The Goldwyn Girls

Amelia and Meredith learn about the life and work of Dave, who works at a locally-owned video store in Wellington, New Zealand called AroVideo. Please check out AroVideo's Patreon if you're interested in contributing and receiving exclusive content from them. 

In this episode, Meredith and Amelia discuss the insane Tobe Hooper film, EATEN ALIVE (1976). Along with The Driller Killer (1979), these two films were the first to be prosecuted and set off a chain of media frenzy surrounding the "Video Nasties". Mary Whitehouse also threw a flamethrower into the blazing fire by going on a moral crusade against Video Nasties. 

In this week's episode, we continue discussing the life of America's sweetheart, Doris Day. This time we look at two films that she made later into her career: one of her most famous films, Pillow Talk (1959, dir. Michael Gordon) and Midnight Lace (1960, dir. David Miller), a psychological thriller that gives her another chance to break out of her typical film roles.

In this week's episode, we discuss the life of America's sweetheart, Doris Day! We explore her complicated upbringing, her contract with Warner Bros., and two of her early musicals that helped propel her to reach fame in the 1950s. We focus on My Dream is Yours (1949), one of many collaborations with director Michael Curtiz and actor Jack Carson. Then, we cover On Moonlight Bay (1951), Directed by Roy Del Ruth and has a startling resemblance to Meredith's favorite film (Meet Me In St. Louis). 

The Goldwyn Girls venture into the darkness to cover the censorship phenomenon known as the "Video Nasties" period. Each month we will be discussing a different film from the infamous list of 72 films that were banned in the U.K. This episode provides a brief summary of the history of these salacious films and then a discussion on one of the films from the list, THE BURNING (1981). Why was this film banned? How gory is it? Listen to find out!  Want to watch along with us? We've created a Letterboxd of all the films we plan on examining throughout this series: https://letterboxd.com/vitaphonegirl/list/the-obscene-world-of-video-nasties-a-goldwyn/

Amelia and Meredith get to know more about Danny, the man behind Pre-Code.com. He is passionate about Pre-Code films and is equally as passionate when it comes to sharing his thoughts on them.  (Note: Apologies for the bad audio on my side. We didn't think there were any issues until editing. - Meredith)

For an hour and 12 minutes The Goldwyn Girls probe Will McKinley about the film industry, his interest in film, and his love of soap operas. Will is a jack-of-all trades; social media mogul, Marx Brothers expert, and Dark Shadows connoisseur. He also is an amazing advice-giver on how to dominate the industry. 

Amelia and Meredith chat with Goldwyn Girls superfan/William Holden-loving Diana Bosch Catanese about all kinds of things relating to classic film. 

In this very special episode, The Goldwyn Girls meet Mr. Peel, also known as Peter Avellino. Peter runs a wonderful film blog called Mr. Peel's Sardine Liqueur. We ask Peter how films have influenced his life and his blog. 

Amelia and Meredith talk about several historical movie palaces in Los Angeles's Broadway Theater District and discuss why these theaters are so cool and important to preserve.