“I distrust a man who says ‘when.’ If he’s got to be careful not to drink too much, it’s because he’s not to be trusted when he does.” -Kasper Gutman in “The Maltese Falcon”

In this podcast, we are drinking Bigfoot Barleywine aged in whiskey barrels from Sierra Nevada and talking about “The Maltese Falcon” … all three of them. We know what you are thinking, “Wait, there’s more than one Maltese Falcon?” Don’t say Old Movies, New Beer never taught you anything.

Along with the classic Humphrey Bogart-starring “Maltese Falcon,” we talk about the first “Maltese Falcon,” a precode film from 1931, and the comedy take on the same story in 1936 titled “Satan Met A Lady,” starring Bette Davis.

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A clip from The Maltese Falcon (1931)

Satan Met A Lady (1936)

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

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Cheers! In this podcast we’re talking about all six of “The Thin Man” movies.

It is our New Year’s Eve tradition to watch “The Thin Man” movies. Well, not all six of them. We can barely stay up to midnight, let alone sit through six movies in an evening. On New Year’s Eve, David prepares a fancy meal (this year it was Beef Bourguignon – yum), and we watch at least the first “Thin Man,” possibly “After the Thin Man,” too.

This year, in preparation for New Year’s Eve, we watched all six movies so we could talk about “The Thin Man” on New Year’s Eve instead of watching it. That’s right. We recorded our podcast on New Year’s Eve. That’s dedication, folks!

There are six “Thin Man” movies, including “The Thin Man,” “After The Thin Man,” “Another Thin Man,” “Shadow Of The Thin Man,” “The Thin Man Goes Home” and “Song Of The Thin Man.”

Powell and Loy starred in 16 movies together – not all of them “Thin Man” movies. Another favorite of ours is “The Libeled Lady.”

Up next for “Old Movies, New Beer” we are watching “The Maltese Falcon” three ways, including the 1931 “Maltese Falcon,” “Satan Met A Lady” (1936) starring Bette Davis, and – of course – the 1941 “The Maltese Falcon” with Humphrey Bogart.

Do you have a favorite “Thin Man” movie? Disagree with the order in which we ranked them? Let us know in the comments. Also, we take movie and beer requests.

Cheers! We apologize for the podcast delay. We both had colds, and no one wants to listen to two people drunk on NyQuil talking about old movies on a podcast. Wait a second … *buys oldmoviesandnyquil.com domain*

In this week’s installment we’re getting our holiday spirit on. We are drinking Anchor Steam’s Christmas Ale 2014 and 2011, and we’re talking about “The Bishop’s Wife” (1947), starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven and Monty Woolley, and “The Man Who Came To Dinner” (1942), starring Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan and – wait for it – Monty Woolley. That’s right. It’s a Monty Woolley double feature. It’s a Christmas miracle!

And yes, the podcast is available on iTunes.

“The Bishop’s Wife”

The Bishop – Monty Python

“The Man Who Came To Dinner”

So, where can you find these movies?

“The Man Who Came To Dinner” is airing twice on TCM in December, including December 7 and December 24. You can also buy it on Amazon or rent it on Netflix.

You can rent “The Bishop’s Wife” on Netflix, and you can buy it streaming on Amazon.

In our next podcast, we will be talking about “The Thin Man” movies – all of them. “The Thin Man,” “After The Thin Man,” “Another Thin Man,” “Shadow Of The Thin Man,” “The Thin Man Goes Home” and “Song Of The Thin Man:” That’s six movies in one podcast. Six! What a deal!

 

Cheers! In this podcast we talk about “Flash Gordon” (1980), starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol, Timothy Dalton, Max Von Sydow, an amazing soundtrack by Queen and some weirdos in rubber lizard masks. That’s right, “Flash Gordon,” not to be confused with “Flesh Gordon.” Although, we talk about that one a little bit, too. While all the other sci-fi movies around that time were taking space pretty seriously, “Flash Gordon” was doing the opposite. Discuss.

“Flash Gordon” (1980)

If you want to watch “Flash Gordon” you can find it streaming on Amazon or rent it through Netflix.

The first episode of “Flash Gordon” (1936)

This time around, we are drinking Le Freak Belgian-style Imperial IPA from Green Flash Brewing.

Next time, we are going to get into the spirit with a couple of holiday-themed movies, including “The Bishop’s Wife” (1947) and “The Man Who Came To Dinner” (1942). Please watch it, and join us next time.

And yes, Old Movies, New Beer is on iTunes now.

Cheers! Welcome to the first installment of our “Old Movies, New Beer” podcast, in which we talk about old movies and drink new beer.

In our inaugural episode, we are drinking Syndicate No. 2 from Speakeasy in San Francisco talking about “Cat People” (1942) and “The Uninvited” (1944).

Here are the trailers for the films we discuss, along with a shot of that tasty, tasty beer.

“Cat People”

“The Uninvited”

Speakeasy Syndicate No. 2

Up next: “Flash Gordon.” So, please feel free to watch it, too, and join us next time.

In the meantime, did you watch “Cat People” or “The Uninvited?” What did you think? Did you try the Syndicate No. 2? Let us know in the comments.

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