Consent, examines the sexual mores of American college life. Though it's probably not what you're thinking.   Time Codes: 0h 01m 00s:          Symphony of Six Million (dir: Gregory La Cava) 0h 40m 12s:          The Age of Consent (dir: Gregory La Cava)   +++ * Check out our Complete Upcoming Episode Schedule * Catch up with Dave’s fledgling Précis du cinema efforts on the Anagramsci Blog or on Letterboxd * Find Elise’s latest film piece on Depression era film romance *And Read lots of Elise’s Writing at Bright Wall/Dark Room, Cléo, and Bright Lights.* Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com Theme Music: “What’s Yr Take on Cassavetes?” – Le Tigre

“La gente que recoge gatos extraviados dice que son las mejores mascotas”. En la vida a cada uno le toca jugar su partida, los designios de la fortuna no acompañan últimamente a nuestro hombre Godfrey, un tipo tranquilo en horas muy bajas, de barba rala y porte distinguido. En tiempos de crisis cualquiera puede verse en el arroyo, en el vertedero, y de pronto, ¡Voilá!, dos hermanas vestidas de noche y purpurina llegan en un cochazo con chofer y le piden les acompañe a una absurda fiesta, un juego sin pies ni cabeza de ricos aburridos. Siempre hay más mugre en la alta sociedad que en los mendigos que duermen entre cartones. Un vagabundo mesiánico con la cabeza erguida, un hombre perdido llamado el Duque, después se revelará que estudió en Harvard. Antes ya de entrar en esa casa entiende que las dos hermanas no carburan muy bien, sin embargo hay un importante matiz, una de ellas tiene buen corazón y la otra calza una piel de serpiente más auténtica que la de su carísimo bolso. Una sofisticada mirada crítica al sistema y a las diferencias sociales en la Gran Depresión, uno de los pobres contesta “Mike, no te preocupes, la prosperidad está a la vuelta de la esquina”, tras el Crack del 29 los políticos lidiaban con tiempos de carestía y desesperación utilizando lemas de ese tipo. Gregory La Cava se ríe de los poderosos, de abajo a arriba. Los cinéfilos aman las películas de La Cava, su comedia loca, su estilo basado en la elegancia y en la espontaneidad, su sátira, excelentes diálogos, su buen humor para presentarnos una familia de desquiciadas, comenzando por Irene, Carole Lombard genial, desorientada y carcajeante, la madre no dice ni una frase comprensible y Cornelia, la elegante y bella Gail Patrick, la hermana cínica y de aviesas intenciones. El cabeza de familia los reúne para hablar sobre los problemas económicos provocados por las frivolidades y gamberradas de las dos hijas, un genial Eugene Pallette, aún así su vis cómica no supera la del protegido Carlo, enorme el cómico de origen ruso Mischa Auer, ha sido recogido por la madre , a quien consuela tocando al piano una lúgubre tonada rusa siempre repetida, un gorrón bufonesco cuya imitación de gorila dando saltos por el salón está entre las más recordadas de la historia del celuloide. Hay que conocer las prioridades en la vida, una chica de buena familia no debe tirarle los tejos al sirviente. Godfrey observa los comportamientos y después nos brinda sus trucos de ilusionista, actúa, y se inventa su particular cuento de hadas en la quinta Avenida de Nueva York. Raúl Gallego Esta noche no nos quitamos la mancha de carmín tras ser besados por Carole Lombard en Radiopolis… José Miguel Moreno, Raúl Gallego y Zacarías Cotán.

This week, Rosie Powell (no relation to William Powell) returns to the podcast to discuss a great screwball comedy, Gregory La Cava's MY MAN GODFREY. After you've listened, find The Movie Palace on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. If you'd like to support the show financially, you can do so via Ko-fi.

