Adams Rib
Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn starred in the 1949 romantic comedy Adam’s Rib. Written by Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon and directed by George Cukor, the film is one of the tighest and best produced comedies of it’s time and possibly the best on-screen pairing of Tracy and Hepburn. In this episode...
The Women
George Cukor was a director from the 1930s to the 1980s. He was best known as a director of women’s pictures and every leading lady in Hollywood wanted to work with him because he captured them at their best. “The Women” is a 1939 film that is noteworthy for having a number of legendary leading ladies...
12 Angry Men
We’re back with a look back at the 1957 classic black and white film “12 Angry Men”. Starring Henry Fonda and a collection of male actors like E.G. Marshall, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden and Ed Begley, the film was directed by Sidney Lumet.
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Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
During the holiday season we like to take a look back at a Christmas movie that’s not quite a holiday classic. This year Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is features. The 1964 film is not much to enjoy, but the campiness itself offers a few moments of fun and the film has an interesting behind the...
Ice Station Zebra
The 1968 classic from MGM, Ice Station Zebra is a cold war thriller with an all star cast. Set in the arctic and based on a novel of the same name, the film stars Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan and Jim Brown. It was directed by John Sturgess.
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The Locked Door
Before she became a star Barbara Stanwyck started out in lesser known films like this 1929 classic. The Locked Door offers the first glimpses of the star she would become. The drama was based on a 1921 stage production, The Sign on the Door.
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License to Kill
Timothy Dalton gave us two installments as James Bond. License to Kill would be his final film as 007 and would mark the last Bond film of the 1980s and for a number of years after. It features a drugs cartel villain, a few beautiful Bond girls and some heavy action and a bit more violence than earlier...
To Have and Have Not
Humphry Bogart and Lauren Bacall star in this 1944 film based on Ernest Hemingway’s novel of the same name. Directed by Howard Hawks, the film’s stars would be drawn to one another and Bogie and Bacall would begin a love affair upon completing the film.
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Woman of Straw
As Sean Connery was making a name for himself as James Bond, he was also looking for opportunites to stretch as an actor and take on different roles. In this 1964 black and white classic, Connery plays a bit of a cad in this cat and mouse suspense yarn opposite Gina Lollabrigida.
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I Confess
With a new book out on Montgomery Clift we’re taking an indepth look at the actor’s later years in our podcast series Hollywood Declassified. However, in this episode we revisit a film not discussed in the new book. I Confess was made at the height of his fame with director Alfred Hitchcock. Filmed...
Behind the Screen with The Movie Files
Author and host John William Law takes listeners behind the scenes of classic motion pictures for a look at movie history.
