Saturday Cinema

On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel takes a look at the career of one of film history's great leading men -- Clark Gable. We'll hear music from the score to Gable's final film, 'The Misfits'.

On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel discusses the 1955 musical film version of 'Kismet'. We'll hear some of Borodin's melodies, and a song featuring actors Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, and Vic Damone.

One of Hollywood's most lauded director-composer collaborations was that between David Lean and Maurice Jarre for 1984's 'A Passage to India'. This week on Flicks in Five, we'll hear Jarre conducting his own music for the film.

On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel looks at the career of Ron Howard, and shares music from his 1995 film, 'Apollo 13'.

One of Robin Williams's most memorable roles was that of unconventional teacher John Keating in 1989's 'Dead Poets Society'. In this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel will share some of Maurice Jarre's music from that award-winning film.

He considered film music to be 'operas without words' and his movie scores earned three Oscar nominations -- including one win for Best Original Score. This week on Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel discusses Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and shares music from his soundtrack to 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex'.

Stanley Kramer became known as a director of 'message movies', taking on tough subjects of the day, but it was his big budget, all-star shot at comedy that endeared him to many. This week on Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel looks at Kramer's 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'.

Austrian-born American director Billy Wilder brought us many films in his trademark black and white, but it was his 1958 comedy starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe that earned him a place in the annals of film history. On this week's Flicks in Five, listen to music from 'Some Like It Hot'.

Alfred Hitchcock arrived in Hollywood in the 1930s, and by the late 1950s, his nine-stroke pencil caricature had become internationally famous. In 1960, Hitch released of one of his best known films, 'Psycho'. On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel will share some of Bernard Herrmann's unforgettable music from that soundtrack.

August 1st marks the birthday of film composer Jerome Moross -- best known for his soundtrack music composed for 1958's "The Big Country." On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel discusses Moross and that Academy Award-nominated score.