The Goldwyn Girls

In this episode, Meredith and Amelia discuss the insane Tobe Hooper film, EATEN ALIVE (1976). Along with The Driller Killer (1979), these two films were the first to be prosecuted and set off a chain of media frenzy surrounding the "Video Nasties". Mary Whitehouse also threw a flamethrower into the blazing fire by going on a moral crusade against Video Nasties. 

In this week's episode, we continue discussing the life of America's sweetheart, Doris Day. This time we look at two films that she made later into her career: one of her most famous films, Pillow Talk (1959, dir. Michael Gordon) and Midnight Lace (1960, dir. David Miller), a psychological thriller that gives her another chance to break out of her typical film roles.

In this week's episode, we discuss the life of America's sweetheart, Doris Day! We explore her complicated upbringing, her contract with Warner Bros., and two of her early musicals that helped propel her to reach fame in the 1950s. We focus on My Dream is Yours (1949), one of many collaborations with director Michael Curtiz and actor Jack Carson. Then, we cover On Moonlight Bay (1951), Directed by Roy Del Ruth and has a startling resemblance to Meredith's favorite film (Meet Me In St. Louis). 

The Goldwyn Girls venture into the darkness to cover the censorship phenomenon known as the "Video Nasties" period. Each month we will be discussing a different film from the infamous list of 72 films that were banned in the U.K. This episode provides a brief summary of the history of these salacious films and then a discussion on one of the films from the list, THE BURNING (1981). Why was this film banned? How gory is it? Listen to find out! 

Want to watch along with us? We've created a Letterboxd of all the films we plan on examining throughout this series: https://letterboxd.com/vitaphonegirl/list/the-obscene-world-of-video-nasties-a-goldwyn/

Amelia and Meredith get to know more about Danny, the man behind Pre-Code.com. He is passionate about Pre-Code films and is equally as passionate when it comes to sharing his thoughts on them. 

(Note: Apologies for the bad audio on my side. We didn't think there were any issues until editing. - Meredith)

For an hour and 12 minutes The Goldwyn Girls probe Will McKinley about the film industry, his interest in film, and his love of soap operas. Will is a jack-of-all trades; social media mogul, Marx Brothers expert, and Dark Shadows connoisseur. He also is an amazing advice-giver on how to dominate the industry. 

Amelia and Meredith chat with Goldwyn Girls superfan/William Holden-loving Diana Bosch Catanese about all kinds of things relating to classic film. 

In this very special episode, The Goldwyn Girls meet Mr. Peel, also known as Peter Avellino. Peter runs a wonderful film blog called Mr. Peel's Sardine Liqueur. We ask Peter how films have influenced his life and his blog. 

Amelia and Meredith talk about several historical movie palaces in Los Angeles's Broadway Theater District and discuss why these theaters are so cool and important to preserve.

In this episode, Amelia and Meredith discuss the latest drama in the classic film twitter community. The two discuss a brief history of fan culture and read some of their favorite fan mail clippings from classic movie magazines. 

Meredith and Amelia discuss the direct cinema documentary GREY GARDENS (1975). The two attempt to untangle a philoscophical question that often comes up when it comes to documentary films: what is truth? 

Meredith and Amelia welcome special guest and friend, James on the podcast to discuss the technicolor, film noir Leave Her to Heaven. The three analyze some of their favorite scenes from the film and discuss the amazing Gene Tierney. 

Meredith and Amelia gab about online film events that will be happening within the next couple weeks and their poll results from recent Twitter polls. They also discuss how terrible the characters were that Spencer Tracy portrayed in numerous classic films! TRIGGER WARNING: THEY DISCUSS THE FRED ASTAIRE DIRT DEVIL COMMERICAL IN THIS EPISODE.

This week's episode features special guest Lauren Semar who runs Hollywood Party podcast! Lauren discusses her passion project with the Goldwyn Girls and the three of us discuss what we love and hate about the Turner Classic Movie Film Festival (TCMFF)!

Amelia and Meredith discuss the underrated thriller The Spiral Staircase (1946)

Meredith and Amelia discuss all things Busby Berkeley and give their opinions on Gold Diggers of 1933. 

On this episode, Meredith and Amelia discuss early Classic Hollywood fan fiction, the saucy relationship between Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, Classic Hollywood Tumblr accounts, and perform a live reading of a Douglas Fairbanks/Mary Pickford fan fiction! 

Meredith and Amelia discuss which classic hollywood stars they would invite into in their quaratine house. They also discuss the MGM musical GOOD NEWS (1947). 

Amelia and Meredith decide which classic hollywood hunks they would bing bong, marry, and kill. Additionally they discuss Neil Simon's film THE GOODBYE GIRL (1977).

Amelia and Meredith kick things off by discussing how they got into classic film, their Old Hollywood crushes, favorite films, the hottest Marx Brother, and Joel McCrea's hands.