99 Years 100 Films

Trey and Blaine take a look at one of the iconic war films of the 1950s.

Phileas Fogg and Passepartout travel the world at a breakneck pace to win a bet, not realizing that Fogg is accused of a daring bank robbery.

Trey and Blaine are joined by Jon M. Wilson to discuss the shortest winner of the Best Picture award to date!

Trey and Blaine look at a realistic crime film.

Trey and Blaine talk about the film marketed as romance, but which turns out to have a whole lot more going on.

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Hollywood goes to the circus!

Gene Kelly stars in a movie with incredibly well produced dance numbers and incredibly dated sexual politics.

This Lux Radio Theatre adaptation first aired on November 23, 1954.

An ambitious young actress finds herself a mentor and insinuates herself deeply into that mentor's life.

The winner of the 1949 releases is about how the political systems of the United States can lead to the corruption of good, honest people. Clearly, it is a work of unrestrained fantasy.

Laurence Olivier produced Shakespeare's Hamlet for audiences in 1948, with an all-star cast along for the ride and himself as lead actor, adaptation writer, and director. Also, Trey promised to point people towards this episode of the Fire and Water podcast discussing The Treasure of Sierra Madre.

This is the second Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of Gentleman's Agreement, originally aired on March 15, 1955.

Gentleman's Agreement was adapted to Lux Radio Theatre twice. This is the version from September 20, 1948.

The biggest award in the 1948 Academy Awards ceremony went home with a movie about antisemitism. 

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William Wyler directs this veteran-focused film.

Ray Milland gives a powerful performance as a struggling alcoholic.

The winner of "Best Picture" in the 1945 was Going My Way. Does it deserve the honour?

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Lux Radio Theater's presentation of the 1943 Best Picture winner, starring Alan Ladd and Hedy Lamarr. Original airdate: January 24, 1944.

The sole winner in the 1944 ceremony was Casablanca, which is certainly one of the most famous films of the decade.

Original airdate: December 6, 1943

Our next film is set in wartime England.

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Original airdate: September 21, 1942

Trey and Blaine are joined by Rob Kelly of the Fire and Water Podcast Network to discuss the movie that beat Citizen Kane for the highest honour in the film industry.

The second Lux Radio Theater adaptation of "Rebecca" brings back Laurence Olivier in the role, along with Vivien Leigh.

The first of two radio adaptations of "Rebecca".

Alfred Hitchcock makes his first American film, and it goes on to win Best Picture.

Trey and Blaine are joined by Paul Spataro, host of Is It Jaws? for a crossover episode that appears in both podcast feeds this weekend.

Frank Capra's next win is also a strong film with a truly stellar cast.

Lux Radio Theatre produced a radio adaptation of The Life of Emile Zola, starring Paul Muni in a 58 minute adaptation of the film. We grabbed a copy from the fine people at OldTimeRadioDownloads.com, which we are happy to bring to you today.

Paul Muni turns in another wonderful performance. Why don't more people know that name? 

Another true story.

Based on a true story.

Starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.

Originally broadcast December 28, 1936

The first to manage the "clean sweep" of all major awards.

Another sweeping generational epic.

The first star-studded cast film.

The first in a series of sweeping family epics to win the top award.

A World War I film told from the perspective of the Germans.

The second year launches the musical genre.

The first two winners of the top Academy Award hit in the same year! Note that, at the time of this recording, we didn't know that Trey would be coming along for the entire series.

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