Saturday Cinema

Celebrate the luck of the Irish with great Irish themed films.

A request from two avid Saturday Cinema fans, Rick Halvorson and Jeffrey Kern of Philadelphia's University of the Arts and Philly Pops. Great epic film scores that include choirs. The Lion in Winter, The Mission, Amistad, Saving Private Ryan.

Another great listener request idea. Film scores from great serious and comic swashbuckling films. Zorro! The Sea Hawk, Captain Blood, The Crimson Pirate.

Saturday Cinema features music from the films of four great actresses -- Bette Davis, Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren and Lauren Bacall -- with host Lynne Warfel.

Rarities from Max Steiner, one of the grand old men of Hollywood's Golden Age of film music, AND the soon-to-be 89 year old John Williams

Steve Seel is the guest host on a show looking back to the famous films people we lost over 2020.

Five year old Emma, from Annapolis, MD, suggested (through Dad) a program of some of the movies' biggest heroes. The usual superheroes, but also Norma Rae, Atticus finch and more. Way to go, Emma!

A look at a few of the best adaptations of the Dickens classic: Alastair Sim, Albert Finney, Michael Caine (and Kermit the Frog!), George C. Scott, Patrick Stewart.

A potpourri of holiday film favorites: Home Alone, Polar Express, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Man Who Invented Christmas and more.

The biggest portion of today's show is a huge suite from "It's a Wonderful Life". A reconstruction of what Dmitri Tiomkin originally intended, only to have most of his score on the cutting room floor.