Talk Classic To Me

Do you love pre-code movies built on the foundation of sex, drugs, and Ann Dvorak? Then Three on a Match (1932) is the film for you! Check out this superstitious and salacious Mervyn LeRoy directed classic featuring a scene stealing Ann Dvorak, Joan Blondell, Bette Davis, Warren William, Lyle Talbot, and Humphrey Bogart. Sara Greenfield and her guest Christina Rice, author of Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you love movies that feature Miracles AND 34th Street? Then Miracle on 34th Street (1947) is the Holiday film for you! Check out this beloved Oscar winning Christmas classic that puts heart ahead of commercialism. Directed by George Seaton, this festive-yet-sincere blockbuster stars Maureen O'Hara, Edmund Gwenn, John Payne, and features an adorably precocious turn from then-child-star Natalie Wood. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest Ashley Blanchet chat about all this and more on this week's season finale episode of Talk Classic To Me. Happy Holidays and we'll see you again in the New Year!

Do you love really good pizza, strong female friendships, and not monkeying with tradition? Then Mystic Pizza (1988) is the movie for you! Check out this delightfully authentic and autumnally 80's coming of age classic starring a then unknown Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, Annabeth Gish, Vincent D'Onofrio, Conchata Ferrell, and a blink-and-you'll-miss-it turn from teen-age Matt Damon in his first speaking role on film. It's a slice of heaven! Host, Sara Greenfield, and her guests, Susan-Kate Heaney and Laurel Rankin, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you love stellar ensemble casts, autumnally 80's production design, and perfect motion picture soundtracks? Then The Big Chill (1983) is the movie for you! Check out this Lawrence Kasdan directed classic (that pays homage to his alma mater the University of Michigan -- Go Blue!) and features an all star cast including Glenn Close, Kevin Kline, William Hurt, Jeff Goldblum, JoBeth Williams, Tom Berenger, Mary Kay Place, and Meg Tilly. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Daniel Strauss chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you like jack-o-lanterns, the word "totally", and slasher villains that just won't die? Then Halloween (1978) is the movie for you! Celebrate Halloween with this John Carpenter Halloween classic ON Halloween, featuring a young and "totally" bad-ass Jamie Lee Curtis in her first starring role. Host, Sara Greenfield, and her guest Nick Lang chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Would you never be caught DEAD wearing white shoes after Labor Day? Then Serial Mom (1994) is the movie for you! Check out this delightfully campy John Waters classic just in time for Halloween. With KILLER performances from Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Matthew Lillard, Ricki Lake, and Mink Stole. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Drew Burnett Gregory and Tirosh Schneider chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you love 90's sketch comedy AND think reading is fundamental? Then check out Jason Klamm's brand new book We're Not Worthy (2023) and learn all about how 90's sketch TV changed the face of comedy. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest, author Jason Klamm, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you love WWII prison escape stories expertly told "without adornment" by French cinematic auteurs? Then A Man Escaped (1956) is the movie for you! Check out this suspenseful evergreen classic based on Andre Devigny's memoir directed by Robert Bresson, starring Francois Leterrier and Charles Le Clainche. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Adam Foster and Dan Wagner chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me!

Do you love top notch tap dancing? Do you love a young Judy Garland? Do you love over the top 1930's nostalgia musicals where horse racing and show business converge to hold a shoe-string plot together? Then Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) is the movie for you! Check out tap-dancing sensation Eleanor Powell and a dreamy Robert Taylor in this quirky depression-era romp that includes a talented ensemble cast led by Judy Garland (in one of her first feature film roles), Sophie Tucker, George Murphy, and Buddy Ebsen. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Zoe Palko and Kyle Serilla chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you love heartfelt artistic silent melodramas with universal appeal? Are you into German Expressionism and incredible production design? Do you love it when scripts name their main characters things like "Man" and "Woman from the City"? Then Sunrise (aka Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans) from 1927 is the film for you! Check out this stunning yet life-affirming Oscar winning masterpiece directed by F.W. Murnau starring Janet Gaynor, George O'Brien, and Margaret Livingston. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Jeremy Guskin and Allen Rueckert chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Have you been working like a dog? Should you be sleeping like a log? Do you want to feel alright? Then A Hard Day's Night (1964) is the movie for you! Succumb to Beatlemania and check out this cheeky rock 'n roll classic, directed by Richard Lester, starring those lovable lads from Liverpool with the unruly mop-tops -- The Beatles (a.k.a musical geniuses John, Paul, George, and Ringo) in their motion picture debut! Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Jason Berk and Sarah Rois talk about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you love epic cinematic masterpieces and brilliant filmmaking? Then Malcolm X (1992) is the movie for you! Check out this incomparable Spike Lee directed classic with exquisite performances from Denzel Washington (in what was later dubbed by Spike Lee as "the greatest performance ever on celluloid"), Angela Basset, and Delroy Lindo. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Rukhmani K. Desai chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you love a campy cult classic/musical extravaganza? Have you ever wished the Village People had their own fictional biopic? Do you think you can stop the music? (Spoiler alert: NOBODY can stop the music). Then Can't Stop the Music (1980) is the movie for you! Celebrate LGBTQIA + pride month with us as we pay homage to this underrated -and truly bananas- queer coded film starring the Village People, Valerie Perinne, Caitlyn Jenner, and a very young Steve Guttenberg in roller skates. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests, Andrew Johnson, Zoe Palko, and Kyle Serilla, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you want to come up and see us sometime? Then She Done Him Wrong (1933) is the movie for you! Join us this May as we pay tribute to another Mae -- the sensual force of nature that was Mae West -- in a bawdy and fun comedy classic, that was originally penned for the stage by the star herself. At age 40, Mae West made her film debut in this smash hit that cemented her iconic sex symbol persona and notably featured a young Cary Grant in an early break out role. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests, Lauren Lopez and Daniel Strauss, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

