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EPISODE 86 -  “ANNA MAY WONG: CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH” - 5/5/2025 Anna May Wong was once the most famous Chinese woman in the world. The trailblazing actress, philanthropist, and fashion icon appeared in over 60 films and was a celebrated star, yet, at the time, she was not allowed to kiss a Caucasian man on screen, which limited the roles she could take, and she was not allowed to buy a house in Beverly Hills. A strange dichotomy, indeed. In recent years, she has enjoyed a much-deserved resurgence. Known as a Trailblazer and a cultural icon, she paved the way for generations of Asian and Asian American actors by proving that talent and perseverance could transcend racist casting conventions. Her life and career continue to influence conversations about diversity, representation, and the politics of race in Hollywood. This week, she is our Star of the Month. SHOW NOTES:  AVA GARDNER MUSEUM: If you would like to make a donation to help support the Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield, N.C. (Ava'a hometown!), please click on the following link: https://ava-gardner-museum.myshopify.com/products/donations Sources: Not Your China Doll (2924), by Katie Gee Salisbury; Anna May Wong: From Laundryman's Daughter to Hollywood Legend (2012), by Graham Russell Gao Hodges; Anna May Wong: A Complete Guide to Her Film, Stage, Television, and Radio Work (2010), by Philip Leibfried and Chei Mi Lane; Perpetually Cool: The Many Lives of Anna May Wong (2003), by Anthony B. Chan; “Anna May Wong: 13 Facts About Her Trailblazing Hollywood Career,” April 30, 2024, By Minhae Shim Roth; “Anna May Wong's Long Journey from Hollywood to the Smithsonian,” March 2024, by Ryan Lintelman, Natural Museum of American History; “Anna May Wong Will Be the First Asian American on US Currency,” October 18, 2022, by Soumya Karlamangla; “Anna May Wong is Dead At 54; Actress Won Movie Fans in '24; Appeared with Fairbanks in ‘Thief of Bagdad,' Made Several Films Abroad,” February 4, 1961, The New York Times; Wikipedia.com; TCM.com; IBDB.com; IMDBPro.com; Movies Mentioned:  Phantom Of The Opera (1943), starring Claude Rains, Eddy Nelson, & Suzanna Foster; The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946), starring Gale Sondergaard & Brenda Joyce; White Savage (1943), starring Maria Montez, Jon Hall, and Sabu; Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944), starring Maria Montez & Jon Hall; It Grows On Trees (1952), Irene Dunne & Dean Jagger; Impact (1949), starring Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Helen Walker, & Anna May Wong; The Red Lantern (1919), starring Alla Nazimova; The Toll of the Sea (1922), staring Kenneth Harlan & Anna May Wong; The Thief of Baghdad (1924), starring Douglas Fairbanks & Anna May Wong; Picadilly (1929), starring Gilda Gray & Anna May Wong; Daughter of the Dragon (1931), starring Anna May Wong and Warner Orland; Shanghai Express (1932), starring Marlene Dietrich & Anna May Wong; The Hatchet Man (1932), starring Loretta Young; The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932), starring Myrna Loy; The Son-Daughter (1932), starring Helen Hayes; Tiger Bay (1934), starring Anna May Wong; Chu Chen Chow (1934), starring Anna May Wong; Java Head (1934), starring Anna May Wong; Limehouse Blues (1934), starring George Raft, Jean Parker, & Anna May Wong; The Good Earth (1937), starring Paul Muni & Luise Rainer; Daughter of Shanghai (1937), starring Anna May Wong & Philip Ahn; King of Chinatown (1939), starring Anna May Wong & Sidney Toler; Dangerous to Know (1938), starring Gail Patrick & Anna May Wong;  Island of Lost Men (1939), starring Anna May Wong & J. Carrol Naish; Bombs Over Burma (1942), starring Anna May Wong; Lady From Chungking (1942), starring Anna May Wong; Portrait in Black (1960), starring Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, & Sandra Dee; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Suspense" was a radio drama series that captivated audiences from 1940 through 1962 during the Golden Age of Radio. Often subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills," this program was a shining example of suspense thriller entertainment. It specialized in delivering heart-pounding stories, typically featuring some of the leading Hollywood actors of its era. With an impressive total of approximately 945 episodes aired over its lengthy run, "Suspense" remains an enduring classic, with over 900 episodes still in existence.

EPISODE 70 - “COLIN CLIVE” - 1/13/2024 The moment he uttered the iconic line, “It's Alive! It's Alive,” in the 1931classic horror film “Frankenstein, actor COLIN CLIVE secured his place in film history. The handsome, talented British actor went on to appear in several other films, but his life and career were cut short due to his acute alcoholism and other personal demons. This week, we remember and celebrate this beloved horror legend.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: One Man Crazy . . .! The Life and Death of Colin Clive (2018), by Gregory W. Mank; James Whale: A New World of Gods and Monsters (1998), by James Curtis; The Wisdom of Colette (1980), by Bennitt Gardiner; Colette O'Niel: A Season in Repertory (1976), by Bennitt Gardiner; “R.C. Sherriff: Soldier, Writer and Oarsman,” November 30, 2020, HearTheBoatSing.com; “Mae Clarke Remembers James Whale,” May 1985, Films in Review; “Jeanne De Casalis, 69, Is Dead,” August 20, 1966, New York Times;  “Colin Clive, Actor, Dies In Hollywood,” June 27, 1937, New York Times; TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; IBDB.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  Frankenstein (1931), starring Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, & Mae Clake; Journey's End (1930), starring Colin Clive, Ian Maclaren, & David Manners; The Public Enemy (1931), starring James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Joan Blondell, Mae Clarke, & Edward Woods; Christopher Strong (1933), starring Katharine Hepburn, Colin Clive, & Billie Burke; Looking Forward (1933), string Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Allen & Benita Hume; Jane Eyre (1934), starring Virginia Bruce, Edith Fellows, & Colin Clive; The Girl From 10th Avenue (1935), starring Bette Davis, Colin Clive, & Ian Hunter; The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo (1935), starring Ronald Colman, Joan Bennett, Colin Clive, & Nigel Bruce; Clive of India (1935), starring Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Colin Clive, Cesar Romero, Leo G. Carroll, & C. Aubrey Smith; Mad Love (1935), starring Peter Lorre, Colin Clive, & Frances Drake; Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Boris Karloff, Elsa Lancaster, Colin Clive, Una O'Connor, & Valerie Hobson; History is Made At Night (1937), starring Jean Arthur, Charles Boyer, & Colin Clive; The Woman I Love (1937), starring Miriam Hopkins, Paul Muni, Louis Hayward, & Colin Clive; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BENEATH and get on your way to being your best self. EPISODE 47 - “Laird Cregar (Star of the Month) ” - 08/05/2024 With his sad, dark eyes, hulking frame, and aristocratic speech, actor LAIRD CREGAR often played the complex villain tortured by a sinister past or an unrequited love that turns into an obsession. No one played characters with suppressed anguish, a tortured soul, or darkness lingering beneath the surface better than he did. While he only made 16 films in a period of five years, he is unforgettable. His desire to be thin was his achilles heel that turned tragic. This week join us as we take a deep dive into the short life and career of this amazing actor.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy (2017), by Gregory William Mank; “Atlas With A Grin,” by Fredda Dudley, December 1941, Screenland magazine; “Setbacks To Fame,” by Dorothy B.Haas, June 1942, Silver Screen magazine; “Bold, Bad, (Bluffing) Cregar,” by Barbara Berch, January 1945, Screenland magazine; “Ripping Tales: Laird Cregar: The Forgotten Ripper,” by Kevin G. Shimick, Fall 1991, Scarlett Street; “Queers In History: Laird Cregar,” December 9, 2012, by Elisa Rolle, livejournal.com; “Heavy: The Life and Films of Laird Cregar,” October 7, 2013, by Jennifer Garland, Virtual Virago; IMDBPro.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  I Wake Up Screaming (1941), starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, and Laird Cregar; The Lodger (1944), starring Merle Oberon and Laird Cregar; Charley's Aunt (1941), starring Jack Benny, Kay Francis, James Ellison, and Laird Cregar; Rings On Her Fingers (1942), starring Gene Tierney, Henry Fonda, Laird Cregar, and Spring Byington; Hudson Bay (1940), starring Gene Tierney, Paul Muni, Vincent Price, and Laird Cregar; Blood and Sand (1940), starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, and Laird Cregar; This Gun For Hire (1942), starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, and Laird Cregar; Ten Gentlemen From West Point (1942), starring George Montgomery, Maureen O'Hara, and Laird Cregar; The Black Swan (1942), starring Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, and Laird Cregar; Heaven Can Wait (1943), starring Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main Spring Byington, and Laird Cregar; Hello Frisco, Hello (1943), starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Lynn Bari, and Laird Cregar; Hangover Square (1945), starring Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell, and George Sanders; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1235, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Holy Cow. With Cow in quotation marks 1: The Random House Dictionary calls it a children's game involving shooting, chasing, and capturing. cowboys and Indians. 2: A form of leather, or what has to happen before other cow go seek. cowhide. 3: The 3rd line of "Hey Diddle Diddle", it sounds like an attempt to get into Guinness. the cow jumped over the moon. 4: As a verb, it means to make a monk of someone; as a noun, it's the hood they wear. a cowl. 5: A chicken. coward. Round 2. Category: Also In The Circus 1: 2-word term for insurance or social programs designed to assist those that have "fallen" on hard times. safety net. 2: This Adobe product helps you read a pdf pdq. Acrobat. 3: A secondary event, especially one that distracts attention from something of import. a sideshow. 4: Tolkien wrote that these were "for the Elven-kings under the sky". three rings. 5: Foremost of the Muses, she was said to be mother to Orpheus. Calliope. Round 3. Category: Art Exhibits 1: In 1999 this U.S. city's Museum of Art mounted a show of the work Edgar Degas did when he visited relatives there. New Orleans, Louisiana. 2: A 1995 exhibit at California's Laguna Art Museum traced the history of this body art. tattoo. 3: In 1995 this art movement was on view in a Monet exhibit and in a Caillebotte show. Impressionism. 4: A recent exhibit at this St. Petersburg museum focused on art plundered by the Red Army during WWII. the Hermitage. 5: In 2003 the Getty brightened the L.A. scene with an exhibit on these decorated manuscripts. illuminated manuscripts. Round 4. Category: Oscar! Oscar! 1: He was nominated for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Screenplay for 1978's "Heaven Can Wait" and 1981's "Reds". Warren Beatty. 2: This actress won her second Oscar for her role in the 1951 film version of "A Streetcar Named Desire". Vivien Leigh. 3: For a 1936 film bio, Paul Muni won an Oscar for portraying this French scientist. Louis Pasteur. 4: Julie Christie won an Oscar as a beautiful but empty woman in this "endearing" 1965 film. Darling. 5: He earned Oscar nominations for producing "The Color Purple" and for composing its score. Quincy Jones. Round 5. Category: The Ill-Iad 1: This disease is more properly known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy. mad cow disease. 2: When this lung disease was still called consumption, it was one of the leading causes of death. tuberculosis. 3: The swelling that's the main symptom of this contagious viral infection is caused by enlarged salivary glands. mumps. 4: High pressure in the eye is often the cause of this disease that can damage the optic nerve and cause a loss of vision. glaucoma. 5: The name of this bacterial infection caused by contaminated water comes from an old word for bile. cholera. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

