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Xoe and Rita discuss film, literature, historical figures, interests, and obsessions.
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Saturday Jan 28, 2023
Saturday Jan 28, 2023
Preston Sturges (1898 - 1959) birth name Edmund Preston Biden - writer, director, producer
Part III of IV
Must see movies:
- Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- Christmas in July (1940)
Runner Up: Palm Beach Story (1942)
Full Quote from the Title: "A pretty girl is better than a plain one. A leg is better than an arm. A bedroom is better than a living room. An arrival is better than a departure. A birth is better than a death. A chase is better than a chat. A dog is better than a landscape. A kitten is better than a dog. A baby is better than a kitten. A kiss is better than a baby. A pratfall is better than anything." -Preston Sturges
Other Music: Opening credits Sullivan's Travels, The Lady Eve, and Palm Beach Story.
Thank you to Powerbleeder for our theme song "Future Mind" listen here!
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Preston Sturges (1898 - 1959) birth name Edmund Preston Biden - writer, director, producer
Part II of IV
Must see movies:
- Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- Christmas in July (1940)
Runner Up: Palm Beach Story (1942)
Full Quote from the Title: "A pretty girl is better than a plain one. A leg is better than an arm. A bedroom is better than a living room. An arrival is better than a departure. A birth is better than a death. A chase is better than a chat. A dog is better than a landscape. A kitten is better than a dog. A baby is better than a kitten. A kiss is better than a baby. A pratfall is better than anything." -Preston Sturges
Other Music: Opening credits Sullivan's Travels, The Lady Eve, and Palm Beach Story.
Thank you to Powerbleeder for our theme song "Future Mind" listen here!
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Preston Sturges (1898 - 1959) birth name Edmund Preston Biden - writer, director, producer
Part I of IV
Must see movies:
- Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- Christmas in July (1940)
Runner Up: Palm Beach Story (1942)
Full Quote from the Title: "A pretty girl is better than a plain one. A leg is better than an arm. A bedroom is better than a living room. An arrival is better than a departure. A birth is better than a death. A chase is better than a chat. A dog is better than a landscape. A kitten is better than a dog. A baby is better than a kitten. A kiss is better than a baby. A pratfall is better than anything." -Preston Sturges
Other Music: Opening credits Sullivan's Travels, The Lady Eve, and Palm Beach Story.
Thank you to Powerbleeder for our theme song "Future Mind" listen here!
Saturday Oct 22, 2022
Saturday Oct 22, 2022
Jeanette MacDonald (1903 -1965)
Nelson Eddy (1901 - 1967)
Naughty Marietta (1935) - Highly recommended
Rose Marie (1936)
Maytime (1937) - Highly recommended
The Girl of the Golden West (1938) - Highly recommended
Sweethearts (1938) - Highly recommended
New Moon (1940) - Highly recommended
Bitter Sweet (1940)
I Married an Angel (1941) - hmmm, inter-esting
A couple of recommendations of their separate films:
The Merry Widow (1934) - Jeanette stars with Maurice Chevalier directed by Ernst Lubitsch
The Chocolate Soldier (1941) - Nelson stars with opera star Rise Stevens
Italian Street Song from Naughty Marietta - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n94pvclfugk
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life! From Naughty Marietta - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xpKeabZlEs
Other Music: Indian Love Call, Rose Marie I Love You, Shortenin' Bread, all sung by Nelson Eddy
Thank you to Powerbleeder for the theme song "Future Mind" listen here!
Saturday Sep 24, 2022
Saturday Sep 24, 2022
Herman Melville (1819-1891)
Most famously the author of Moby Dick but his best work is Bartleby the Scrivener (1853) - “I would prefer not to.”
Billy Budd (1891) - left unfinished at this death
Our preferred adaptation is a loose one - Beau Travail directed by Claire Denis (1999)
As adapted into an opera by Benjamin Britten - Billy Budd (1951) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6cdCuKhjKM
Thank you to Powerbleeder for the theme song "Future Mind" listen here!
Other Music: "Farewell to thee, old Rights o' Man" from the Billy Budd opera by Bitten
Saturday Aug 27, 2022
Saturday Aug 27, 2022
The final part of the life and times of Rudolph Valentino: his second divorce, the famous boxing match, and more.
* Corrections: Rudy gave out his first and only prize for best actor in 1924; the first Oscars were held in 1929, not 1926.
Rudolph Valentino nee Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filiberto Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella (1895 - 1926)
In Part IV, we discuss Rudy's first two marriages and the drama that ensues, and his rise to international stardom with the Sheik (1921).
Top 5:
- The Eagle
- The Sheik/Son of the Sheik
- Cobra
- Blood and Sand
- Moran of the Lady Letty
Song: "There's a New Star In Heaven Tonight"
Rudy Singing "Kashmiri Love Song"
Thank you to Powerbleeder for the theme song "Future Mind" listen here!
Saturday Jul 23, 2022
Saturday Jul 23, 2022
Rudolph Valentino nee Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filiberto Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella (1895 - 1926)
In Part IV, we discuss Rudy's first two marriages and the drama that ensues, and his rise to international stardom with the Sheik (1921).
Top 5:
- The Eagle
- The Sheik/Son of the Sheik
- Cobra
- Blood and Sand
- Moran of the Lady Letty
Thank you to Powerbleeder for the theme song "Future Mind" listen here!
Saturday Jun 25, 2022
Saturday Jun 25, 2022
Rudolph Valentino nee Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filiberto Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella (1895 - 1926)
In Part IV, we discuss Rudy's first two marriages and the drama that ensues, and his rise to international stardom with the Sheik (1921).
*Correction: There exist two other recording of Rudy's voice. One can be heard here:
Rudy Singing "Kashmiri Love Song"
Top 5:
- The Eagle
- The Sheik/Son of the Sheik
- Cobra
- Blood and Sand
- Moran of the Lady Letty
Thank you to Powerbleeder for the theme song "Future Mind" listen here!
Saturday May 28, 2022
Saturday May 28, 2022
Rudolph Valentino nee Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filiberto Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella (1895 - 1926)
Top 5:
- The Eagle
- The Sheik/Son of the Sheik
- Cobra
- Blood and Sand
- Moran of the Lady Letty
Ken Russell did a good, though at times surreal, biopic - Valentino (1977) - starring the ballet legend Rudolph Nureyev.
Thank you to Powerbleeder for the theme song "Future Mind" listen here!
Other songs in this episode:
Tango- music from Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Saturday Apr 23, 2022
Saturday Apr 23, 2022
Rudolph Valentino nee Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filiberto Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella (1895 - 1926)
Top 5:
- The Eagle
- The Sheik/Son of the Sheik
- Cobra
- Blood and Sand
- Moran of the Lady Letty
Ken Russell did a good, though at times surreal, biopic - Valentino (1977) - starring the ballet legend Rudolph Nureyev.
Thank you to Powerbleeder for the theme song "Future Mind" listen here!
Other songs in this episode:
Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend- Marilyn Monroe
Ten Cents a Dance- Ruth Etting