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Saturday Cinema

Exploring the best in film music, with host Lynne Warfel. Listen live at 10 a.m. central every Saturday on YourClassical Radio — now 2 hours! And be sure to follow us on Letterboxd!

Flicks in Five - Spencer Tracy

Flicks in Five: Spencer Tracy

Flicks in Five: Spencer Tracy

A star long before he was paired on screen with Katharine Hepburn, Tracy's now legendary quote about the art of acting says it all: "Know your lines and don't run into the furniture."

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Flicks in Five: Steven Spielberg

Flicks in Five: Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg is one of Hollywood's most powerful director-producers, and we're taking a look at his early career and his Oscar wins.

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Flicks in Five: Life of Pi - Mychael Danna

Flicks in Five: Life of Pi - Mychael Danna

The Oscar-winning score is the backdrop to the story of a young Hindu boy, Pi, in the summer of 1977, surviving a shipwreck with a Bengal tiger named after an Edgar Allen Poe character.

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Flicks in Five: John Williams

Flicks in Five: John Williams

This weekend's Oscars ceremony marks John Williams' 48th nomination for best score and his 26th collaboration over 40 years with Steven Spielberg.

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Flicks in Five - Bette Davis

Flicks in Five - Bette Davis

Bette Davis was the nemesis to some Hollywood types and muse to others. Through the late 1930s and into the 1940s she was Hollywood's top leading lady, winning two Academy Awards.

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Flicks in Five: New Release of music from James Bond Films
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Flicks in Five - Lauren Bacall

Flicks in Five - Lauren Bacall

Betty Jean Perske started as a dancer, then went to acting school. When the tuition money ran out, she turned to modeling, and if not for an appearance on the cover of Harper's Bazaar, she might never have been cast opposite Humphrey Bogart.

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Flicks in Five: Charlie Chaplin
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Flicks in Five: Polar Express

Flicks in Five: Polar Express

Alan Silvestri's music to a Tom Hanks extravaganza with Hanks giving voice to at least four characters. Based on Chris van Allsburg's award winning kids' book.

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Flicks in Five: It's a Wonderful Life

Flicks in Five: It's a Wonderful Life

Two WWII vets just returned from front line action pair up in Hollywood to make one of the most touching movies of all time; Frank Capra's masterpiece about George Bailey's redemption in Bedford Falls.

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About Saturday Cinema

Exploring the best in film music, with host Lynne Warfel. Listen live at 10 a.m. central every Saturday on YourClassical Radio — now 2 hours! And be sure to follow us on Letterboxd!