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Populist rhetoric, the influence of religion in politics, and the role of the media in elections all arise in this conversation about Gregory La Cava’s 1933 film Gabriel Over the White House. Carsey-Wolf Center director Patrice Petro and renowned journalist Jeff Greenfield explore the influence of financier William Randolph Hearst on the film’s ideology, and the circuitous legacy of this once-popular, then largely-forgotten story of a driven politician who attempts to strong-arm his way through domestic and foreign entanglements. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 33502]

Populist rhetoric, the influence of religion in politics, and the role of the media in elections all arise in this conversation about Gregory La Cava’s 1933 film Gabriel Over the White House. Carsey-Wolf Center director Patrice Petro and renowned journalist Jeff Greenfield explore the influence of financier William Randolph Hearst on the film’s ideology, and the circuitous legacy of this once-popular, then largely-forgotten story of a driven politician who attempts to strong-arm his way through domestic and foreign entanglements. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 33502]

Populist rhetoric, the influence of religion in politics, and the role of the media in elections all arise in this conversation about Gregory La Cava’s 1933 film Gabriel Over the White House. Carsey-Wolf Center director Patrice Petro and renowned journalist Jeff Greenfield explore the influence of financier William Randolph Hearst on the film’s ideology, and the circuitous legacy of this once-popular, then largely-forgotten story of a driven politician who attempts to strong-arm his way through domestic and foreign entanglements. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 33502]

Populist rhetoric, the influence of religion in politics, and the role of the media in elections all arise in this conversation about Gregory La Cava’s 1933 film Gabriel Over the White House. Carsey-Wolf Center director Patrice Petro and renowned journalist Jeff Greenfield explore the influence of financier William Randolph Hearst on the film’s ideology, and the circuitous legacy of this once-popular, then largely-forgotten story of a driven politician who attempts to strong-arm his way through domestic and foreign entanglements. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 33502]

Populist rhetoric, the influence of religion in politics, and the role of the media in elections all arise in this conversation about Gregory La Cava’s 1933 film Gabriel Over the White House. Carsey-Wolf Center director Patrice Petro and renowned journalist Jeff Greenfield explore the influence of financier William Randolph Hearst on the film’s ideology, and the circuitous legacy of this once-popular, then largely-forgotten story of a driven politician who attempts to strong-arm his way through domestic and foreign entanglements. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 33502]

Populist rhetoric, the influence of religion in politics, and the role of the media in elections all arise in this conversation about Gregory La Cava’s 1933 film Gabriel Over the White House. Carsey-Wolf Center director Patrice Petro and renowned journalist Jeff Greenfield explore the influence of financier William Randolph Hearst on the film’s ideology, and the circuitous legacy of this once-popular, then largely-forgotten story of a driven politician who attempts to strong-arm his way through domestic and foreign entanglements. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 33502]

Episode 20 of season four features another William Powell (have you tracked down his filmography yet?) film: My Man Godfrey. Gregory La Cava directed a stellar cast in this 1936... Read more »

On this episode of the Cinemadventure podcast,  Aidan and Blake discuss Gregory La Cava’s 1936 comedy “My Man Godfrey.” Blake uses some colorful analogies to describe the characters, and Aidan questions Muppet physics. Movies recommended on this week’s episode: Rope Burn After Reading Twentieth Century Bringing Up Baby The Lady Eve Next week’s movie: The […]

This episode covers spine #114 in the Criterion Collection, My Man Godfrey by Gregory La Cava featuring special guest Jill Leger. LISTEN HERE:  PODCAST REVIEW

