"MARY BETH HUGHES - CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH" - 3/03/2025

For those of you who don't know the charms of MARY BETH HUGHES, when she was under contract at MGM, she was dubbed "the poor man's LANA TURNER." It was a rather unfair assessment since MGM gave Lana all the plum roles, and Mary Beth got her hand-me-downs. But still, Mary Beth had great comic chops, and no one played bitchy, hard-boiled blondes as well as she. Despite her beauty and talent, she never managed to get out of B-pictures. She did have small parts in great films like The Women (1939) and The Ox-Bow Incident (1942). She played the good girl as often as she played the bad girl, but when she played bad....you were in for a treat. Her pouty lips, snappy dialogue, and petulant attitude lit up many a lackluster production. This week, we celebrate her as our Star of the Month.

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

The Official Mary Beth Hughes Website;

“Mary Beth Hughes, Born in Alton, Benign Groomed for Stardom in Movies,” January 4, 1939, Alton Evening Telegraph;

“Mary Beth Hughes,” October 1971, by T.P. Turton, Films in Review;

“Mary Beth Hughes Stars In A New Shampoo,” December 20, 1976, People Magazine;

Mary Beth Hughes: She Never Gave Up,” December 2015, by Dave White, Classic Images;

“The Look of Mary Beth Hughes,” June 6, 2019, www.grandoldmovies.com;

http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/marybethhughes.html

Wikipedia.com;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

Movies Mentioned: 

The Women (1939), starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, & Rosalind Russell;

The Ox-Bow Incident (1942), starring Henry Fonda, Harry Morgan, Dana Andrews, MBH, & Anthony Quinn;

Broadway Serenade (1939), starring Jeanette MacDonald & Lew Ayres;

Dancing Co-Ed (1939), starring Lana Turner & Richard Carlson; 

These Glamour Girls (1939), starring Lana Turner & Lew Ayres:

Fast and Furious (1939), starring Franchot Tone & Ann Sothern;

Free, Blonde & 21 (1940), starring Lynn Bari, MBH, & Joan Davis;

Star Dust (1940), starring Linda Darnell & John Payne;

Four Sons (1940), starring Don Ameche, Alan Curtis, Eugenia Leontivich, & MBH;

Lucky Cisco Kid (1940), starring Cesar Romero, Dana Andrews, & MBH;

The Great Profile (1940), staring John Barrymore & MBH;

Sleepers West (1941), starring Lloyd Nolan & MBH: 

Ride on Vaquero (1941), starring Cesar Romero & MBHs;

Charlie Chan In Rio (191410, starring Sidney Toler & MBH;

Dressed To Kill (1941), starring Lloyd Nolan & MBH;

Design For Scandal (1941), starring Rosalind Russell & Walter Pidgeon;

The Cowboy and The Blonde (1941), starring MBH & George Montgomery;

Blue, White, and Perfect, (1942), starring Lloyd Nolan & MBH;

The Night Before The Divorce (1942), starring Lynn Bari, Joseph Allen, & MBH;

Orchestra Wives (1942), starring Ann Rutherford & George Montgomery:

Over My Dead Body (1942), starring Milton Berle & MBH;

Timber Queen (1944), starring Richard Arlen & MBH;

Men On Her Mind (1944), starring MBH;

I Accuse My Parents, (1944), starring MBH & Robert Lowell;

The Lady Confesses (1945), starring MBH & Hugh Beaumont;

The Great Flamarion (1945), starring Erich von Stroheim, MBH, & Dan Duryea;

Holiday Rhythm (1950), starring MBH & David Street;

Young Man With A Horn (1950), starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, & Doris Day;

Highway Dragnet (1954), starring Richard Conte & Joan Bennett;

Loophole (1955), starring Barry Sullivan, Charles MacGraw, & Dorothy Malone;

Gun Battle At Monterey (1957), starring Sterling Hayden & MBH;

How's Your Love Life? (1971), starring John Agar, Leslie Brooks, Grant Willians, & MBH;

The Working Girls (1974), starring Sarah Kennedy, Laurie Rose, & Cassandra Peterson;

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EPISODE 76 - “MEMORABLE OSCAR SPEECHES OF THE GOLDEN ERA OF HOLLYWOOD” - 2/24/2025

