Ticklish Business

TCM On-Locations tour guide Sarah Louise Lilley joins me as we look at CinemaScope, outrageous fashions, and Marilyn Monroe in How to Marry a Millionaire.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon.    NEXT TIME: Drea Clark joins in to start a new Centennial tribute, honoring actress Teresa Wright in 1943's Shadow of a Doubt.   CREDITS: Creator and Host: Kristen Lopez (@Journeys_Film) Guest: Sarah Louise Lilley (@sarahllilley) Editor: Amber Cortes (@yamsbrr) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Ticklish Business co-host Drea Clark joins me to talk about Centennial Celebrant, Robert Walker in his homefront drama Since You Went Away (1944).   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. If you become a Patron now you can listen to my bonus series, Based on a True Podcast and Doubled Features.   NEXT TIME: TCM tour guide Sarah Louise Lilley and I talk about Marilyn Monroe in 1953's How to Marry a Millionaire.   CREDITS: Creator and Host: Kristen Lopez (@Journeys_Film) Guest: Drea Clark (@thedreaclark) Editor: Amber Cortes (@yamsbrr) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author Tom Lisanti joins me to talk about his book, Talking Sixties Drive-In Movies and the 1965 Elvis Presley movie, Girl Happy.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon.    NEXT TIME: Drea Clark joins in to start a new Centennial tribute, honoring actress Robert Walker in 1944's Since You Went Away.   CREDITS: Creator and Host: Kristen Lopez (@Journeys_Film) Guest: Tom Lisanti (@tomlis) Editor: Amber Cortes (@yamsbrr) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nell Minow returns to close out our Centennial Celebrant on Rita Hayworth by discussing the bizarre Orson Welles feature, The Lady From Shanghai.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. And if you're a TCM Backlot member you can read my article about Rita Hayworth, which goes more in-depth on the actress and her work.   NEXT TIME: Samantha Ellis joins in to start a new Centennial tribute, honoring actress Nan Grey in 1936's Three Smart Girls.   CREDITS: Creator and Host: Kristen Lopez (@Journeys_Film) Guest: Nell Minow (@nminow) Editor: Amber Cortes (@yamsbrr) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nell Minow returns to celebrate our Centennial Celebrant for June, Rita Hayworth by discussing her turn as the ultimate femme fatale in 1946's Gilda.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. And if you're a TCM Backlot member you can read my article about Rita Hayworth, which goes more in-depth on the actress and her work.   NEXT TIME: Nell Minow returns as we discuss Rita Hayworth (and her hair) in 1947's The Lady From Shanghai.   CREDITS: Creator and Host: Kristen Lopez (@Journeys_Film) Guest: Nell Minow (@nminow) Editor: Amber Cortes (@yamsbrr) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest Lauren Humphries-Brooks is back to finish out May's Centennial Celebrant John Dall by discussing his turn as one half of a murderous couple (again) in Gun Crazy.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. Anyone who becomes a Patron in May enters to win a secret Ticklish Biz prize pack! And if you're a TCM Backlot member you can read my article about John Dall, which goes more in-depth on the actor and his work.   NEXT TIME: Nell Minnow jumps onto the show as we turn our attention to June's Centennial Celebrant Rita Hayworth and we start our discussion looking at 1946's Gilda.   CREDITS: Creator and Host: Kristen Lopez (@Journeys_Film) Guest: Lauren Humphries-Brooks (@lhbizness) Editor: Amber Cortes (@yamsbrr) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest Lauren Humphries-Brooks is back to discuss May's Centennial Celebrant John Dall by discussing his turn as one half of a murderous duo in Alfred Hitchcock's Rope.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. Anyone who becomes a Patron in May enters to win a secret Ticklish Biz prize pack! And if you're a TCM Backlot member you can read my article about John Dall, which goes more in-depth on the actor and his work.   NEXT TIME: Lauren Humphries-Brooks closes out our John Dall tribute by chatting with me about his 1950 film noir classic, Gun Crazy.   CREDITS: Creator and Host: Kristen Lopez (@Journeys_Film) Guest: Lauren Humphries-Brooks (@lhbizness) Editor: Amber Cortes (@yamsbrr) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The episode's a bit later than I anticipated but blame it on the TCM Classic Film Festival. Guest host Diana Bosch joins me to close out our William Holden tribute looking at our three favorite features starring him.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. Anyone who becomes a Patron in May enters to win a secret Ticklish Biz prize pack! And if you're a TCM Backlot member you can read my article about William Holden, which goes more in-depth on the actor and his work.   NEXT TIME: Lauren Humphries-Brooks joins me this month to honor actor John Dall starting with a look at his turn in the 1948 Alfred Hitchcock feature, Rope.   CREDITS: Creator and Host: Kristen Lopez (@Journeys_Film) Guest: Diana Bosch (@thedameupstairs) Editor: Amber Cortes (@yamsbrr) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Holden expert Diana Bosch joins me all month as we honor April's centennial star. Diana and I look at Holden's performance opposite Gloria Swanson in 1950's Sunset Boulevard.    Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. Anyone who becomes a Patron in April enters to win a secret Ticklish Biz prize pack! And if you're a TCM Backlot member you can read my article about William Holden, which goes more in-depth on the actor and his work.   NEXT TIME: Diana Bosch and I count down our top 3 favorite William Holden movies. Email or Tweet me your three and I'll read them on the episode!   