Saturday Cinema

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco is one of those composers who arrived in Los Angeles, fleeing the onslaught of the fascist regmies, and at UCLA and in Beverly Hills,developed quite a cadre of stellar students. John Williams, Andre Previn, Hanry Mancini and Jerry Goldsmith.

A free-form overview of some big Oscar winners from the first "the Informer" through two centuries of film music.

Biggest winners in Oscar history: Hamlet, Lawrence of Arabia, Patton, Out of Africa, Dances with Wolves, Lord of the Rings/Return of the King

A look at the leading Oscar winners in the category of Best Director. Music from the films of John Ford, Steven Spielberg and William Wyler.

Celebrate Valentine's Day with some of the best scores from Hollywood romances. Rom coms, dramas, tear-jerkers from "Now, Voyager" to "When Harry Met Sally".

In a run-up to the Oscars in February, an overview of the biggest winners in Oscar history it eh category of Best Actor and Best Actress. Hepburn, Tracy, Streep and Day-Lewis.

Saturday Cinema: The Ebenezer Edition explores some of the great film interpretations of Dickens' classic tale. From Reginald Owen's 1938 feature through Alastair Sim to Albert Finney's musical Scrooge to The Muppets, enjoy your favorite telling of the tale.

Big hits of the season. Music from Christmas Favorites including "A Christmas Story', "Polar Express", "Home Alone" and more.

Dmitri Tiomkin's score for Capra's classic never entirely made the screen, but thanks to a restoration by David Newman, we hear some of what Tiomkin had in mind.

Trains can be romantic, dramatic or even sinister when they take a lead role in a murder or two. Films featuring trains.