Link to "Shame & Scandal (In the Family):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJyVB_sqh3E
Special Thanks to Adam Roche for his excellently researched podcast The Secret History of Hollywood - Shadows. This is a multi-hour epic documentary about Val Lewton's life and work. https://www.attaboyclarence.com/the-secret-history-of-hollywood
Val Lewton (1904-1951) (nee Vladimir Ivanovich Hofschneider in Imperial Russia; mother's maiden name was Leventon)
Top Four Must-See Val Lewton movies:
1) I Walked with Zombie
2) Cat People
3) Rita: The Ghost Ship; Xoe: The 7th Victim
Universal Studios horror classics:
Frankenstein (1931) - starring Boris Karloff
Dracula (1931) - starring Bela Lugosi
The Black Cat (1941) - exemplar of Universal formula mixing equal parts of suspense/horror and comedy; directed by Albert Rogell, brother of Sid Rogell who was Val Lewton's boss for during his early career.
Lewton's filmography as producer:
Cat People (1942) (Jacques Tourneur)
I Walked with a Zombie (1943) (Tourneur)
The Leopard Man (1943) (Tourneur)
7th Victim (1943) (Mark Robson)
The Ghost Ship (1943) (Robson) - Theme: Corruption caused by power/authority
Curse of the Cat People (1944 (Gunther von Fritsch, Robert Wise)
Mademoiselle Fifi (1944) (Wise)
Youth Runs Wild (1944) (Robson)
The Body Snatcher (1945) (Wise)
Isle of the Dead (1945) (Wise)
Bedlam (1946) (Robson)
My Own True Love (1948) (Paramount)
Please Believe Me (1950) (MGM)
Apache Drums (1951) (Universal)
Intro and extro music: "Future mind" by Powerbleeder. Thanks David!
Foibles Episode 32: Barbara Stanwyck- The Incomparable Babs
Foibles Episode 31: Narcissists, Assassins, and Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Foibles Episode 30: All That Heaven Allows/ Far From Heaven/ Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Foibles Episode 29: ”That Demmed Elusive Pimpernel” The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
Foibles Episode 28: The Prior Brothers, Genre Film‘s Born Killers
Foibles Episode 27: Archy and Mehitable- Toujours Gai
Foibles Episode 26: The Murderbot Diaries
Foibles Episode 24: The Silver Prose of Mary Mapes Dodge
Foibles Episode 23 Pt. IV: Val Lewton- Fadeout
Foibles Episode 23 Pt. III: Val Lewton- The End of the Golden Age
Foibles Episode 23 Pt. I: Val Lewton and The Dark Subconcious
Foibles Episode 22: Mildred Pierce: Good Mother or Martyr?
Foibles Episode 21 Pt. III: Jane Eyre- Screen Rochesters Rated
Foibles PSA Regarding COVID-19
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Foibles Episode 21 Pt I: Jane Eyre "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me"
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