CREDITS: Creator and Host: Kristen Lopez (@Journeys_Film) Guest: Diana Bosch (@thedameupstairs) Editor: Amber Cortes (@yamsbrr) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kimberly Pierce helps me close out our tribute to actor Robert Preston as we discuss the feature that made him a legend, the 1962 musical The Music Man.    Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. Anyone who becomes a Patron in April enters to win a secret Ticklish Biz prize pack! And if you're a TCM Backlot member you can read my article about Robert Preston right now, which goes more in-depth on the actress and his work.   NEXT TIME: Diana Bosch and I look start a month devote to William Holden by looking at his performance in 1950's Sunset Blvd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kimberly Pierce joins me this month as we honor March's Centennial Celebrant, Robert Preston. This episode we look at Preston's earliest major role in Cecil B. DeMille's 1939 epic Union Pacific.    Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. Anyone who becomes a Patron in March enters to win a secret Ticklish Biz prize pack! And if you're a TCM Backlot member you can read my article about Robert Preston right now, which goes more in-depth on the actress and his work.   NEXT TIME: Kimberly Pierce and I look at Preston's most famous role in the 1962 musical The Music Man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lauren Humphries-Brooks joins me once again as we honor February's Centennial Celebrant, Ida Lupino. This episode we look at Lupino as director with her 1950 drama Outrage.    Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. Anyone who becomes a Patron in March enters to win a secret Ticklish Biz prize pack! And if you're a TCM Backlot member you can read my article about Ida Lupino right now, which goes more in-depth on the actress and her work.   NEXT TIME: March kicks off a new centennial star to honor - actor Robert Preston! Kimberly Pierce joins me as we look at Preston's major cinematic debut in 1939's Union Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February's Centennial star is actress/director Ida Lupino. Lauren Humphries-Brooks returns this month as we look at Ida Lupino, actress, with the 1946 costume drama Devotion.    Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. And if you're a TCM Backlot member you can read my article about Ida Lupino right now, which goes more in-depth on the actress and her work.   NEXT TIME: Lauren Humphries-Brooks and I turn to Ida Lupino, director, and examine her 1950 feature Outrage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My Leonard Bernstein tribute comes to a close as Kaci Kielmar and I discuss Bernstein's only original film composition, 1954's On the Waterfront.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. And if you're a TCM Backlot member you can read my article about Leonard Bernstein right now, going further on the composer.   NEXT TIME: February brings the arrival of a two-episode tribute to director/actress Ida Lupino with guest Lauren Humphries-Brooks. Lauren joins me as we look at Lupino's acting work in 1946's Devotion.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My year-long Centennial Celebration kicks off with a two-episode look at composer Leonard Bernstein.   Guest Kaci Kielmar joins me to start things off with a look at Sharks, Jets and brownface in the Bernstein-composed musical adaptation, West Side Story.    Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. If you're a TCM Backlot member you can read my article about Leonard Bernstein right now, going further on the composer.   NEXT TIME: Our Bernstein tribute continues with a look at the only score he created for a film, 1954's On the Waterfront. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest Diana Bosch joins me as we share the classic films we each discovered in 2017. Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. Right now Patrons can vote on which centennial star I'll be honoring in February.  NEXT TIME: Ticklish Business' year-long Centennial Celebration kicks off with a tribute to composer Leonard Bernstein and 1961's West Side Story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A belated Christmas gift sees my Walt Sent Me cohost Todd Liebenow join me in a special crossover episode as we discuss Cary Grant in 1947's The Bishop's Wife. If you want to hear our thoughts on The Bishop's Wife's 1995 remake, The Preacher's Wife you can find it by listening to Walt Sent Me.  Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. NEXT TIME: Diana Bosch joins me to discuss our classic film discoveries of 2017! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Podcaster Lauren Humphries-Brooks joins me as we talk Barbara Stanwyck, feminism and whether Dennis Morgan is good in the 1945 romantic drama Christmas in Connecticut.  Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. NEXT TIME: The final Christmas episode of the year sees Todd Liebenow join me to talk about the 1947 drama The Bishop's Wife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Christmas at Ticklish Business and our first episode sees guest Howard Casner and I compare and contrast the 1947 George Seaton feature, Miracle on 34th Street, with the 1994 remake. Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. NEXT TIME: Lauren Humphries-Brooks joins me as we visit Barbara Stanwyck for a Christmas in Connecticut (1944). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How appropriate that our 31st episode comes out on Halloween night. In the last of four special Halloween episodes I talk to writer Kimberly Pierce about William Castle's House on Haunted Hill (1959). Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review, or becoming a Patron via Patreon NEXT TIME: In honor of Veronica Lake's 95th birthday I share a special tribute episode in her honor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices