32: Filmed on Satin

07/17/21 • 67 min

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It’s the best-loved of the four movies Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant made together, and the one that also stars Jimmy Steward. Another George Cukor production, this was Hepburn’s triumphant entry into MGM, and her middle finger to the “box office poison” label of the late 1930s. “Hullo, George!”

The Philadelphia Story

Shelly Brisbin with Annette Wierstra, Paul Sabourin, Micheline Maynard and Judy Samelson

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The Philadelphia Story

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The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film * The Philadelphia Story (1940), trailer * Available to stream, rent or buy digitally * On disc: Criterion Blu-ray or DVD

Next time, we’ll watch The Apartment (1960)

Katharine Hepburn's Style in "The Philadelphia Story

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The Philadelphia Story

Shelly Brisbin with Annette Wierstra, Paul Sabourin, Micheline Maynard and Judy Samelson

Referenced Works

The Philadelphia Story

Show Notes & Links

The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film * The Philadelphia Story (1940), trailer * Available to stream, rent or buy digitally * On disc: Criterion Blu-ray or DVD

Next time, we’ll watch The Apartment (1960)

Katharine Hepburn's Style in "The Philadelphia Story

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31: The Patriarchy: You're Swimming In It

Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard and a stellar cast of supporting actresses are just doing the best they can, moving through their upper-class New York world.

"The Women"

Shelly Brisbin with Annette Wierstra, Deborah Stanish, Lisa Schmeiser and Judy Samelson

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The Women

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George Cukor made “women’s pictures.” It wasn’t usually meant as a compliment, at least when assessing him against others of the time, and it wasn’t even universally true. “The Women,” though, with an all-female cast and a lot of things to say about female friendship, frenemyship and how a woman was required to move through the world at the time of the film, is a great one. And we have an all-female panel to break the whole thing down.

The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film * The Women (1939), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8WsqaN4izs * Available to stream, rent or buy digitally * On disc: Blu-ray

Next time, we’ll watch The Philadelphia Story (1940)

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33: Nice Guy, or Good Man?

Here’s a Billy Wilder master class that some people call one of the greatest comedies ever - “The Apartment.” We’ll see about that! It was among the inspirations for “Mad Men,” so there’s that, too. Jack Lemon, Shirley MacLaine and Fred McMurray are your leads. Welcome to the swinging’ 60s, businessman style.

The Apartment

Shelly Brisbin with Jean MacDonald, Annette Wierstra and Nathan Alderman

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The Apartment

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The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film

The Apartment (1960), trailer
- - Available to stream, rent or buy digitally
- - On disc: Blu-ray

Next time, we’ll watch The Public Enemy (1931)

10 Movies that Influenced "Mad Men"

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