
Best Picture 1939 (Part II)
12/01/20 • 74 min
The second part of our discussion on the 1939 nominees for Best Picture. This episode includes conversation on Of Mice and Men, Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, Wuthering Heights, and Gone with the Wind.
Of Mice and Men: 01:36 – 12:09
Stagecoach: 12:10 – 23:07
The Wizard of Oz: 23:08 – 33:22
Wuthering Heights: 33:33 – 43:41
Gone with the Wind: 43:42 – 59:54
Listener questions: 59:55 – 1:03:30
Conclusions/Ranking: 1:03:31 – 1:11:30
Exit music: Ray Bolger and Judy Garland – If I Only Had a Brain (from The Wizard of Oz)
The second part of our discussion on the 1939 nominees for Best Picture. This episode includes conversation on Of Mice and Men, Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, Wuthering Heights, and Gone with the Wind.
Of Mice and Men: 01:36 – 12:09
Stagecoach: 12:10 – 23:07
The Wizard of Oz: 23:08 – 33:22
Wuthering Heights: 33:33 – 43:41
Gone with the Wind: 43:42 – 59:54
Listener questions: 59:55 – 1:03:30
Conclusions/Ranking: 1:03:31 – 1:11:30
Exit music: Ray Bolger and Judy Garland – If I Only Had a Brain (from The Wizard of Oz)
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Best Picture 1939 (Part I)
In the first of a two-parter, Cal and Chris discuss the 1939 nominees for Best Picture. This episode includes conversation on Dark Victory, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Love Affair, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and Ninotchka.
Dark Victory: 03:10 – 12:22
Goodbye Mr. Chips: 12:23 – 25:26
Love Affair: 25:27 – 35:31
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: 35:32 – 47:13
Ninotchka: 47:14 – 56:26
Best Actress Discussion + Ranking (so far): 56:27 – 1:03:18
Exit music: Frank Sinatra – All the Way (from 1957’s The Joker Is Wild)
Next Episode

Best Costume Design 1978
Calum and Chris discuss the nominees for Best Costume Design of 1978, which were Caravans (Renié Conley), Days of Heaven (Patricia Norris), Death on the Nile (Anthony Powell), The Swarm (Paul Zastupnevich), and The Wiz (Tony Walton).
The Elliot Page Situation: 01:23 – 08:35
Caravans: 10:10 – 18:54
Days of Heaven: 18:55 – 28:53
The Swarm: 28:54 – 39:49
The Wiz: 39:50 – 51:33
Death on the Nile: 51:34 – 1:00:54
Conclusions/Ranking: 1:00:55 – 1:10:08
Exit music: “Ease on Down the Road” (from the cast of The Wiz)
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