Winning an Oscar is a dream for most people who work in Hollywood. But you can’t just win the Oscar; you must have a good speech once your name is called to the podium. There have been some great ones — OLIVIA COLEMAN’s funny and cheeky speech hit the right tone, and who can forget JACK PALANCE’s one-arm push-ups or CUBA GOODING’s exuberance? There have also been some bad ones — don’t we all still cringe a little at SALLY FIELDS’ “You Like Me” speech? As we prepare to celebrate the 97th annual Academy Award ceremony, Steve and Nan reflect on some of their favorite Oscar speeches and why they resonate. So please put on your tux, don the gown and jewels, pop the champagne, and join us for a fun talk about … well, people talking.  

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

“Five Times The Oscars Made History,” January 20, 2017, www.nyfa.edu;

“Hollywood History: How World War II Forced the Academy to Rethink the 1942 Oscars,” April 16, 2021, Entertainment Weekly;

“Charlie Chaplin vs. America Explores the Accusations that Sent a Star Into Exile,” October 24, 2023, byTerry Gross, www.npr.com;

“The Most Memorable Oscar Speeches in Oscar History,” March 6, 2024, by Shannon Carlin, www.time.com;

Wikipedia.com;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

www.Oscars.org;

Movies Mentioned: 

Stella Dallas (1938), starring Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, & Alan Hale;

Gone With The Wind (1939), starring Vivian Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, Hattie McDaniel, Butterfly McQueen, Thomas Mitchell, & Barbara O’Neil;

How Green Was My Valley (1941), starring Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, & Donald Crisp;

Sergeant York (1941), starring Gary Cooper, Joan Leslie, & Walter Brennan; 

The Devil and Miss Jones (1941), staring Jean Arthur Robert Cummings, & Charle Coburn;

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), starring Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, & Evelyn Keyes;

Ball of Fire (1942), starring Barbara Stanwyck & Cary Cooper;

Double Indemnity (1944), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray & Edward G Robinson;

Key Largo (1948); starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G Robinson, Claire Trevor, & Lionel Barrymore;

All The King’s Men (1948), starring Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, & Mercedes McCambridge;

Pinky (1949), starring Jeanne Crain, Ethel Waters, Ethel Barrymore, Nina Mae McKinney, & Wiliam Lundigan;

Marty (1955); starring Ernest Borgnine. Betsy Blair, Joe Mantell, & Esther Minciotti;

The King and I (1956), starring Yul Brenner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno, & Rex Thompson;

Elmer Gantry (1960), starring Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Shirley Jones, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, and Patti Page;

West Side Story (1961), Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, George Chikiris, & Russ Tamblyn;

Lillies of the Field (1963), starring Sidney Poitier; 

In the Heat of the Night (1967)l starring Rod Steiger, Sidney Poitier, & Lee Grant;

The Producers (1967), starring Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder;

Rosemary’s Baby (1968), starring Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, & Charles Grodin;

Faces (1968), starring Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassel, & John Farley; 

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), staring Alan Arkin, Sondra Locke, Cecily Tyson, Stacey Keach, & Percy Rodrigues;

The Last Picture Show (1971), starring Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, & Eileen Brennan;

Murder on the Orient Express (1974), starring Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, Martin Balsam, & Jacqueline Bisset;

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EPISODE 75 - “MEHAR BABA BRINGS SPIRITUALITY TO OLD HOLLYWOOD” - 2/17/2025

During the 1920s and 1930s, a spiritual movement swept through Hollywood. It seems the Hollywood elite were about more than just speakeasies, flappers, and decadence. Some were searching for inner-peace and often found it -- at least temporarily -- in these various religious movements that popped up. One spiritual leader who came to prominence was India’s MEHAR BABA, who believed that spirituality and metaphysics were interconnected. Stars like MARY PICKFORD, TALLULAH BANKHEAD, and MARIE DRESSLER were admirers. And when Baba visited Hollywood in May of 1932, you’ll never believe where he stayed! Get enlightened and listen to this fascinating story of spirituality in Hollywood. 

