This week we have a whopping big episode for you: Part 2 of our look at Samuel Goldwyn Productions, dealing with the 1940s; and, in our Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto segment, brief discussions of three Powell and Pressburgers, kicking off TIFF's May retrospective. For this episode we watched The Little Foxes (directed by William Wyler), The Pride of the Yankees (directed by Sam Wood), The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler again), and My Foolish Heart (directed by Mark Robson). From scheming capitalists to heroic baseball stars to casting a critical eye on post-WWII America to a grown-up soap opera that defies the Production Code, we consider the legacy of the innovative independent producer who not only hired intellectuals but let them do their thing.

Time Codes:

0h 00m 30s: THE LITTLE FOXES (1942) [dir. William Wyler]

0h 26m 57s: THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (1942) [dir. Sam Wood]

0h 39m 40s: THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946) [dir. William Wyler]

1h 01m 00s: MY FOOLISH HEART (1949) [dir. Mark Robson]

1h 19m 38s: Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto: The Red Shoes (1948), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) and I Know Where I’m Going (1945) – all by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

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* Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project – a discussion of Late Spring

* Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s

* Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive)

* Read Elise’s piece on Gangs of New York – “Making America Strange Again”

* Check out Dave’s Robert Benchley blog – an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist’s 2000+ pieces as he can locate – Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!

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