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While Wendy is away visiting rehab facilities for possible admission in the fall, Donna and Joey discuss future cruising plans, mistaken identities, theatre talk and a new gender neutral dress code at work.  What could possibly go wrong?

The end of January has ushered in the latest batch of Oscar nominees. Hence our episode of Classics this month focuses on one of the most nominated films of all time: 1950s All About Eve. This film weaves a familiar cat-and-mouse story of jealousy and ambition but offers one of the best scripts ever written for the screen and contains career-defining performances from Bette Davis and Oscar-winner for this film George Sanders. Needless to say, there is much to discuss here!

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Holy smokies, Goodrich Gevaart is back in the Palace of Sin for another installment of Happy Hour Sam'mich Time. We had so much fun on last week's episode that I convinced Goody to keep the party going!! Hey...    you party? That's good cause you're in the right place. Today we listen to the self titled, 1973 debut release from Betty Davis, which gets tings turned up real quick. I love this album and I think you will too. We're already kind of pervs, but that beacon of sexual empowerment really turns our cranks up to 11, if you catch my drift. Do I need to spell it out for you? Look, we get horny, okay? You have heard this show before right? No? Well, what a great place to start! Go ahead and subscribe, give the show a good rating on itunes and tell your friends. Thanks for that, I appreciate it. Now we can just focus on the horniness of it all.

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Episode 23: Hocus Pocus  

Amanda discusses the Halloween classic, Hocus Pocus, with return guest, Shane, and first time guests, Marianne and Keith. Amanda has a revelation about Jimi Hendrix, Marianne wants a sibling like Dani or Max, Shane thinks he might be from an alternate reality, and Keith is not as enchanted by the film as everyone else.  

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We've reached the final entry in our first Bette Davis series (first of many if Lady P has anything to say about it). Our previous 'All About Bette' episodes covered Davis' turns in All About Eve (1950) and The Little Foxes (1941). Rounding out this glorious trifecta is the sister act that would come to define the latter, post-Studio System, half of Bette's career: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962). 

Largely due to the infamous feud between the film's two larger than life stars, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, Baby Jane is now primarily remembered as a campy novelty film. We at Flixwise are certainly no strangers to the art of playful exaggeration (See our Johnny Guitar episode). However, in the case of Baby Jane, we want to make sure that film's reputation as drag queen fodder, hasn't overshadowed the abject terror and sadness at the heart of the story. We also want to highlight the film's great formal achievements. Director/referee Robert Aldrich does a masterful job creating a sense of claustrophobia and dread, while also guiding two of Hollywood's biggest leading ladies through performances that would, for better or for worse, cement their respective personas for future generations.

For our previous 'All About Bette' entries Kristen Sales and Anne Marie Kelly gave pitches for why their favorite Davis film should be included in the Flixwise canon. Now it's Lady P's turn to convince skeptics, Kristen and Anne Marie that this perennial horror classic is worthy of the Flixwise Favorite's list. Will she succeed? Pull up a chair and give it listen to find out.

We have officially made it through the Top 50 of the Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time list! Let's all pat ourselveson the back and celebrate a job partially done. In all seriousness, this a proud moment for our show and we're excited to mark the occasion. Let us continue our commemoration of getting a 5th of the way through this seemingly endless list by raising a glass to one of Hollywood's most enduring and tenacious screen icons, Bette Davis.

Today's show is the second in our three-part Bette Davis marathon: All About Bette. In our first entry, we discussed Davis's career-defining turn in Joseph Mankiewicz's All About Eve (1950). This time we're tackling a less-widely seen Davis film, the 1941 adaptation of  Lillian Hellman's play,The Little Foxes (1941).  Lady P is joined once again by Kristen Sales and Anne Marie Kelly to talk about why The Little Foxes deserves greater recognition among Bette's filmography.

Talking points include Davis's relationship with the film's director, William Wyler, and the deep-focus cinematography courtesy of Director of Photography, Gregg Toland (which inevitably leads to comparisons with Citizen Kane). They also attempt to put the film in historical context and talk about why 1940s Hollywood was so into making turn-of-the-century family dramas (see also Meet Me in St. Louis and The Magnificent Ambersons). Finally, they decide whether or not The Little Foxes is worthy of the Flixwise Favorites list.  

Ladies and gentleman, Flixwise has officially completed its review of the Top 50 Sight and Sound's Greatest Films of All Time. It's been a long time coming and we can think of no better way to mark the occasion than by having a Bette Davis podcast marathon... because every occasion should be cause to celebrate the fiercest queen in Hollywood history. 

Curiously, there weren't any Bette Davis movies on the Top 50 list. And curiouser still, there doesn't appear to be any Davis in the remaining 200. Fortunately, the Flixwise gang is here to correct this egregious error.

On today's show, we're kicking of our 'All About Bette' series with the film that many consider the pinnacle of her acting career: All About Eve (1950). Flixwise regular, Kristen Sales, tells listeners why she thinks All About Eve is one of the greatest films of all time. She'll have to convince host, Lady P, and fellow regular, Anne Marie Kelly, that Joseph Mankiewicz's celebration of "the theataar" and all of its backstage bickering is worthy of the Flixwise Favorites List.

Expect heaps of praise for Davis, George Sanders, Anne Baxter, and Thelma Ritter. Plus, an explanation for that weird scene with Eve and her "roommate".