From Beneath The Hollywood Sign is thrilled to welcome our newest sponsor, www.HappyMammoth.com. Use code BENEATH at checkout for 15% off of your entire first order! EPISODE 40 - “Old Hollywood's Forbidden Love Story/ Lon McCallister & William Eythe” - 06/17/2024 As we celebrate gay pride month in June, Nan and Steve bring a special episode about 20th Century Fox contract players LON McCALLISTER and WILLIAM EYTHE. Both were handsome, talented, and on their way to becoming major film stars. But there was only one problem — the two young men had fallen in love and wanted to live their lives as a couple. This love was forbidden back then and went against the wishes of 20th Century Fox studio head DARRYL F. ZANUCK. Listen to this inspiring and heartbreaking story of their love story.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Behind the Scenes: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood (2001), by William J. Mann; It Might As Well Be Spring (1987), by Margaret Whiting; “Terrific Trio,” May 1944, by Marcia Daughtrey, Modern Screen; “Keyhole Portrait: William Eythe,” June 4, 1944, by Harriet Parson, Los Angeles Examiner; “Bill Eythe's Triumph Over Pain,” April 1, 1945, New York Times; “The Role I Liked Best…” September 2, 1950, by Lon McCallister, The Saturday Evening Post; “Film Actor Eythe Jailed on Writ of Former Wife,” September 4, 1950, Los Angeles Daily News; “Actor Suffered Hangover in Durance Vile,” June 3, 1952, Los Angeles Daily News; “William Eythe, Producer, Held as Drunk Driver,” June 4, 1952, Los Angeles Times; “Eythe, McCallister Prep ‘Joy Ride' for Broadway,” March 12, 1956, Hollywood Reporter; “William Eythe Ill With Hepatitis, Condition Serious,” January 26, 1957, by Hedda Hopper, Los Angeles Times; “William Eythe Dies,” January 28, 1957, The Hollywood Reporter; Lon McCallister, 82, Actor Had Brief but Busy Career Before Becoming Investor,” June 18, 2005, by Mary Rourke, Los Angeles Times; “McCallister's Heart Outshine His Stardom,” June 21, 2005, by Robert Osborne, Hollywood Reporter; “Mars Actor Had Meteoric Career,” February 4, 2007, by Sandy Marwick, Butler-Eagle Focus; IMDBPro.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  The Other Woman (1942), starring Virginia Gilmore, Dan Duryea, and Lon McCallister; Stage Door Canteen (1943), starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, and Lon McCallister; The Ox-Bow Incident (1945), starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Henry Morgan, and Mary Beth Hughes; The Moon Is Down (1936), starring Cedric Hardwicke, Henry Travers, and Lee J. Cobb; The Song of Bernadette (1943), starring Jennifer Jones, Vincent Price, Charles Bickford, and William Eythe;  The Eve of St. Mark (1943), starring William Eythe and Anne Baxter; A Wing and a Prayer (1944), starring Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, and William Eythe; Wilson (1944), starring Alexander Knox, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and William Eythe; Home In Indiana (1944), starring Lon McCallister, Jeanne Crain, and June Haver; Winged Victory (1944), starring Lon McCallister, Edmond O'Brien, and Jeanne Crain; A Royal Scandal (1945), starring Tallulah Bankhead, Lon McCallister, and Anne Baxter; The House On 92nd Street (1945), starring Signe Hasso and William Eythe; Centennial Summer (1946), starring Jeanne Crain, Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell, and William Eythe; The Red House (1947), starring Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, and Judith Anderson; Thunder in the Valley (1947), starring Edmund Gwenn, Peggy Ann Garner, and Lon McCallister; Scud Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948), starring Lon McCallister, Walter Brennan, and June Haver; Meet Me at Dawn (1947) starring William Eythe and Hazel Court; The Big Cat (1949), starring Lon McCallister and Peggy Ann Garner; The Story of Sea Biscuit (1949), starring Lon McCallister and Shirley Temple; The Boy From Indiana (1950), starring Lon McCallister and Lois Butler; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Scarface, el terror del hampa (Scarface, 1932, EE. UU.), de Howard Hawks, con Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak y Osgood Perkins. Presentación: Eduardo Torres-Dulce Inspirada en la vida real de Al Capone, la película describe varios episodios de su trayectoria, a la vez que cuenta el proceso de conquista del poder y la caída posterior de Tony Camonte (Paul Muni). Obra cumbre del género, despliega una enorme inventiva visual y una poderosa energía narrativa. Producida por Howard Hughes, chocó frontalmente con la censura. El sábado se proyecta el vídeo de la presentación del día anterior.Más información de este acto

From director William Dieterle and starring Paul Muni, we review the 10th winner for Best Picture, The Life of Emile Zola from Warner Bros. Pictures.

EPISODE 23 - “I Coulda Been a Contender: Classic Casting That Almost Happened” - 02/19/2024 It is well documented that the film “Gone With The Wind” started filming before an actress was cast in the lead role of Scarlett O'Hara. Producer DAVID O. SELZNICK made a spectacle out of who would win the coveted role. It became a national obsession. He considered everyone from TALLULAH BANKHEAD to BETTE DAVIS to LUCILLE BALL. He eventually narrowed the field to three finalists: PAULETTE GODDARD, JOAN BENNETT, and JEAN ARTHUR. But in the eleventh hour, a new contender, an unknown Brit named VIVIEN LEIGH, swept in and won the role. Listen as we discuss, debate, and guffaw over other casting choices that almost happened in some of your favorite film classics.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Hollywood's First Choices: How The Greatest Casting Decisions Were Made (1994), by Jeff Burkhart and Bruce Stuart; Casting Might Have Beens (2005), by Eila Mell; Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew (2004), by John Oller; George Raft: The Man Who Would Be Bogart (2015), by Stone Wallace; Life is a Banquet (1974), by Rosalind Russell; Joan Crawford: The Enduring Star (2009), by Peter Cowie; Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film (2021), by Alan Rode; Judy Holliday (1982), by Will Holtzman; Close-up on Sunset Boulevard: Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream (2002), by Sam Staggs Montgomery Clift: Beautiful Loser (1992), by Barney Hoskyns; Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), by Mark Harris; IMDBPro.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  Scarface (1932), starring George Raft, Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, and Boris Karloff; Dead End (1937), starring Silvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie, and Claire Trevor; The Maltese Falcon (1941), starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Elisha Cook, Jr, and Lee Patrick  The Maltese Falcon (1931), starring Ricardo Cortez and Bebe Daniels; High Sierra (1941), starring Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Joan Leslie, Alan Curtis, Cornel Wilde, Arthur Kennedy, Willie Best, Elisabeth Risdon, and Henry Travers; His Girl Friday (1940), starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, and Ralph Bellamy; Twentieth Century (1934), starring John Barrymore and Carole Lombard; Mildred Pierce (1945), starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Bruce Bennett, and Lee Patrick;  Sunset Boulevard (1950), starring Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim, and Nancy Olson;    From Here To Eternity (1953); starring Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed, and Ernest Borgnine; Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf (1966), starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, and Sandy Dennis; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross;#023: "I COULDA BEEN A CONTENDER!" --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

January 23, 1938 - Jack Benny plays a newspaper man in this week's drama. References include detective Charlie Chan, movie stars, Paul Muni, Clark Gable, Robet Taylor, Bing Crasby, Carole Lombard, Greta Garbo and Gale Patrick. Also magazines Field and Stream and Woman's Home Companion. 

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Born to the trade right here in Manhattan, April of 1932, Tony Perkins was the son of theatrical actor Osgood (most notably appearing alongside Boris Karloff, George Raft and Paul Muni in Scarface the very same year.) Raised almost entirely by his mother and a French nanny, he self-avowedly "became abnormally attached to" his mother, developing "an Oedipal Complex in a pronounced form", which became further complicated by misplaced guilt when his father died backstage only 5 years later. Continually conflicted in his orientation, he married photographer "Berry" Berenson (sister of Marisa), with whom he bore two children...despite being involved with any number of men since his teens.   With his quirky, “sensitive” demeanor and strong hints of a darker undertone to his persona, he was, perhaps unusually, often cast as an off kilter romantic lead, the sort of oddball outsider character later essayed by the likes of Christian Slater or Crispin Glover.  But it was his shockingly convincing portrait of Norman Bates for the great subversive film technician Alfred Hitchcock that both defined and, for a large part of his career thereafter, typecast him domestically for a series of darker, more villainous if not psychotic roles thereafter. Having starred with the likes of Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Orson Welles, Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Paul Newman, he moved from domestic churn ‘em out studio fare to a far more interesting sideline in the French cinema of the 60's and early 70's.   Briefly settling into the more auteurist work of 70's British and American film, he took a deep dive into cult cinema throughout the 80s, working for folks like Ken Russell and bringing his Bates character back for a better than average slasher series based on the 1960 original. Cowriting the highly subtextual The Last of Sheila with then-partner and musical theater impresario, he further tried his hand at directing, first in two stage productions, and later a pair of films (one of which he starred in.) He even had a short lived sideline in schmaltz, releasing four albums in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, which showed him (perhaps surprisingly) possessed of a pleasant, syrupy tone very much along the lines of Jack Jones. Join us as we discuss one of the great character actors of our time, the multilayered Tony Perkins, only here on Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine! Week 102 (7/27/23): A Man of Unusual Talent: The Life and Career of Tony Perkins https://weirdscenes1.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/WeirdScenes1 https://twitter.com/WeirdScenes1 (@weirdscenes1) https://thirdeyecinema.podbean.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/third-eye-cinema-weird-scenes-inside-the-goldmine-podcast/id553402044 https:// (open.spotify.com) /show/4s8QkoE6PnAfh65C5on5ZS?nd=1 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/09456286-8956-4b80-a158-f750f525f246/Third-Eye-Cinema-Weird-Scenes-Inside-the-Goldmine-podcast

On this week's Afternoon Radio Theater Sundae, Pepsi-Mama presents some of movie and television's greatest actors in the Academy Award Theater. Academy Award (also listed as Academy Award Theater) is a CBS radio anthology series, which presented 30-minute adaptations of plays, novels, or films. Dramas were presented in which actors recreated their original film roles included Henry Fonda in Young Mr. Lincoln, Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon, Cary Grant in Suspicion, Gregory Peck in The Keys of the Kingdom , and Ronald Colman in Lost Horizon. Only six actors recreated their own Oscar-winning roles: Fay Bainter, Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, Victor McLaglen, Paul Muni , and Ginger Rogers . You can now catch the Afternoon Radio Theater Sundae Podcast on it's own podcast feed, so if you only wish to subscribe to the Afternoon Radio Theater Sundae podcast, just follow the link below: https://afternoonradiotheatersundae.transistor.fm/ And if you would like to reach the crew, Monica or Victor, you can write them at: afternoonradiotheatersundae@gmail.com Join Monica Jones and her crew, on The Afternoon Radio Theatre Sundae on Whose Blind Life is it Anyway, every Sundays, at 2:00 pm (EST), 11:00 am (PST), and with no distracting images to focus on, it will simply take you away to faraway lands, distant times and to meet interesting people, all using your imagination.

