Classic Movie Musts

In this episode we welcome Mark A. Viera, author of Forbidden Hollywood: When Sin Ruled The Movies, to discuss The Scarlet Empress (1934), directed by Joseph von Sternberg and starring Marlene Dietrich, a pre-code masterpiece that pushed the boundaries of sexual acceptability in Hollywood films. Timestamps: Opening Credits: 1:59 Feature Presentation: 3:35 Ending Credits: 52:21

In this episode, we finalize our look at the films of 1938 with a spectacular period drama that was one of the riskiest films of the year: Marie Antoinette (1938), starring Norma Shearer. Timestamps: Opening Credits: 2:08 Feature Presentation: 6:32 1938 Conclusion: 29:52 Ending Credits: 34:32

In this episode we discuss our third film of 1938 and the Motion Pictures Greatest Year campaign meant to restore faith in Hollywood films with Boys Town (1938), starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney. Timestamps: Opening Credits: 2:05 Feature Presentation: 6:18 Ending Credits: 27:35

In this episode we continue our look at the films of 1938 and the Motion Pictures Greatest Year campaign that hoped to save Hollywood.  Here we have Michael Curtiz's Four Daughters (1938), starring Claude Rains, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Gale Page, Jeffrey Lynn, and John Garfield. Timestamps: Opening Credits: 2:02 Feature Presentation: 5:31 Ending Credits: 28:07

In this episode we kick of a four episode look at the films of 1938 and the crisis that plagued Hollywood at that time.  We start off with Frank Capra's You Can't Take It With You (1938), starring Lionel Barrymore, Jimmy Stewart, Jean Arthur, and Edward Arnold.   Timestamps: Opening Credits: 1:55 Feature Presentation: 6:13 Ending Credits: 27:04