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Ticklish Business — 259 episodes

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227. Forbidden Planet (1956 with Bill Malone)

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226. Liza Minnelli's 80th Birthday Celebration (with Bruce David Klein)

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Pre-Code Oscars (with Danny Reid and Kim Luperi)

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225. Diane Keaton Tribute - Baby Boom (1987 with Kate Hagen)

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224. Wuthering Heights (1939 with Frances O'Connor)

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Doctor Dolittle (1967)

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222. New Discoveries of 2025 (with Samantha Richardson)

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Author Scott Eyman Talks Joan Crawford (From the Patreon Vault)

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221. Top 5 Christmas Movies

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220: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

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219. Gable & Lombard (1976 with Robert Matzen)

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218. Coming Home (1978 with Lawrence Carter-Long) - Films of Resistance

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217. Hair (1979 with Alex Steed) - Films of Resistance Series

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216. Dr. Strangelove (1964 with Jeff Ewing) - Films of Resistance Series

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215. Born Yesterday (1950 with Nell Minow) - Films of Resistance Series

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214. A Bucket of Blood (1959 with Rodman Flender)

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213. Nosferatu (1922 with Charles Bramesco)

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212: Amadeus (1984 with Richard Kirkham)

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#211: This is Spinal Tap (1984 with Alan Cerny)

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#210: Saturday Night Fever (1977 with Margo Donohue)

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#209: Giant (1956, with Julie Gilbert)

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#208: Dangerous When Wet (1953)

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#207: Beach Blanket Bingo (1965 with John Malahy)

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#206: Jaws (1975 with Christopher Shaw Myers)

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#205: High and Low (1963 with Scott McGee)

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#204: International Month — Seven Samurai (1954 with Alicia Malone)

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#203: The Old Man Is Still Alive (with Karina Longworth)

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#202: TCM Classic Film Festival Audio

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#201: Nancy Kwan Interview

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TCM's Eddie Muller Talks 'Dark City Dames'

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Interview With Merle Oberon Biographer Mayukh Sen

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#198: The Wizard of Oz (1939, with Front Row Classics)

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#197: The Shining (1980 with Lee Unkrich)

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#196: The Tingler (1959)

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#195: Night of the Living Dead (1968 with Levie Isaaks)

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#194: Superman (1978 with Jon Bogdanove)

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#193: Anne of the Thousand Days (1969 with Vulgar History)

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#192: Laurent Bouzereau Interview ('Faye')

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#191: Nanette Burstein Interview (Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes)

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#190: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964, International Month)

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Thelma Schoonmaker & David Hinton Interview

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189: The Battle of Algiers (1966, International Month)

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#188: Pandora's Box (1929, International Month)

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#187: Old Hollywood Pride (with Alonso Duralde)

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#186: Chinatown (1974 with Richard Roeper)

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#185: Clara Bow Celebration (with David Stenn)

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#184: Pam Grier and 'Foxy Brown' (with Black Girl Film Club, 1974)

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#183: TCM Classic Film Festival 2024 Audio

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TCM Film Festival 2024 Must-Sees (with Lara Gabrielle and Lora Stocker)

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#182: A Hard Day's Night (1964)

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#181: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 with Foster Hirsch)

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#180: Some Like It Hot (1959 with Elisa Jordan)

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#179: The Heiress (1949 with Lara Gabrielle)

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#178: The Long Hot Summer (1958 with Shawn Levy)

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#177: New Discoveries of 2023

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Based on a True Podcast: James Dean (2001)

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Maria Cooper Janis Interview (Bonus Episode)

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But Have You Read...The Phantom of the Opera (1943 vs. 2011)

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#174: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (with Drew Taylor, 1937)

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#173: Cry Havoc (1943 with Drea Clark)

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#172: The Hustler (Piper Laurie Tribute, 1961)

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#171: Funny Girl (1968 with Talia Lavin)

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#169: Dracula (1931 with David J. Skal)

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#170: All About Eve (1950 with Sloan De Forest)

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#168: Casablanca (1942 with Chris Yogerst)

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#167: High Society (1956)

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#166: Good News (1947) with Cinco Paul

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#165: All the President’s Men (1976) with The Projection Booth

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#164: In the Heat of the Night (1967) with Carla Renata

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#163: Elevator to the Gallows (1958) with Eddie Muller

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#162: 8 1/2 (1963)

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#161: The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) with Carl Rollyson

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#160: Miriam Hopkins and ’The Story of Temple Drake (1933) with Allan R. Ellenberger

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#159: Doris Day in May with Love Me or Leave Me (1955)

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TCM Classic Film Festival 2023 Audio

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#158: The Moon is Blue and the Crumbling of the Production Code

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#157: Lena Horne Tribute (with James Gavin)

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#156: TCM Classic Film Festival 2023 Picks with Lara Gabrielle and Lora Stocker

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#155: Easter Parade (1948) with Be Kind Rewind

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#154: The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) with Michael Schulman