The Asphalt Jungle came out of MGM (yeah, MGM. Not exactly a wonderful musical as we shall see) in 1950, the classic era of film noir in the US. But Jungle might also be pegged with a label that someone walking down the street would now recognize: it's a heist film. The story comes from the wonderful author of crime, W. R. Burnett, and his 1949 novel. Burnett came up the hard way, working as a night clerk in a hotel while learning writing, exposing him to all sorts of characters and situations, seedy or not. His first novel, Little Caesar, established the gangster story in America, followed quickly by the film adaptation, starring Edward G. Robinson. Burnett made a habit of writing about a novel per year and rapidly turning around and selling the rights to Hollywood, sometimes writing the screenplay himself. He came up with the novels or screenplays that formed the basis for such classics as Scarface, with Paul Muni, memorably remade with Pacino, High Sierra, with Bogart and Ida Lupino, King Of The Underworld, The Dark Command, This Gun For Hire, which made diminutive Alan Ladd a star, The Great Escape, and Ice Station Zebra. Burnett's novels were unusual, not for the protagonists' helpless fall into crime in the big dirty city, but a contrast with their desire for a simpler, rural, straight life, one which they seldom achieve. As we shall see in Jungle. email: David@thosewonderfulpeople.comWebsite and blog: www.thosewonderfulpeople.comIG: @thosewonderfulpeopleTwitter: @FilmsInTheDark

Harken! The mountain's four wise men/women left the summit to discuss Howard Hawks' __Scarface_! Released in 1932, the film stars Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Osgood Perkins, George Raft, Boris Karloff, and many others. It was filmed in the United States and was distributed by United Artists! Enjoy your bi-weekly trip to Shaolin.

Before anyone gets all excited that this is a review of the Pacino/DePalma version of Scarface, Ryan's latest solo show actually focuses on the Hawks/Muni version. The 1983 "little friend" comes up a lot though, so it's almost like getting 2 reviews in 1. And you should be just as excited about the 1932 original anyway because Paul Muni, director Howard Hawks and producer Howard Hughes (yup, him) teamed up to make a true gangster classic. Muni plays a bootlegger and a mass murderer of criminal rivals, so he's basically Al Capone. For a film that came out only about 5 years into the sound era, this is pretty terrific technically too. So dial up the 518th lip-wag about Scarface as the Italians battle the Irish in 1920s Chicago while everyone else faces the wrath of a man who has an unhealthy interest in his own sister. Sparkplug Coffee doesn't need to use vicious tactics to get their product sold. They just gently suggest you buy some. They even offer a 20% discount to anyone who uses our "HYES" promo code. Use those dextrous fingers to type "sparkplug.coffee/hyes" into your browser. If you're interested in getting in touch with us, please do. We're @moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis on Twitter, while our email is haveyoueverseenpodcast@gmail.com. And if you want to check out our full episodes on YouTube, you can. Stab @hyesellis into your browser and you'll find all our 2023 podcasts. We appeared on camera a lot early in the year and, yes, we intend to do that again before too long.

Crítica SCARFACE. EL TERROR DEL HAMPA (1932) por Miguel Juan Payán película dirigida por Howard Hawks con Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins

As the 1940s got underway, bringing the U.S. closer to World War II, Humphrey Bogart drifted socially and professionally. That year he made four films: Virginia City, It All Came True, Brother Orchid, and They Drive By Night. On Sunday January 7th, 1940 at 7:30PM eastern time over CBS, he reprised his role of Duke Mantee in a Screen Guild Theater adaptation of The Petrified Forest. The Screen Guild Theater drew several Hollywood stars a week for radio adaptations. First taking to the air on January 8th, 1939 for Gulf Oil, all fees that would normally go to stars instead were given to the Motion Picture Relief Fund. This money was used to build and maintain the Motion Picture Country House: forty bungalow units for housing aging and needy film stars. By the summer of 1942 almost eight-hundred-thousand-dollars had been raised. This episode's rating was a 13. Roughly nine million listeners tuned in. In late 1940, John Huston was adapting a script for a new film, High Sierra. Produced by Mark Hellinger and directed by Raoul Walsh, Paul Muni, George Raft, James Cagney and Edward G. Robinson all turned down the lead role, much to the delight of Huston. The character gave Bogart the chance to show his range. Finally playing someone with depth, the film was Bogart's career breakthrough, transforming him from supporting player to leading man. He played opposite Ida Lupino. The film's success also led to a breakthrough for Huston, giving him the leverage needed to transition from screenwriter to director, setting Bogart up for Huston's next project: an adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon. The Maltese Falcon was Huston's directorial debut. Although a pre-code version of the film had been made ten years earlier, the 1941 version with Bogart starring as private detective Sam Spade was considered an instant classic film noir. Complementing Bogart were co-stars Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor, and Elisha Cook Jr. Bogart's sharp timing and facial expressions were praised as vital to the film's quick action and hard-boiled dialogue. It was a commercial hit, and Bogart was unusually happy with the film. He later said, "It's practically a masterpiece. I don't have many things I'm proud of, but that's one." The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, including best picture and best direction. Bogart reprised his role on the July 3rd, 1946 episode of Academy Award Theater.

"James Allen Escapes Again From Prison Chain Gang"Writer Kenny Neibart joins the show once again to talk about a film that took him by surprise, I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang. We talk Paul Muni, prison reform, and the paradise that is life after podcasting.This episode brought to you by Fiverr. Find the Fiverr course that's right for you, using our unique link.Hosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:Kenny NeibartStep Up on Starz Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

The Screen Guild Theater | (9) Bridge of Mercy | This episode aired, March 5, 1939Story: A most unusual radio drama dealing with euthanasia. Starring: Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Lionel Atwill, Luis Alberni, Harry Bradley, Wheaton Chambers, John Miljan, Russell Gleason: : : : :My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- SCI FI x HORROR -- COMEDY x FUNNY HA HA -- VARIETY X ARMED FORCES -- THE COMPLETE ORSON WELLESSubscribing is free and you'll receive new post notifications. Also, if you have a moment, please give a 4-5 star rating and/or write a 1-2 sentence positive review on your preferred service -- that would help me a lot.Thank you for your support.https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr

In this episode I spoke with author John Stangeland regarding his book Aline MacMahon: Hollywood, the Blacklist, and the Birth of Method Acting. During the 1930s and 1940s, MacMahon starred in countless films and was among the most influential actors of the era, her talent revered as highly as peers Katherine Hepburn, Paul Muni, and Bette Davis. Her pioneering use of a new acting style brought to America from Russia by Konstantin Stanlisavsky―now widely known as the Method―began a revolution on the screen and made her an industry darling. Doug Hess is the host!

Academy Award Theater-460413-The Life Of Louis Pasteur Starring Paul Muni

Season 4 is chugging along as we head back to the 1930s and back to France to discuss THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA! Grant Z and Brendan B to discuss this Paul Muni lead biopic that tackles the infamous French historic event… The Dreyfus Affair! Not the most famous Best Picture Winner, but no shortage of laughs and conversation! Check out our Best Picture Merch https://best-picture-cast.creator-spring.com/ Follow us on Social Media, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Letterboxd @bestpicturecast Email us bestpicturepodcast@yahoo.com

Paul Muni stars as the 19th-century French author Émile Zola in a film highlighting his crucial role in the Dreyfuss Affair where a French Captain of Jewish heritage is scapegoated for treason in order to protect the reputation of the military. In addition to winning the Best Picture award at the 10th Academy Awards Paul Muni took home Best Actor and Joseph Schildkraut won for Supporting Actor in his role as the stoic Alfred Dreyfus. But does "The Life of Emile Zola" stand the test of time? ** Deep Dive Movie Reviews contain spoilers ** 1:18 - What was the “Dreyfus Affair”? 6:35 - Paul Muni as Emile Zola 8:29 - Emile Zola mirrors injustice of today 10:58 - Self-censorship in "Emile Zola? 11:30 - Why no mention of anti-semitism? 18:17 - The support cast 19:55 - Polarisation in America reflected in film 24:38 - “Emile Zola” at the 10th Academy Awards 27:15 - Does “The Life of Emile Zola” stand the test of time?

The biggest names in Hollywood and Broadway recorded for AFRS during the war years, The American Forces Network can trace its origins back to May 26, 1942, when the War Department established the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS). The U.S. Army began broadcasting from London during World War II, using equipment and studio facilities borrowed from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The first transmission to U.S. troops began at 5:45 p.m. on July 4, 1943, and included less than five hours of recorded shows, a BBC news and sports broadcast. That day, Corporal Syl Binkin became the first U.S. Military broadcasters heard over the air. The signal was sent from London via telephone lines to five regional transmitters to reach U.S. troops in the United Kingdom as they prepared for the inevitable invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe. Fearing competition for civilian audiences the BBC initially tried to impose restrictions on AFN broadcasts within Britain (transmissions were only allowed from American Bases outside London and were limited to 50 watts of transmission power) and a minimum quota of British produced programming had to be carried. Nevertheless AFN programmes were widely enjoyed by the British civilian listeners who could receive them and once AFN operations transferred to continental Europe (shortly after D-Day) AFN were able to broadcast with little restriction with programmes available to civilian audiences across most of Europe (including Britain) after dark. As D-Day approached, the network joined with the BBC and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to develop programs especially for the Allied Expeditionary Forces. Mobile stations, complete with personnel, broadcasting equipment, and a record library were deployed to broadcast music and news to troops in the field. The mobile stations reported on front line activities and fed the news reports back to studio locations in London. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Entertainment Radio Stations Live 24/7 Sherlock Holmes/CBS Radio Mystery Theater https://live365.com/station/Sherlock-Holmes-Classic-Radio--a91441 https://live365.com/station/CBS-Radio-Mystery-Theater-a57491 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

In this episode, I discuss the life of film star Paul Muni with a special guest Elsi who runs a fan account on Twitter. We discuss his youth in Yiddish vaudeville to his nominations for the Academy Awards. Doug Hess is the host!

