Podcast 43

In this week's films, Andy Hardy almost loses his mother to pneumonia, needs to earn a bunch of money to settle his debts, and also goes to The Big Apple!

Next Week's Films: George B. Seitz's Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941) and Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941)

Cover by ⁠⁠⁠Jake Dean⁠⁠

Outro Audio: "Radioactive Man" The Simpsons, Created by Matt Groening, Season 7, Episode 2, Gracie Films and 20th Television Animation, 1995

This week the fellas continue their Andy Hardy odyssey by talking about how the sixth Andy Hardy film was passable and the seventh Andy Hardy film takes a surprisingly dark turn.

Link to Cliff Aliperti's piece on Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

Next Week's Films: George B. Seitz's Judge Hardy and Son (1939) and Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)

Cover by ⁠⁠Jake Dean⁠

Outro Audio: "Radioactive Man" The Simpsons, Created by Matt Groening, Season 7, Episode 2, Gracie Films and 20th Television Animation, 1995

This week the fellas continue their Andy Hardy odyssey by talking about how surprisingly good the fourth entry in the franchise was (followed by various tangents about how much of a downgrade the fifth film was).

Next Week's Films: George B. Seitz's The Hardys Ride High (1939) and W.S. Van Dyke's Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)

Cover by ⁠⁠Jake Dean⁠

Outro Audio: "Radioactive Man" The Simpsons, Created by Matt Groening, Season 7, Episode 2, Gracie Films and 20th Television Animation, 1995

Join us this week as we begin our foray into the Andy Hardy franchise, discussing the first three films in the series. We attempt to decipher what that made these films so popular at the time and how much of that had to do with Mickey Rooney's star power.

Next Week's Films: George B. Seitz's Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) and Out West With the Hardys (1938)

Cover by ⁠Jake Dean

Outro Audio: "Radioactive Man" The Simpsons, Created by Matt Groening, Season 7, Episode 2, Gracie Films and 20th Television Animation, 1995

Join us this week as we cover Jean-Pierre Melville's film about a hitman (and his pet bird) who is on the run from the law and the mob. Then we discuss Jim Jarmusch's remake about a hitman (and his pet birds) who adheres to the code of the Hagakure.

Next Week's Films: Alan Crosland's The Jazz Singer (1927) & Richard Fleischer's The Jazz Singer (1980)

Cover by Jake Dean

Outro Music: Jelly Roll Morton - Buddy Bolden's Blues

Join us this week as we cover Chris Marker's groundbreaking and visually compelling short film about a time-traveling man who witnesses his own death as a child. Then we pivot to the remake of this film made by Terry Gilliam.

Next Week's Films: Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï (1967) & Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

Cover by Jake Dean

Outro Music: Jelly Roll Morton - Buddy Bolden's Blues

Join us this week as we cover Gérard Pirès' Taxi (1998) and Tim Story's remake, Taxi (2004)

Next Week's Films: Chris Marker's La Jetée (1962) & Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys (1995)

Cover by Jake Dean

Outro Music: Jelly Roll Morton - Buddy Bolden's Blues

Join us this week as we cover Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder and Andrew Davis's remake, A Perfect Murder. 

Next Week's Films: Gérard Pirès's Taxi (1998) & Tim Story's Taxi (2004)

Cover by Jake Dean

Outro Music: Jelly Roll Morton - Buddy Bolden's Blues