To Be or Not to Be (1942), that IS the podcast episode. Check out this witty, wonderful, and bold satire from the great Ernst Lubitsch, who took on the horrors of the Nazi invasion of Poland during WW2 and turned them into a relevant comedic masterpiece. This movie stars the incomparable queen of the screwball comedy Carole Lombard, with memorable performances from Jack Benny and Felix Bressart. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest Tirosh Schneider chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you love fake mustaches and perfectly choreographed stunts? Are you an old-timey film projectionist? Do you dream about cracking the case with a crime crushing criminologist? Then Sherlock Jr. (1924) is the movie for you! Check out this Buster Keaton silent comedy classic that will have you laughing out loud and repeatedly saying "how did he do that?!". Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Susan-Kate Heaney, creator of the Buster Keaton inspired short-film Buster Baby, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you love suspenseful feminist Westerns that are also allegories for how messed up HUAC and the Hollywood blacklist were during the McCarthy era? Then it's high time for you to watch the film High Noon (1952)! Check out this Oscar winning Carl Foreman penned classic starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Katy Jurado, and Lloyd Bridges. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest, Ashley Blanchet, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you love iconic movie musicals starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell? Do you have animal magnetism? Are diamonds your best friend? Then Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) is the movie for you! Check out this delightful musical romp that doubles as one of the best buddy comedies ever made directed by Howard Hawks with musical sequences by Jack Cole. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest Christina Rice, author of  Mean...Moody...Magnificent!: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of  Talk Classic To Me.

Want to celebrate Valentine's Day with a gorgeous looking film that features epic romance, time travel, and pocket watch paradoxes? Then Somewhere In Time (1980) is the movie for you! Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour will charm you with their chemistry for days in this Jeannot Szwarc directed cult classic with fabulous supporting turns from Christopher Plummer and Teresa Wright. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest Sarah Rois chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

The hills are alive with the sound of podcast and we have just holiday movie for you! Check out our The Sound of Music (1965) themed season finale episode where we solve problems like Maria and the Baroness, and gush over the mega talented Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, and Eleanor Parker in this Robert Wise directed, Academy Award winning paragon of a movie musical. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Zoe Palko and Jessica Rice chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. Happy Holidays and so long, farewell, we'll see you in 2023!

Do you like endearingly bumbling detectives? Are you into animated opening credit sequences with iconic theme music? Do you appreciate it when Peter Sellers plays his Stradivarius? Then the Pink Panther (1963) is the movie for you! Check out this stylish and wintry comedy caper directed by Blake Edwards, starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, Capucine, Robert Wagner, and Claudia Cardinale. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Nick Lang chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Yo, Adrian! Do you like athletic training montages, underdog love stories, and continual references to the U.S. Bicentennial? Then Rocky (1976) is the film for you! Check out this Academy Award winning classic written by/starring Sylvester Stallone (in a star-making turn) and co-starring Talia Shire, Carl Weathers, Burt Young, and Burgess Meredith. Host, Sara Greenfield and guests, Stephanie Anderson and Andre Fonseca, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Do you love epic car chase scenes? Do you love vaudevillian-style physical comedy? Do you love it when people show off their cigarette smoking skills to impress small children? Then The Bank Dick (1940) is the movie for you! Check out this zany W.C. Field's comedy classic with a stellar supporting cast that includes Una Merkel, Cora Witherspoon, Shemp Howard, and Grady Sutton. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest, Jeremy Guskin, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