After a month hiatus due to COVID and losing his voice, Ocho is back with another episode of Drunk Discussions. On this episode Ocho reacts to 3 YouTube videos: 20 Things you didn't know about Star Trek IV (Part 1), 80's Commercials Vol. 897, and 80's Commercials Vol. 895. ***IMPORTANT CORRECTIONS*** 1. The movie at the end of the second set of commercials that got cut off was Angel On My Shoulder; a 1980 made for TV movie starring Peter Strauss, which was a remake of a 1946 film of the same name starring Paul Muni. Be sure to give the show a rating and leave a comment. If you really love the show, please subscribe! Donate to the show's Paypal - https://paypal.me/DrunkDiscussions Shirts on Spreadshirt - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/DrunkDiscussions Listen to Drunk Discussions: iTunes - http://apple.co/2fK1v3C Podbean - http://drunkdiscussions.podbean.com/ Stitcher - http://bit.ly/2HTQedD Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2GS7AGy Follow Drunk Discussions: Twitter - https://twitter.com/drunkdpodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drunkdpodcast/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DrunkDiscussions/ Music: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod

Paul Muni stars in Academy Award Theater drama, The Life of Louis Pasteur. This episode aired April 13, 1946. A dramatization about the scientist and his fight against ignorance and disease and his invention of pasteurization. It stars Paul Muni revitalizing his Academy Award Best Actor winning lead role in the film, The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936). : : : : : My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- SCI FI x HORROR -- COMEDY x FUNNY HA HA -- VARIETY X ARMED FORCES -- THE COMPLETE ORSON WELLES Subscribing is free and you'll receive new post notifications. Also, if you have a moment, please give a 4-5 star rating and/or write a 1-2 sentence positive review on your preferred service -- that would help me a lot. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media/ (https://otr.duane.media) | Instagram https://www.instagram.com/duane.otr/ (@duane.otr)

The eighth-annual Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Broadway Theatre were held at the Plaza Hotel's Grand Ballroom on March 28th, 1954. Broadcast on radio by NBC, it was emceed by Ben Grauer and Faye Emerson. ____________ The entire post-dinner awards ceremony took thirty minutes. Some of the plays and musicals of note that season were Ondine, Kismet, Can-Can, The Teahouse of The August Moon, and John Murray Anderson's Almanac. ____________ Dolores Grey won a Tony for Carnival in Flanders, even though this Broadway musical ran for only six performances. It's a still-standing record for the briefest run by a Tony winner. ____________ This was David Wayne's second and final Tony award. He would appear in numerous films and TV, including starring alongside Paul Muni in the 1959 film, The Last Angry Man. ____________ 1954 was a banner year for the twenty-five year old Audrey Hepburn. Three days earlier she won a Best Actress Oscar for her starring role in Roman Holiday. She'd also won a Golden Globe for the same film. In September, Sabrina would premiere, for which she was again Oscar nominated the following year.

On this episode of The Snub Club, the party is recalling 1945's A Song to Remember. Directed by Charles Vidor and starring Paul Muni, A Song to Remember was nominated for six Academy Awards but won nothing. In this episode, Danny, Sarah and Caleb discuss our first color film, Chopin vs. Jonathan Larosn, and Paul Walter Hauser. 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   Theme music: Ragtop by Bee Yan-Key

Things are getting "prutty hot" over at the Little Miss Movies Podcast as we take a look at the Howard Hawks seminal gangster flick, Scarface with Paul Muni, George Raft, Karen Morley, Boris Karloff, and the Divine Ann Dvorak who is a dominant presence in our home.  Series art and logo by Gabo. Visit him at https://www.instagram.com/galvosaur/ Original series music by Joshua Hale Fialkov. Check out all our various creative projects here: https://linktr.ee/Lmmpodcast

A classic rise and fall this week, as Trev and Rob discuss Brian De Palma's SCARFACE, starring Al Pacino as Cuban immigrant Tony Montana, one of the many criminals deported from Fidel Castro's Cuba to find their feet on the shores of Miami Florida, who see's opportunity in the cocaine trade.Starring Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio From a script by Oliver Stone (which was based on the 1932 film of the same name starring Paul Muni written by Ben Hecht, produced by Howard Hughes  and directed by Howard Hawkes, which was based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Armitage Trail, which was based on the notorious criminal of the same name - Al Capone!) this 80's cult classic has become the epitome of capitalist greed and  a coveted favourite by the hip-hop culture.Watch Scarface 1983 here - https://amzn.to/3h6mvBy Watch Scarface 1932 here - https://amzn.to/3h5eoozSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wnmovietalk)

On this episode my guest is acclaimed actor, singer, writer, producer and director Avi Hoffman who specializes in Jewish culture and Yiddish theater. His long running off-Broadway “Too Jewish” trilogy has been seen by millions on PBS and at theater venues around the world, and in 2016 he received rave reviews and a Drama Desk nomination for his performance as "Willy Loman" in the Yiddish language production of Death of Salesman. He is also the founder and CEO of the Yiddishkayt Initiative -- a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving Jewish culture. Nearly 3.5 million Jews emigrated to the United States between 1881 and 1925, and even more than the synagogue or social clubs the Yiddish Theater, became the meeting place and the forum of the Jewish community in America. And it was wildly popular. In 1927, there were 24 Yiddish theaters across America, and most of those were on Second Avenue -- known as the “Yiddish Rialto” – on NYC's Lower East Side. The Yiddish Theater was attended by rich and poor, educated and illiterate, religious and free-thinking, and most importantly for our purposes, it was attended by Irving Berlin, George & Ira Gershwin, Yip Harburg, Fanny Brice and many, many more of the inventors of Broadway who grew up smack in the center of the Yiddish theater district. I have long known that the Yiddish theater had a tremendous impact on the Broadway musical but surprisingly little has been written or documented about it. I am planning to have other experts like Avi as guests on future episodes of Broadway Nation.  Topics covered in this episode include: what exactly is Yiddish? Abraham Goldfaden and the birth of the Yiddish Theater. How the Yiddish Theater came to America. Yiddish Theater around the world. The influence of the Yiddish Theater on Tin Pan Alley. And the stars of the Yiddish Theater: Boris & Bessie Thomashefsky, Maurice Schwartz, Jacob Adler, Molly Picon, Ben Bonus, Fyvush Finkel, Jennie Goldstein, Paul Muni, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I discuss a classic 1932 film starring Paul Muni about a war veteran's experiences within an abusive prison system. Here is "Remember my Forgotten Man" from Gold Diggers of 1933: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzNcT7wfHj4 Here is the mesmerizing sequence from Footlight Parade that I discussed in the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRqcZcrgPaU

In their first Double Feature episode, Mike and Dan discuss two terrific films starring Paul Muni: I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (1932) and THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR (1936).  One concerns a man in the wrong place at the wrong time; the other celebrates the right man at the right time.  So find the microbe, kill the microbe, and give this extended edition a listen!   Please subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and follow us on Twitter @15MinFilm and on Facebook at Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics.   Rate and review the show on Apple podcasts, and contact us at FifteenMinuteFilm@gmail.com.  We take requests!  You can also support the show with a buck or two at Venmo @FifteenMinuteFiIm.  We'll use any donations to buy half and half at Ralph's.   Incredible bumper music by John Deley.

J'accuse! God bless you! It's the Balcony Boys and we're back to discuss the 10th winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, The Life of Emile Zola, the incomplete look at the Dreyfus Affair and a very particular Zola whose very own Life was part of it. It's a historical biopic and It stars a man whom the damn Criterion Channel has dubbed "an actor among stars." Sounds like a dig but when you see the amount of acting Paul Muni does, you'll be like, "Holy hell... that was a lot of acting!" He's great. The movie is good. We're funny. Enjoy.

This week we watch the original "Scarface", starring the amazing Paul Muni. Just how much better than Al Pacino is he? And what makes this one a mob movie classic? 

In this episode we discuss the tenth Best Picture Winner, The Life of Emile Zola, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the Dreyfus Affair, and anit-Semitism in 1930's Hollywood! Other topics include: Walt Disney, animated feature films, film history, Paul Muni, Alfred Dreyfus, Joseph Schildkraut, Los Angeles flood of 1938, Luise Rainer, comedian Bob Burns, rise of the Nazi regime, racism in Hollywood Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thanktheacademypodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thankacademypod Email us your thoughts: thanktheacademypod@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thank-the-academy/support

Some of the significant events in Louis Pasteur's (photo) life are part of this radio adaptation of "The Story of Louis Pasteur"... a brief intro tells a little about the contributions that resulted in Louis Pasteur discovering the process of vaccinations that was used to protect people from Rabies, Anthrax, Cholera, and Diphtheria. He also developed the process of Pasteurization. He did not live long enough to know about viruses, so his work was primarily on bacteria. He is called "The Father of Bacteriology" and his work have saved countless numbers of lives. This track is in the "Drama/Adventure" Playlist

Welcome to It's A Wonderful Podcast!! Morgan is celebrating Pre-Code Movies all month so why not make a few the focus of the show!! This week, Morgan and Jeannine take a comparative look at Howard Hawks' SCARFACE (1932) starring Paul Muni; and its Brian De Palma remake from 1983 with Al Pacino!! From prohibition violence to cocaine fuelled excess, the differences between the two are certainly interesting and the similarities may tell an even bigger story. The It's A Wonderful Podcast Theme by David B. Music. Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ItsAWonderful1 IT'S A WONDERFUL PODCAST SHIRTS: https://www.teepublic.com/user/g9design Sub to the feed and download now on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & 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://anchor.fm/itsawonderfulpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsawonderfulpodcast/support

