EPISODE 61 - “FAVORITE CLASSIC FILMS OF THE 1960s” - 11/11/2024

The decade of the 1960s was an exciting time in filmmaking. The stodgy studio contract system was starting to give way to a new crop of independent cinematic auteurs, often associated with the "New Hollywood" era, including Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, Sam Peckinpah, Arthur Penn, John Cassavetes, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and Peter Bogdanovich. These edgier films pushed the creative boundaries and social themes to reflect the changing times. In this episode, Steve and Nan discuss some of their favorite films of the decade and why they had such an impact! 

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

Some Like It Cool (2002), by Michael Freehand;

Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), by Mark Harris;

Jean Simmons: Her Life and Career (2022), by Michelangelo Capua;

“Veronica Cartwright talks about ‘The Birds’,” February 8, 2008, YouTube;

“Here’s to You, Mr. Nichols: The Making of ‘The Graduate’,” February 25, 2008, by Sam Kashner, Vanity Fair;

“Tippi Hedren On Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’,” April 29, 2009, The American FIlm Institute;

“The Revenge of Alfred Hitchcock’s Muse,” October 5, 2012, New York Magazine;

“Tippi Hedren: Hitchcock Ruined My Career,” December 7, 2012, Huffington Post;

“Throwback Thursday: Shirley MacLaine Recalls Filming Lesbian Drama ‘Children’s Hour’ in 1961,” June 4, 2015, Hollywood Reporter; 

“The Underappreciated Genius of ‘Planet of the Apes’,” May 18, 2024, by Janelle Bouie, New York Times;

“The Children’s Hour,” October 16, 2024, Episode 257, Feminist Frequency Podcast;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

IBDB.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned: 

The Graduate (1967), starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Elizabeth Wilson, Murray Hamilton, Buck Henry, Marion Lorne, Alice Ghostly, Brian Avery, William Brooke, and Norman Fell;

The Birds (1963), Starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, and Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffies, Charles McGraw, Richard Deacon, and Elizabeth Wilson;

Days of Wine and Roses (1962), starring Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford, Jack Klugman, Alan Hewitt, Maxine Stuart, Debbie Megowan, and Jack Albertson;

Planet of the Apes (1968), starring Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter, Roddy McDowell, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison, James Whitmore, and James Daly;

The Happy Ending (1969), starring Jean Simmons, John Forsyth, Shirley Jones, Lloyd Bridges, Teresa Wright, Bobby Darin, Kathy Fields, Dick Shawn, Nanette Fabray, and Tina Louise;

The Children’s Hour (1961), starring Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Faye Bainter, Karen Balkin, Veronica Cartwright, and Hope Summers;

In The Heat Of the Night (1967), starring Rod Steiger, Sidney Poitier, Lee Grant, Warren Oats, Beah Richards, William Schallert, and Larry Gates;

---------------------------------

http://www.airwavemedia.com

Please contact [email protected] if you would like to advertise on our podcast.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices