Fade to Chat: Golden Age Cinema

After the Thin Man - 1936

Marty and Cindy pick up where The Thin Man left off, same train, same song, same peignoir, for a New Year's Eve in San Francisco, a murder, and a very young Jimmy Stewart

Touch of Evil - 1958

Marty Jencius and Cindy Rotz cross the border into Orson Welles's fever-dream noir, where a car bomb, a crooked cop, and a studio recut collide in one of the most argued-

Notorious - 1946

Marty Jencius and Cindy Rotz take on Hitchcock's Notorious, the spy romance in which a government man recruits the woman he loves, hands her to a Nazi, and watches. ESSE

The Day the Earth Stood Still - 1951

An alien envoy lands in Washington with a warning for the entire planet, is shot before he can deliver it, and goes to ground as an ordinary boarder named Mr. Carpenter w

The Wizard of Oz - 1939

A Kansas farm girl swept by a tornado into the magical land of Oz teams up with a Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion to seek help from the Wizard, only to learn she ha

The Thin Man - 1934

When inventor Clyde Wynant vanishes days before hisdaughter's wedding and his secretary turns up murdered, retired detective Nick Charles is pulled back into the case by

Hush . . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte - 1964

Cindy and Marty discuss a 37-year-unsolved decapitation, a decaying Louisiana mansion, and an aging recluse who may — or may not — be losing her grip on reality: Robert A

Bridge on the River Kwai - 1957

Fade to Chat: Golden Age Cinema dives into David Lean's Oscar-sweeping WWII epic The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), unpacking the true story behind Colonel Nicholson's

Witness for the Prosecution - 1957

A dying-but-defiant barrister takes on one last case: an amiable inventor accused of murdering the wealthy widow who adored him, with only his cool, unreadable wife stand

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) — Holly, Moon River, and the Cat With No Name

Marty Jencius and Cindy Rotz check into the most famous brownstone in movie history. Blake Edwards' 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's novella gave us Audrey Hepburn in G

The Pink Panther (1963)

Marty and Cindy share some trivia and context from the first Pink Panther movie Film Essentials Director: BlakeEdwards  |  Stars: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wag

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - 1948

Director/Screenplay: John Huston (based on the 1927 B.Traven novel)  Stars: Humphrey Bogart (Fred C. Dobbs), Walter Huston(Howard), Tim Holt (Bob Curtin), Bruce Bennett (

And Then There Were None (1945)

Marty and Cindy review the film adaptation of Agatha Christie's favorite work. Title: And Then There Were None (1945) Director: René Clair | Screenplay: Dudley Nichols

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Cindy and Marty settle on a favorite large cast comedy, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Film Overview • Title: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) | Director

Father Goose (1964)

Cindy and Marty talk about a favorite childhood movie and Marty remembers Black and White scotch THE FILM - Father Goose (1964) Director: Ralph Nelson  | Screenplay: Pe

The Maltese Falcom (1941)

Marty and Cindy review the great film noir classic. Film Overview Title: The Maltese Falcon (1941) Director: John Huston | Screenplay: John Huston (based on Dashie

High Society (1956)

Cindy and Marty talk about High Society, a musical pairing of Sinatra and Crosby with Grace Kelly . Title: High Society (1956) Director: Charles Walters Screenplay: Jo

The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Marty and Cindy converse about the male urge for infidelity after seven years of marriage as depicted in The Seven Year Itch (1955) Title: The Seven Year Itch (1955) Di

The Spiral Staircase (1946)

Cindy and Marty chat about a gothic-style thriller The Spiral Staircase. ◆ THE SOURCE MATERIAL - Based on Ethel Lina White’s 1933 novel Some Must Watch; major changes

My Man Godfrey (1936)

Marty and Cindy speak about their impressions of the Depression-era comedy My Man Godfrey TRIVIA & PRODUCTION NOTES Source Material Based on Eric Hatch's 1935 serial