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Talk Classic To Me
by Sara Greenfield
A Classic Film Podcast and Movie Club where your host and classic film enthusiast Sara Greenfield talks about classic movies (and other form of old-fashioned media that strikes her fancy) with her entertaining friends.You can support the podcast by subscribing via the link below:https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/subscribe
Episodes
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Do you like baseball games, parades, and art museums? Do you have a soft spot for Chicago and righteous dudes? Will you let my Cameron go? Then Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) is the movie for you! Check out this delightful John Hughes directed romp featuring Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, and Mia...
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Sleepless In Seattle (1993)
Do you believe in signs? Do you think Cary Grant used swatches to pick up Dyan Cannon? Is the problem with you that you don't want to be in love...you want to be in love in a movie? Then Sleepless in Seattle (1993) is the film for you! Check out this Nora Ephron directed classic, truly one of the...
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A Christmas Story (1983)
Do you love fragile leg lamps, triple dog dares, and NOT shooting your eye out with a Red Ryder carbine action BB gun? Then A Christmas Story (1983) is the movie for you! Based on the short stories of Jean Shepherd, this nostalgic and delightful staple of a holiday classic was directed by Bob…
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Johnny Guitar (1954)
Do you pair bright yellow shirts with red neckerchiefs? Do you have a secret lair hidden behind a waterfall? Do you love campy, colorful, queer-coded, feminist, HUAC protestin' westerns? Then Johnny Guitar (1954) is the movie for you! Check out this operatic and unconventional Scorsese approved...
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House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Do you love Vincent Price, vats of acid, and skeletons? Then House on Haunted Hill (1959) is the movie for you! Check out this campy and delightful Halloween classic directed by the King of B-Movie horror gimmicks William Castle, starring Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Elisha Cook, Jr., and…
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A Star Is Born (1954)
Do you like melodramatic musical remakes in technicolor? Do you wish Judy Garland won a competitive Oscar? Are you the man that got away? Then A Star is Born (1954) is the movie for you! Check out this lavish epic then join us for our belated Pride month celebration as we honor LGBTQIA+ legend...
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Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
Do you love romantic dramedies that deal with prescient topics? Do you love watching movie stars who have undeniable chemistry? Do you like movies that take place in pet stores and feature a whole bunch of fish? Then Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) is the movie for you! Check out this unique...
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Amadeus (1984)
Are you a musical genius? Are you OBSESSED with a musical genius? Do you like pink wigs? Then AMADEUS (1984) is the movie for you! Check out this sumptuous Milos Forman directed classic with an Oscar winning turn from F. Murray Abraham and equally wonderful performances from Tom Hulce and…
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Newsies (1992)
Are you the King of New York? Do you think dreams come true in Santa Fe? Do you never fear because Brooklyn is here? Then Newsies (1992) is the movie for you! Celebrate our 100th episode by checking out this underrated musical gem directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega with music by Alan...
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Love Story (1970)
Do you love playing in the snow? Do you identify as preppy? Do you think love means never having to say you're sorry? Then Love Story (1970) is the movie for you! Just in time for Valentine's day, check out this romantic and heartbreaking Arthur Hiller directed classic (that saved Paramount from...
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Remember the Night (1940)
Are you a sassy shoplifter who fell in love with their straight-laced prosecutor over a Christmas road trip to Indiana? Then Remember the Night (1940) is the holiday movie for you! Check out this madcap Preston Sturges penned Yule-Tide classic directed by Mitchell Leisen; starring the fabulous...
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The Big Sleep (1946)
Do you love excessively complicated mystery plots that are still somehow entertaining and fun? Do you love it when real-life couples co-star in movies and have insane chemistry? Do you know who killed Owen Taylor? Then The Big Sleep (1946) is the movie for you! Check out this quick-witted Howard...
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All the President's Men (1976)
Do you like to follow the money? Have you ever had late-night top-secret meetings with government officials in a parking lot? Are you a hard hitting journalist from the 1970's? Then All the President's Men (1976) is the movie for you! Check out this skillfully written and sharply intelligent...
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Scream (1996)
What's your favorite scary movie? Ours is Scream (1996) so this Halloween we're giving you a trick AND treat by celebrating our favorite scary movie on our favorite spooky day!!! We think you'll love this essential horror classic that expertly revitalized the genre directed by Wes Craven starring...
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Beaches (1988)
Did you ever know that you're our hero? This time around, YOU are the wind beneath our wings when you listen to our latest podcast episode about the fabulous tear-jerker of a classic Beaches (1988). Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey steal the show as long-term best friends in this endearing Garry...
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The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Do you like the stuff that dreams are made of? Then The Maltese Falcon (1941) is the movie for you! Check out this detailed and fantastic film noir that served as John Huston's directorial debut with a career defining turn by Humphrey Bogart, featuring Mary Astor and the Warner Bros. roster of...