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

The God Man (1964), by C.B.Purdom;

Mehar Baba, www.meharcenter.org

“Mehar Baba: A Brief Biography,” www.avatarmeharbabatrust.org;

“Pete Townsend Speaks of Mehar Baba,” www.petetoensend.net;

“Mehar Baba: The Compassionate Father,” www.ramdass.org;

“Highest of the High: Full Message By Mehar Baba with Introduction,” YouTube,com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned: 

The Devil and the Deep (1932); starring Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles, Laughton, & Cary Grant;

Love Me Tonight (1932), starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charles Ruggles, & Myrna Loy;

Grand Hotel (1932), starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, & Lewis Stone;

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EPISODE 74 - “SWEETHEARTS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD" 2/10/2025

As Cupid sharpens his arrows, and the candy and greeting card companies prepare to make bank, we celebrate Valentine’s Day. In this episode, we take a loving look at some of Hollywood’s most enduring real-life love stories. From JOEL McCREA and FRANCES DEE to JEAN HARLOW and WILLIAM POWELL, join us as we discuss their lives, films, and, most importantly, their beautiful love stories. 

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

Ladies of the Westerns (2015) by Michael C. Fitzgerald and Boyd Magers;

Joel McCrea: Ride The High Country (1992), by Tony Thomas:

“William Powell: Hollywood Star, Detective Film Icon," Jan. 27, 2025, Britannica,com;

Letters From Hollywood: Jean Harlow , January 21, 2023 by David Stenn, TCM.com;

The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Power: Hollywood’s Iconic Couple, Documentary (2023), Youtube.com;

“McIntire and Nolan: A Romance Wright In Radio,” June 27, 2022, Travelanche;

“12 Times Real Life Couple John McIntire and Jeanette Nolan Played a Couple Onscreen,” July 18, 2022, MeTV.com;

“It Took Three Separate Actors To Bring Psycho’s Norma Bates to Life,” November 30, 2022, www.slashfilm.com;

“John McIntire and Jeanette Nolan Mix Business With Pleasure,” 2022, by J. Johnson, www.vocal.media/geeks;

“John McIntire & Jeanette Nolan: Life Together,” by Jerry Skinner, YouTube.com;

“Mary Pickford,” April 5, 2005, American Experience, PBS;

“Douglas Fairbanks,” American Experience, PBS;

Life and Times of Mary Pickford, Documentary (1998), Youtube.com;

Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell, Documentary (1993), directed by Tom McQuade;

“William Powell,” The State Historical Society of Missouri, www.missouriencyclopedia.com;

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars.org): Mary Pickford;

“William Powell, Film Star, Dies at 91,”March 6, 1984, by Peter B. Flint, New York Times;

“Jeanette Nolan, Spouse Rough it in Montana Wilderness Home,” March 24, 1974, The Indianapolis Star; TCM.com;

MaryPickford.org;

McCreaRanchFoundation.org;

IMDBPro.com;

IBDB.com;

Wikipedia.com;

AcademyMuseum.com

Movies Mentioned: 

JOEL MCCREA & FRANCES DEE:

The Jazz Age  (1929);

The Silver Horde (1930);

Playboy of Paris (1930);

King of the Jungle (1930);

An American Tragedy (1931);

Caught (1931);

Born to Love (1931);

Bird of Paradise (1932);

The Silver Cord (1933);

One Man’s Journey (1933);

Little Women (1933);

Finishing School (1934);

Of Human Bondage (1934);

Gambling Lady (1934);

Becky Sharp (1935);

Barbary Coast (1935);

These Three (1936);

Come and Get It (1936);

The Gay Deception (1936);

Wells Fargo (1937);

Dead End (1937);

If I Were King (1938);

Union Station (1939);

Foreign Correspondent (1940);

I Walked With A Zombie (1943);

Four Faces West (1948);

Ride The High Country (1962);

JEAN HARLOW & WILLIAM POWELL:

Man of the World (1931);

Ladies Man (1931);

Hell’s Angels (1930);

Reckless (1935);

Libeled Lady (1936);

After The Thin Man (1936);

Saratoga (1937);

My Man Godfrey (1936);

JOHN McINTIRE & JEANETTE NOLAN:

The Ramparts We Watch (1940);

Northside 777 (1948);

MacBeth (1948);

Words and Music (1948);

River Lady (1948);  

Command Decision (1948);

Top of The Morning (1949);

No Sad Song For Me (1950);

The Asphalt Jungle (1950);

Winchester ’73 (1950);

The Secret of Convict Lake (1951);

The Happy Time (1952);

The Big Heat (1953);

Westward The Women (1951);

Apache (1954); 

The Far County (1954);

Flaming Star (1960); 

Summer and Smoke (1961);

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962);

Rooster Cogburn (1975);

The Rescuers (1978);

True Confessions (1981);

Cloak and Dagger (1984);

Turner and Hooch (1989);

The Horse Whisperer (1998);

MARY PICKFORD & DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS:

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"THE NICHOLAS BROTHERS: CLASSIC CINEMA STARS OF THE MONTH"

The Nicholas Brothers, FAYARD and HAROLD, are arguably two of the greatest dancers to ever hit Hollywood. Born to musician parents, they learned their craft working the vaudeville scene and appearing at the famous Cotton Club during the Harlem Renaissance before landing in Hollywood. In Tinseltown, they made movie magic dancing in some of Hollywood’s biggest musicals. The brothers mixed tap dancing with acrobatics to perfect thrilling routines that we’re still in awe of today. They also had to endure the limits put upon them by the racism of the day. Join us this week as we celebrate these two dance icons, our Stars of the Month. 

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

Brotherhood in Rhythm: The Tap Dancing of the Nicholas Brothers (2002), by Constance Valis Hill;

Dorothy Dandridge: An Intimate Biography (1970), by Earl Mills;

“The Nicholas Brothers, Fayard and Harold: Tap Dance Legends,” February 17, 2024, Dance Mogul magazine;

“The Incredible Nicholas Brothers: A Classic Hollywood Black Dance Duo Everyone Should Be Obsessed With,” October 30, 2022, by Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly;

“The Nicholas Brothers: Every Generations Dance Heroes,” February 17, 2020, by Najja Parker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution;

“Celebrating The Nicholas Brothers,” September 16, 2011, by Daniel Eagan, Smithsonian magazine;

www.nicholasbrothers.com

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

IBDB.com;

Wikipedia.com;

AcademyMuseum.com

Movies Mentioned: 

Pie Pie Blackbird  (1932) - starring Nina Mae McKinney & The Nicholas Brothers;

Stoopnocracy (1933), starring Budd Hulick & Harold Nicholas;

The Emperor Jones (1933), starring Paul Robeson & Harold Nicholas;

Kid Millions (1934), starring Eddie Cantor, Ann Sothern, & Ethel Merman;

Jealousy (1934), starring Nancy Kelly & George Murphy;

The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935), starring Jack Oakie, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bing Crosby, & Ethel Merman;

Coronado (1935), starring Johnny Downs;

My American Wife (1936), starring Francis Lederer & Ann Sothern;

Don’t Gamble with Love (1936) starring Ann Sothern;

Babes in Arms (1937), starring Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland;

Down Argentine Way (1940), starring Betty Grable, Don Ameche, Carmen Miranda, & Charlotte, Greenwood;

Tin Pan Alley (1940), starring Betty Grable, Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, & John Payne;

The Great American Broadcast (1941), starring Alice Faye & John Payne;

Sun Valley Serenade (1941), starring Sonja Henie & John Payne;\

Orchestra Wives (1942), starring George Montgomery & Ann Rutherford;

Stormy Weather (1943), starring Lena Horne;

Reckless Age (1944), starring Gloria Jean & Harold Nicholas;

Carolina Blues (1944), starring Kay Kyser & Ann Miller;

The Pirate (1948), starring Judy Garland & Gene Kelly;

Botta e Riposta (1950);

El Mensaje le la Muerte (1953);

Musik I’m Blut (1955);

L'Empire de la Nuit (1964);

The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970), starring Lee J. Cobb, Roscoe Lee Brown, & Fayard Nicholas;

Uptown Saturday Night (1974), starring Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Flip Wilson, Harry Belafonte, & Harold Nicholas

That’s Entertainment! (1974);

That’s Dancing (1985);

Tap (1989);

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EPISODE 72 - “CHATTING CLASSIC CINEMA WITH JOURNALIST MAUREEN LENKER” - 1/27/2025

In this week’s episode, Steve and Nan welcome award-winning journalist MAUREEN LENKER. Maureen, who is currently a Senior Writer for Entertainment Weekly, has a deep passion and knowledge of classic cinema and has made 1930s Hollywood the setting for her new novel, “His Girl Hollywood.” Join us as Maureen discusses her career, her passion for cinema, her most inspirational classic films, and all the tea about her new novel.

