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What kinds of people should we open up to? Following recent conversations on confronting the darker parts of our psyche, this week's episode examines John M. Stahl's 1945 noir classic, Leave Her to Heaven to discuss the challenges involved in bearing the deepest parts of ourselves to new companions. We also briefly discuss: Gilda (1946) d. Charles Vidor Laura (1944) d. Otto Preminger and Rouben Mamoulian Contact Us Email: contact@jimmybernasconi.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/filmsfortoday/
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Sensual Amber by Marilyn Miglin (19--?) + Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor (1944) + John M. Stahl and Otto Preminger's Forever Amber (1947) 12/6/24 S6E91 To hear the compete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.
Welcome to It's A Wonderful Podcast! IT'S NOIRVEMBER 2024 and Morgan and Jeannine have five episodes for the month, covering the vast array of Film Noir, in the way only they can! We love Noir more than anything else on this show! More darkly manipulative romance in notably striking fashion this week as Morgan and Jeannine discuss how Film Noir can work with gorgeous Technicolor visuals in John M. Stahl's LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945) starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde & Jeanne Crain! Our YouTube Channel for Monday Madness on video, Morgan Hasn't Seen TV, Retro Trailer Reactions & 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 (X) Twitter: Podcast: https://twitter.com/ItsAWonderful1 Morgan: https://twitter.com/Th3PurpleDon Jeannine: https://twitter.com/JeannineDaBean_ Keep being wonderful!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsawonderfulpodcast/support
My Sin (1924) + Arpege (1927) by Lanvin + Vent Vert by Balmain (1947) + White Shoulders by Evyan (1943) + Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas (1929) + Leave Her to Heaven by Ben Ames Williams (1944) + Imitation of Life by Fannie Hurst (1933) + Douglas Sirk's Magnificent Obsession (1954) + All That Heaven Allows (1955) + Imitation of Life (1959) + John M. Stahl's Imitation of Life (1934) + Leave Her to Heaven (1945) + John Waters' Polyester (1981) + Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven (2002) with Kylie White 3/27/23, 4/25/24, 9/16/24 S5E30, S6E32, S6E70 9/16/24 S6E71 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.
White Shoulders by Evyan (1943) + Imitation of Life by Fannie Hurst (1933) + John M. Stahl's Imitation of Life (1934) + Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life (1959) + John Waters' Polyester (1981) with Kylie White 9/16/24 S6E70 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.
Adaptadas a partir de una misma novela escrita por Fannie Hurst, las dos versiones de Imitation of Life —estrenadas en 1934 y 1959, y dirigidas por John Stahl y Douglas Sirk, respectivamente— poseen el mismo punto de partida, el encuentro entre dos madres a cargo de sus hijas, una blanca y otra afroamericana, pero lo desarrollan en direcciones melodramáticas muy distintas, cada una representativa del momento de siglo XX y de Estados Unidos en el que fueron concebidas. En 1934, al corazón de la Gran Depresión, el aliciente es financiero: el surgimiento de esta amistad y la consiguiente creación de una nueva familia "no tradicional", va a la par con la creación de una exitosa empresa en conjunto. En 1959, con el boom económico de la posguerra en plena explosión, el estímulo es la ambición, la fama y el logro personal. Como suele ocurrir en esta clase de dramas, ambos sueños se trizan y se estrellan: la película de los años 30 desemboca en tragedia, la de fines de los 50 lo hace en una suerte de apoteosis kitsch. Situados en dos puntos de inflexión del "sueño americano", Stahl y Sirk no pueden ser más distintos en su enfoque, pero al final el resultado, la crónica de esa debacle, es la misma. De eso y más se habla en esta podcast.
Vent Vert by Balmain (1947) + Leave Her to Heaven by Ben Ames Williams (1944) + John M. Stahl's Leave Her to Heaven (1945) with Kylie White 4/25/24 S6E32 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.
Before THE CELESTINE PROPHECY...before THE SECRET...before female characters had agency?...there was...John M. Stahl's 1935 film MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor.
Our Fox 1945 episode features two of the greatest and greatest-looking film noirs: Otto Preminger's Fallen Angel and John M. Stahl's Leave Her to Heaven. We unpack the movies' love triangles, in which two strong-willed women exert their influence over a passive man; their treatment of the topics of love and obsession; the unique cinematic qualities of Alice Faye's presence and Gene Tierney's face; how Gene Tierney and Linda Darnell differ from the stereotypical femme fatale - and much more. Time Codes: 0h 00m 35s: FALLEN ANGEL [dir. Otto Preminger] 0h 36m 39s: LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN [dir. John M. Stahl] Studio Film Capsules provided by The Films of 20th Century-Fox by Aubrey Solomon and Tony Thomas 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!