Una camisa tropical, una cicatriz, la mirada desafiante dice que no tiene miedo, ya ha estado en el infierno. Tony Montana acaba de pisar tierras yankies, atrás deja la Cuba de Fidel. El barbudo mandatario inicia el film, en un discurso abre las puertas de la isla a los que quieran salir, es el éxodo de Mariel. Inspirado en el Scarface de Howard Hawks, protagonizado por Paul Muni. El guionista de El precio del poder, Oliver Stone difuminó la neblina de la ciudad de Chicago en las palmeras y el sol de Miami. La ley seca y el contrabando dan paso al narcotráfico, a plantaciones de coca en Bolivia y guerras de poder entre bandas. El equipo de De Palma no pudo rodar los exteriores en Miami. Los exiliados son mostrados como maleantes, sanguinarios sin escrúpulos. Fueron amenazados con parar la película, así que la productora, Universal, decidió rodar la mayor parte en Hollywood, finalizando algunas secuencias en Florida. La banda sonora de Giorgio Moroder encaja con los excesos y la vida loca de Montana, la música disco del Club Babylon, la ropa hortera, la decoración cutre a golpe de royalties de los nuevos ricos. Tony Montana lo quiere todo, se ha propuesto conquistar el mundo. Todo lo que tiene son sus cojones y su palabra. La voluntad de un tipo impetuoso, con la cabeza alta, rápido de gatillo y las ideas claras. Tampoco su hermana podrá escapar a su megalomanía, ella también es de su propiedad. Sabe calar perfectamente a tipos como Frank López, (Robert Loggia en su mejor trabajo), sabe que es un cobarde, y esa tigresa con gesto amargado que ve bajar en el ascensor será suya. Elvira -Michelle Pfeiffer en una de sus primeras apariciones-, indolente y adicta a la mercancía de la que vive. Y eso que Frank avisa con bastante razón al gángster de la cara cortada, al principio su audacia rayana en la locura le hacía reir, pero últimamente mira demasiado a su mujer. " “Los únicos que aguantan en este negocio son los tipos que vuelan recto. Pero los que lo quieren todo, chicas, champán, fama... no duran nada." Un montaje sin respiro, sin altibajos. Todo es narrado desde el punto de vista de un desaforado gángster. Marcado para siempre por su cicatriz, por su pasado, igual que Carlito Brigante en los 90. Imponente Al Pacino, domina y controla todo. Con su mando a distancia, en un increíble plano cenital en su desmesurada bañera, tan desfasada como las montañas de coca de su despacho. Brian De Palma mantiene la tensión con maestría, mueve la cámara al servicio de la historia, sin estridencias. Utiliza magistralmente la grua en la conocida secuencia de la matanza en el piso de los colombianos, el terror tras las paredes del apartamento, abajo esperan los socios de Montana. La cámara baja desde la ventana al coche donde Manny Ribera -Steven Bauer- flirtea con una chica, vuelve a subir, suena la motosierra y la sangre salpica el rostro de Montana y las cortinas del baño. Raúl Gallego Esta noche nos relajamos en nuestra lujosa bañera y vemos pelícanos en la televisión... Salvador Limón, Zacarías Cotán y Raúl Gallego

Lux Radio Theatre produced a radio adaptation of The Life of Emile Zola, starring Paul Muni in a 58 minute adaptation of the film. We grabbed a copy from the fine people at OldTimeRadioDownloads.com, which we are happy to bring to you today. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bureau-42-master-audio/message

Lux Radio Theatre produced a radio adaptation of The Life of Emile Zola, starring Paul Muni in a 58 minute adaptation of the film. We grabbed a copy from the fine people at OldTimeRadioDownloads.com, which we are happy to bring to you today. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bureau-42-master-audio/message

Lux Radio Theatre produced a radio adaptation of The Life of Emile Zola, starring Paul Muni in a 58 minute adaptation of the film. We grabbed a copy from the fine people at OldTimeRadioDownloads.com, which we are happy to bring to you today. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/99-years-100-films/message

Paul Muni turns in another wonderful performance. Why don't people know him by name anymore? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bureau-42-master-audio/message

Paul Muni turns in another wonderful performance. Why don't more people know that name? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/99-years-100-films/message

Paul Muni turns in another wonderful performance. Why don't people know him by name anymore? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bureau-42-master-audio/message

This week on Total Movie Recall, we destroy our nasal septums with 1983's Scarface. Ryan presents a cogent, detailed thesis on this film's central character as a metaphor for the all-eating, never-satiating, soul-crushing machine that is capitalism, and Steve counters with “No he's not.” Touché Steve… touché. Scarface (1983) d. Brian De Palma w. Oliver Stone Starring: Al Pacino Michelle Pfeiffer Steven Bauer Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Robert Loggia Richard Belzer After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana (Al Pacino) stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall. kinopoisk.ru Things discussed in the show: Mountains of cocaine and cubano sandwiches Jaws (Steven Spielberg, Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss) Dark, season 3 (Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese, Louis Hofmann, Karoline Eichhorn, Lisa Vicari) Esotericism / Rosicrucianism Lost (J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber, Damon Lindelof, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Yunjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O'Quinn, Naveen Andrews, Matthew Fox, Daniel Dae Kim) The Leftovers (Damon Lindelof, Tom Perrotta, Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston) Avatar The Last Airbender, season 2 (Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Zach Tyler, Jack De Sena, Dee Bradley Baker, Dave Filoni, Lauren MacMullan, Mae Whitman, Dante Basco, Michaela Jill Murphy) Game of Thrones (David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) Ulysses - James Joyce MacGruber (Jorma Taccone, Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Val Kilmer) Wayne's World (Penelope Spheeris, Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Lara Flynn Boyle, Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf) Tenet (Christopher Nolan, John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki) Mulan - 2020 (Disney, Niki Caro, Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Li Gong) Blow (Ted Demme, Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Franka Potente) Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds The Business of Drugs - documentary hosted by Amaryllis Fox (Spice / MDMA / African heroin / meth in Burma / opioids) Scarface - 1932 (Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson, Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley) Armond White film reviewer Scarface in hip hop culture - The Notorious B.I.G., Sean Puffy Combs (P Diddy), Nicki Minaj, Rich the Kid, Lil Wayne, Big Boi, The Geto Boys, Jay-Z. De Palma - 2015 documentary (Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow, Brian De Palma) Hi, Mom! (Brian De Palma, Robert De Niro, Allen Garfield, Lara Parker) Casualties of War (Brian De Palma, Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don Harvey) Sisters - 1972 (Brian De Palma, Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning) Blow Out (Brian De Palma, John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow) Body Double (Brian De Palma, Robert J. Avrech, Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry) Untouchables Charlie Rose interviewing Brian De Palma Phantom of the Paradise (Brian De Palma, Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper) Mission Impossible - 1996 (Brian De Palma, Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart) The Movie Brats directors (Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Paul Schrader, Brian De Palma, John Milius and Steven Spielberg) Ayn Rand vs. Scarface. Who's the more hardcore capitalist? "Never get high on your own supply." "Never underestimate the other guy's greed." "I have eight killers with badges." Murderers in the police, medicine & military. Order of the Nine Angles (O9A) murder plot to kill his army squad Scent of a Woman (Martin Brest, Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn) Serpico (Sidney Lumet, Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe) Hunters (David Weil, Al Pacino, Logan Lerman, Lena Olin) The Irishman (Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin) Steve's theory that Tony wants to have sex with his sister because she's as genetically close to him as can be, and his narcissism is to big for him to handle. Wall Street (Oliver Stone, Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Tamara Tunie) American Psycho (Mary Harron, Bret Easton Ellis, Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas) The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie) Top 10 movies that use the word fuck the most ( Debby Harry (of Blondie) - "Rush, Rush" - "Rush, rush, got the yeyo? - Buzz, buzz, gimme yeyo" Queens of the Stone Age - "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" Next Week: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

The complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://adbl.co/38rIm10 Scarface By Maurice Coons Narrated by Marty Krz Maurice Coons (also known as Armitage Trail), is best known for this 1929 pulp fiction novel which is based on the life of Al Capone. The book is the basis of two films films of the same name. One starring Paul Muni in 1932 and later on starring Al Pacino in 1983. The story starts out with the beginnings of young Tony Guarino as a small time but savvy gangster who goes off to fight in the Great War and comes back as Tony Camonte, the city's next big cheese.

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 64: The Life of Emile Zola (1937) Released 1 July 2020 For this episode, we watched The Life of Emile Zola, written by Norman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg (won), directed by William Dieterle (nominated) and starring Paul Muni (nominated), Gloria Holden, Gale Sondergaard and Joseph Schildkraut (won). It was also nominated for its art direction, score, sound and assistant director. That Ain’t Jean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T413rxpceA (body double Mary Rees, voice artist Paula Winslowe) When They See Us on Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80200549 Next time we will be discussing Tom Jones. If you want to watch it before listening to the next episode you can buy the DVD or Blu-Ray on Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.com, or you can download it via iTunes (UK) or iTunes (USA). To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually, @MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky. You should also visit our website at https://bestpickpod.com and sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new episode is released. Just follow this link: http://eepurl.com/dbHO3n. If you enjoy this podcast and you'd like to help us to continue to make it, you can now support us on Patreon for as little as £2.50 per month. Thanks go to all of the following lovely people who have already done that. James Murray, Andreas Marquart Frellesen, Jonquil Coy, Ann Blake, Lee Ingleby, Michael Walker, Ms Rebecca K O'Dwyer, Anna Joerschke, Anne Dellamaria, Annmarie Gray, Ben Squires, Claire Creighton, Dave Kloc, Eloise Lowe, Helle Rasmussen, Joy Wilkinson, Kate Butler, Katy Espie, Kirsten Marie Oeveraas, Lisa Gillespie, Michael Wilson, Nick Hetherington, Olivia, Peter , Robert Orzalli, Sally Grant, Sam Elliott, Anna Jackson, Anna Smith, Catherine Murphy, Darren Williams, David Hanneford, Eamonn Clarke, Emma Colvill, Emmet Jackson, Judi Cox, Kath , Lucinda Baron von Parker, Martin Korshoj Petersen, Sian Thomas, Stuart Shepherd.

Once upon a time, in the early 30s, gangster movies were all the rage. Tommy guns, the Chicago skyline and prohibition speakeasies filled the big screen as hardboiled men treated the world as their own personal oyster. In much the same vein Jonas Högberg & Anders Hultqvist share their opinions on Scarface, the perhaps most "dangerous" of the early gangster movies. Paul Muni excels as the titular hoodlum in a performance that combines the mannerisms of Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld and the Italian American-schtick of Chico Marx. Director Howard Hawks shows his dick, people are ducking bullets for real, a secretary pulls a gun on a telephone, The Penguin plays a police chief, cigars the size of logs are being chewed and people say things like "Say, what's the big idea". Oh, and there's no music. No music! At all! Jonas & Anders are enthralled. "I'm all hollow inside."

I talk to author and friend Stone Wallace on the 5 best gangster films of the 1930's...or at least the ones we thought were. There were so many great ones to choose from. We chose the big movie gangsters, James Cagney, George Raft, Bogie, and Paul Muni. Check to see if you agree with our choices.  As an oops, I called Bogarts character in The Petrified Forest Duke Manatee. I know its Duke Mantee. I guess I was having a wistful moment thinking about those adorable chubby sea creatures the manatees, they are also known as sea cows. Welp. Mantee is not a Manatee.  Thanks so much to Stone Wallace. He sure knows his gangsters, movie and real life.  Thanks most of all to the listeners. I have to post more. I have some ready to go and a couple that need editing. Also greetings to the new listeners that found me. Please be safe in these crazy times. Stay safe and isolate. Much love, Grace you can listen www.truestoriesoftinseltown.com www.truestoriesoftinseltown.podbean.com https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-stories-of-tinseltown/id1363744889 I am also on spotify, google play, radio fm, you tube and anywhere podcasts are posted. Please check out and follow my Facebook page www.facebook.com/truestoriesoftinseltown I try to post new content daily, but I've been a little lax due to illness. www.facebook.com/truestoriesoftinseltowngroup you can post pics or whatever about your love of classic hollywood.   I'm also on Tumblr, instagram, twitter and Pinterest.     

