Saturday Cinema

A suggestion for Listener Patricia Ward.  Scores from films celebrating (or satirizing) the film business. "Singin' in the Rain," "Cinema Paradiso,” "The Artist,” "The Bad and the Beautiful," and more.

A retrospective of nearly 90 years of Oscars.  How the musical categories changed over the years. Which year had THE most nominations?  Best Original Score and Best Song winners.  Part two, 1961 to today.

A retrospective of nearly 90 years of Oscars.  How the musical categories changed over the years. Which year had THE most nominations?  Best Original Score and Best Song winners.  Part one, 1935 to 1960.

An overview of the early life and career of Billy along with some of his favorite "Stock" players and their films with and without Billy.  Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, William holden and Audrey Hepburn.  

Music from some of the more unexpected sources for Fairy Tales on film. Sure a Disney or two, but mostly things like "Chocolat", "La Belle et la Bete", "Hans Christian Andersen" and "The Red Shoes".

By request, an hour of movie music whose films include foot races, horse races, motorcycle chases, flying bicycles and more. Music from "The Great Race", "Around the World in 80 Days", "Grand Prix" "Ben-Hur", "Chariots of Fire" and more.

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.