3.40-In Old Arizona with Joanne Thornborough

Today's episode is my conversation about the 1928 film In Old Arizona. My friend Joanne Thornborough from the POP! Goes My Brain newsletter joins me to discuss the film and we talk about how some traditional western stereotypes are turned on their heads in this film, the ingenious uses of sound in the film at the dawn of the talkie, and yet another love triangle in late 1920s film.

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Other films mentioned in this episode include:

• The Wizard of Oz directed by Victor Fleming
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone directed by Chris Columbus
• Three Amigos directed by John Landis
• The Big Trail directed by Louis R. Loeffler and Raoul Walsh
• Armageddon directed by Michael Bay
• Arthur directed by Steve Gordon
• The Birth of a Nation directed by D. W. Griffith
• Back to the Future directed by Robert Zemeckis
• The Valiant directed by William K. Howard
• The Great Gatsby (1926-lost) directed by Herbert Brenon
• 42nd Street directed by Lloyd Bacon
• Dinner at Eight directed by George Cukor
• I Love You Again directed by W.S. Van Dyke II

Other referenced topics:

•  "The Caballero's Way" (short story) by O. Henry available on Project Gutenberg
• "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion
• "Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith
• "Arthur's Theme" by Christopher Cross
• The Cisco Kid comics
• Variety review of In Old Arizona
• Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
• Mad Men (series)
• Breaking Bad (series)
• The Sopranos (series)

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