Cinema Cemetery

"I dreamt of Manderly last night..."  The iconic opening line from Daphne du Maurier's novel introduces us to a "haunted" setting, which is just fine with the crew from Cinema Cemetery.  Alfred Hitchcock's first (and only) film to win Best Picture tells the tale of a nameless young woman who finds herself swept away by Lawerence Olivier's brooding Mr. DeWinter.  While things begin happily, it soon becomes clear that the late Rebecca DeWinter looms over the new couple.

Can the new Mrs. DeWinter escape Rebecca's shadow?  Is Manderly still worth dreaming about 80 years later?  Find out this week on Cinema Cemetery!

Intro/Outro Music by Chaz Hearne

Current Rankings
4. Lawerence of Arabia
5. Gone With The Wind
11. It Happened One Night
25. All Quiet on the Western Front
30-The Mutiny on the Bounty
57. You Can’t Take It With You
60. Cimarron
65-The Great Ziegfeld
70- Wings
71. Grand Hotel
77-Life of Emil Zola
90. The Broadway Melody
91- Cavalcade

"Did Tara still stand? Or was it gone with the wind that had swept through Georgia?"  This week Cinema Cemetery takes a look at the second-longest (by one minute) Best Picture ever, 1939's Gone With The Wind.  Set in the Antebellum South, this film follows Scarlett O'Hara, spoiled Southern Belle who, along with her family, town, and nation, has her life completely turned upside-down by the American Civil War. 

Does Scarlett's story, and her many encounters with Clark Gable's Rhett Butler still stand as one of the greatest pictures of all-time?  Find out on this week's episode of Cinema Cemetery!

Music by Chaz Hearne

Current Rankings:

5. Lawerence of Arabia
11. It Happened One Night
25. All Quiet on the Western Front
30-The Mutiny on the Bounty
57. You Can’t Take It With You
60. Cimarron
65-The Great Ziegfeld
70- Wings
71. Grand Hotel
77-Life of Emil Zola
90. The Broadway Melody
91- Cavalcade

Cinema Cemetery is introduced to a young James Stewart in his breakout role as Tony Kirby, son of the successful banker Anthony P. Kirby and heir to the Kirby fortune.  As her grandfather, Martin Vanderhof holds up a major land deal, Alice Sycamore struggles with introducing her new beau, Tony, to her eccentric family.  Will Tony and the Kirbys be able to bridge the gap?  Will the Cemetery be able to handle all the Kirbys' wealth?  After all, you can't take it with you...

(Additionally, take a look as future Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore) and future George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) essentially swap roles for a scene or two!)

Music by Chaz Hearne

Current Rankings:

5. Lawerence of Arabia
11. It Happened One Night
25. All Quiet on the Western Front
30-The Mutiny on the Bounty
60. Cimarron
65-The Great Ziegfeld
70- Wings
71. Grand Hotel
77-Life of Emil Zola
90. The Broadway Melody
91- Cavalcade

Trapped in an unprecedented Quarantine, Cinema Cemetery explores two classic films from the 1990s: Space Jam and 10 Things About You!  Dan, Kate, and Special Guest Teresa take a look at these two childhood nostalgia-triggers to see if, in fact, these films still hold up in these New Roaring 20s.  

Join us...and perhaps add these films to your Quarantine Bucket List!

J'Accuse!  Cinema Cemetery explores the Life of Emile Zola, the famous French author and social advocate of the Dreyfus Affair.  In a tale largely forgotten to modern audiences, this film explores Zola's life from "starving artist" to a successful celebrity who is drawn back to a life of civil unrest when he learns of corruption and cover-up in the highest levels of the French Government.  Will Zola's final crusade succeed, or has he run out of time?  Find out this week on Cinema Cemetery!

Music by Chaz Hearne

Current Rankings:

5. Lawerence of Arabia
11. It Happened One Night
25. All Quiet on the Western Front
30-The Mutiny on the Bounty
60. Cimarron
65-The Great Ziegfeld
70- Wings
71. Grand Hotel
90. The Broadway Melody
91- Cavalcade

As our Oscar Journey moves along, the first Bio-Pic arrives with 1936's The Great Ziegfeld. Following the highly stylized retelling of Flo Ziegfeld's life, this three-hour epic follows the eponymous character from his early days as a showman to the biggest name on Broadway.   

Will it be the Ziegfeld Follies, or a Folly to watch Ziegfeld? Find out on this week's Cinema Cemetery!

Music by Chaz Hearne

Current Rankings:

5. Lawerence of Arabia
11. It Happened One Night
25. All Quiet on the Western Front
30-The Mutiny on the Bounty
60. Cimarron
70- Wings
71. Grand Hotel
90. The Broadway Melody
91- Cavalcade

Dan and Special-Guest-Teresa take us through the nine Best Picture nominees from 2019 as we prepare for this week's Oscars!  Take a listen as they count down the films from "just happy to be there" to "excellent" to "worthy of a win"!

Which film will make the cut for Cinema's Cemetary's eventual 92th episode?  Find out this Sunday...

Clark Cable returns for his second straight starring role in a Best Picture!  Mutiny on the Bounty follows the crew of the eponymous HMS Bounty off to the South Pacific to retrieve vital cargo for the New World.  While their veteran leader, Captain Bligh, may have a reputation for success on the sea, they soon learn his attitude toward discipline and power are more than the crew can stand.

Does the Bounty still stand, even after a potential mutiny and 85 years of history?  Find out on this week's episode of Cinema Cemetery!

Music by Chaz Hearne

Current Rankings:

5. Lawerence of Arabia
11. It Happened One Night
25. All Quiet on the Western Front
60. Cimarron
70- Wings
71. Grand Hotel
90. The Broadway Melody
91- Cavalcade

Only three films have ever won the Oscar "Grand Slam" (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenplay)...and this week's entry is the first big winner!  Clark Gable (starring in his first of three Best Picture-winning films) stars along with Claudette Colbert as two strangers making their way across the country.  Equal parts comedy and romance, It Happened One Night might just be Cinema Cemetery's first true gem.

Music by Chaz Hearne

Current Rankings:

5. Lawerence of Arabia
25. All Quiet on the Western Front
60. Cimarron
70- Wings
71. Grand Hotel
90. The Broadway Melody (change)
91- Cavalcade

The 1900s are here, and it is a time for change in Europe.  Calvacade follows two different families over the first three decades of the 20th century, for better or for worse.  Their stories intertwine with achievement (Louis Bleriot's flight over the English Channel), tragedy (the voyage of the Titanic) and war (both the Boer War and World War I).  Combining the class commentary of Downton Abby and the time-hopping of Cimmaron, Cavalcade offers an early (and at times depressing) review of the 20th Century.

Cinema Cemetary will need to decide if this film is a Cavalcade...or a Cataclysm.

Music by Chaz Hearne

Current Rankings:

5. Lawerence of Arabia
25. All Quiet on the Western Front
60. Cimarron
70- Wings
71. Grand Hotel
91- The Broadway Melody