This week we have the prettiest podcast, we have the nicest podcast, and that's what we tell everybody (insert creepy face touch here). Join us for the spooky Halloween treat The Bad Seed (1956) about a precocious eight-year-old who may or may not be a serial killer. This stage to screen adaptation was directed by the legendary Mervyn LeRoy and retained most of the original Broadway cast including Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, and Eileen Heckart. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests, Lauren Lopez and Daniel Strauss chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Do you love movies featuring strong female protagonists AND malevolent mail? Then A Letter to Three Wives (1949) is the film for you! Check out this brilliantly structured Oscar winning classic written AND directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz starring Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, and Kirk Douglas. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Ashley Blanchet chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a movie podcast episode about the film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof (1971)! Toast L'chaim to this Oscar winning box office smash with host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Tal Fox and Simone Garland.

Want to learn more about Paramount Studios a.k.a. the place that brought you Rear Window, Sunset Blvd., and The Godfather? Then this is the podcast for you! This week, host Sara Greenfield chats with Paramount Studios expert and co-author of the Images of America Paramount Studios book series Michael Christaldi. 

Don't you forget about listening to this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me where we chat about the Hughes-ian classic The Breakfast Club (1985) and so much more with host Sara Greenfield and guest Jeffrey Paul King. Suitable for brains, athletes, basket cases, princesses, and criminals. Special shout out to the theater kids who were definitely not present at this particular detention.

Do you love zany screwball comedies that incorporate the wackiness of old school cartoons, contain epic car chases in San Francisco, and star THE Barbra Streisand? Then What's Up, Doc? is the movie for you! Check out this timeless Peter Bogdanovich directed classic with spot on comedic turns from the aforementioned Babs, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, and Austin Pendleton. Host, Sara Greenfield and guest, Susannah Mars, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Are you into epic Japanese works of cinematic art that are the blueprint for just about every adventure, western, and heist film that came after including the implementation of the "recruit and assemble" film trope? Then Seven Samurai (1954) is the movie for you! Check out our Season 5 Finale episode where we chat about this magnificent and influential Akira Kurosawa directed masterpiece starring the legendary international film actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Liam White talk about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Do you love classic horror films that also contain positive representation of black leading men? Do you prefer the word ghoul over zombie? Are they coming to get you Barbra? Then Night of the Living Dead (1968) is the movie for you! Check out this shockingly relevant classic directed on a shoestring budget by George A. Romero. This visceral B-Movie that made it big changed the horror game and invented the modern zombie genre as we know it. Starring Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea, this is one ghoul-fest you don't want to miss! Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest, Nick Lang, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Do you love Liza? Do you love jazz hands? When you go, do you want to go like Elsie? Then Cabaret (1972) is the film for you! Celebrate pride month with us by checking out this meticulously crafted Oscar winning musical directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse and starring the one and only Liza Minnelli in the role that made her an icon. Also featuring Michael York and Joel Grey, this is one episode you don't want to miss old chum. Host, Sara Greenfield and guests Andrew Johnson and Kyle Serilla chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Do you love movies featuring Elvis music, problematic story lines, and landscape cinematography so gorgeous it could have been sponsored by the tourism board of Hawaii? Then Blue Hawaii (1961) is the film for you! Join a post-Army Elvis Presley as he sings and dances his way across the beaches of Hawaii, where he can't help falling in love with Joan Blackman. Angela Lansbury, Nancy Walters, and Howard McNear co-star in this hit-filled classic that will have you Slicing Sand and craving Mai Tais. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests, Stephanie Anderson and Andre Fonseca chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Looking for a film that has one of the most epic car chase sequences ever put on celluloid AND a fantastic assortment of turtleneck sweaters? Then Bullitt (1968) is the movie for you! Check out this detailed and positively dreamy looking thriller directed by Peter Yates, starring the "King of Cool" Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn, and up-and-comer Robert Duvall. Host, Sara Greenfield and guest David Greenfield chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Do you like authentic vintage footage of New York City? Do you like it when character actors get top billing? Do you like harmonica-playing acrobatic wrestlers who make terrible choices? Then The Naked City (1948) is the film for you! Check out this quirky slice-of-life film noir classic that was shot almost entirely on location in NYC by visionary director Jules Dassin starring Barry Fitzgerald, Don Taylor, Howard Duff, and Dorothy Hart. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Lauren Lopez and Daniel Strauss chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Do you ever secretly wish the 1997 action film Face/Off was made in 1947 and was also who-dunnit with a love story starring Bogart and Bacall set in San Francisco? Then Dark Passage is the movie for you! Check out this fun and quirky film noir featuring unique storytelling techniques via POV shots and crackling chemistry between it's leads, real life married couple Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Agnes Moorehead and Clifton Young also star in this San Francisco treat directed by Delmer Daves. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Ashley Blanchet chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