This is episode #49 of the series called "first watch/first listen" where we do little to no research except for watching a movie or listening to an album only once and then talking about it based only on our feeble memory. **SPOILERS** - - - - It's Hollywood's biggest night and all the stars are here! Why look over there, it's the ghost of Orson Welles! Hey Orson, looking good buddy! And, wow, look who just appeared out of thin air, it's Robert Louis Stevenson. I have a good feeling about tonight, Robert! And who could forget, why it's Paul Muni's skeleton! Amazing! On this week's episode, the gang discuss the recent news about Rian Johnson's new "Knives Out" sequel; they also discuss Gareth Edwards finally jumping back into the directors chair. And they recap the 92th annual Academy Awards, as well as some of the surprises and non surprises. And of course, they talk about the great new Margot Robbie feature, "Birds of Prey" which proves to be a palette cleansing entry into the DC cinematic universe.  We're now on Instagram! Give us a follow at: http://www.instagram.com/twinspeakspod/----more----

A composer who feels he just wrote his greatest piece hears the same song minutes later on the radio and searches for the man named Henri LeFevre who they say wrote it. Commentary on star Paul Muni's tragic life.

He was one of Hollywood's brightest stars - obsessively committed to bringing his characters to life and a master of make-up to transform himself on screen, and Paul Muni's devotion to his craft earned him five Oscar nominations and one win. We'll hear the star of Scarface as a composer haunted by a mysterious rival in "The Search for Henri Le Fevre" (originally aired on CBS on July 6, 1944). Plus, he recreates his Oscar-winning role as the Lux Radio Theatre presents "The Story of Louis Pasteur" (originally aired on CBS on November 22, 1936).

Izzy and Mark gather round the microphone to discuss the real lives recreated on celluloid that went on to win Best Picture.  The Life of Emile Zola directed by William Dieterle portrays the life of the great french playwright and author (played by Paul Muni), focussing in particular on the Dreyfuss Affair of 1894-1906. Often called the greatest biopic ever made, Izzy and Mark discuss whether they agree with this moniker, particularly within the social context of the time. Based on the 1853 memoir of Solomon Northup, Twelve Years A Slave tells Solomon's story of being a free-born African American from Washington DC, kidnapped and then sold into slavery into Louisiana until freed twelve years later. Directed by Steve McQueen and Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, the film was nominated for nine oscars, going on to win three. Thank you to Thomas Whitelaw for our intro music and Rachel Valentine Smith for our artwork.

​I had Stone on before to talk about his very interesting biography of George Raft:The Man That Would Be Bogart.. This show we discuss the usual mobsters, Cagney, Bogart, Raft, Edward G Robinson and Paul Muni as Scarface. Stone talks about less known gangsters. One of my personal favorites ins Jack LaRue. He was handsome, brutal and the perfect gangster. We talked Richard Widmark's breakthrough film as Tommy UDO, the giggling psycho that pushes an old lady in a wheelchair, laughing all the way in the film Kiss Of Death. IRL Richard was a kumbaya kind of guy that went fishing once, caught a fish and felt bad he killed it. No more fishing for Richard. Also Chester Morris, we talked which version of The Three Godfathers we liked best. The Chester Morris, or John Wayne one. Some many gangsters and so little time. We wanted to get Dan Duryea and others there. We had fun and Stone knows his stuff. Thanks much to Stone. He is so fun and knowledgable. He's also my friend.  Here's a list of Stones books. His newest is a noir fiction called Requiem For A Gangster. Good Read.. Stones Website www.stonewallace.net https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/361940.Stone_WallaceThanks mostly for the listeners. I promise to be consistent with my posting. Graceplease follow on ituneshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-stories-of-tinseltown/id1363744889www.truestoriesoftinseltown.comwww.truestoriesoftinsetown.podbean.comYou can hear podcasts on Spotify, youtube, Spreaker, listen notes and anywhere podcasts are played.My facebook pagewww.facebook.com/truestoriesoftinsetown​​

had Stone on before to talk about his very interesting biography of George Raft:The Man That Would Be Bogart.. This show we discuss the usual mobsters, Cagney, Bogart, Raft, Edward G Robinson and Paul Muni as Scarface. Stone talks about less known gangsters. One of my personal favorites ins Jack LaRue. He was handsome, brutal and the perfect gangster. We talked Richard Widmark's breakthrough film as Tommy UDO, the giggling psycho that pushes an old lady in a wheelchair, laughing all the way in the film Kiss Of Death. IRL Richard was a kumbaya kind of guy that went fishing once, caught a fish and felt bad he killed it. No more fishing for Richard. Also Chester Morris, we talked which version of The Three Godfathers we liked best. The Chester Morris, or John Wayne one. Some many gangsters and so little time. We wanted to get Dan Duryea and others there. We had fun and Stone knows his stuff. Thanks much to Stone. He is so fun and knowledgable. He's also my friend. Here's a list of Stones books. His newest is a noir fiction called Requiem For A Gangster. Good Read.. Stones website www.stonewallace.net https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/361940.Stone_WallaceThanks mostly for the listeners. I promise to be consistent with my posting. Graceplease follow on ituneshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-stories-of-tinseltown/id1363744889www.truestoriesoftinseltown.comwww.truestoriesoftinsetown.podbean.comYou can hear podcasts on Spotify, youtube, Spreaker, listen notes and anywhere podcasts are played.My facebook pagewww.facebook.com/truestoriesoftinsetown​

Our hosts aren’t sure that anything could make them forgive Paul Muni for The Good Earth, but the lackluster biopic and incomprehensible 1937 Best Picture Winner, The Life of Emile Zola isn’t it.

1937 is not off to a good start with The Good Earth. A cast led by Paul Muni and Luise Rainer, white actors in yellow face hair and makeup, portraying rural Chinese peasants at the turn of the 20th century, this may be the most infuriating movie Suzan and David have seen so far.

United Artists released Scarface to theaters on April 9, 1932. Howard Hawks and Richard Rosson co-directed the film which starred Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, and Karen Morley. The post Scarface (1932) appeared first on Movie House Memories.

So far, 1936 holds steady with the totally acceptable biopic, The Story of Louis Pasteur. Telling the somewhat… uh… sanitized version of Pasteur’s proving the existence of microbes and the germ theory of disease, Paul Muni plays the famed chemist as a crotchety genius at odds with the rather sociable and charming members of the medical establishment, personified by Fritz Leiber as the fictional Dr. Charbonnet. Anita Louise (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Donald Woods (A Tale of Two Cities) also return to the podcast as Pasteur’s daughter and son-in-law, respectively. Not the best movie ever made, nor even the best our hosts have watched for Screen Test of Time, but a solid entry that gives them hope the curse of 1935 has not persisted into the following year.

It’s the return of Brass Bancroft! (In Reagan’s own least favorite of his films.) This episode was recorded on August 27th, 2018, with your humble panel suffering through the embarrassing Ballet McCainique that had a stranglehold on the American media that week. After venting our collective spleens on that particular topic, we turn our attention to the film at hand – also kind of an embarrassment to Warner’s vaunted Foy unit. They fell down on the job here. In The Films of Ronald Reagan, Tony Thomas contends that both Foy and his star asked the studio not to release it. They compromised by releasing it everywhere except in Los Angeles. A better compromise might’ve been to rework it a little – but, hey, whaddya want? They made these movies in 7 days! We nevertheless found much to discuss. Lacking anything like a compelling story to distract us, we zero in on the Reagan persona – a unique synthesis of sharpie and naïf. This American character type goes back to Mark Twain (at least), and several Hollywood stars (notably Gary Cooper) walked a tightrope between squint-eyed shrewdness and man-childishness; but can you think of any other actor so ideally fitted to playing a press agent or a scout leader? (He wound up playing both at the same time – for 8 miserable years during the 1980s).      Other pleasures (or, at least, puzzlers) on offer include: Moroni Olsen as a singularly psychopathic counterfeit-monk/counterfeiter; sidekick Gabby’s bizarre strip poker antics with the Mexican police (for all you Foy Jr. fetishists); the luminous Rosella Towne in her second straight Bancroft film (playing an entirely different character); and an unexpected cameo from Paul Muni. Sadly, John Litel had moved on to playing Nancy Drew’s dad at this point, and his replacement makes a damned second-rate Saxby (fortunately, Litel will return for 1940’s Murder in the Air).      Novel suggestion: Peter Delacorte's Time on My Hands Follow us at: Facebook Follow Romy on Twitter at @rahrahtempleton Follow Gareth on Twitter at @helenreddymades Follow David on Twitter at @milescoverdale

It’s the return of Brass Bancroft! (In Reagan’s own least favorite of his films.) This episode was recorded on August 27th, 2018, with your humble panel suffering through the embarrassing Ballet McCainique that had a stranglehold on the American media that week. After venting our collective spleens on that particular topic, we turn our attention to the film at hand – also kind of an embarrassment to Warner’s vaunted Foy unit. They fell down on the job here. In The Films of Ronald Reagan, Tony Thomas contends that both Foy and his star asked the studio not to release it. They compromised by releasing it everywhere except in Los Angeles. A better compromise might’ve been to rework it a little – but, hey, whaddya want? They made these movies in 7 days! We nevertheless found much to discuss. Lacking anything like a compelling story to distract us, we zero in on the Reagan persona – a unique synthesis of sharpie and naïf. This American character type goes back to Mark Twain (at least), and several Hollywood stars (notably Gary Cooper) walked a tightrope between squint-eyed shrewdness and man-childishness; but can you think of any other actor so ideally fitted to playing a press agent or a scout leader? (He wound up playing both at the same time – for 8 miserable years during the 1980s).      Other pleasures (or, at least, puzzlers) on offer include: Moroni Olsen as a singularly psychopathic counterfeit-monk/counterfeiter; sidekick Gabby’s bizarre strip poker antics with the Mexican police (for all you Foy Jr. fetishists); the luminous Rosella Towne in her second straight Bancroft film (playing an entirely different character); and an unexpected cameo from Paul Muni. Sadly, John Litel had moved on to playing Nancy Drew’s dad at this point, and his replacement makes a damned second-rate Saxby (fortunately, Litel will return for 1940’s Murder in the Air).      Novel suggestion: Peter Delacorte's Time on My Hands Follow us at: Facebook Follow Romy on Twitter at @rahrahtempleton Follow Gareth on Twitter at @helenreddymades Follow David on Twitter at @milescoverdale

Maggie and Ian tackle their second biopic in a row. This historical drama follows the life of the French writer and examines his role in the defense of the falsely accused Alfred Dreyfus. Maggie gets fiesty while Ian ugly cries (again). So grab a glass of cognac and gather your righteous anger as we pick apart The Life of Emile Zola Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com

On this episode, we are discussing the tenth Best Picture Winner: “The Life of Emile Zola.” After struggling to establish himself, author Emile Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony. Directed by William Dieterle, “The Life of Emile Zola” stars Paul Muni as Emile Zola, Gloria Holden as Alexandrine Zola, Gale Sondergaard as Lucie Dreyfus, and Joseph Schildkraut as Capt. Alfred Dreyfus. Here on The Envelope, we discuss & review every Best Picture Winner in the Academy Awards History. We are a Cinema Squad Production, presented on the Cinema Squad Podcast Channel. You can reach anyone here at TheCinemaSquad.com – Just go there to email us, check our bios, and keep up with the latest episode.

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 64: The Life of Emile Zola (1937) Released 1 July 2020 For this episode, we watched The Life of Emile Zola, written by Norman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg (won), directed by William Dieterle (nominated) and starring Paul Muni (nominated), Gloria Holden, Gale Sondergaard and Joseph Schildkraut (won). It was also nominated for its art direction, score, sound and assistant director. That Ain't Jean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T413rxpceA (body double Mary Rees, voice artist Paula Winslowe) When They See Us on Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80200549 Next time we will be discussing Tom Jones. If you want to watch it before listening to the next episode you can buy the DVD or Blu-Ray on Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.com, or you can download it via iTunes (UK) or iTunes (USA). To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually, @MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky. You should also visit our website at https://bestpickpod.com and sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new episode is released. Just follow this link: http://eepurl.com/dbHO3n. If you enjoy this podcast and you'd like to help us to continue to make it, you can now support us on Patreon for as little as £2.50 per month. Thanks go to all of the following lovely people who have already done that. James Murray, Andreas Marquart Frellesen, Jonquil Coy, Ann Blake, Lee Ingleby, Michael Walker, Ms Rebecca K O'Dwyer, Anna Joerschke, Anne Dellamaria, Annmarie Gray, Ben Squires, Claire Creighton, Dave Kloc, Eloise Lowe, Helle Rasmussen, Joy Wilkinson, Kate Butler, Katy Espie, Kirsten Marie Oeveraas, Lisa Gillespie, Michael Wilson, Nick Hetherington, Olivia, Peter , Robert Orzalli, Sally Grant, Sam Elliott, Anna Jackson, Anna Smith, Catherine Murphy, Darren Williams, David Hanneford, Eamonn Clarke, Emma Colvill, Emmet Jackson, Judi Cox, Kath , Lucinda Baron von Parker, Martin Korshoj Petersen, Sian Thomas, Stuart Shepherd.

June 4, 1939 - Jack Benny is compared to dramatic actors Paul Muni and Spenser Tracy. But it's really just a rib. Jack Benny is Sherlock Holmes in the preview to "The Hound of the Baskervilles".

THE FILM & WATER PODCAST Episode 54 - I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG Rob welcomes blogger Martin Gray (Too Dangerous For A Girl) to discuss the  groundbreaking 1932 Warner Bros. crime drama I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG, starring Paul Muni! Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? MARTIN GRAY: http://dangermart.blogspot.com/ E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net Follow THE FILM & WATER PODCAST on Twitter: @FilmAndWaterPod Subscribe via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-film-and-water-podcast/id1077572484 This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER – https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page – https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Thanks for listening! That's A Wrap!

Auf in die 2. Runde der Ganoven-Polizisten-PengPeng-Reihe: Howard Hawks' legt die Messlatte nicht einfach hoch, er schleudert sie förmlich nach oben. Heftige Schießereien, wunderbare Nutzung von Schwarz, Weiß und Grau und auch eine ordentliche Portion Drama vereinen sich in diesem Film. In der Hauptrolle darf Paul Muni die Sau rauslassen, in einer Nebenrolle ist Boris "Frankensteins Monster" Karloff zu sehen. Wie schon bei "Little Caesar" geht es um den Aufstieg und Fall eines Unholdes, konkret Toni Carmonte. Vor dem Film sprechen wir auch kurz über den Vorbehaltsfilm Jud Süß, den Propagandafilm der Nationalsozialisten.

Vor Brian De Palma und Al Pacino waren Howard Hawks und Paul Muni. Als einer der großen amerikanischen Gangsterfilme hat Scarface seinen Teil zum Erfolg des Genres beigetragen. War die Transformation in die Neuzeit notwendig oder ist das Original nach … Weiterlesen →

The Lux Radio Theatre. November 23, 1936. CBS net. "The Story Of Louis Pasteur". Sponsored by: Lux. The famous scientist fights overwhelming opposition to his germ theory of disease. Director William K. Howard is interviewed. Dress designer "Adrian" is interviewed. Pierre Collings (screenwriter), Barbara Luddy, Chester Clute, Priscilla Lyon, Harriet Russell, Leo McCabe, Corinne Ross, Sheridan Gibney (screenwriter), Ross Forrester (doubles), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Barbara Luddy, Cecil B. DeMille, Crauford Kent, Fritz Leiber Jr., Louis Silvers (music director), William K. Howard (intermission guest: director for United Artists), Lee Millar (triples...two of the roles are a sheep and a dog), John Lake, James Eagles, Cy Kendall, Charles Emerson (doubles), Victor Rodman, Vicki Vola (doubles), Lionel Belmore, Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Lou Merrill (triples), Edward Woods, Adrian (intermission guest: costume designer for MGM), Henry Hanna, Justina Wayne, Paul Muni, Emily Williams (commercial spokesman), Sarah Selby (commercial spokesman) oldtimeraidodvd.com

Arch Oboler's Plays was a radio drama series written, produced and directed by Arch Oboler. Minus a sponsor, it ran for one year, airing Saturday evenings on NBC from March 25, 1939 to March 23, 1940 and revived five years later on Mutual for a sustaining summer run from April 5, 1945 to October 11, 1945. Leading film actors were heard on this series, including Gloria Blondell, Eddie Cantor, James Cagney, Ronald Colman, Joan Crawford, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn, Van Heflin, Katharine Hepburn, Elsa Lanchester, Peter Lorre, Frank Lovejoy, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Paul Muni, Alla Nazimova, Edmond O'Brien, Geraldine Page, Gale Sondergaard, Franchot Tone and George Zucco.THIS EPISODE:May 17, 1945. Mutual network. "Mr. Ten-Percent". Sustaining. A good story about a Hollywood agent who finally finds a movie star to manage...and how he contributed $1 million dollars to the war effort! Mary Jane Croft, Bob Bailey, Earle Ross, Harry Lang, Everett Allen, Arch Oboler (writer), Bruce Elliott, Roseanne Murray, Evelyn Scott. 1/2 hour.

Arch Oboler's Plays was a radio drama series written, produced and directed by Arch Oboler. Minus a sponsor, it ran for one year, airing Saturday evenings on NBC from March 25, 1939 to March 23, 1940 and revived five years later on Mutual for a sustaining summer run from April 5, 1945 to October 11, 1945. Leading film actors were heard on this series, including Gloria Blondell, Eddie Cantor, James Cagney, Ronald Colman, Joan Crawford, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn, Van Heflin, Katharine Hepburn, Elsa Lanchester, Peter Lorre, Frank Lovejoy, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Paul Muni, Alla Nazimova, Edmond O'Brien, Geraldine Page, Gale Sondergaard, Franchot Tone and George Zucco.

Say Hello to Tony Montana Jr.! ‘Scarface' Producer Talks Sequel After years of speculation and wishful thinking, it seems that Scarface 2 is finally becoming a reality. So says Martin Bregman (above), the producer who masterminded the 1983 remake, starring Al Pacino, of the classic 1932 flick Scarface, starring Paul Muni. Marty, who also produced such Pacino classics as Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon, confirms that a sequel is forthcoming. “Well, we've killed everybody else. So it's gonna be tough,” he tells Film Festival Radio host Janice Malone when she asks if there will ever be a Scarface 2. “You can't have the Pacino character – pick him up from where he was shot and have him say, ‘You missed!'” Marty, 78, continues. Later, when Janice says, “A lot of people who I know are diehard fans and they were hoping that maybe it would be the son or the grandson or something like that,” Marty comes clean, telling her, “No, it is the son. We're working on that now.” Marty, who says that The Godfather is among his three favorite films of all time, also reveals how he once made Universal Pictures an offer they couldn't refuse – after the studio declined to cast Denzel Washington in The Bone Collector because “a black actor” could not “do any business” in the South.

Arch Oboler's Plays was a radio drama series written, produced and directed by Arch Oboler. Minus a sponsor, it ran for one year, airing Saturday evenings on NBC from March 25, 1939 to March 23, 1940 and revived five years later on Mutual for a sustaining summer run from April 5, 1945 to October 11, 1945. Leading film actors were heard on this series, including Gloria Blondell, Eddie Cantor, James Cagney, Ronald Colman, Joan Crawford, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn, Van Heflin, Katharine Hepburn, Elsa Lanchester, Peter Lorre, Frank Lovejoy, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Paul Muni, Alla Nazimova, Edmond O'Brien, Geraldine Page, Gale Sondergaard, Franchot Tone and George Zucco. THIS EPISODE: July 29, 1939. NBC network. "Another World". Sustaining. An eerie story about a woman's battle with the voice inside her...trying to take over her body! The story is also known as, "The Voice Within Me." Arch Oboler, Arnold Moss, Betty Garde, Frank Lovejoy, Gilbert Mack, Hester Sondergaard, John Brown. 29:28.

Arch Oboler's Plays was a radio drama series written, produced and directed by Arch Oboler. Minus a sponsor, it ran for one year, airing Saturday evenings on NBC from March 25, 1939 to March 23, 1940 and revived five years later on Mutual for a sustaining summer run from April 5, 1945 to October 11, 1945. Leading film actors were heard on this series, including Gloria Blondell, Eddie Cantor, James Cagney, Ronald Colman, Joan Crawford, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn, Van Heflin, Katharine Hepburn, Elsa Lanchester, Peter Lorre, Frank Lovejoy, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Paul Muni, Alla Nazimova, Edmond O'Brien, Geraldine Page, Gale Sondergaard, Franchot Tone and George Zucco. THIS EPISODE: June 7, 1945. Mutual network. "Night". Sustaining. An excellent, beautiful radio montage in the central theme of "night." Arch Oboler, Barney James, Bruce Elliott (narrator), David Raxon and His Orchestra, Dorothy Scott, Edmond MacDonald, Everett Allen, Frank Martin (announcer), Gloria Blondell, Griff Barnett (Swan Soap commercial), Joseph Granby, Roseanne Murray, Theodore Von Eltz, Therese Lyon. 1/2 hour.

Academy Award Theater - The list of films and actors on Academy Award Theater is very impressive. Bette Davis begins the series in Jezebel, with Ginger Rogers following in Kitty Foyle, and then Paul Muni in The Life of Louis Pasteur. The Informer had to have Victor Mclaglen, and the Maltese Falcon, Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Greenstreet (this movie was his first major motion picutre role) plus Mary Astor for the hat trick. Suspicion starred Cary Grant with Ann Todd doing the Joan Fontaine role, Ronald Coleman in Lost Horizon, and Joan Fontaine and John Lund were in Portrait of Jenny. How Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio were done is something to hear! THIS EPISODE: Brief Encounter (1946) is director David Lean's brilliantly-crafted, classic British masterpiece. It is one of the greatest romantic tearjerkers/weepers of all time, with a very downbeat ending. Lean's film is a simple but realistically-honest, unsentimental, self-told social melodrama of the quiet desperation involved in an illicit, extra-marital love affair between two married, middle-class individuals over seven weekly meetings, mostly against the backdrop of a railway station. The romantic couple includes a wife/mother looking for escape from her humdrum life and sterile marriage, and a dashing doctor. tale of The screenplay was adapted and based on playwright Noel Coward's 1935 short one-act (half-hour) stage play Still Life. It was expanded from five short scenes in a train station (the refreshment tea room of Milford Junction Station) to include action in other settings (the married woman's house, the apartment of the married man's friend, restaurants, parks, train compartments, shops, a car, a boating lake and at the cinema), although the film still maintains chaste minimalism.

Academy Award Theater - The list of films and actors on Academy Award Theater is very impressive. Bette Davis begins the series in Jezebel, with Ginger Rogers following in Kitty Foyle, and then Paul Muni in The Life of Louis Pasteur. The Informer had to have Victor Mclaglen, and the Maltese Falcon, Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Greenstreet (this movie was his first major motion picutre role) plus Mary Astor for the hat trick. Suspicion starred Cary Grant with Ann Todd doing the Joan Fontaine role, Ronald Coleman in Lost Horizon, and Joan Fontaine and John Lund were in Portrait of Jenny. How Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio were done is something to hear!THIS EPISODE:June 8, 1946. CBS network. "Ruggles Of Red Gap". Sponsored by: Squibb Drugs. The famous story of the English valet in the wild American West. Charles Laughton, Charles Ruggles. 1/2 hour.

Arch Oboler's Plays was a radio drama series written, produced and directed by Arch Oboler. Minus a sponsor, it ran for one year, airing Saturday evenings on NBC from March 25, 1939 to March 23, 1940 and revived five years later on Mutual for a sustaining summer run from April 5, 1945 to October 11, 1945. Leading film actors were heard on this series, including Gloria Blondell, Eddie Cantor, James Cagney, Ronald Colman, Joan Crawford, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn, Van Heflin, Katharine Hepburn, Elsa Lanchester, Peter Lorre, Frank Lovejoy, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Paul Muni, Alla Nazimova, Edmond O'Brien, Geraldine Page, Gale Sondergaard, Franchot Tone and George Zucco.THIS EPISODE:April 26, 1945. Mutual network. "The House I Live In". Sustaining. A man's son is in a Japanese prison camp, and the neighborhood doesn't seem the same. Program #3 of a series of twenty six. Arch Oboler (writer, host), Raymond Massey, Mercedes McCambridge, Hester Sondergaard, Ann Shephard, Alfred Ryder, Sylvan Levin (conductor). 1/2 hour.

Academy Award Theater - The list of films and actors on Academy Award Theater is very impressive. Bette Davis begins the series in Jezebel, with Ginger Rogers following in Kitty Foyle, and then Paul Muni in The Life of Louis Pasteur. The Informer had to have Victor Mclaglen, and the Maltese Falcon, Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Greenstreet (this movie was his first major motion picutre role) plus Mary Astor for the hat trick. Suspicion starred Cary Grant with Ann Todd doing the Joan Fontaine role, Ronald Coleman in Lost Horizon, and Joan Fontaine and John Lund were in Portrait of Jenny. How Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio were done is something to hear!THIS EPISODE:November 13, 1946. CBS network. "Night Train". Sponsored by: Squibb Drugs. An exciting spy story about a British agent who recaptures a kidnapped scientist from the Gestapo, just before WWII. Rex Harrison. 1/2 hour.

Academy Award Theater - The list of films and actors on Academy Award Theater is very impressive. Bette Davis begins the series in Jezebel, with Ginger Rogers following in Kitty Foyle, and then Paul Muni in The Life of Louis Pasteur. The Informer had to have Victor Mclaglen, and the Maltese Falcon, Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Greenstreet (this movie was his first major motion picutre role) plus Mary Astor for the hat trick. Suspicion starred Cary Grant with Ann Todd doing the Joan Fontaine role, Ronald Coleman in Lost Horizon, and Joan Fontaine and John Lund were in Portrait of Jenny. How Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio were done is something to hear!THIS EPISODE:October 9, 1946. CBS network. "It Happened Tomorrow". Sponsored by: Squibb. The delightful story about the newspaper reporter who had access to the next day's newspaper! Eddie Bracken, Ann Blyth, Hugh Brundage (announcer), Frank Wilson (adaptor), Leith Stevens (composer, conductor), Dee Englebach (producer, director). 29:36.

Arch Oboler's Plays was a radio drama series written, produced and directed by Arch Oboler. Minus a sponsor, it ran for one year, airing Saturday evenings on NBC from March 25, 1939 to March 23, 1940 and revived five years later on Mutual for a sustaining summer run from April 5, 1945 to October 11, 1945. Leading film actors were heard on this series, including Gloria Blondell, Eddie Cantor, James Cagney, Ronald Colman, Joan Crawford, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn, Van Heflin, Katharine Hepburn, Elsa Lanchester, Peter Lorre, Frank Lovejoy, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Paul Muni, Alla Nazimova, Edmond O'Brien, Geraldine Page, Gale Sondergaard, Franchot Tone and George Zucco.THIS EPISODE:June 21, 1945. Mutual network. "The Naked Mountain". Sustaining. A melodrama about two Spanish war orphans who sabotage the jeep being driven by an American officer. "Good" propaganda for Spanish War Relief. Arch Oboler (writer, producer, director, narrator), Franchot Tone, Lurene Tuttle, Tommy Cook, Joel Davis. 1/2 hour.

Arch Oboler (December 7, 1909 - March 19, 1987) was a Chicago-born scriptwriter, novelist, producer and director who was active in films, radio and television. boler generated much attention for his radio scripts, and his work in radio remains the outstanding period of his career. Although some noted a tendency for gruesomeness, he received praise as one of broadcasting's top talents, and he is regarded today as one of the innovators of old time radio.Arch Oboler's Plays was a radio drama series written, produced and directed by Arch Oboler. Minus a sponsor, it ran for one year, airing Saturday evenings on NBC from March 25, 1939 to March 23, 1940 and revived five years later on Mutual for a sustaining summer run from April 5, 1945 to October 11, 1945. Leading film actors were heard on this series, including Ingrid Bergman, Gloria Blondell, Eddie Cantor, James Cagney, Ronald Colman, Joan Crawford, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn, Van Heflin, Katharine Hepburn, Elsa Lanchester, Peter Lorre, Frank Lovejoy, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Paul Muni, Alla Nazimova, Edmond O'Brien, Geraldine Page, Gale Sondergaard, Franchot Tone and George Zucco.

Arch Oboler's Plays was a radio drama series written, produced and directed by Arch Oboler. Minus a sponsor, it ran for one year, airing Saturday evenings on NBC from March 25, 1939 to March 23, 1940 and revived five years later on Mutual for a sustaining summer run from April 5, 1945 to October 11, 1945. Leading film actors were heard on this series, including Ingrid Bergman, Gloria Blondell, Eddie Cantor, James Cagney, Ronald Colman, Joan Crawford, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn, Van Heflin, Katharine Hepburn, Elsa Lanchester, Peter Lorre, Frank Lovejoy, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Paul Muni, Alla Nazimova, Edmond O'Brien, Geraldine Page, Gale Sondergaard, Franchot Tone and George Zucco.

Arch Oboler's Plays was a radio drama series written, produced and directed by Arch Oboler. Minus a sponsor, it ran for one year, airing Saturday evenings on NBC from March 25, 1939 to March 23, 1940 and revived five years later on Mutual for a sustaining summer run from April 5, 1945 to October 11, 1945. Leading film actors were heard on this series, including Gloria Blondell, Eddie Cantor, James Cagney, Ronald Colman, Joan Crawford, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn, Van Heflin, Katharine Hepburn, Elsa Lanchester, Peter Lorre, Frank Lovejoy, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Paul Muni, Alla Nazimova, Edmond O'Brien, Geraldine Page, Gale Sondergaard, Franchot Tone and George Zucco.

The list of films and actors on Academy Award Theater is very impressive. Bette Davis begins the series in Jezebel, with Ginger Rogers following in Kitty Foyle, and then Paul Muni in The Life of Louis Pasteur. The Informer had to have Victor Mclaglen, and the Maltese Falcon, Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Greenstreet (this movie was his first major motion picutre role) plus Mary Astor for the hat trick. Suspicion starred Cary Grant with Ann Todd doing the Joan Fontaine role, Ronald Coleman in Lost Horizon, and Joan Fontaine and John Lund were in Portrait of Jenny. How Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio were done is something to hear!

The list of films and actors on Academy Award Theater is very impressive. Bette Davis begins the series in Jezebel, with Ginger Rogers following in Kitty Foyle, and then Paul Muni in The Life of Louis Pasteur. The Informer had to have Victor Mclaglen, and the Maltese Falcon, Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Greenstreet (this movie was his first major motion picutre role) plus Mary Astor for the hat trick. Suspicion starred Cary Grant with Ann Todd doing the Joan Fontaine role, Ronald Coleman in Lost Horizon, and Joan Fontaine and John Lund were in Portrait of Jenny. How Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio were done is something to hear!

The list of films and actors on Academy Award Theater is very impressive. Bette Davis begins the series in Jezebel, with Ginger Rogers following in Kitty Foyle, and then Paul Muni in The Life of Louis Pasteur. The Informer had to have Victor Mclaglen, and the Maltese Falcon, Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Greenstreet (this movie was his first major motion picutre role) plus Mary Astor for the hat trick. Suspicion starred Cary Grant with Ann Todd doing the Joan Fontaine role, Ronald Coleman in Lost Horizon, and Joan Fontaine and John Lund were in Portrait of Jenny. How Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio were done is something to hear! Some films are less well known, such as Guest in the House, with Kirk Douglas and Anita Louise, It Happened Tomorrow, with Eddie Bracken and Ann Blythe playing Dick Powell and Linda Darnell's roles, and Cheers for Miss Bishop with Olivia de Havilland. Each adaptation is finely produced and directed by Dee Engelbach, with music composed and conducted by Leith Stevens. Frank Wilson wrote the movie adaptations.