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

It Happened One Fight (2023), by Maureen Lee Lenker;

His Girl Hollywood (2025), by Maureen Lee Lenker;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

IBDB.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned: 

Swing Time (1936) - starring Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers;

Gone with the Wind (1939), starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, & Hattie McDaniel;

His Girl Friday (1940), starring Rosalind Russell, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Helen Mack, & John Qualen;

The Philadelphia Story (1940), starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey, Virginia Weidler, Mary Nash, John Howard, & Roland Young;

Casablanca (1942), starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, & Dooley Wilson;

The Heiress (1949), starring Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, & Miriam Hopkins;

Outrage (1950). Starring Mala Powers, Tod Andrews, Robert Clarke, Lillian Hamilton, & Rita Lupino;

Singing in the Rain (1952), starting Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor, Jean Hagan, Rita Moreno, Cyd Charisse, & Millard Mitchell;

West Side Story (1952), starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, George Chakiras, & Russ Tamblyn;

The Quiet Man (1952), starring John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Mildred Natwick, Barry Fitzgerald, & Patrick McLaglen;

White Christmas (1954), starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera Ellen, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes, & Anne Whitfield;

It’s Always Fair Weather (1955), starring Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Dan Dailey, Michalre Kidd, & Delores Gray;

Mary Poppins (1964), starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, & Glynis Johns;

The Sound of Music (1965), starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Chairman Carr, Richard Haydn, & Peggy Wood;

Then Princess Bride (1987), starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Billy Crystal, Mandy Patinkin, & Wallace Shawn;

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EPISODE 71 - “STEVE & NAN’s FAVORITE CLASSIC FILMS OF THE 1970s” - 1/20/2024

The 1970s was a decade that saw the rise of the auteur. Filmmakers like Scorsese, Coppola, Cassavetes, Altman, Lumet, and DePalma hit their stride and brought to the screen their specific vision and stylized films. It was a very experimental era where boundaries were pushed and once-taboo topics were explored. It became a creative high point and gave us some iconic movies. This week, Steve And Nan take look at some of their favorite films of the 1970s. 

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

Terrance Malick and the Examined Life (2024), by Martin Woessner; 

Films of the 1970s (2017), by Jurgen Muller;

Hollywood's Last Golden Age: Politics, Society, and the Seventies Film in America (2012), by Jonathan Kirshner;

How the Sex, Drugs, and Rock-n-Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (1998), by Peter Biskind;

Picture Shows: The Life and Films of Peter Bogdonavich (1992), by Andrew Yule;

“Jane Fonda on Klute,” July 18, 2019, The Criterion Collection; 

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

IBDB.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned: 

Smile (1975), starring Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael Kidd, Nicholas Pryor, Annette O’Toole, Joan Prather, Melanie Griffith, Geoffrey Lewis, Maria O’Brien, Colleen Camp, Eric Shea, Denise Nickerson, and Titos Vandsis;

Klute (1971), starring Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Roy Scheider, Dorothy Tristan, Charles Cioffi, Jean Stapleton, Rita Gam, and Vivian Nathan;

Badlands (1973), starring Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Garry Littlejohn, Alan Vint, and John Womack;

The Sting (1973), starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Saw, Robert Earl Jones, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Charles Dierkop, Harold Gould, Sally Kellerman, and Eileen Brennan;

The Last Picture Show (1971), starring Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Eileen Brennan, Clu Gulager, Sam Bottoms, Sharon Taggart, Randy Quad, and Bill Thurman;

A Little Romance (1979), staring Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Arthur Hill, Sally Kellerman, Broderick Crawford, David Dukes, Andrew Duncan, and Claudette Sutherland;

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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;

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ELLEN DREW: CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH (069)

Whether playing the sweet girl next door or the world-weary casino boss’s moll, ELLEN DREW was an incredibly versatile leading lady who was a major star in the 1940s and 50s. She made a career of playing a wide range of roles in various genres — from Westerns to comedies to dramas to horror movies. She was nicknamed “The Candy Store Cinderella” because she was discovered scooping ice cream in a candy store on Hollywood Boulevard. And who do you think discovered her? You’ll be quite surprised to find out. In this week’s episode, we discuss our Star of the Month, ELLEN DREW. 

