15. Holiday (1938): Not Caring is Cool

Today we’re taking a look at Holiday (1938), arguably the most understated of Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn’s four films together. We discuss the early years and muses of playwright Philip Barry, Holiday‘s role in launching Hepburn’s career, her contentious but unwavering friendship with director George Cukor, and we finally have a legitimate reason to talk about Lew Ayres — plus Candice serves up another edition of her Puppet Corner and tackles the ultimate question: is it weird that Edward Everett Horton lived with his mom?

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10. Remember the Night (1940): Ayn Rand’s Winter Wonderland

One week and three days late, we emerge…triumphant?…with a very belated Christmas episode about Remember the Night (1940). We discuss Barbara Stanwyck’s work ethic, Fred MacMurray’s emotional repression, the world of contrasts between Mitchell Leisen and Preston Sturges as directors, and poor Sterling Holloway just trying to make it through the day.

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