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On this episode, we discuss the twelfth Best Picture Winner: “GONE WITH THE WIND.”

"Gone with the Wind" is an epic Civil War drama that focuses on the life of petulant southern belle Scarlett O'Hara. Starting with her idyllic life on a sprawling plantation, the film traces her survival through the tragic history of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and her tangled love affairs with Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler. Directed by Victor Fleming, the film stars Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara, Clark Gable as Rhett Butler, Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes, Thomas Mitchell as Gerald O'Hara, Barbara O'Neil as Ellen O'Hara, Evelyn Keyes as Suellen O'Hara, Ann Rutherford as Carreen O'Hara, George Reeves as Brent Tarleton, Fred Crane as Brent Tarleton and Hattie McDaniel as House Servant Mammy.

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On this episode, we are discussing the eleventh Best Picture Winner: “You Can’t Take It With You.”

In the film, "You Can't Take It With You," sweet-natured Alice Sycamore falls for a big-wig banker's son named Tony Kirby. But when she invites her snooty prospective in-laws to dinner to give their blessing for the marriage, Alice's peculiar extended family -- including philosophical grandfather Martin Vanderhof, hapless fledgling ballerina sister Essie and fireworks enthusiast father, Paul -- might just be too eccentric for the staid Kirbys. Directed by Frank Capra, the film stars Jean Arthur as Alice Sycamore, Lionel Barrymore as Martin Vanderhof, James Stewart as Tony Kirby, Edward Arnold as Anthony P. Kirby, and Ann Miller as Essie Carmichael.

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On this episode, we are discussing the tenth Best Picture Winner: “The Life of Emile Zola.”

After struggling to establish himself, author Emile Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony. Directed by William Dieterle, “The Life of Emile Zola” stars Paul Muni as Emile Zola, Gloria Holden as Alexandrine Zola, Gale Sondergaard as Lucie Dreyfus, and Joseph Schildkraut as Capt. Alfred Dreyfus.

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On this episode, we are discussing the ninth Best Picture Winner: “The Great Ziegfeld.”

"The Great Ziegfeld" is a biopic that follows the rise of Florenz Ziegfeld, a theater producer who became renowned during the 1920s for his lavish stage productions. Starting out by promoting individual performers, Ziegfeld established revues featuring dozens of women, shows that developed into his famous Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway. His appreciation of women is also apparent off-stage, leading to a love triangle involving actresses Anna Held and Billie Burke.  Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, the film stars William Powell as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Myrna Loy as Billie Burke, Luise Rainer as Anna Held, and Frank Morgan as Jack Billings.

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On this episode, we are discussing the eighth Best Picture Winner: “Mutiny on the Bounty.”

“Mutiny on the Bounty” follows William Bligh, the cruel captain of the HMS Bounty, a ship bound for Tahiti. When the crew-members finally tire of his abuse, Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny, resulting in Bligh’s unceremonious removal from the ship. While Christian and the remaining crew sail on to Tahiti, Bligh becomes intent on exacting revenge, and he targets Roger Byam, a sailor who had actually tried to stop the mutiny. Directed by Frank Lloyd, the film stars Charles Laughton as Captain William Bligh, Clark Gable as Fletcher Christian, and Franchot Tone as Roger Byam.

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On this episode, we are discussing the seventh Best Picture Winner: “It Happened One Night.”

"It Happened One Night" follows spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews who impetuously married a man named King Westley, leading her tycoon father to spirit her away on his yacht. After jumping ship, Ellie falls in with cynical newspaper reporter Peter Warne, who offers to help her reunite with her new husband in exchange for an exclusive story. But during their travels, the reporter finds himself falling for the feisty young heiress. Directed by Frank Capra, the film stars Clark Gable as Peter Warne, Claudette Colbert as Ellie Andrews, Walter Connolly as Alexander Andrews, and Jameson Thomas as King Westley.

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On this episode, we are discussing the sixth Best Picture Winner: “Cavalcade.”

"Cavalcade" follows Upper-crust Londoners Robert & Jane Marryot, and their working-class counterparts, Alfred & Ellen Bridges, as they experience life's many triumphs and tragedies from the Boer War at the dawn of the 20th century up to 1930s. Queen Victoria's death and the sinking of the Titanic etch deep scars on both families, but the outbreak of World War I and its dramatic aftermath proves to be the greatest test of their courage and friendship. Directed by Frank Lloyd, the film stars Diana Wynyard as Jane Marryot, Clive Brook as Robert Marryot, Una O'Connor as Ellen Bridges, and Herbert Mundin as Alfred Bridges.

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On this episode, we are discussing the fifth Best Picture Winner: “Grand Hotel.”

"Grand Hotel" is a lavish adaptation of the successful Broadway play of the same name. At a luxurious Berlin hotel between World War 1 & World War 2, the once-wealthy Baron Felix von Gaigern supports himself as a thief and a gambler. One night, the Baron romances one of his marks, the aging ballerina Grusinskaya, and teams with a dying accountant, Otto Kringelein, against his former boss, crooked industrialist Preysing, (with the help of Preysing’s ambitious stenographer, Flaemmchen). Directed by Edmund Goulding, the film stars Greta Garbo as Grusinskaya, John Barrymore as Baron Felix von Geigern, Joan Crawford as Flaemmchen, and Lionel Barrymore as Otto Kringelein.

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On this episode, we are discussing the fourth Best Picture Winner: “Cimarron.”

Set in 1889, “CIMARRON” follows adventurous lawyer and newspaper editor Yancey Cravat who convinces his wife, Sabra, to join him in the rush to populate Osage, Oklahoma. After they begin to settle into the community, Yancey leaves to go further west. Alone, Sabra inherits his editorial duties and struggles to bring civilization to the rough frontier town. Over a tumultuous 40 years, the couple are repeatedly separated and reunited as Oklahoma makes its long journey to statehood. Directed by Wesley Ruggles, the film stars Richard Dix as Yancey Cravat, Irene Dunne as Sabra Cravat, and Estelle Taylor as Dixie Lee.

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On this episode, we are discussing the third Best Picture Winner: “All Quiet on the Western Front.”

“ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT” follows a young soldier who faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. Based on the Erich Maria Remarque novel of the same name, the film was directed by Lewis Milestone, and stars Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy and Ben Alexander.

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