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David and Suzan prove their courage by watching a possibly cursed video copy of Skippy, so if you haven’t heard from them next week, they’ve been claimed by a ghost girl from a well. Just in case the curse is real, they went ahead and finished out the 1930/1931 year with Trader Horn, as well, and just because they desperately wanted to watch something good, they threw in City Lights, the Charlie Chaplin film that was eligible in this year, but was robbed. Find out which movie should have won the Academy Award this year (as if it’s not totally obvious). 

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Year Eligible: 1930/1931 (Nominated)

Music: “Yes We Have No Bananas“ by Great White Way Orchestra, available at freemusicarchive.org 

(Explicit language, as always)

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What do your long suffering hosts do when they still can't find a copy, no matter how grey market, of the 1931 version of East Lynne? Why, they find a movie that should have been nominated for Best Picture and wasn't to review instead. Join Suzan and David for a very special SToT as they review a shockingly great (wink, wink) classic. No spoilers here, just listen! 

SHOW NOTES

Year Eligible: 1930/1931 (Nominated)

Music: "The Ghost of the Saxophone" by Collins and Harlan, available at freemusicarchive.org (with a little something extra thrown in-- listen to find out!)

(Explicit language, as always)

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Despite being extremely resourceful, your intrepid hosts did not manage to find a copy of East Lynne this week, as there’s apparently only one extent copy that sits in a vault at the UCLA film archives. As Suzan is in New York and didn’t want David to attempt a Mission Impossible style break-in without her, they’ve skipped ahead to the next movie, The Front Page. Ostensibly a fast paced story about muckraking journalists hiding an escaped anarchist condemned to execution, The Front Page has aged into an incomprehensible adaptation of a play that might have been a screwball comedy onstage but is a dark, misogynist, and mean spirited hundred minutes of film. 

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Year Eligible: 1930/1931 (Nominated)

Music: "Who's Sorry Now" by the Memphis Five, available at freemusicarchive.org 

(Explicit language, as always)

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This week kicks off the nominees for 1930/1931 Oscars, a year that the Academy seems to wish it could forget. (Only 3 of the 5 nominees exist outside of a single copy in a vault at the UCLA film archives!) Our intrepid hosts almost lost their will to move forward with the project at all after this year's honorees, but they persevered starting with this week's movie (and fittingly unlucky episode 13), Cimarron, the story of a politically woke dude, who still manages to be a bad partner and deadbeat dad, single handedly founding the state of Oklahoma. A series of barely connected, over the top dramatic moments, it's just a smorgasbord of Oscar bait with no real plot that annoys Suzan and basically breaks David's brain. Hold on to your seats, everyone, cause the Screen Test of Time is going to get weird.

SHOW NOTES

Year Eligible: 1930/1931 (Won)

Music: "Covered Wagon Days" by Ted Weems and His Orchestra, available at freemusicarchive.org

(Explicit language, as always)