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#153: Wuthering Heights (1939) with Kristen Lopez

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#152: Messiest Classic Film Couples

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#151: King Kong (1933) with Mark Vaz, James D’Arc & Joe DeVito

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BONUS: Marion Davies 101 with Lara Gabrielle

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#150: New Discoveries of 2022

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Six Weeks With the Thin Man: After the Thin Man (1936)

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#149: Ava Gardner Centennial (with Lora Stocker)

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#148: Lizabeth Scott & ’Dead Reckoning’ (1947, with Alan K. Rode)

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#147: Veronica Lake Centennial

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#146: Joel McCrea Birthday Tribute (with Wyatt McCrea)

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Based on a True Podcast: Blonde (2022) Preview

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#145: Dracula’s Daughter (1936 with Darcy the Mail Girl)

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#144: Vincent Price Top 3 (with Karie Bible)

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#143: Nancy Olson Interview

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#142: Tommy (1975, with Fred Goodman)

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#141: Grease (1978, with This Ends at Prom)

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#140: Top 3 Favorite Film Costumes (with Deborah Landis)

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#139: Latinos in Classic Film (with Luis Reyes)

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#138: Elizabeth Taylor Top 3

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Being Elvis: Elvis (2022) Sneak Peek with Erik Anderson

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#137: Marilyn Monroe in the ’60s with Holly Madison

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#136: Judy Garland Top 3 w/Izzy of Be Kind Rewind

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#135: Pre-Code Jean Harlow and Red Dust (1932)

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#134: TCM Classic Film Festival 2022 (Steven Spielberg, Pam Grier, and More)

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#133: Star Wars A New Hope (1977)

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#132: Debbie Reynolds Top 3 with Todd Fisher

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#131: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) w/Tom Santopietro

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#130: Nightmare Alley (1947 vs. 2021)

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What’s Up Doc? (1972) w/Paul Feig

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#129: Peter Bogdanovich Tribute (with Mark Harris)

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#128: Dorothy Dandridge and Carmen Jones (1954)

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#127: Sidney Poitier Top 3

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#126: Sexiest Classic Film Stars

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#125: Top 3 New Discoveries of 2021

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Based on a True Podcast: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

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Loni Anderson Interview

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#124: Susan Slept Here (1954)

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#123: Noirvember & ”Laura” (1944)

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#122: ‘Shock Corridor‘ and Samuel Fuller

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#121: Halloween (1978)

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#120: Universal Monsters Top 3

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#119: Hayley Mills Interview

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#118: The Way We Were (1973)

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#117: Gene Kelly Top 3 (with Patricia Ward Kelly)

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#116: Satire, Dr. Strangelove & The Great Dictator

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#115: Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and 'A Place in the Sun'

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#114: Natalie Wood Tribute (Rebel Without a Cause & Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice)

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#113: Gidget (1959)

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Karina Longworth on Hedda Hopper & Louella Parsons

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#112: Jane Russell (with Biographer Christina Rice)

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#111: The Killers (1964) w/Max Allan Collins

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#110: Sherlock Jr. (1924)

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#109: Top 3 TCM Classic Film Festival Memories

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#108: Kym Karath on Child Star Stardom and 'Sound of Music'

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#107: Bob Koster On His Father, Henry Koster

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#106: Christopher Plummer and The Sound of Music (1965)

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#105: Mildred Pierce (1945 with William Schoell)

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#104: Julie Garfield On Her Father, John Garfield

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#103: Lana Turner Centennial

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#102: Donna Reed and From Here to Eternity (1953)

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#101: Top 3 New Discoveries of 2020

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Wild About Newman

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Based on a True Podcast: Liz & Dick (2012)

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#100: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 w/Alicia Malone)

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#99: Remember the Night (1940, with Alonso Duralde)

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#98: Interview With Dyan Cannon

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#97: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975 with Scott Michaels)

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#96: Interview With Actress Carroll Baker

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#95: Dodsworth (1936)

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#94: Marlene Dietrich, Grand Dame of Moviedom

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#93: Getting Loud About Silents

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#92: A Star is Born (1954)

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#91: Anna May Wong (w/Nancy Wang Yuen)

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#90: Viva Las Vegas (1964, w/Sheila O'Malley)

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#89: In a Lonely Place (1950, w/Eddie Muller)

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#88: The Invisible Woman, Polly Platt (w/Karina Longworth)

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#87: James Garner Tribute (w/Special Guest Gigi Garner)

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#86: Michael Curtiz, Noir, and Alan K. Rode

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#85: TCMFF 2020 - Jewel Robbery (1932)

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#84: The Sword in the Stone (1963)

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Episode #83: TCMFF 2020 – Victor/Victoria (1982)

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Episode #82: Musical March - Cabaret (1972)

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Episode #81: Musical March - Swing Time (1936)

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Episode #80: A Patch of Blue (1965)

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Episode #79: Top 3 Classic Film Discoveries of 2019

