The 3 Best Lions, Towers & Shields Podcast Episodes
1) 42: A Hot Chocolate of a Movie
This is Shelly’s current favorite classic holiday movie. It begins just before Christmas and runs New Years, and that totally counts! It’s sweet, it’s a romance and it’s well-acted. It stars Ginger Ro...Show More
2) 31: The Patriarchy: You're Swimming In It
Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard and a stellar cast of supporting actresses are just doing the best they can, moving through their upper-class New York world....
3) 6: We'll Begin with a Reign of Terror
We’re watching James Whale’s “The Invisible Man.”...
4) 140: Say More. Say It Now. Tell Us Everything!
By request, we take on this late-50s musical, directed by Stanley Donan. Our stars are Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn and Kay Thompson. (I’ll have lots to say about Kay.) Revolving, as it does around th...Show More
5) 138: The Hot Ronald Colman
Someone suggested we honor the films of 1926 — 100 years ago — and so we shall. Beau Geste has been remade often, but here is the original, starring Ronald Colman in his matinee idol period. S recent ...Show More
6) 137: 714 Home Runs And At Least Two Murders
The LTS lineup drafts baseball movies for your enjoyment. At least one choice from every panelist must fall within our old-timey timeline, but newer films about bats and balls make it in, too. And don...Show More
7) 134: Hotness Is A Reason
Gene Tierney does comedy. John Lund is not bad. And THELMA RITTER IS THE BEST....
8) 133: Clown Car Full of Raincoats
Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly. Gotta be a musical, right? Actually, it’s a film noir, whose connection to Christmas is limited at best. So much misdirection, and I haven’t even told you the plot....
9) 132: Clothes, Cars and Acreage
Tracy and Hepburn do “battle of the sexes” and help Judy Holiday launch her film career. There’s a random Cole Porter song, and T & H are adorable. George Cukor directs a great scrip...Show More
10) 127: Kind Of A Nice Snack
Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy podcast. Bette Davis in her most iconic role, attempts to fend off the usurping Anne Baxter. The drama plays out in the New York theatre. There’s a witt...Show More