Book Vs Movie
All About Eve
The Margos talk about one of the most famous fictional “Margos" in entertainment
The Margos are All About Eve in this Bette Davis-centered episode and considered us buckled up for this bumpy ride!
The story is based on actress/writer Mary Orr’s short story for Cosmopolitan magazine “The Wisdom of Eve” published in December 1946. It tells the tale of an actress (Margo Channing) who is threatened by a younger ingenue, Eve Harrington. At the time, people suspected it was secretly about the supposed rivalry on Broadway between Tallulah Bankhead and her understudy Lizabeth Scott. Orr claims it was actually about Martina Lawrence and Elizabeth Bergner.
The story was bought by 20th Century Fox for $5000 and writer/director Joseph Mankiewicz created the script that would become the classic film that won six Academy Awards, fantastic performances, and a plethora of quotable lines that have lasted to this day.
In this ep the Margos discuss:
- The All About Eve origin story
- Which actors did (and did not) get along
- Trivia about the film and behind the scenes gossip
- The amazing women in the film
- The unusual number of retakes created a year after the film was first made
- The cast Bette Davis (Margo Channing,) Anne Baxter (Eve Harrington,) George Sanders (Addison DeWitt,) Celeste Holm (Karen Richards,) Gary Merill (Bill Simpson,) Marilyn Monroe (Miss Casswell,) and Thelma Ritter (Birdie Coonan.)
Clips Featured:
- All About Eve trailer
- Eve meets Miss Casswell
- “Fasten your seatbelts…”
- Bill loves Margo
- Margo describes what it means to be a woman
- Eve now belongs to Addison
- Outro music Bette Davis Eyes (Performed by Kim Carnes)
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Book Vs Movie
The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler’s Novel Vs the Bogie/Bacall Classic Film
The Margos are both working from home these days so we have some extra time to devote to the show. Meaning--a new episode each week for the foreseeable future. (Huzzah!)
This episode is devoted to Raymond Chandler and one of his best-known novels--The Big Sleep. This is the first novel to feature Detective Philip Marlowe and this story is filled with witty lines, nefarious people and double-crossing aplenty. If you are under the impression that this story will be slow and/or easy to understand because it was created almost 100 years ago--guess again. This is one of the most complicated plots we have tried to explain on this show and that is saying something!
The film was directed by Howard Hawks and features a script by William Faulkner and Leigh Brackett. We talk about all of the film trivia we can get our hands on and the incredible performances. So, if you are looking for differences between book & movie, click on the link below and listen!
In this ep the Margos discuss:
- The life of Raymond Chandler
- The popularity of detective stories and film noir in the 1940s
- How Chandler created the novel out of several short stories
- The tension between Hawkes, Bogart & Bacall
- The unusual number of retakes created a year after the film was first made
- The cast including Humphrey Bogart (Philip Marlowe,) Lauren Bacall (Vivian Rutledge,) John Ridgley (Eddie Mars,) Martha Vickers (Carmen Sternwood,) Dorothy Malone (Acme Book Shop Proprietress,) Peggy Knudsen (Mona Mars,) and Louis Jean Heydt (Joe Brody.)
Clips Featured:
- The Big Sleep trailer
- Bogart & Bacall talking about “horses”
- Bogart & the Book Shop Proprietress
- Bogart & Martha Vickers scene
- Bogart & Bacall last scene
- Outro music And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine (Music by Stan Kenton & Charles Lawrence. Lyrics by Joe Green. Sung by Lauren Bacall)
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Book Vs Movie
Valley of the Dolls
The 1968 Jacqueline Susann Novel Vs the 1967 Camp Classic Film
“Sparkle, Neely Sparkle!”
The Margos are still enjoying the swinging 60s and what better way to celebrate than talking about the amazing Jacqueline Susann who is the first author to have three consecutive #1 books on the New York Times bestseller list. Though her work was critically panned at the time and she was considered a self-promoting hack by the literary elite (how dare they!) Susann is now an icon for fun-living women who dare to take up space.
Valley of the Dolls caused a scandal at the time with its frank discussions about sex, sexism in show business, drug use, and cancer. But Susann had a flair for publicity, had a super-sharp wit and a husband (Irving Mansfield) who promoted her work with incredible enthusiasm. This woman practically invented the book tour and became just as famous as Truman Capote and Phillip Roth but for the fun, camp set.
The movie directed by Mark Robson was rushed into production in 1967 and was seen as a bit trashy and embarrassing at the time. Today it is known as a camp classic.
In this episode, we talk about the many differences between the original book & the movie to decide which we like better. (P.S. We adore Jacqueline Susann!)
In this ep the Margos discuss:
- The incredible life story of Jacqueline Susann
- The world of the 1960s and why her work caused a scandal.
- The cast of the movie including Barbara Parkins (Anne Welles,) Patty Duke (Neely O’Hara,) Sharon Tate (Jennifer North,) Tony Scotti (Tony Polar,) Lee Grant (Miriam Polar,) Susan Hayward (Helen Lawson,) and Martin Milner (Mel Anderson)
Clips Featured:
- Valley of the Dolls trailer
- BBC Interview with Jacqueline Susann (1973)
- Neely O’Hara & Helen Lawson fight
- Neely & Tony Polar “sing”
- Outro music “Theme from the Valley of the Dolls” composed by Dionne Warwick
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Book Vs Movie Podcast (Replay)
“The Exorcist”
RIP Max von Sydow (1929-2020)
The Margos revisit the 1971 novel The Exorcist written by the very interesting William Peter Blatty. Based on a true-ish story about a boy possessed by a demon in the 1950s Blatty changed some of the key details to create this fiction classic.
