All About Eve (1950)

01/25/17 • 14 min

Could it actually be true that leading up to ALL ABOUT EVE, Bette Davis was considered box office poison? And why was her voice so raspy in this film, anyway? James and Lara break it all down, including how Bette was friends with an onscreen nemesis, the Oscar race of Bette vs. Anne vs. Gloria Swanson for SUNSET BOULEVARD, which two co-stars got married, Marilyn Monroe’s role in all of this, and the true story the film is based on. Fasten your seatbelt...it’s going to be a BUMPY episode.

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The Champ (1931)

This is the audio track from our very first VIDEO podcast. If you’d like to see the video version of this episode, you can find it on YouTube or on our website at www.ClassicMovieRecall.com. In this episode, James and Lara discuss THE CHAMP (1931) while on location at the legendary Beverly Hills estate built in the 1920s by the film’s director, King Vidor. We get a glimpse inside this ultra-exclusive home (later owned by actor John Barrymore and director Tony Scott), and also a drone’s-eye view of the beautiful grounds. We praise Jackie Cooper’s astonishing performance, Wallace Beery’s plan to become the highest paid actor in Hollywood, and the innovative way that King Vidor moved the camera to capture some exciting boxing sequences in the early days of “talkies.” We also discuss Frances Marion’s terrific script, and the power that women had as Hollywood was just becoming Hollywood. (Our regular audio podcast will continue, but from time to time we’ll post a video version too.)

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His Girl Friday (1940)

In this episode, James and Lara discuss the famous, rapid-fire, overlapping dialogue in HIS GIRL FRIDAY, which was clocked at 240 words per MINUTE! We also get into how director Howard Hawks allowed the actors to ad-lib, the fact that Rosalind Russell's character used to be a guy, and our friend Larry Morgan of the Snarkmonkey podcast joins us to to talk about the new HIS GIRL FRIDAY release from the Criterion Collection that features a restoration of the film's source material, 1931's THE FRONT PAGE. Plus, there's a Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon moment where Lara tries to connect Ralph Bellamy to Kevin Bacon. Can she do it? Can YOU? Grab some coffee and join us for one of the finest examples of screwball comedy on film!