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

Character Actors in Horror and Science Fiction Films, 1930-1960, (2014), by Laurence Raw;

"Ellen Drew — The Private Life of Ellen Drew,” glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com;

“Hollywood’s Forgotten Daughters,” January 1986, by Anthony Cassa, Hollywood Studio Magazine;

“Ellen Drew - Cinderellen,” January 2002, by Jeff Gordon, Classic Images magazine;

“Ellen Drew, 89, Film and TV Actress Rose Through Ranks in Hollywood,” December 6, 2003, Los Angeles Times;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

IBDB.com;

Wikipedia.com;

RogerEbert.com;

Movies Mentioned: 

Christmas in July  (1940), starring Dick Powell & Ellen Drew;

Johnny O’Clock (1947), starring Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Thomas Gomez, & Ellen Drew;

Hollywood Boulevard (1936), starring Marsha Hunt & Robert Cummings;

The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936), starring Jack Benny, George Burns, & Gracie Allen;

Make Way For Tomorrow (1937), staring Victor Moore & Beulah Bondi;

Gone With The Wind (1939), starring Vivien Leigh & Clark Gable;

Sing, You Sinners (1938), starring Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, & Ellen Drew;

If I Were King (1938), starring Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee, & Ellen Drew;

The Lady's From Kentucky (1939), staring George Raft & Ellen Drew;

Geronimo (1939), starring Preston Foster;

The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939), starring Gracie Allen;

French Without Tears (1940), starring Ray Milland & Ellen Drew;

Buck Benny Rides Again (1940), starring Jack Benny;

The Mad Doctor (1941), starring Basil Rathbone;

The Monster and the Girl (1941), starring Paul Lukas & Philip Terry;

Isle of the Dead (1945), starring Boris Karloff;

Our Wife (1941), starring Melvyn Douglas, Ruth Hussey, & Ellen Drew;

The Night of January 16th (1941), starring Preston Foster;

Reaching For The Sun (1941), starring Joel McCrea & Ellen Drew;

The Remarkable Andrew (1942), starring William Holden, Brian Donlevy, & Ellen Drew;

My Favorite Spy (1942), starring Kay Kyser & Jane Wyman;

Night Plane to Chungking (1942), starring Preston Foster & Ellen Drew;

And The Angels Sing (1944), starring Dorothy Lamour, Fred MacMurray, & Betty Hutton;

Strange Confession (1944), starring Jean Gabin;

That's My Baby (1944), starring Richard Arlen & Ellen Drew;

Dark Mountain (1944), starring Robert Lowery & Ellen Drew;

China Sky (1945), starring Randolph Scott;

The Swordsmen (1948), starring Larry Parks & Ellen Drew;

The Man from Colorado (1949), starring William Holden & Glenn Ford;

The Crocked Way (1949), starring John Payne, Sonny Tufts, & Ellen Drew;

Stars In My Crown (1950), staring Joel McCrea & Ellen Drew;

Cargo to Capetown (1950), starring Broderick Crawford & John Ireland;

The Great Missouri Raid (1950), starring Wendell Corey;

Man In The Saddle (1951), staring Randolph Scott & Joan Leslie;

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“HITCHCOCK’s COLLABORATORS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE” - (068)

ALFRED HITCHCOCK, the iconic “Master of Suspense,” loved to work with certain actors over and over again. Often, he had very complicated relationships with his actors. (Just ask TIPPI HEDREN!) However, he managed to form great working relationships with stars like JAMES STEWART, GRACE KELLY, INGRID BERGMAN, and CARY GRANT. This week, we take a fun look at some of the actors who he loved to work with. So, which actor did he put in more of his films than anyone else? The answer may surprise you.

