Gone with the Reel
Gone with the Reel
Sarah & Lisa
We are two movie-loving sisters reminiscing on our favorite films that we grew up watching. Join us, as we talk about classic Hollywood films and find out why they are so special.
Opening the Doors of the Mind - Spellbound (1945)
Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck star in this Hitchcock thriller about psychoanalysis. Meanwhile, Lisa and Sarah evaluate these questionable therapy methods. An exciting Salvador Dali dream sequence. Join us!  Sources: ►AFI Catalog ►TCM Catalog ►Hitchcock and Selznick by Leonard J. Leff ►Gregory Peck: A Charmed Life by Lynn Haney ►The Dali Museum https://thedali.org/dali-library-guid...  Extras: ►Listen to the amazing Spellbound Soundtrack! Composed by Milkos Rozsa, this was re-recorded and released in 2007. Performed by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Intrada Records. 2007. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znjES... ►The House of Dr. Edwardes by Francis Beeding. 1927. This is the novel Spellbound is based on. Join us next time for Notorious (1946).
Dec 4, 2022
51 min
The Greatest Ghost Story of All Time - Rebecca (1940)
Sarah is so excited she practically narrates all of Rebecca. We talk about the protagonist who has no name, “The Danvers Question,” and the many adaptations of Rebecca. Have you seen any? Hitchcock and Selznick were frenemies. The Hays Code. Sources: ►AFI Catalog Rebecca ►Hitchcock and Selznick: The Rich and Strange Collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick in Hollywood, by Leonard J. Leff ►Rebecca (1940) Join us next time for Spellbound (1945).
Nov 21, 2022
1 hr 33 min