Our Fox 1944 episode features a prestige production, The Eve of St. Mark, based on a Maxwell Anderson play and directed by John Stahl, and a modest marital drama, In the Meantime, Darling, directed by Otto Preminger just before he makes a name for himself in noir with Laura. Between the two, the problems facing the men at the front and the women who love them are covered, as well as the kinds of moral dilemmas each might face. We discuss Preminger's handling of Jeanne Craine's character, and Bosley Crowther (back to being Nemesis of the Pod) inadvertently describes John Stahl's distinctive style/outlook. Time Codes: 0h 00m 45s: THE EVE OF ST. MARK [dir. John M. Stahl] 0h 33m 04s: IN THE MEANTIME, DARLING [dir. Otto Preminger] Studio Film Capsules provided by The Films of 20th Century-Fox by Aubrey Solomon & Tony Thomas 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!
Hello, romantics! Your host Manish (@vertigay314) invites Melanie Greenberg (@moviemavengal) of Pardesi Reviews (@PardesiYT) for John M. Stahl's Leave Her to Heaven! The 1945 film starring Gene Tierney is both a dark film noir thriller and a lush, vibrantly colorful Technicolor melodrama.. With a captivating and disturbing lead performance, bonkers twists, and allusions to Greek mythology, the film is one of a kind. Its influence on the "obsessed lover" genre cannot be understated!
Leave Her To Heaven, ou Péché Mortel en français, un film d'une noirceur flamboyante Cette semaine, nous explorons Leave Her To Heavende John M. Stahl, un film noir de 1945 avec Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde et Jeanne Crain. Leave Her To Heaven est un film noir singulier, notamment car il contient cette combinaison entre le fond : une histoire horrifique et dérangeante associée à un formalisme étincelant, cet incroyable technicolor qui va contribuer à rendre ce film presque hypnotique. Ce film est aussi une ode à la beauté extraordinaire de Gene Tierney, une actrice mythique et muse de beaucoup de cinéphiles. Nous allons voir que Gene Tierney a beaucoup plus d'aspérités que ce que laisse deviner la façade éclatante de son physique. Leave Her To Heaven, une tentative d'emprise vouée à l'échec. [ATTENTION CET EPISODE CONTIENT DES SPOILERS] Le film Leave Her To Heaven dépeint admirablement un processus de destruction, il montre comment un système amoureux dysfonctionnel peut mener à un anéantissement presque total. Leave Her To Heaven est un film où il est question de roman de gare, de balade en bateau, et de Far West. Pourquoi ce film nous trouble toujours autant plus de 80 ans après sa sortie ? Comment ce film arrive à nous dépeindre une des méchantes les plus terrifiantes du cinéma américain ? CREDITS: Extraits films: Leave Her To Heaven, John M. Stahl, 1945 Laura, Otto Preminger, 1944 The Shangai Gesture, Joseph Von Sternberg, 1941Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
Always get a buddy when swimming in strange waters, but make your choices carefully when doing so - it's Leave Her to Heaven from 1945! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa.Leave Her to Heaven was directed by John M. Stahl and stars Gene Tierney and Cornel Wilde.Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes:patreon.com/oldmovietimemachineWe appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and follow the show:Instagram: @timemachinepodcastsFacebook: facebook.com/oldmovietimemachineEmail: partyline@oldmovietimemachine.comBuy our luxurious merchandise:https://www.teepublic.com/user/old-movie-time-machine★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Universal, 1939: we continue the saga of John Stahl's final years with the banker regime with When Tomorrow Comes, a frankly pro-labour romance, full of eccentric charm, that rewrites the fate of Irene Dunne's Back Street character while reuniting the actress with Charles Boyer after their success in Love Affair. Then we turn to the studio's B mode with Joe May's intermittently audacious, but consistently funny, murder/haunting mystery The House of Fear, about an ill-fated stage production. Time Codes: 0h 01m 00s: WHEN TOMORROW COMES [dir. John M. Stahl] 0h 51m 32s: THE HOUSE OF FEAR [dir. Joe May] 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!
For this Universal 1938 episode, we begin by again discussing the relationship between comedy, tragedy, and horror, courtesy of John M. Stahl's Letter of Introduction, featuring famed ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his alter ego, Charlie McCarthy. Edgar rises and Adolphe Menjou falls in a kind of Tolstoyan double plot. Then we watch as Universal's new banker overlords do their best to launch another young female star with the initials DD. French actress Danielle Darrieux (later of Max Ophüls masterpieces) plays a real weirdo in The Rage of Paris, a risqué romantic comedy co-starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and directed by Deanna Durbin specialist Henry Koster, and we give our opinions on whether we think this attempt to launch her in America was a success. Time Codes: 0h 01m 00s: LETTER OF INTRODUCTION [dir. John M. Stahl] 0h 39m 44s: THE RAGE OF PARIS [dir. Henry Koster] Studio Film Capsules provided 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
Get ready for intrigue, thrills, chills and maybe even kills! It's Leave Her To Heaven, technicolour noir/drama/whatever genre it damn well wants to be classic directed by John M Stahl and starring the quality quartet of Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain and Vincent Fucking Price. Next movie: DEATHTRAP, 1982.
Surprise Noirvember ep! It's Tierney Time once again as we discuss John M. Stahl's Technicolor noir masterpiece Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Topics include monkeys and coconuts, Vincent Price club bangers, boat massacres of all kinds, and more Bosley Crowther bullshit. Show Notes & Sources: https://wp.me/pbeIfn-gj Theme Music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io): "Dark Hallway (Distressed)" and "The Show Must Be Go"
In this MGM 1937 episode, we look at two star-studded historical romances about charismatic political leaders and their mistresses: Conquest (directed by Clarence Brown), with Charles Boyer's Napoleon Bonaparte and Greta Garbo's Marie Walewska, and Parnell (directed by John Stahl), with Clark Gable's Charles Stewart Parnell and Myrna Loy's Katharine O'Shea. Despite the poor-to-terrible reputations of the films, we find a lot to recommend, from Conquest's surprisingly canny politics to Parnell's gender-inversion of Stahl's fallen woman melodramas. Dave reveals his inner Napoleon fanboy, and Elise shudders at the Gnostic void into which love leads Stahl's protagonists. Time Codes: 0h 01m 00s: Studio Data 0h 10m 01s: CONQUEST [dir. Clarence Brown] 0h 45m 28s: PARNELL [dir. John M. Stahl] 1h 25m 00s: Listener mail with Adam Studio Film Capsules provided by The MGM Story by John Douglas Eames 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! *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
This week on the pod, we get started with our new Acteurist Oeuvre-View series: Margaret Sullavan. We were expecting solid entries from the selective Sullavan, but weren't fully prepared for John Stahl to match his Back Street achievement with Sullavan's screen debut, Only Yesterday (1933). We discuss its relationship to Opühls' Letter from an Unknown Woman, with which it shares a source, while concluding that it has more in common with Mervyn LeRoy's Random Harvest. We also posit Stahl-Sullavan as the American Ozu-Hara... if only they'd worked together more than once. Next, another Universal movie set against a backdrop of social chaos, Frank Borzage's Little Man, What Now? (1934), where Sullavan is tasked with the burden of being the entire meaning of a man's life in a bewildering hell-world. Spoiler: we think she's up to the job. We talk differences and similarities between the social outlooks of the Two Franks (Borzage and Capra) and their depictions of grace. This is going to be a long one, so make some popcorn! Time Codes: 0h 01m 00s: Brief introduction to Margaret Sullavan 0h 15m 54s: ONLY YESTERDAY (1933) [dir. John M. Stahl] 1h 03m 09s: LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW? (1934) [dir. Frank Borzage] Referenced This Episode: Elise Moore on Waterloo Bridge & Little Man, What Now? The Call of the Heart: John M. Stahl and Hollywood Melodrama - Bruce Babbington and Charles Barr +++ * 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! *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
Hop in! The lads are taking the boat out on the lake while we discuss 1945's technicolor noir Leave Her to Heaven, directed by John M. Stahl and starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain and Vincent Price! Questions, comments or book dedications? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com
For Douglas Sirk's adaptation of Lloyd C. Douglas's "liberal Christianity x pop psychology" novel the director makes the right choice to instead just remake the earlier 1935 John M. Stahl directed adaptation, which Criterion helpfully provides as a bonus feature on this release. While the 1935 version tries to show the absurdity of the melodrama with a slapstick-y comedy style, Sirk just ratchets up the melodrama to even more absurd levels.
Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 23. We hope you enjoy the show! Please join the conversation - email us with thoughts and ideas and connect with the show on Facebook and Twitter. NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS: Silence of the Lambs 30th Anniversary Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of The Silence of the Lambs with special showings at the Historic Roxy Theater April 9th and 10th at 9pm. And don’t forget to tune in to our latest episode of In the Mix, direct from the Bay Street Bistro in Port Orchard, WA. The Bistro's "Sunday Supper" this week is dedicated to The Silence of the Lambs anniversary with a Dr. Lecter approved menu: Fava Bean and Smashed Pea Hummus, Crou of Egg and Sausage, Spicy Blackened Chicken over Wild Rice, and Sanguinacci Dulce (half blood oranges stuffed with chocolate mousse). Call for reservations: 360-602-0310 or visit baystreetbistro.com Virtual Theater 2020 Presents Moliere's Tartuffe Tune in to Virtual Theater 2020’s free performance of Tartuffe by Moliere, Saturday April 10th at 6pm. Their presentation of this classic farce will be followed by live talk back with the cast and crew directly following the show. Visit their Facebook page for more information at @VTHEATER2020. The Women’s Theater Festival Presents Shakespeare's Othello Don't miss a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s classic Othello presented by The Women’s Theater Festival and starring our friend and guest on Episode 13 Seattle actor Zandi Carlson, in the pivotal role of Iago. Othello airs tonight, tomorrow April 10th, and April 16th and 17th at 8pm. Tickets are pay-what-you-can. So visit WomensTheatreFestival.com for more information and to donate. IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Jeremy Arnold Jeremy is an author, film historian and commentator. His new book, The Essentials Vol. 2: 52 More Must-See Movies and Why They Matter, was recently published by Running Press and Turner Classic Movies. It is his second companion book to TCM’s long-running “Essentials” program which profiles the most vital and influential movies in film history. In addition to the two Essentials books, Jeremy has written Christmas in the Movies: 30 Classics to Celebrate the Season, Lawrence of Arabia: The 50th Anniversary, two essays in The Call of the Heart: John M. Stahl and Hollywood Melodrama, contributions to Jeanine Basinger’s 2003 edition of The World War II Combat Film: Anatomy of a Genre, numerous essays and liner notes for home entertainment releases, including four Frank Capra titles; and over six hundred programming articles to date for the Turner Classic Movies website. Jeremy’s commentating work includes fourteen audio commentaries for the Blu-ray or DVD release of classic films, most recently Wings of the Hawk, and stints as a guest host on TCM with Ben Mankiewicz. Follow Jeremy on Twitter: twitter.com/jt_arn Shop Jeremy's books: on Amazon COMING UP NEXT WEEK: Tune in next week, Friday April 16th, when we’ll be joined by veteran sound editor and Foley artist Gregg Barbanell. As a sound editor Gregg worked with clients like Peter Bogdanovich for "Saint Jack" (1979), John Carpenter for "The Fog" (1980), Francis Ford Coppola for "The Escape Artist" (1982) and won an Emmy for Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming for "Dinosaur Planet" in 2003. Gregg has also worked as a Foley artist on shows like the Walking Dead and Breaking Bad, and films like Suicide Squad, The Revenant, and Mortal Combat.