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Working Girl (1988)
Do you have a head for business and a bod for sin? Do you think Joan Cusack is a national treasure? Do you just want a regular job with an office and a decent boyfriend and don't understand why it's so hard to get either of those things? Then Working Girl (1988) is the movie for you! Check out…
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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
Do you love Dolly Parton? Do you know what it means to have a Hard Candy Christmas? Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Miller-Boyett (aka the producers of the smash family sit-com Full House) ever produced an R-rated musical comedy? Then The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) is...
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Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Do you love French New Wave feminist classics that prominently feature mirrors, kittens, and cameos? Then Cleo from 5 To 7 (1962) is the movie for you! Check out our tribute to the legendary filmmaker Agnes Varda on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me with host Sara Greenfield, and guest...
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Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
Do you love stunning films shot in BOTH brilliant technicolor and chic black and white? Do you like to vacation on the French Rivera and have impromptu European dance parties? Would you rate yourself 100 for "Fun" and 53 1/2 for "Chic"? Then Bonjour Tristesse (1958) is the movie for you! Check…
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Interview with George Stevens, Jr (2024)
Want to learn even MORE about the iconic author, producer, director, writer, founder of the American Film Institute, creator of the Kennedy Center Honors and all around really nice guy George Stevens, Jr in a sequel interview? Then this is the podcast episode for you! This week, host Sara...
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Three on a Match (1932)
Do you love pre-code movies built on the foundation of sex, drugs, and Ann Dvorak? Then Three on a Match (1932) is the film for you! Check out this superstitious and salacious Mervyn LeRoy directed classic featuring a scene stealing Ann Dvorak, Joan Blondell, Bette Davis, Warren William, Lyle...
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Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Do you love movies that feature Miracles AND 34th Street? Then Miracle on 34th Street (1947) is the Holiday film for you! Check out this beloved Oscar winning Christmas classic that puts heart ahead of commercialism. Directed by George Seaton, this festive-yet-sincere blockbuster stars Maureen...
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Mystic Pizza (1988)
Do you love really good pizza, strong female friendships, and not monkeying with tradition? Then Mystic Pizza (1988) is the movie for you! Check out this delightfully authentic and autumnally 80's coming of age classic starring a then unknown Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, Annabeth Gish, Vincent...
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The Big Chill (1983)
Do you love stellar ensemble casts, autumnally 80's production design, and perfect motion picture soundtracks? Then The Big Chill (1983) is the movie for you! Check out this Lawrence Kasdan directed classic (that pays homage to his alma mater the University of Michigan -- Go Blue!) and features…
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Halloween (1978)
Do you like jack-o-lanterns, the word "totally", and slasher villains that just won't die? Then Halloween (1978) is the movie for you! Celebrate Halloween with this John Carpenter Halloween classic ON Halloween, featuring a young and "totally" bad-ass Jamie Lee Curtis in her first starring role....
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Serial Mom (1994)
Would you never be caught DEAD wearing white shoes after Labor Day? Then Serial Mom (1994) is the movie for you! Check out this delightfully campy John Waters classic just in time for Halloween. With KILLER performances from Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Matthew Lillard, Ricki Lake, and Mink...
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We're Not Worthy (2023)
Do you love 90's sketch comedy AND think reading is fundamental? Then check out Jason Klamm's brand new book We're Not Worthy (2023) and learn all about how 90's sketch TV changed the face of comedy. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest, author Jason Klamm, chat about all this and more on this…
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A Man Escaped (1956)
Do you love WWII prison escape stories expertly told "without adornment" by French cinematic auteurs? Then A Man Escaped (1956) is the movie for you! Check out this suspenseful evergreen classic based on Andre Devigny's memoir directed by Robert Bresson, starring Francois Leterrier and Charles Le...
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Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
Do you love top notch tap dancing? Do you love a young Judy Garland? Do you love over the top 1930's nostalgia musicals where horse racing and show business converge to hold a shoe-string plot together? Then Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) is the movie for you! Check out tap-dancing sensation...
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Sunrise (1927)
Do you love heartfelt artistic silent melodramas with universal appeal? Are you into German Expressionism and incredible production design? Do you love it when scripts name their main characters things like "Man" and "Woman from the City"? Then Sunrise (aka Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans) from…
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A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Have you been working like a dog? Should you be sleeping like a log? Do you want to feel alright? Then A Hard Day's Night (1964) is the movie for you! Succumb to Beatlemania and check out this cheeky rock 'n roll classic, directed by Richard Lester, starring those lovable lads from Liverpool with...
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Malcolm X (1992)
Do you love epic cinematic masterpieces and brilliant filmmaking? Then Malcolm X (1992) is the movie for you! Check out this incomparable Spike Lee directed classic with exquisite performances from Denzel Washington (in what was later dubbed by Spike Lee as "the greatest performance ever on...
