3.48-The Divine Lady with Janelle Miley

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Today's episode is my conversation about the 1929 film The Divine Lady. I'm joined by Janelle Miley from the "Right Now, You Like Me" newsletter and we talk about how closely the film aligns with the real life story of Emma Hamilton, some incredible naval battle sequences for the time period, and compare this film to some other Frank Lloyd directed films of the time that we have seen.

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Other films mentioned in this episode include:

• "Plane Crazy" directed by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney
• Syncopation directed by Bert Glennon
• Wings directed by William A. Wellman
• The Jazz Singer directed by Alan Crosland
• Mutiny on the Bounty directed by Frank Lloyd
• Cavalcade directed by Frank Lloyd
• East Lynne directed by Frank Lloyd
• The Hunger Games directed by Gary Ross
• The King of Kings directed by Cecil B. DeMille
• It's a Wonderful Life directed by Frank Capra
• Two Arabian Knights directed by Lewis Milestone
• Abraham Lincoln directed by D. W. Griffith
• The Ten Commandments directed by Cecil B. DeMille
• Emma directed by Clarence Leon Brown
• My Fair Lady directed by George Cukor
• That Hamilton Woman directed by Alexander Korda
• State Fair directed by Walter Lang
• Lonesome directed by Paul Fejos

Other referenced topics:

• The Divine Lady: A Romance of Nelson and Emma Hamilton by E. Barrington (also available on Project Gutenberg)
• Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• "Hail to the Redskins" fight song
• Photoplay review
• Harrison's Reports review

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