36: Dolls
Fall in love with people, not with gamblers. It's all too strange and strong. Sit down, you're rocking the boat. This week, Henry leads us through the third and final part of our epic GUYS AND DOLLS s...
13 Elo 20232h 13min
35: and
Why can't Nathan Detroit remember the colour of his own tie? In the second part of our GUYS AND DOLLS series, Henry begins taking us through the musical (and the 1955 Sinatra film) proper, beginning w...
7 Elo 20231h 45min
34: Guys
Henry Giardina takes the lead as host for the first time as we begin our month-long GUYS AND DOLLS odyssey. In this first installment, the stage is set as we're introduced to the world of legendary sh...
1 Elo 20231h 29min
33: Love Like Surgery
It's 1955 and we're deep into the masculinity crisis. It's an era of lofty 800-page novels adapted into 2-hour-plus movies. We've got navel-gazing middle-aged white men, coming out of a period of deep...
14 Heinä 20232h 46min
32: Three Coins Reloaded (with Justin Gausman)
That's amore. Non paghiamo il fossile. And just like that... Boom, kiss, come on, God bless America. In 1966, a pilot for a potential Three Coins in the Fountain TV series was filmed on location in R...
1 Heinä 20234h 19min
31: Transcribed
The word "homosexual" was first uttered on American television on the night of October 21st, 1963. The show was Breaking Point, a drama series set in a psychiatric hospital. The episode was a confront...
22 Kesä 20233h 33min
30: Lost and Found - Bobby Long and the World of Soundies (with Mark Cantor)
We found out what happened to Bobby Long. Mostly. And on this episode we're joined by Mark Cantor, America's leading jazz film archivist. Mark is an expert in "Soundies", the early music videos/short ...
10 Kesä 20231h 47min
29: Not By Ranting, Nor By Chanting
Millions know the song: "Forget your troubles and just get happy." But where does it come from, and what does it really mean? Why are we getting ready for judgement day, and how did Judy Garland end u...
22 Touko 20231h 51min