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Can't Stop the Music (1980)
Do you love a campy cult classic/musical extravaganza? Have you ever wished the Village People had their own fictional biopic? Do you think you can stop the music? (Spoiler alert: NOBODY can stop the music). Then Can't Stop the Music (1980) is the movie for you! Celebrate LGBTQIA + pride month…
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She Done Him Wrong (1933)
Do you want to come up and see us sometime? Then She Done Him Wrong (1933) is the movie for you! Join us this May as we pay tribute to another Mae -- the sensual force of nature that was Mae West -- in a bawdy and fun comedy classic, that was originally penned for the stage by the star herself.…
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To Be or Not to Be (1942)
To Be or Not to Be (1942), that IS the podcast episode. Check out this witty, wonderful, and bold satire from the great Ernst Lubitsch, who took on the horrors of the Nazi invasion of Poland during WW2 and turned them into a relevant comedic masterpiece. This movie stars the incomparable queen of...
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Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Do you love fake mustaches and perfectly choreographed stunts? Are you an old-timey film projectionist? Do you dream about cracking the case with a crime crushing criminologist? Then Sherlock Jr. (1924) is the movie for you! Check out this Buster Keaton silent comedy classic that will have you...
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High Noon (1952)
Do you love suspenseful feminist Westerns that are also allegories for how messed up HUAC and the Hollywood blacklist were during the McCarthy era? Then it's high time for you to watch the film High Noon (1952)! Check out this Oscar winning Carl Foreman penned classic starring Gary Cooper, Grace...
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Do you love iconic movie musicals starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell? Do you have animal magnetism? Are diamonds your best friend? Then Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) is the movie for you! Check out this delightful musical romp that doubles as one of the best buddy comedies ever made...
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Somewhere In Time (1980)
Want to celebrate Valentine's Day with a gorgeous looking film that features epic romance, time travel, and pocket watch paradoxes? Then Somewhere In Time (1980) is the movie for you! Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour will charm you with their chemistry for days in this Jeannot Szwarc directed...
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The Sound of Music (1965)
The hills are alive with the sound of podcast and we have just holiday movie for you! Check out our The Sound of Music (1965) themed season finale episode where we solve problems like Maria and the Baroness, and gush over the mega talented Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, and Eleanor Parker in...
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The Pink Panther (1963)
Do you like endearingly bumbling detectives? Are you into animated opening credit sequences with iconic theme music? Do you appreciate it when Peter Sellers plays his Stradivarius? Then the Pink Panther (1963) is the movie for you! Check out this stylish and wintry comedy caper directed by Blake...
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Rocky (1976)
Yo, Adrian! Do you like athletic training montages, underdog love stories, and continual references to the U.S. Bicentennial? Then Rocky (1976) is the film for you! Check out this Academy Award winning classic written by/starring Sylvester Stallone (in a star-making turn) and co-starring Talia...
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The Bank Dick (1940)
Do you love epic car chase scenes? Do you love vaudevillian-style physical comedy? Do you love it when people show off their cigarette smoking skills to impress small children? Then The Bank Dick (1940) is the movie for you! Check out this zany W.C. Field's comedy classic with a stellar…
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The Bad Seed (1956)
This week we have the prettiest podcast, we have the nicest podcast, and that's what we tell everybody (insert creepy face touch here). Join us for the spooky Halloween treat The Bad Seed (1956) about a precocious eight-year-old who may or may not be a serial killer. This stage to screen…
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A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Do you love movies featuring strong female protagonists AND malevolent mail? Then A Letter to Three Wives (1949) is the film for you! Check out this brilliantly structured Oscar winning classic written AND directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz starring Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, and…
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Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a movie podcast episode about the film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof (1971)! Toast L'chaim to this Oscar winning box office smash with host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Tal Fox and Simone Garland.
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Interview with Michael Christaldi
Want to learn more about Paramount Studios a.k.a. the place that brought you Rear Window, Sunset Blvd., and The Godfather? Then this is the podcast for you! This week, host Sara Greenfield chats with Paramount Studios expert and co-author of the Images of America Paramount Studios book series...
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The Breakfast Club (1985)
Don't you forget about listening to this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me where we chat about the Hughes-ian classic The Breakfast Club (1985) and so much more with host Sara Greenfield and guest Jeffrey Paul King. Suitable for brains, athletes, basket cases, princesses, and criminals.…
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What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Do you love zany screwball comedies that incorporate the wackiness of old school cartoons, contain epic car chases in San Francisco, and star THE Barbra Streisand? Then What's Up, Doc? is the movie for you! Check out this timeless Peter Bogdanovich directed classic with spot on comedic turns from...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A Classic Film Podcast and Movie Club where your host and classic film enthusiast Sara Greenfield talks about classic movies (and other form of old-fashioned media that strikes her fancy) with her entertaining friends.You can support the podcast by subscribing via the link below:https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/subscribe
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A Classic Film Podcast and Movie Club where your host and classic film enthusiast Sara Greenfield talks about classic movies (and other form of old-fashioned media that strikes her fancy) with her entertaining friends.You can support the podcast by subscribing via the link...
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