The Oscar Project Podcast
A discussion of all the films nominated for Oscars, starting in 1929, plus interviews with filmmakers and authors writing about the film industry.
The Oscar Project Podcast
4.48-The Royal Family of Broadway with Rebecca Deniston
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Today's episode is my conversation about the 1930 film The Royal Family of Broadway and I'm joined by Rebecca Deniston who writes the Taking Up More Room newsletter, and we talk about the distinct lack of story evident in the film, the complete ostentatiousness of every frame of the film, and how much influence the poor transfer of this film made on our opinion of it overall.
You can watch The Royal Family of Broadway on YouTube and be sure to check out Rebecca's newsletter and her website takinguproom.com.
Other films mentioned in this episode include:
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! directed by Chuck Jones
- Laughter directed by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
- All Quiet on the Western Front directed by Lewis Milestone
- Gone With the Wind directed by Victor Fleming
- The Wizard of Oz directed by Victor Fleming
- The Women directed by George Cukor
- My Fair Lady directed by George Cukor
- Citizen Kane directed by Orson Welles
- Cimarron directed by Wesley Ruggles
- You Can't Take It With You directed by C.C. Coleman and Frank Capra
- The Broadway Melody directed by Harry Beaumont (previous episode on The Broadway Melody with Kevin Pettit)
- Stage Door Canteen directed by Frank Borzage
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