4.61-East Lynne with Lewis Beer

Send us Fan MailToday's episode is my conversation about the 1931 film East Lynne. I'm joined by Lewis Beer from the Slow Movie Pictures newsletter and we talk about some drastic changes the film made from the source material, the outstanding performances from the female actors in the film, and several innovative camera techniques used to show the world from Isabel's point of view throughout the film. You can watch East Lynne on YouTube and be sure to check out Lewis's newsletter.Other films mentioned in this episode include:Vampyr directed by Carl Theodor DreyerDracula directed by Tod BrowningRebecca directed by Alfred HitchcockAll Quiet on the Western Front directed by Lewis MilestoneThelma & Louise directed by Ridley ScottThe Divine Lady directed by Frank LloydWeary River directed by Frank LloydThe Big House directed by George HillCondemned directed by Wesley RugglesHoliday directed by Edward H. GriffithUnderworld directed by Josef von SternbergShanghai Express directed by Josef von SternbergThe Divorcee directed by Clarence BrownDynamite directed by Cecil B. DeMilleThe Public Enemy directed by William A. WellmanThe Letter directed by Jean De LimurThe Vagabond King directed by Ludwig BergerThe Bride of Frankenstein directed by James WhaleEast Lynne on the Western Front directed by George PearsonCimarron directed by Wesley RugglesThe Sound of Music directed by Robert WiseDouble Indemnity directed by Billy WilderSunset Boulevard directed by Billy WilderOther referenced topics:"Mudd's Women" (Star Trek episode)Star Trek (original series)Mister Ed (series)The Fugitive (series)East Lynne (novel) by Ellen WoodRebecca (novel) by Daphne du MaurierAnn Harding - Cinema's Gallant Lady by Scott O'BrienFrank Lloyd: Master of Screen Melodrama by Anthony Slide"Bradley King" by Brian Taves on Women Film Pioneers ProjectAnna Karenina (novel) by Leo TolstoyUlysses (novel) by James JoyceThe New York Times reviewVariety reviewZoe K. on Hollywood GenesLisa Marie Bowman on Through the Shattered LensA Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Bronte to Lessing by Elaine Showalter‘“Stepchildren of Nature”: East Lynne and the Spectre of Female Degeneracy, 1860-1861’ in Victorian Crime, Madness and Sensation by Andrew MaunderSupport the show