SassMouthDames

Ep 38: Bette Davis in Storm Center (1956)


Listen Later

For this episode, I'm delighted to welcome Pearl Quinn (an archivist), and Sandra Godkin (a librarian), to talk about the film where Bette Davis plays a small town librarian who safeguards free speech. Bette refuses to fold when the city council full of stuffed shirts orders a book removed from the shelves. This picture offers so many contemporary parallels on issues such as freedom, privacy, scapegoating, and sexism.
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

SassMouthDamesBy Sass Mouth Dames

  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6

4.6

48 ratings


More shows like SassMouthDames

View all
You Must Remember This by Karina Longworth

You Must Remember This

14,054 Listeners

This Day in Jack Benny by John Henderson

This Day in Jack Benny

396 Listeners

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) by Mean Streets Podcasts

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

427 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

112,617 Listeners

The Secret History Of Hollywood by Adam Roche

The Secret History Of Hollywood

1,013 Listeners

Hollywood Crime Scene by Rachel Fisher and Desi Jedeikin

Hollywood Crime Scene

4,245 Listeners

Talk Classic To Me by Sara Greenfield

Talk Classic To Me

44 Listeners