The Harvey Girls - Cut scenes and Fires and Happy Endings OH MY! (Part 8)
Oh no, our last Harvey Girls episode! Will the straight-laced waitresses prevail or will the saloon girls dance away with the men of Sandrock? They have a big dancing party to fight it out!Conor Grant joins me one last time as we wrap up our analysis of the 1946 Judy Garland film. Our main goal is trying to piece together the heavily edited last act of this film, we had to be forensic experts for this! Plus we get the Dorothy and Scarecrow reunion we’ve always longed for (we missed them most of all).Thanks for listening! Derek Instagram: @thedreamfactorypod bio.site/thedreamfactorypod
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The Harvey Girls -The Wild, Wild West (Part 7)
Our latest episode exploring the MGM musical The Harvey Girls finally turns our attention to the other women in the cast: the deadpan and fabulous singer Virginia O’Brien and the gifted dancer soon to be MGM superstar Cyd Charisse.The movie is forging ahead and Conor and I are trying to keep up with the numerous characters and even more numerous cut scenes plus some cool filming locations! And we end with a fabulous fight scene between the good Harvey girls and the sassy saloon girls.Thanks for listening! Derek Instagram: @thedreamfactorypod bio.site/thedreamfactorypod
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The Harvey Girls - Judy Holds up the Saloon (Part 6)
In this episode of our breakdown of the MGM classic The Harvey Girls, I’m once again joined by Conor to sing the praises of some incredible women who contributed so much to this film. Plus we discuss what happens when “Judy gets the meat”!Musical arranger turned author Kay Thompson was a key member of the Freed unit at this time, adding the stylish sophistication to the unit that is unmistakably present in The Harvey Girls. The legendary Angela Lansbury played the villainous showgirl Em at just age 19 and was so good she was hissed at in public for being so mean to Judy!Thanks for listening! Derek Instagram: @thedreamfactorypod bio.site/thedreamfactorypod
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The Harvey Girls - Catfishing and Waitress Training (Part 5)
The Harvey Girls dissection continues as Conor and I discuss the scenes that follow the epic “On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe” musical number where our heroine Judy Garland meets her fiance via correspondence for the first time and realizes she’s been catfished! We also explore the lives of some of the film’s key character actors (Chill Wills!) and discuss the young upstart director of this movie, George Sidney.We also explore the climate of MGM in 1945 and the growing power of the musical unit helmed by songwriter turned producer Arthur Freed. Freed’s films were so successful that he had free reign over the resources of the studio to take chances with movies and push musicals forward.Thanks for listening! Derek Instagram: @thedreamfactorypod bio.site/thedreamfactorypod
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The Harvey Girls - On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (Part 4)
If The Harvey Girls is remembered for anything it’s the incredible music number “On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe.” Conor and I discuss the entire 8.5 minute cinematic extravaganza in detail, highlighting the cast and musical geniuses behind the scenes who make this rousing, Oscar-winning moment come to life onscreen. The term “deep dive” was invented for episodes like this as we explore unsung performers like Dorothy Tuttle, Ben Carter, Eleanor Bailey, Dorothy Raye, all of whom have their moments in this big musical number that culminates in an incredible Garland solo. This moment is peak MGM!Thanks for listening! Derek Instagram: @thedreamfactorypod bio.site/thedreamfactorypod
The Dream Factory is a podcast about the sometimes magical, sometimes terrifying world of MGM studios during Hollywood's golden age. Join host Derek Lajeunesse and fellow movie fans as they reawaken the ghosts of MGM, deep diving into people and the films that defined an era of moviemaking.
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