It’s our epic episode on the three Imitations of Life! Hear us discuss Fannie Hurst’s massively popular 1933 novel and its two popular film adaptations: John M. Stahl’s restrained 1934 version, the first Hollywood movie to look seriously, if cautiously, at the impact of white supremacy and racial inequality in America, and Douglas Sirk’s strategically lurid, early civil rights-era version, from 1959. We attempt to thoroughly debunk the “trash” reputation of Hurst’s eccentric, elaborately written, and harrowing novel, which not only addresses white supremacy but also harpoons the nuclear family and the American religion of success, while putting mother-daughter emotional ambivalence at its imaginative center. We then go on to discuss some of the reasons for the changes from page to screen, and a blatantly political addition to the story in the original Stahl script that didn’t make it past the censors. Warning for as much disturbing content as you can imagine this topic occasioning, and then some. Time Codes: 0h 0m 00s: Imitation of Life (novel by Fannie Hurst) 1h 04m 35s: IMITATION OF LIFE (1934 – dir. John M. Stahl) 1h 57m 48s: IMITATION OF LIFE (1959 – dir. Douglas Sirk) +++ * 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
Welcome to "Heilman & Haver" - Episode Nine. We hope you enjoy the show! Please join the conversation - email us and find us on Facebook and Twitter. IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Jeremy Arnold - film historian, commentator and author of TCM's Christmas In the Movies: 30 Classics to Celebrate the Season Jeremy's new book, The Essentials Vol. 2: 52 More Must-See Movies and Why They Matter, was recently published by Running Press and Turner Classic Movies. It is his second companion book to TCM’s long-running “Essentials” program which profiles the most vital and influential movies in film history. In addition to the two Essentials books, Jeremy has written Lawrence of Arabia: The 50th Anniversary, two essays in The Call of the Heart: John M. Stahl and Hollywood Melodrama, contributions to Jeanine Basinger’s 2003 edition of The World War II Combat Film: Anatomy of a Genre, numerous essays and liner notes for home entertainment releases, including four Frank Capra titles; and over six hundred programming articles to date for the Turner Classic Movies website. Jeremy’s commentating work includes fourteen audio commentaries for the Blu-ray or DVD release of classic films, most recently Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948) and The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), and stints as a guest host on TCM with Ben Mankiewicz. He joins us today from his home in Los Angeles. Follow Jeremy on Twitter: @jt_arn ***SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST THROUGH 12/24/20 AND BE ENTERED TO WIN BOTH OF JEREMY'S BOOKS LINKED ABOVE! OUR WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON CHRISTMAS DAY ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.*** COMING UP NEXT EPSISODE: Jason Kindt from The Actors Fund Jason is a theater person at heart and physician with the Actors Fund, serving New York’s Broadway and theater community. As a representative from The Actors Fund - a national human services organization that fosters stability and resiliency, and provides a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals for life - Jason will be speaking with us about the great work that the organization is doing and about how the pandemic has impacted the theater and surrounding business in Manhattan. **Intro and bed music: Swinging Jazz by EvolvingVibes
In this week's edition of The Studios Year-by-Year, it's Universal 1932, and we have two horror movies with wildly divergent styles. First, it's Robert Florey's Murders in the Rue Morgue, perhaps the sickest and most sadistic of the 30s Universal horror classics (surpassing even The Black Cat) and a probable influence on RKO's King Kong. Then it's John Stahl's Back Street (also shot by Karl Freund), based on the novel by noted feminist author and friend of the podcast Fannie Hurst, which we consider as a kind of Handmaid's Tale cautionary tale in the mode of so op instead of sci fi, but with plenty of saving ambiguity. Both shot by Karl Freund, they couldn't be further apart in style or their approach to melodrama. A great double feature! Time Codes: 0h 01m 00s: Murders in the Rue Morgue (dir: Robert Florey) 0h 48m 51s: Back Street (dir: John M. Stahl) +++ * 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
7:40 : Comentarios de las transmisiones anteriores 25:35 : Polemica, hablamos de twitter (perdón): EL CINE SE HA MURIDO! 48:30 : Estrenos torrent de la semana 55:40 : Akira (1988) 1:12:50 : River perdio la final 1:18:30 : Festival de Cien de Mar del Plata 2019: Libro Cuadernos de Critica 01 1:20:15 : La ciudad de Mar del Plata 1:27:35 : Retrospectivas: John M. Stahl, Djibril Diop Mambety, Nina Menkes 1:35:05 : Made in Britan (1982) 1:48:45 : Ne croyez surtout pas que je hurle (2019) 1:52:30 : Liberte (2019) 1:56:00 : Tratamos de pensar el cine un poquisho: Longa Noite (2019), The World is Full of Secrets (2018), Sete anos em Maio (2018) 2:17:00 : The Devil Next Door (2019) 2:28:20 : Parasite (2019)
On March 20, 2019, 20th Century Fox ceased to exist when the Walt Disney Co. completed its acquisition of what was once one of Hollywood’s six major studios. Although their catalogue stretches back more than 100 years, 20th Century Fox was officially formed in 1935 with the merging of two smaller studios, Fox Film Corporation and 20th Century Pictures. To commemorate this significant moment in cinema history, we invited back a regular Cinematheque guest, film archivist and preservationist Schawn Belston, to speak to our audiences and chat with us here on Cinematalk. In a career at Fox that spanned more than 25 years at Fox, Schawn’s work in film preservation began with the 1997 re-issues of the original STAR WARS TRILOGY. He eventually became Executive Vice President of Media and Library Services at Twentieth Century Fox, oversseing all archival and preservation work of the studio’s extensive library. Today, Schawn is a Senior Vice-President at the Walt Disney Company where he still looks after the Fox library, in addition to the Disney Studio’s catalogue. Schawn joined us on November 8 and 9 to present a special clip-filled history of 20th Century Fox called FOX: AN APPRECIATION, and an archival print of John M. Stahl’s great melodrama, LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN. The Cinematheque’s series tribute to Fox continues on Friday, December 6 with a double feature of two pre-code titles from the Fox Film Corporation, 1932’s QUICK MILLIONS starring Spencer Tracy, and 1933’s BLOOD MONEY, with George Bancroft, Judith Anderson and Frances Dee. Both films were directed by the talented and mysterious Rowland Brown. Then, on December 15, the Cinematheque’s 2019 programming will conclude with a contemporary classic from 20th Century Fox, the original 1988 DIE HARD, showing in a 35mm print from the collection of the Chicago Film Society.