Director William Friedkin in 1973 just came off an incredible spate of box office successes including 1971’s The French Connection giving him an Academy Award for Best Director. The Exorcist became the biggest financial success of his career but turned out to be something of a curse as well.
The hosts read the book, watched the movie and decide which they like better in this episode. Plus, they talk about trivia about the book and movie.
In this episode they discuss:
- The backstory of the “real” exorcism from the 1950s
- Author William Peter Blatty’s writing process
- The story behind the major casting choices
- How some of the more famous scenes were created
- The supposed “Exorcist” curse.
Clips used:
Original TV Trailer
Chris (Ellen Burstyn) speaks to doctors
Fathers Karas (Jason Miller) and Merrin (Max von Sydow) cast out the demon
“The Devil” and pea soup
Outro Music: “Tubular Bells”
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Book Vs Movie
“The Manchurian Candidate”
The Richard Condon Novel Vs. the 1962 John Frankenheimer Cult Classic
The Margos have a thing for espionage and intrigue in this ep talking about the Richard Condon 1959 novel The Manchurian Candidate which was bought by Frank Sinatra and United Artists films and made into a controversial movie in 1962. Detailing the life of former infantrymen who are brainwashed by the Soviet Union while captured in the Korean War and who later aim to overthrow the United States via a presidential election--it was considered a classic “bad book” by Time magazine (which meant it as a compliment) and seems prescient considering what is happening in politics today.
The story of Major Bennett Marco and Sergeant Raymond Shaw and their recurring nightmares over what they experienced makes up the rest of the book. In short, Shaw can become an assassin when given a “posthypnotic trigger” and his mother is married to Senator Johnny Iselin. She and Ray have an incestual relationship and she is working with the Communists to get her husband elected president.
The movie stars Sinatra as Marco and was directed by John Frankenheimer to little excitement in 1962 (go figure!) One year later President Kennedy was assassinated and the film was pulled from the public with fears it influenced Lee Harvey Oswald who was known to be a regular movie-goer.
The Margos discuss the book and the movie and decide which we like better. (Spoiler--it’s not even close here!) Check out the link below to listen to the episode.
In this ep the Margos discuss:
- The backstory about the author Richard Condon who went from Hollywood publicist to bestselling author
- How the brainwashing theme was new in the late 1950s when it was introduced here.
- The charges of plagiarism that came out years after he died.
- How Sinatra helped put together a masterpiece of a film by working a short day (Frank never showed up before 11 am on a set!)
- The cast of the 1962 film including Laurence Harvey (Raymond Shaw,) Janet Leigh (Eugenie Rosie Chaney,) Angela Lansbury (Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin,) James Gregory (Senator Iselin,) Leslie Parrish (Jocie,) and John McGiver (Senator Jordan)
- Why the film was considered so controversial, it was not considered a classic until a 1987 re-release.
Clips Featured:
- “I Wanted a Killer” (Angela Lansbury & Laurence Harvey)
- “52 Red Queens” (Frank Sinatra & Laurence Harvey)
- “The Killing of Senator Jordan and Jocie” (Laurence Harvey, John McGiver, and Leslie Parrish”
- “Meeting Rosie on a train” (Frank Sinatra & Janet Leigh)
- “The Assassination scene” (Frank Sinatra & Laurence Harvey)
- “The Garden Club Scene”
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Book Vs Movie
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
The 1964 Ian Fleming Novel Vs the 1969 Film Featuring George Lazenby
The Margos are feeling shaken and not stirred talking again about Ian Fleming and his most famous character--James Bond. For this episode, we are covering On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (OHMSS) which was published in 1963 and the 1969 adaptation starring Australian George Lazenby who remains the youngest Bond ever cast and he stands out as having only played the part for one film.
In OHMSS, (the second in a “Blofeld Trilogy”) James Bond seems to have matured and has even decided to enter a monogamous relationship with Contessa Tracy who comes from an unusual background. This is a more emotional Bond who wants to be a hero to Tracy and even turns down a $1million dowry from her father (Draco) because his feelings for her are sincere.
In the meantime, Bond fights bad guys, meets a group of brainwashed women, skis to the rescue and gets married. All of this action is matched with a movie that only received fair reviews at the time but is now seen as one of the better 007 films.
In this episode, we talk about the many differences between the original book & the movie to decide which we like better.
In this ep the Margos discuss:
- The backstory of Ian Fleming
- The basic differences between book & movie
- The cast of the movie which includes George Lazenby as Bond, Diana Rigg (Tracy,) Telly Savalas (Blofeld,) Gabrielle Ferzetti (Draco,) Ilse Steppat (Irma Bunt,) Lois Maxwell (Moneypenny,) George Baker (Sir Hilary Bray,) Bernard Lee (M,) Desmond Llewelyn (Q.)
Clips Featured:
- On Her Majesty’s Secret Service trailer
- George Lazenby at BAFTA Tribute to James Bond in 2002 (with Michael Parkinson)
- George Lazenby's first scene as Bond
- Outro music “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” composed by John Barry.
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