Posts tagged Victor Spinetti
Ep# 84 - William Shakespeare in the 60s
Ep# 84 - William Shakespeare in the 60s

In this episode, Bart & Jenna have a lively debate about what it takes to adapt something as stylized as Shakespeare to a medium that leans so heavily towards realism.

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PodcastGrateful GuysShakespeare, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Grigoriy Kozintsev, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Mikhail Nazvanov, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Chimes at Midnight, Falstaff, Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, John Gielgud, Othello, Stuart Burge, Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Maggie Smith, The Taming of the Shrew, Franco Zeffirelli, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Michael York, Victor Spinetti, Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Peter Hall, Judi Dench, Helen Mirren, Ian HolmComment
Ep #83 - Bands Playing Themselves in the 60s
Ep #83 - Bands Playing Themselves in the 60s

Bart & Jenna explore a series of band movies, from some notable British boy bands all the way to their American TV cousins. For such a decade-specific genre, it’s an episode full of high highs and low lows.

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PodcastGrateful GuysBritish Bands, Ferry Cross The Mersey, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Beatles, Help, Sonny and Cher, The Monkees, The Dave Clark Five, Hermans Hermits, Freddie and the Dreamers, Jeremy Summers, John Boorman, Barbara Ferris, Richard Lester, Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, Arthur Lubin, Shelley Fabares, Sue Ane Langdon, Hold On, The Cuckoo Patrol, Duncan Wood, Kenneth Connor, Victor Maddern, Good Times, William Friedkin, George Sanders, Norman Alden, Mrs Brown Youve Got A Lovely Daughter, Saul Swimmer, Sheila White, Sarah Caldwell, Head, Bob Rafelson, VIctor Mature, Annette Funicello, Jack Nicholson Comments
Ep# 46 - Nancy Kwan in the 60s
Ep# 46 - Nancy Kwan in the 60s

Nancy Kwan had two major hits right in the beginning of the decade, and then what? Bart & Jenna investigate the bizarre twists and turns of Kwan’s ‘60s career and the pitfalls of being a Chinese actor in the dominantly white world of Hollywood.

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PodcastGrateful GuysNancy Kwan, The World of Suzie Wong, Richard Quine, William Holden, Sylvia Syms, Flower Drum Song, Henry Koster, Rodgers and Hammerstein, James Shigeta, Miyoshi Umeki, Jack Soo, Juanita Hall, James Hong, Patrick Adiarte, Benson Fong, The Main Attraction, Daniel Petrie, Pat Boone, Mai Zetterling, Tamahine, Philip Leacock, John Fraser, Dennis Price, The Wild Affair, John Krish, Terry-Thomas, Victor Spinetti, Nobody's Perfect, Doug McClure, James WhitmoreComment