Episode 9! This month we're discussing women in showbusiness, focusing on two stars who started out their film careers pounding the stage circuit hoping to make it big. Ginger Rogers and Joan Blondell. He’s a Keeper this month is the wonderful Peter Lorre. In the 1930’s, Hollywood became expert at creating fantasies for its audiences. Beautiful girls in skimpy costumes. in Busby Berkley designed spectacles singing ‘We’re in the money, we’re in the money' gave audiences a momentary escape from the greyness and worry of reality. The Great Depression affected all Americans and led to thousands of movie theaters closing and ticket sales plummeted, in saying that Hollywood was still in the business of entertaining people. In 1933 60 million people still went to the movies. Life on the stage was very tough with thousands of girls audtioning and only a handful making it in the pick. Backstage there would be 25 girls to one dressing room, bad lighting, everyone stealing each others make-up, in-fighting and holding off advances from creepy stage managers. Ginger and Joan came up the hard way and by 1933 were two of biggest stars at the time. Curtain everyone! Sources: 42 nd Street (1933) Dir. Lloyd Bacon. [DVD] Warner Bros. Bawden, J and Miller, R. (2016) ‘Interview with Joan Blondell’ in Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood’s Golden Era. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. Blondell, J. (1972) Center Door Fancy. New York: Delacorte Press. Broadway Bad (1933) Dir. Sidney Lanfield. [YouTube] Warner Bros. Dames (1934) Dir. Ray Enright & Busby Berkeley. [DVD] Warner Bros. Der Verlorene ‘The Lost One’ (1951) Dir. Peter Lorre [YouTube] National-Filmverleih. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Dir. Mervyn LeRoy [DVD] Warner Bros. Havana Widows (1933) Dir. Ray Enright [DVD] Warner Bros. Kennedy, M. (2007) Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. M (1931) Dir. Fritz Lang [YouTube] Vereinigte Star-Film. Mad Love (1935) Dir. Karl Freund. [DVD] Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Studios. Maltese Falcon (1941) Dir. John Huston [DVD] Warner Bros. Nightmare Alley (1947) Dir. Edmund Goulding [DVD] 20 th Century Fox. Professional Sweetheart (1933) Dir. Wiliam A. Seiter [YouTube] RKO. Stage Door (1937) Dir. Gregory La Cava. [DVD] RKO Swing Time (1936) Dir. George Stevens [DVD] RKO. Rogers, G. Ginger: My Story. New York: It Books. Youngkin, S.D. (2005) The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. Gourley, Catherine. (2008) Rosie and Mrs America: Perceptions of Women in the 1930's and 1940's. Twenty First Century Books. http://glamourdaze.com/2013/01/inside-a-1920s-chorus-girls-dressing-room.html Music excerpt from 42nd St (1933), music and lyrics by Al Dublin and Harry Warren. Music excerpt from Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), music and lyrics by Al Dublin and Harry Warren.

Our third episode focuses on the small window of films made in Hollywood between 1930 and 1934, known usually as 'Pre-Code'. The censorship rules of the 'Hays Code' was introduced to Hollywood studios in 1930 but was not actually enforced until late 1934. During these years studios were pumping out films testing the limits of propriety, usually with strong central female characters using their wiles to break out of poverty and marital drudgery. This month's He's a Keeper is devoted to the charming Melvyn Douglas. Lastly, an honourable mention to the late Setsuko Hara. Sources: A Woman’s Face (1941) Dir. George Cukor. [DVD] MGM. Baby Face (1933) Dir. Alfred E. Green. [DVD] Warner Bros. Bed of Roses (1933) Dir. Gregory La Cava. [DVD] RKO. Doherty, T. (1999) Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930-1934. New York: Columbia University Press. Douglas, M. (1986) See You at the Movies: The Autobiography of Melvyn Douglas (with Tom Arthur). Boston: University Press of America. Jacobs, L. (1991) The Wages of Sin: Censorship and the Fallen Woman 1928-1942. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. LaSalle, M. (2000) Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood. New York: St. Martin’s Press. Loos, A. (1974) Kiss Hollywood Goodbye. London: W.H. Allen. Loy, M. (1987) Being and Becoming (with James Kotsilibas-Davis). London: Bloomsbury. Brooks, Louise. (1974) Lulu in Hollywood. USA: University of Minnesota Press. Ninotchka (1939) Dir. Ernst Lubitsch. [DVD] MGM. Penthouse (1933) Dir. W.S. Van Dyke. [DVD] MGM. Possessed (1931) Dir. Clarence Brown. [DVD] MGM. Red Headed Woman (1932) Dir. Jack Conway. [DVD] MGM. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise (1931) Dir. Robert Z. Leonard [DVD] MGM. The Divorcee (1930) Dir. Robert Z. Leonard. [DVD] MGM. The Easiest Way (1931) Dir. Jack Conway [DVD] MGM. Theodora Goes Wild (1936) Dir. Richard Boleslawski. [YouTube] Columbia. Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) Dir. Robert Z Leonard. [DVD] MGM. THAT scene in Possessed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWmI88_hP0M

Fresh off of our discussion of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, we set our sights on My Man Godfrey, another comedy from 1936.  Directed by Gregory La Cava, the film is a satire of the lives of the naive and wealthy family residing in their Park Avenue and the merry misadventures that occur when they employ a new butler, Godfrey, who teaches them a few life lessons before the film's conclusion. La Cava's films are laced with similar social and political satire, such as Gabriel over the White House (1933) and She Married Her Boss (1935).  Commentary aside, My Man Godfrey's true charm is that it still holds up today.  Several editions, many with questionable quality, have been released on DVD, but obviously the Criterion Collection edition remains the best. Have a comment or question for the host?  Email Sean at 1001moviespodcast@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter via @1001moviesPC.