You're Missing Out: A National Film Registry Podcast

The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) w/ Philip Womack

Episode Summary

"THEY FOUGHT for the right to rule SHE FOUGHT for the right to love" Author Philip Womack joins the show to discuss why David O. Selznick's celebrated 1937 adaptation of Anthony Hope's celebrated 1894 novel that should still be celebrated to this day. We talk Ruritanian romances, swashbuckling swordfights, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, and teaching dogs Latin.

Episode Notes

"THEY FOUGHT for the right to rule SHE FOUGHT for the right to love"

 

Author Philip Womack joins the show to discuss why David O. Selznick's celebrated 1937 adaptation of Anthony Hope's celebrated 1894 novel that should still be celebrated to this day. We talk Ruritanian romances, swashbuckling swordfights, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, and teaching dogs Latin.

 

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Michael Natale

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Philip Womack

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