Episodes

  • Tribute 70: Robert Morse

    Tribute 70: Robert Morse
    Jul 4 2025
    Welcome to another Cinema Sounds & Secrets Tribute Episode! This week, Janet, John, (and Pen) dive into the life and career of an incredible actor that was still singing and dancing at 90! With that gap-tooth grin and nervous bundle of energy, appearing on screen and stage alike, it is none other than Robert Morse! Born in Newton Massachusetts, he developing an interest in stage perfomance in high school, and later joined his brother to study acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. At first all he receiveed was uncredited roles, but eventually landing on Broadway as Barnaby Tucker in The Matchmaker launching him into spotlight! Morse's work has never been less than interesting, ranging from a ever-amitious business man in a hit musical to the one man play as the eccentric Truman Capote. This extraordinary two-time tony and emmy award winner starred in a plethora of theatrical and cinematic works, such as The Matchmaker (1958), The Loved One (1965), How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (1967), Sugar (1972), Tru (1989), and Mad Men (2007-15).

    To learn more about this episode and others, visit the official Cinema Sounds & Secrets website!
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    26 mins
  • Tribute 69: Gene Hackman

    Tribute 69: Gene Hackman
    Jun 27 2025

    In our latest tribute, Janet, John, (and Pen) celebrate the life and career of a revered American actor whose career spanned over four decades... Gene Hackman! After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, he decided to prove his teachers wrong and move to New York City to become an actor, eventaully getting his breakthrough role in Bonnie and Clyde (1967). From playing a rough NYPD detective to Superman's arch nemisis, Hackman did it all, with over eighty screen credits to his name! An acting titan of 1970s and 80s Hollywood, the two-time academy award and four-time Golden Globes winner starred in numerous classics such as Bonnie and Clyde (1967), I Never Sang for My Father (1970), The French Connection (1971), Superman films (1978–1987), Hoosiers (1986), Unforgiven (1992), The Royal Tenenbaums (1994), and more up until his final film role in Welcome to Mooseport (2004), after which he retired from acting, occasionally narrating documentaries until 2017.

    To learn more about this episode and others, visit the official Cinema Sounds & Secrets website!
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    42 mins
  • Encore! - Tribute 43: Tom Wilkinson

    Encore! - Tribute 43: Tom Wilkinson
    Jun 20 2025

    Encore! To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Batman Begins, today we're revisiting a tribute for the incredibly versatile actor who could play a bad baddie to Christian Bale's first Batman and do the Full Monty with Robert Carlyle... it's Tom Wilkinson!

    To learn more about this episode and others, visit the official Cinema Sounds & Secrets website!
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    29 mins
  • Encore! - Saturday Matinee With Brian Cox

    Encore! - Saturday Matinee With Brian Cox
    Jun 13 2025

    Encore! Today we're revisiting an episode with cinephile and massively brilliant actor Brian Cox, who joins Janet, John, (and Pen) for a deep dive into the most iconic gangster films that created the genre.

    To learn more about this episode and others, visit the official Cinema Sounds & Secrets website!
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Encore! - Episode 5: Yellow Brick Roads & Ruby Slippers

    Encore! - Episode 5: Yellow Brick Roads & Ruby Slippers
    Jun 7 2025

    Encore! Today we're revisiting a beloved and iconic film that took three directors and an army of screenwriters (18!) to get Dorothy to Oz. You’ll even find out how many pairs of ruby slippers still exist… To learn more about this episode and others, visit the official Cinema Sounds & Secrets website!
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    44 mins
  • Episode 31: Move It Like You Mean It

    Episode 31: Move It Like You Mean It
    May 30 2025

    Damn Yankees (1958), Oklahoma (1955), and Chicago (2002). This week, Janet, John, (and Pen) explore three groundbreaking Broadway musicals to movies with a song in their hearts; One gave birth to the modern musical, another launched the greatest choreographer ever into the stratosphere and the other is the longest running musical ever on Broadway!

    To learn more about this episode and others, visit the official Cinema Sounds & Secrets website!
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Encore! - Tribute 45: Norman Lear

    Encore! - Tribute 45: Norman Lear
    May 23 2025

    Encore! Today we're revisiting our tribute episode 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 Good Times.
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    32 mins
  • Hollywood Loves An Encore - Gene Kelly Style!

    Hollywood Loves An Encore - Gene Kelly Style!
    May 23 2025

    He's always singin' and dancing... in the rain!
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    2 mins