Two Definitive Christmas Movies: "A Christmas Carol" & "The Christmas Story" - join us, Nick & Glenn, as we focus on the sentiment and the connection between these two Holiday film classics.
Along with yuletide clips of Scrooge (Alastair Sim) & Ralphie (Peter Billingsly), we will explore particularly how each film and book they were based on captures the essence of the holiday - at a specific point in history and time.
May this holiday podcast add to the joy & meaning of the season for each and everyone of you!
Thanks for being with us throughout the year! We do appreciate it.
Happy New Year! See you in 2020.
Join us, Nick & Glenn, as we delve into 5 truly outstanding and truly frightening films - all made in the 1970's. In many people's opinion (including ours), these films are prime examples of the best movies dealing with suspense & terror.
In this episode we look at and discuss the great minds contributing to these five movies, and compare them to some of what has followed since, in the fright film genre.
Varied audio clips are played, including the original "Black Christmas," the original "When a Stranger Calls," and a lost cult classic: "Silent Night, Bloody Night."
We talk about the creative talents behind these films, such as directors Bob Clark & Richard Fleisher - and listen to clips featuring Carole Kane, Olivia Hussey, Mia Farrow & others.
A fun, film fright show from a great decade!
Spend a "ghostly" time with us, Nick & Glenn - as we explore 6 of the scariest Haunted House Movies, listen to some of the most fun Halloween songs, and give you our list of "who NOT to go as, at this year's costume party."
Movies clips include: The Haunting, The Changeling, The House that would not Die, and more...
So, lots of scares & lots of laughs on this Variety Attic "All Hallows Eve Podcast!"
Join us, Nick & Glenn, in this follow up podcast as we delve into even more Mystery Movie Thrillers of the 1960's - (The Decade of Deception).
If you didn't catch Part 1 back in June, you might want to take a listen. In both podcasts combined we cover over 25 suspense films! We love this decade for film and music!
In this episode, Part 2, we will be covering such films as: Purple Noon, Cape Fear, Die, Die, my Darling, Blow-up, Woman of Straw, No way to treat a Lady, Daddy's gone a Hunting, Stop me before I kill, Hysteria and The Sleeping Car Murders. Some of these are border line horror films, others are great mysteries or filled with tension and suspense.
Audio clips include such greats as Alain Delon, Stefanie Powers, Robert Mitchum, Rod Steiger, Gina Lollobrigida, Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave, Frank Sinatra, and Tallulah Bankhead.
This podcast is really a lot of fun, and we had a blast with it. You will too!
On this Variety Attic podcast, we resurrect three great American ladies of Song who spearheaded their way through show business, and overcame the odds - professionally, physically, and otherwise.
Kay Thompson - Singer & author of "Eloise" children book fame, who was the first female music arranger at MGM, as well as a composer, dancer, choreographer, & Godmother to Liza Minnelli!
Jane Froman - Famous songstress portrayed in the bio pic -"With a Song in my Heart," starring Susan Hayward, who had a successful come back after surviving a horrific plane crash leaving her with a severely injured leg.
Connee Boswell - Legendary singer touted by Ella Fitzgerald as the woman she wanted to sound the most like, who maintained a fabulous solo career after starting out with her two siblings, "The Boswell Sisters," and always performed seated due to childhood polio.
So, join us - Nick & Glenn, as we listen to recordings of these extraordinary talents, and the glorious music they made - as we tell their stories from the 1930's through 1960's.
Join us, Nick & Glenn, as we discuss the great Charlie Chan and the character's legacy in film - a Variety Attic Short.
Although we mostly focus on the films, we also discuss the origin of Charlie Chan - the character's first appearance in the books by creator & novelist, Earl Biggers. We have fun delving into the various film adaptations from Twentieth Century Fox and Monogram Studios, as well as the history of the studio's plight with this fascinating characters' film evolution.
We take you through film clips from all three of the Hollywood actors who portrayed this universally known Asian detective - Warner Oland, Sidney Toler, & Roland Winters - spanning three decades that began in 1931.
If you're a fan of mysteries, (film or otherwise) we think you'll really like this one!
Join us, Nick & Glenn, as we explore the great mystery/thriller films of the 1960's from the U.S. and the U.K. - and the great artists who contributed to them.
We'll listen to audio clips from these excellent mysteries, such as: Experiment in Terror, Ten Little Indians, Bunny Lake is Missing, Scream of Fear, Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice, and lots more. Actors featured are - Laurence Olivier, Bette Davis, Stephen Boyd, Christopher Lee, Lee Remick, Geraldine Page, & many others!
From great adaptations of Agatha Christie's famous mysteries, to superior directors of the time like Otto Preminger, Stanley Donen, Freddie Francis, and Blake Edwards (to name just a few) - we discuss it all.
These Mystery Movies of the 1960's embodied superior quality on every level - and are filled with suspense, twists, and thrills! Take a listen - it's a lot of fun...
Join us, Nick & Glenn, as we continue with a third episode in our "Gone Wrong in Cinema" series, this time with Families! Since the amount of downloads for "Kids" and "Siblings" Gone Wrong in cinema proved to be so popular, we decided this time to take a look at entire families.
From the Midwest with "Ordinary People," and "The Magnificent Amberson's," to the South with " The Little Foxes," "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte," & "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," - we span the country with families in film over issues of inheritance and money, unrequited love, jealousy, lies, misunderstandings, suicide, homicide, old age, and even arson!
In addition to these master-works involving legends like Orson Welles, Tennessee Williams, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Redford, and many others - we also take a look at Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece, "Shadow of a Doubt," Eugene O'Neil's epic "Long Day's Journey into Night," and even an ABC Movie of the week starring a young Sally Field.
We rap it all up with our Red Flags List of You know your family's Gone Wrong when...