Cinema Sounds & Secrets

Welcome to another Cinema Sounds and Secrets tribute episode! Today's tribute is for iconic singer and entertainer Tony Bennett. Born Anthony Dominick Benedetto in 1926, he was surrounded by music from an early age. His talent was clear early on, performing for his family and making art in his neighborhood. He would later take singing lessons to develop his sound and technique before serving in the army. He received many accolades,...

This week’s tribute episode is dedicated to director and producer Ivan Reitman. Reitman was born in Czechoslovakia and arrived in Canada with his family as refugees, where he would get a job at a local television station, earn a Bachelor of Music, and begin directing short films. Some of his legendary directing and producing work includes National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), Meatballs (1979), Stripes (1981), Ghostbusters (1984),...

This week’s tribute is for Ryan O’Neal. Son of a screenwriter and actress, O’Neal first trained to be an amateur boxer before discovering his passion for acting. Starting out as an extra and stuntman, he moved from Germany to the United States and made his first television appearance as a guest star on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. After his role in the soap opera Peyton Place, he began finding success in films like Love Story (1...

This week’s episode focuses on Ned Beatty, known for his reputation as “the busiest actor in Hollywood.” With a career that spanned five decades and 160 films, Janet and John discuss his amazing work as an actor. Known for roles in Deliverance (1972), White Lighting (1973), All the President’s Men (1976), Superman (1978), and many more, Beatty had an incredible career, despite never studying acting. He did ten years of regional the...

Working Girl (1988), Something’s Gotta Give (2003), and Moonstruck (1987). This week Janet and John hang with sisters taking care of business in three truly fabulous beloved romantic comedy-dramas starring 3 great comic actresses whose careers now span over 40 years, all set in New York!

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“Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.” 

Today’s tribute episode is for Norman Lear– a truly incredible screenwriter and producer who created or developed over 100 shows including All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, and G...

Wry, funny, low-key, slow burn, a thinking man’s comedian who could write, direct, produce and crack up the stoic TV Host Johnny Carson with the flick and an eye.

He worked with nearly every great director, writer, playwright, and actor in the 60’s..70’s..80’s.. 90’s..and 2000’s...of course you know I’m talkin’ about here. The guy who was almost Benjamin in the Graduate... Charles Grodin.

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 “There’s no point being a good actor in bad stuff. The crucial moment for an actor is to be good in a hit. Then it works.”

Today's Tribute Episode is for Tom Wilkinson - a stellar actor who had more than 100 film and television appearances and garnered a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards.

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A transatlantic career that lasted more than 60 years, this week the team at Cinema Sounds & Secrets memorialize one Glynis Johns. Renowned for the breathy quality of her husky voice, Johns won herself Tony Awards and film roles throughout the decades of her career. Possibly most known for her rendition of "Send in the Clowns" or her portryal of a Edwardian sufferagte in Mary Poppins, Glynis Johns has made a lasting impact througho...

Citizen Kane (1941) & It Happened One Night (1934)

For our 25th show, we’re spending time with two of the greatest films ever made. This is going to be great fun to dive back into two of our personal favorites; films Janet saw the first time as a little kid on the weekend movie shows on the local LA TV stations. The first is a masterpiece: the director-writer-producer-actor of the movie studied John Ford’s 1939 classic...

In this week's tribute episode, Janet and John discuss the wonderful Louise Fletcher. Probably most well known for her role in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Fletcher has made her mark in the world of cinema as Nurse Ratched and through other films and television. Born in 1934, Fletcher first acted in projects at the end of 50's like Lawman and Maverick. After winning the Oscar for Cuckoo's, Fletcher went on to act in ot...

Welcome to another Tribute episode for CSS! Today we discuss a true legend; Harry Belafonte was an American singer, actor and activist, who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s. Belafonte is one of the few performers to have received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT), although he won the Oscar in a non-competitive category. Join Janet and John in another moving tribute to a legend!

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This week's tribute focues on one Treat Williams! Probably best known from his 1979 films, the musical Hair and Steven Spielberg's 1941, the actor extrodinare also had a lengthy and long career with films like Once Upon a Time in America, the Late Shift, and 127 Hours. With over 60 acting credits to his name over his career and a lengthy list of nomations (three Golden Globe Awards, two Satellite Awards, and an Indepen...