Saturday Cinema

Saturday Cinema presents a survey of some of the best music winners from films in the ‘30s and ‘40s, from “The Informer” to “The Heiress,” with guest host Kevin O'Connor.

A look at the heyday of feature films made at MGM.

A look at the heyday of feature films made at Warner Brothers’ Studios.

A special Valentine’s Day hour with guest host Bill Morelock.

Celebrating John Williams’ 90th birthday with some of his best (and rare) film scores AND the debut of his brand new recording conducting the Berlin Philharmonic.

Perusing the Top 100 film list from The American Film Institute, a quick grab bag of the best of the best scores.

Leonard Bernstein's contributions to the movies. He only had one "original" soundtrack to "On the Waterfront", but we also listen to the two film versions of "West Side Story", "On the Town" and "Wonderful Town".

A very brief overview of race in Hollywood from Hattie McDaniel’s controversial Oscar winning portrayal of “Mammy” to Sidney Poitier’s win three decade later. Also the contributions of 21st century actors, directors and composers.

Today’s show was intended as a look at famous film folks’ birthdays: Cary Grant, Vanessa Redgrave, Kevin Costner, but with the passings of both Peter Bogdanovich and Sidney Poitier on January 6th, the last half of the who is an impromptu tribute to both film giants.

Marking great New Year’s scenes AND National Sci-Fi (Unofficial) Day on the 2nd.