3.100-Sarah and Son with Matthew Carlson

Today's episode is my conversation about the 1930 film Sarah and Son. I'm joined by Matthew Carlson from the What Am I Making newsletter and we talk about whether the film would even survive today if not for Chatterton's Academy Award nomination for her performance as Sarah, compare lost films to what it would be like if our music catalog was missing dozens of Elvis or Beatles recordings, and learn about interesting familial connections and an actress who was a bit of a daredevil in her spare time.

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Other films mentioned in this episode include:

• Anna Christie directed by Clarence Leon Brown
• "The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station" directed by the Lumière Brothers
• The Devil's Holiday directed by Edmund Goulding
• All Quiet on the Western Front directed by Lewis Milestone
• Gone With the Wind directed by Victor Fleming
• Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) directed by Rouben Mamoulian
• The Best Years of Our Lives directed by William Wyler
• Inherit the Wind directed by Stanley Kramer
• Death of a Salesman directed by László Benedek
• The Fighting Lady directed by Edward Steichen
• Raising Arizona directed by Joel Coen
• The Divorcee directed by Robert Z. Leonard

Other referenced topics:

• Roseanne (series)
• The Big Bang Theory (series)
• Young Sheldon (series)
• New York Times review of the film
• Catherine writing on obscurecinemamagic
• Homeward Bound (book) by Ruth Chatterton