Have you listened to the 1938 Smackdown yet? Such a lively conversation about very memorable movies, for better and worse. We've embedded it again below but some of my personal favourite bits are Steven Weber's Jimmy Stewart impression, Joanna Robinson's reaction to the "twist" in Of Human Hearts, GLOW's Britney Young talking about having a very expressive face and directors asking you to tone it down, and Claudio's deep hatred of opera voices of the 1930s via The Great Waltz.
AS A SPECIAL BONUS TREAT
I was the guest star on "And the Runner Up" Podcast this week discussing 1938 as well though our focus on that podcast was the Best Picture battle between Boys Town and You Can't Take It With You. You can listen to that here. Kevin is such a great guy and will be one of our panelists for the 1965 Smackdown in October.
1938 Articles
- The Smackdown
- Getting to Know the Five Nominees
- Best Costume Design - a Discussion
- Best Picture - a Ranking
- Adventures of Robin Hood - Production Design
- Bringing Up Baby
- Doris Nolan, Holiday
- Jean Gabin, French Superstar
- Judy Garland, Love Finds Andy Hardy
- Mary Astor, Listen Up Darling
- Myrna Loy in Test Pilot
- Norma Shearer, First Lady of MGM
We intended to do even more 1938 celebrations -- I can't stop watching movies from this year! -- but we'll have to move on to 1965 (not to mention 2020 as the film year is finally revving up). The clock keeps turning!