In a creepy occurrence of synchronicity Jay and Azed choose a couple of noir films that compliment each other a little too well. To the point where doctors have mandated a period of separation for the mental health of both to avoid a potentially catastrophic merging of their identities. But before the state got involved and surgically separated the two hosts and lucky for you listeners the pair managed to record this podcast on Otto Preminger's Angel Face and John M. Stahl's Leave Her to Heaven first. Two noirs that took the iconic femme fatale character to new and disturbing depths, brilliantly played by Jean Simmons and Gene Tierney. See, even the actresses names are the same! Before they get into the noir discussion special guest and filmmaker Kieran Dick joins Azed and Jay to tell them just how terribly wrong they've been this whole time. In particular Kieran (a Philip K. Dick expert) digs back into the Blade Runner episode and gives some insight and alternate reads on some of the topics that were discussed. And yes they all somehow managed to bring up Twin Peaks again (multiple times!).
Programa 40 en el que hablamos de toda la actualidad cinematográfica de la semana. La morgue, la taquilla y festivales además de todos los estrenos (Toy Story 4, Godzilla: Rey de los monstruos, La influencia, El secreto de las abejas, En los 90, Un atardecer en la Toscana, La banda, Esto no es Berlín, Nahuel, Nuestro tiempo y Todo por Grace). Además hablaremos en la sección de VoD de 'I am mother' estrenada en Netflix y del clásico 'Que el cielo la juzgue' de John M. Stahl. Nos pueden seguir en habladecine.com en Facebook (habladecine.com) o en twitter (@habladecine_com). Pueden solicitar un clásico para analizar o comentar cualquier película dejando comentarios en las redes indicadas, en ivoox o escribiendo un email a habladecine@gmail.com
Episode 12! Part 2 of a 2 part series on the melodramas of the '30's and '50's continues with the lush and exquisite films of Douglas Sirk. We named our episode 'Heaven is stingy' as it's a great quote from Sirk in his interview with Jon Halliday (Sirk on Sirk) where he discusses the title of 'All That Heaven Allows' - "The studio loved the title All That Heaven Allows. They thought it meant you could have everything you wanted. I meant it exactly the other way around. As far as I am concerned, heaven is stingy". Sources: All I Desire (1953) Dir. Douglas Sirk. [DVD] Universal Pictures. All that Heaven Allows (1955) Dir. Douglas Sirk [DVD] Universal Pictures. Brody, R. (2014) ‘John M. Stahl’s When Tomorrow Comes’ The New Yorker 18 September. Available at: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/john- stahl-when- tomorrow-comes Halliday, J. (1971) Sirk on Sirk: Conversations with Jon Halliday. New York: Faber. Landy, Marcia (1991)Imitations of Life: A reader on film and television melodrama. Wayne State University Press. Imitation of Life (1959) Dir. Douglas Sirk [DVD] Universal Pictures. Interlude (1957) Dir. Douglas Sirk [DVD] Universal Pictures. Magnificent Obsession (1954) Dir. Douglas Sirk [DVD] Universal Pictures. Ryan, T. (2014) ‘The Adaptation and the Remake: from John M. Stahl’s When Tomorrow Comes to Douglas Sirk’s Interlude’ Senses of Cinema March. Available at: http://sensesofcinema.com/2014/feature-articles/the- adaptation-and- the-remake- from-john-m-stahls- when-tomorrow- comes-to- douglas-sirks- interlude/ There’s Always Tomorrow (1955) Dir. Douglas Sirk. [DVD] Universal Pictures. The Vanity Tables of Douglas Sirk (2015) Dir. Mark Rappaport [online archive] Written on the Wind (1956) Dir. Douglas Sirk [archive.org] Universal Pictures. Zu neuen Ufern (1937) Dir. Detlef Sierck [archive.org] UFA. (available here to watch with English subs. https://archive.org/details/ZuNeuenUfern1937)