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

Cary Grant (2020), by Scott Eyman; 

Hitchcock’s Heroines (2018), by Caroline Young;

Hitchcock’s British Films (2010), by Maurice Yacowar;

It’s Only A Movie: Alfred Hitchcock a Personal Biography (2006), by Charlotte Chandler;

Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003), by Patrick McGilligan;

Ingrid Bergman: My Story (1980), by Ingrid Bergman and Alan Burgess;

"Alfred Hitchcock & Cary Grant Together: Twisted image,” by Kevin Maher, www.top10filmlists.com;

“Alfred Hitchcock's Most Frequent Collaborators, Ranked,” January 21, 2024, by Alice Caswell, ScreenRant.com;

“The Relationship Between Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant, Explained,” January 16, 2023, by Heather Lawton, MovieWeb;

“Leo G. Carroll,” Actor, 80, Dead, October 19, 1972, New York Times;

“Miss Clare Greet, Actress, 47 Years; British Stage Favorite Dies,” February 15, 1939, New York Times;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

IBDB.com;

Wikipedia.com;

RogerEbert.com;

Movies Mentioned: 

The Ring (1927), starring Carl Brisson & Ian Hunter;

Blackmail (1929), starring John Longden;

The Manxman (1929), starring Anne Ondra;

Murder! (1930), starring Herbert Marshall;

Ellstree Calling (1930), starring Will Fyffe;

Juno and the Paycock (1930), starring Sara Allgood & Barry Fitzgerald;

The Skin Game (1931), starring Edmund Gwenn;

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), starring Peter Lorre;

Sabotage (1936), starring Sylvia Sidney;

Young and Innocent (1937), starring Nova Pilbeam;

Jamaica Inn (1939), starring Charles Laughton & Maureen O’Hara;

Rebecca (1940), starring Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier, & Judith Anderson;

Suspicion (1941), starring Cary Grant & Joan Fontaine;

Shadow of a Doubt (1943), starring Joseph Cotten & Teresa Wright;

Spellbound (1945), starring Gregory Peck & Ingrid Bergman;

Notorious (1946), starring Ingrid Bergman & Cary Grant;

The Paradine Case (1947), starring Gregory Peck, Alida Valli, & Ann Todd;

Under Capricorn (1949), starring Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten & Michael Wilding;

Stage Fright (1950), starring Marlene Dietrich & Jane Wyman;

Strangers on a Train (1951), starring Farley Granger, Robert Walker & Ruth Roman;

To Catch A Thief (1955), starring Cary Grant & Grace Kelly;

Anastasia (1956) starring Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, & Helen Hayes;

North by Northwest (1959), starring Cary Grant & Eva Marie Saint;

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One of the most popular episodes of our pod was #12 from December of last year, "DECK THEM HALLS: CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAYS IN CLASSIC FILM." Because of the great feedback we got on that show (and because Steve and Nan are WAY behind on their holiday shopping), we’re replaying that episode to celebrate the best time of year for holiday movies. We hope you enjoy it, and we’ll be back next week with a brand new episode! Happy Holidays from all of us at "From Beneath The Hollywood Sign!"

"DECK THEM HALLS: CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAYS IN CLASSIC FILM" (067/012)

While chestnuts roasting on that open fire and sleigh bells ringing are nice, nothing gets you in the mood for the holidays like a good ole seasonal movie. Well, get ready to unwrap an early present from Steve and Nan as they share their favorite lesser-known holiday films. And along the way, they discuss everything from Clarence the Angel, French nuns, boxing nuns, ROBERT MITCHUM’s drug bust, and millionaires tossing money out of their Park Avenue apartment window. Don’t miss this holiday spectacular! 

SHOW NOTES: 

Movies Mentioned:

I’ll Be Seeing You (1944)

Beyond Tomorrow aka Beyond Christmas (1940)

Holiday Affair (1949)

Come to the Stable (1949)

The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972)

The Bishop’s Wife (1947)

Sources:

Christmas in The Movies (2023), by Jeremy Arnold

Christmas In Classic Films (2022), by Jacqueline T. Lynch

Great Movie Directors (1986), by Ted Sennett

There Really Was A Hollywood (1984), by Janet Leigh

Robert Mitchum: A Biography (1984), by George Eells

Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick (1992), by David Thomson

IMDBPro.com

Wikipedia.com

TCM.com

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