In the mood for witty dialogue, insane chemistry, and a mostly female cast of up and coming all stars? Then Stage Door (1937) is the film for you! You can meet US at the Stage Door (1937) this week as we confab about this smartly crafted comedy that isn't afraid to show the underbelly of the entertainment industry from the actresses point of view. Gregory La Cava directs a superstar ensemble that includes Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, Andrea Leeds, Adolphe Menjou, and Ann Miller. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Cat Day, Zoe Palko, and Brianne Wilson chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

In the mood for a gorgeous generational drama about rich white people in Texas acknowledging overt racism exists? Then Giant (1956) is the film for you! Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean (in his final on-screen role) star in this beautifully shot George Stevens directed classic, based on the best-selling novel by Edna Ferber. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Susannah Mars chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Want to learn more about the iconic author, producer, director, writer, founder of the American Film Institute, creator of the Kennedy Center Honors and all around really nice guy George Stevens, Jr? Then this is the podcast episode for you! This week, host Sara Greenfield chats with Hollywood and Washington DC legend George Stevens, Jr whose new book My Place in the Sun is out May 17, 2022. 

Are you craving a Christmas movie that's also an action film and is secretly feminist? Then Die Hard is the motion picture for you! Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, and Reginald VelJohnson star in this modern holiday classic that will have you saying "Yippee ki-yay Mother F**ker", but like, in a festive way. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Sarah Rois chat about all this and more on this week's holiday themed season finale of Talk Classic To Me. 

Are you fit as a fiddle and ready for love? Are aggressively technicolor dream ballets your jam? Do you have a glorious feeling and are you happy again? Then Singin' in the Rain is the film for you! Check out this superb movie musical about making movie magic and delight in some of the greatest dance sequences ever put on celluloid. Gene Kelly co-directs (with Stanley Donen) and stars in this exceptional classic featuring Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, and Jean Hagen. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Zoe Palko chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Do you like watching epic real-life romances develop on set between fantastic actors whilst movie-making? Then Woman of the Year (1942) is the film for you! Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy star in this surprisingly feminist romp, the first of their nine pictures together (and the film that sparked a 26 year relationship), directed by George Stevens. Host, Sara Greenfield and guest, Lauren Lopez chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Do you like the color green? Do you have an unhealthy obsession with Kim Novak? Do you have complicated feelings about bell towers? Then Vertigo is the film for you! Check out this gorgeously detailed masterpiece directed by Alfred Hitchcock, featuring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, and an exceptionally haunting score by Bernard Herrmann. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Ashley Blanchet and Allen Rueckert chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Do you love misty watercolor memories, the name Hubbell, and nail acting? Then The Way We Were is the film for you! Check out this GORGEOUS Sydney Pollack directed classic starring the one and only Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll challenge McCarthyism. This movie is lovely, Hubbell. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Andrew Johnson and Kyle Serilla chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Want to feel some good-old-fashioned Halloween movie vibes AND appreciate enormous Schwanzstuckers at the same time? Then Young Frankenstein is the film for you! Check out this gorgeous Mel Brooks directed homage to the great Universal Frankenstein movies of the 1930's and 1940's and plotz over the hilarious cast featuring Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Peter Boyle, Cloris Leachman, and Kenneth Mars. 

Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest, Susannah Mars (daughter of Kenneth Mars who plays Inspector Kemp in the picture) chat about all this and more on this week's Halloween themed episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Looking for a Halloween classic filled with nostalgic fun that isn't too scary? Love the song "I Put a Spell on You" and want a Tony award winning legend to movie-musical-ify it? Wish more movies said the word "virgin" every five seconds? Then Hocus Pocus is the film for you! Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy star in this sheer delight of a film (directed by Kenny Ortega) as the Sanderson Sisters, a trio of witches who have one Halloween night only to "find the book, brew the potion, and suck the lives out of the children of Salem before sunrise...otherwise it's CURTAINS!". 

Host Sara Greenfield and her guest, Jaime Lyn Beatty chat about all this an more on this week's Halloween themed episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Are you so frickin excited that we finally get a new Bond-James-Bond movie in theaters? Then Dr. No is the film for you! Celebrate Bond with us by going back to where it all began on screen for 007. Revel in the Bond franchise tropes happening for the very first time and be surprised by how quaint and low-budget this first outing is. Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, John Kitzmiller, Jack Lord, and Joseph Wiseman star in this occasionally cringe-worthy but still relevant movie directed with style by Terrence Young. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Stephanie Anderson and Andre Fonseca chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.