Episode 11! Part 1 of a 2 part series on the melodramas of the '30's and '50's starting with the films of John M. Stahl. Stahl directed some of the most popular films of the romantic melodrama genre through the 1930's, some of which would go on to be remade in glorious technicolor by Douglas Sirk in the 1950's. He was forgotten in film history for many decades mostly due to the lack of availability of any decent prints. A resurgence of interest in his work was sparked by the Universal Pictures under Laemmle Jr retrospective in MoMA last year. For the first time since their release audiences were able to experience the pristine and slow burning beauty of Stahl's films, where women were the centre of action and interest. We also discuss the other forgotten man of that time, Laemmle Jr. Charles Boyer is discussed in loving detail in our He's a Keeper segment. Sources: An Affair to Remember (1957) Dir. Leo McCarey [YouTube] Twentieth Century Fox. Back Street (1932) Dir. John M Stahl [YouTube] Universal Pictures. Back Street (1941) Dir. Robert Stevenson [Daily Motion] Universal Pictures. Bawden, J. and Miller, R. (2016) ‘Interview with Irene Dunne’ in Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood’s Golden Era. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. Gaslight (1944) Dir. George Cukor [DVD] Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer. Hold Back the Dawn (1941) Dir. Mitchell Leisen [DVD] Paramount Pictures. Imitation of Life (1934) Dir. John M Stahl [DVD] Universal Pictures. Leave Her to Heaven (1945) Dir. John M Stahl [DVD] Universal Pictures. Le Bonheur (1934) Dir. Marcel L'Herbier [Internet Archive] Universal Pictures. Liliom (1934) Dir. Fritz Lang. [YouTube] Fox Film Corporation/ Fox Europa. Love Affair (1939) Dir. Leo McCarey [YouTube] RKO Pictures. Magnificent Obsession (1935) Dir. John M Stahl [DVD] Universal Pictures. Only Yesterday (1933) Dir. John M Stahl [YouTube] Universal Pictures. Swindell, L. (1983) The Reluctant Lover: Charles Boyer. New York: Doubleday. The Earrings of Madame de ... (1953) Dir. Max Ophüls [DVD] Gaumont (France)Arlan (US). When Tomorrow Comes (1939) Dir. John M Stahl [DVD] Universal Pictures. http://brightlightsfilm.com/women-love-three-early-30s-melodramas-john-m-stahl-seed-back-street-yesterday/#.V69xApgrKM9 http://sensesofcinema.com/2014/feature-articles/the-adaptation-and-the-remake-from-john-m-stahls-when-tomorrow-comes-to-douglas-sirks-interlude/ http://www.filmcomment.com/blog/the-high-times-and-hard-fall-of-carl-lammle-jr/ Closing music from Where Does Love Go (1966) 'La Vie En Rose' sung by Charles Boyer
Kiva Reardon isn't one to completely define what her work is, but for the past two years, her new journal cléo has broadened the conversation around cinema and feminism in a unique and exciting way. In this second Toronto-based episode, Kiva talks to Peter about growing up with classic movies, trying to deconstruct pop culture items (including but not limited to: Drake), and the gestural bodily cinema of Claire Denis. They then move onto forming cleo, and why its diversity in terms of both content and form has been one of the key aspects to its success. Finally, Kiva brings in the 1945 Technicolor noir Leave Her To Heaven with Gene Tierney, and the two discuss it as a template for a more recent murderous melodrama: David Fincher's Gone Girl. 0:00-2:00 Opening3:05-11:44 Establishing Shots - Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-Hsien / Donations12:28-48:35 Deep Focus - Kiva Reardon49:47-51:27 Mubi Sponsorship - Jean Rollin and Tilda Swinton53:00 -1:11:26 Double Exposure - Leave Her To Heaven (John M. Stahl)1:11:30-1:13:34 Close / Outtakes
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