This week we catch up and talk about what we have been watching and Josh shares his favorite trailer of the year.  We also talk about a movie that serves as an addendum to our previous episode about difficult movies to watch, starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.  Subscribe on iTunes:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebookpage:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

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Episode 3 of Front Row Flashbacks is here! We at The Front Row want to wish you all a happy Halloween as we take you on the terrifyingly delightful tale of the Sanderson Sisters and their various attempts to suck the life out of the children of Salem Massachusetts in the Disney classic "Hocus Pocus". Not only are we reviewing what some of us would call the quintessential Halloween film, but Jeremy and Craig were so happy to welcome in their wives, Anna McFarland and Sara Baltusevich-Goeckner for the first time to the podcast! Hopefully it won't be the last time because a fun time was had by all! We hope you enjoy as much as we did!

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It's almost Halloween. You know what that means, right? Because, I didn't. Apparently, it means that millennials like to watch Hocus Pocus. That's right - to some people, apparently Halloween is synonymous with a Bette Middler movie. Is it any good, or do some of us have irrational childhood memories? Joins us as we rewatch Hocus Pocus.

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Den amerikanska skådespelerskan Bette Davis (1908-1989) trotsade gängse skönhetsideal i Hollywood med sin udda look och stil.

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Bette Davis var långt ifrån någon klassisk skönhet. Hon var kort med stora ögon och mungipor som pekade neråt oavsett hur mycket hon log. Men framför allt var hon var helt ointresserad av att förvandla sig till någon ”filmstjärna” genom att färga håret, förändra tänderna och klä sig i det senaste modet. Men hon briljerade i roller där hon fick gestalta kvinnor med syra och sälta, inte minst i replikerna. I veckans STIL berättar vi mer om denna stilbildande kvinna.

Bette Davis gjorde saker på sitt sätt, och hon gjorde det i en tid då kvinnor inte självklart kunde sätta ner foten, begära uppmärksamhet och respekt. Hon var inte alltid lätt att tampas med.  ”Jag har varit kompromisslös, hetsig, obeveklig, tjurig, taktlös, labil och ofta fruktansvärt besvärlig att ha att göra med”, som hon själv konstaterade. Inte helt utan ett visst mått av belåtenhet. ”Jag antar att jag är större än livet”, som hon tillade.

I år är det åttio år sedan Bette Davis mottog sin första Oscar, 1935 – vilket egentligen bara vara början på en karriär, och en yrkesutövning, som idag betraktas som storartad, på många sätt. För Bette Davis var verkligen inte som andra Hollywoodstjärnor, eller som hon själv sade: ”det finns skådespelare och det finns filmstjärnor”. Det rådde aldrig någon tvekan om att Bette Davis inte hade mycket till övers för de senare. Hon konstaterade att: ”Hollywood föredrog platinablondiner och deras ben, mer än talang”.

I veckans program träffar vi skådespelaren Ingela Olsson, som även hon har tagit plats på scenen med ofta udda och excentriska roller. Just nu är hon aktuell på Teater Galeasen i Stockholm i Sara Stridsbergs nyskrivna pjäs Konsten att falla. Vi träffar också filmhistorikern Mikaela Kindblom, som visar runt i Filmstaden i Råsunda, där en betydande del av svensk film producerades under första delen av 1900-talet. Och så pratar vi med Mathilda Nilsson och Hanna Rudeback från den den svenska designduon Nhorm, som inspireras av klänningar från röda mattan.

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It's episode 60! When did that happen? We realized that every 20 episodes, we do a commentary episode, so why not keep the tradition alive? Join in as we watch Big Business starring Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin. Enjoy!

Bette Midler (1945-) är en artist som obesvärat har rört sig mellan bögklubbar, Broadway, biodukar och Billboardlistor de senaste fyrtio åren, plus. Hon tillhör de sällsynta artister som kan göra det mesta på en scen, med bravur. Nu är hon aktuell med sin första skiva på åtta år, Its the girls heter den och susade rakt in på den amerikanska försäljningslistan. I veckans STIL berättar vi mer om denna krutdurk till kvinna som kallats för den mest intagande, roligaste, vulgäraste, allvarligaste, mest behändiga, sämst klädda, personligaste, mest groteska person som struttat, ålat, skuttat, trippat, snubblat och kört elektrisk rullstol över en scen. Och det gjorde hon 1978. Före Lady Gaga.

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Ställer man frågan: ”Vad tänker du på om man säger Bette Midler”, får man de mest skiftande svar, lite beroende på den svarandes ålder. Somliga minns henne som skruvad komedienne i filmer som: På luffen i Beverly Hills, Hjärtlösa typer, Par i damer och så förstås – snyftaren Beaches, där Bette Midler även sjunger filmens tårdrypande temalåt: ”Wind beneath my wings. Den fick hon även en Grammy för, den utsågs till ”Årets skiva” 1990. Riktigt gamla och minnesgoda kanske även drar sig till minnes filmen The Rose. Och de som idag är redo att kvittera ut pension känner även till att hon en gång i tidernas begynnelse uppträdde på ”The Continental Baths” i New York, ett badhus som vände sig till homosexuella män. Det var där hon började blomma och bli till den allroundartist hon idag är – hon kan sjunga, dansa, skådespela och leverera skämt som får vuxna män att rodna. 

Bette Midler har mycket riktigt blivit utnämnd till ”bögikon”. Det är hon inte ensam att kallas, även artister som Liza Minnelli, Marlene Dietrich, Zarah Leander och Diana Ross dras med eptitet. Men vad betyder det? Egentligen? Det benar vi ut i veckans program tillsammans med kulturskribenten Stefan Ingvarsson. Vi har även talat med komikerna Karin Adelsköld och Helena Sandström om det vanliga påståendet att kvinnor inte vinner lika mycket på att vara roliga och ta plats som män. Det stämmer väl inte, längre? Vi har även träffat artisten Zhala som, i likhet med Bette Midler, musikaliskt rör sig fritt mellan olika genrer.

Veckans gäst är Christer Lindarw, kostymör och grundare av After Dark.