A Song From the Heart Beats the Devil Every Time

Kier-La talks about Stanley Kramer's 1971 adaptation of Glendon Swarthout's best-selling book of teen misfits who embark on a great adventure with results both triumphant and tragic. Featuring interviews with actors Miles Chapin and Bill Mumy, and composers Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr.

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Credits:

Written, edited and hosted by: Kier-La Janisse

Clips from:

Music:

"Bless the Children", "Beautiful Day" © So Boss Music & Paul Gordon Music ASCAP

Additional Music from Epidemic Sound:

Theme Song: "Hot Fudge Holy Moley" from WXYZ-TV's The Hot Fudge Show (1974-1980)

Logo by Sinead Yau at Mojo Valley

Kier-La talks to acclaimed poet, author, playwright and screenwriter Carol Lynn Pearson, who adapted Jean Mizer's classic short story into the 1974 Mormon film production of the same name.

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Credits:

Written, edited and hosted by: Kier-La Janisse

Bonus Audio - Carol Lynn Pearson reads "Our Mother in the Movies"

Clips from:

Cipher in the Snow ©1974 Brigham Young University

Music:

War in Heaven - The Osmonds ℗1973 Polydor Records

Additional music from freemusicarchive.org:

Theme Song: "Hot Fudge Holy Moley" from WXYZ-TV's The Hot Fudge Show (1974-1980)

Special Thanks to Skip Elsheimer, Dennis Nyback, Jesse Ficks, Chris Davidson and Becky Ebenkamp

Kier-La talks to Nelvana co-founder Clive A. Smith and musician/songwriter John Sebastian about the 1978 Canadian Halloween special from which this podcast derives its name, as well as delving into Nelvana's early years and their ill-fated feature, Rock and Rule.

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Credits:

Written, edited and hosted by: Kier-La Janisse

Clips from:

Excerpt from "Welcome Back" ©1976 Reprise Records

Episode adapted from Kier-La Janisse's book chapter in The Canadian Horror Film: Terror of the Soul, edited by Gina Freitag and Andre Loiselle, University of Toronto Press, 2014.

Incidental music: Robert Farmer, "Why Seeming so Fast but so Deadly Slow" from freemusicarchive.org 

Special Thanks to Amanda Reyes and Bill Ackerman

Theme Song: "Hot Fudge Holy Moley" from WXYZ-TV's The Hot Fudge Show (1974-1980)