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Interview With 'Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe' Director Laurie Collyer

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2019 TCM Classic Film Festival, Vol. 2

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Episode #78: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

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2019 TCM Classic Film Festival, Vol. 1

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Episode #77: Top 3 Thirsty Noirs

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Episode #76: Freaks (1932)

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Episode #75: Wait Until Dark (1967) w/Liz Shannon Miller

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Episode #74: The Invisible Man (1933)

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Episode #73: Barefoot in the Park (1967)

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Episode #72: The Women (1939)

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Episode #71: Valley of the Dolls (1967) w/Lindsey Romain

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Episode #70: Summer Under the Stars Top 3

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Episode #69: Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)

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Episode #68: Top 3 Doris Day Movies

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Episode #67: Ikiru (1952)

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Episode #66: Stagecoach (1939) and the Complicated Legacy of John Wayne

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Episode #65: Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)

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Episode #64: The Black Swan (1942)

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Episode #63: Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)

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Episode #62: Our TCMFF Picks

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Episode #61: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1931)

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Bonus Episode #6: Jeff Chandler Centennial

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Episode #60: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

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Episode #59: The Oscar Snubs That Still Sting

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Episode #58: Top 3 Favorite Romantic Pairings

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Episode #57: Kiss Me Kate (1953)

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Episode #56: Best New Discoveries of 2018

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Episode #55: Holiday Affair (1949)

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Doubled Features: The Blob (1958 vs. 1988)

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Based on a True Podcast: Hollywoodland (2006)

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Episode #54: Plymouth Adventure (1952)

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Episode #53: Murder, My Sweet (1944)

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Bonus Episode #5: Twilight Zone - The Movie (1983)

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Episode #52: Top 3 Favorite Twilight Zone Episodes

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Episode #51: Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

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Episode #50: On an Island With You (1948)

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Episode #49: How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

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Episode #48: Since You Went Away (1944)

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Episode #47: Girl Happy (1965)

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Episode #46: The Lady From Shanghai (1947)

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Episode #45: Gilda (1946)

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Episode #44: Gun Crazy (1950)

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Episode #43 - Rope (1948)

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Episode #42: Top 3 Favorite William Holden Films

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Episode 41: Sunset Boulevard (1950)

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Episode #40: The Music Man (1962)

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Episode #39: Union Pacific (1939)

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Episode #38: Outrage (1950)

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Episode #37: Devotion (1946)

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Episode #37: On the Waterfront (1954)

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Episode #36: West Side Story (1961)

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Episode #35: Classic Film Discoveries of 2017

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Episode #34: The Bishop's Wife (1947)

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Episode #33: Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

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Episode #32: Miracle on 34th Street (1947/1994)

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Episode #31: House on Haunted Hill (1959)

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Episode #30: Classic Hollywood Unsolved Murders

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Episode #29: Young Frankenstein (1974)

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Episode #28: Interview with Hollywood Forever Tour Guide Karie Bible

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Episode #27: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)

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Bonus Episode #8: Top 3 Maureen O'Hara Movies

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Episode #26: An Affair to Remember (1957)

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Episode #25: An American in Paris (1951)

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Bonus Episode #7: Kristen Recommends - Summer Under the Stars

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Bonus Episode #6: Interview with Authors Kendra Bean and Anthony Uzarowski

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Episode #24: Interview with Author Noah Isenberg

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Episode #23: Marilyn Monroe Tribute

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Episode #22: Top 3 Robert Mitchum Films

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Bonus Episode #5: TCMFF Audio, Vol. 3

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Episode #21: 2017 TCM Film Festival, Vol. 2

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Episode #20: 2017 TCM Film Festival, Vol. 1

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Bonus Episode 4: Going to the TCM Classic Film Festival

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Episode #19: Gone With the Wind (1939)

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Episode 18: Jean Harlow Tribute - Interview with Darrell Rooney

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Episode 17: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)

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Episode 16: Dial M for Murder (1954)

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Episode 15: Top 3 Cary Grant Films

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Episode 14: Debbie Reynolds Tribute/The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)

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Episode 13: 2016 Classic Film Discoveries

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Episode 12: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

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Episode 11: Noirvember - Top 3 Noirs

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Episode 10: Splendor in the Grass (1961)

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Episode 9: Son of Frankenstein (1939)

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Episode 8: Frankenstein (1931) and The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

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Bonus Episode 3: Trailblazing Women Tribute - Interviews with Cari Beauchamp and Illeana Douglas

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Episode 7: Diabolique (1955)

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Bonus Episode 2: Interview with William V. Madison

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Episode 6: The Killing (1956)

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Episode 5: Ben-Hur

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Bonus Episode 1: Interviews with Authors Peter Winkler and Scott Tracy Griffin

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Episode 4: A Tribute to Summer Under the Stars

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Episode 3: Planet of the Apes (1968)

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Episode 2: Olivia de Havilland Centennial

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Episode 1: An Introduction and Audio From the TCM Classic Film Festival