99 Years 100 Films

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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.

A trailer for the podcast