Book Vs Movie Podcast
370 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 19 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 192 ratingsBook Vs. Movie is the podcast that ponders the question: "Which was better...the book or the movie?" We spoil away the details, uncover the plot points, discuss casting choices and shower with praise (or pummel with snark) as we see fit. Hosts are Margo P. (She's Nacho Mama's Blog) and Margo D. (Creator of Brooklyn Fit Chick.com) and we are not afraid to tell it like it is!
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Yellow Submarine (1968) "The Beatles" John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, & George Harrison
July 24, 2022 20:43 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBBook Vs. Movie: Yellow Submarine The Beatles Classic Animated Psychedelic Trip In 1968, The Beatles were the biggest band in the world and were eager to finish their United Artists deal (the company that produced A Hard Days Night and Help!) with a film that would uplift their audience (which included kids and adults) and take the animation world to a new level beyond Disney and stop-action holiday specials. Yellow Submarine took a hodgepodge of Beatles classics, new numbers, filler tunes, a...
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) Ian Fleming, Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Benny Hill, & Roald Dahl
July 17, 2022 23:23 - 52 minutes - 49.3 MBBook Vs. Movie: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The 1964 Ian Fleming Story vs the 1968 Dick Van Dyke Movie The Margos can’t seem to escape the allure of Ian Fleming with an episode devoted to his only children’s story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang which was published in October 1964--two months after his death at the age of 56. He wrote the story for his son Caspar and based many of the characters on his children and their friends with the backstory of “aero-engine racing carts” of the 1920s by Louis Zbo...
National Lampoon Vacation (1983) Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, John Hughes, & Harold Ramis
July 10, 2022 21:29 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBBook Vs. Movie: National Lampoon’s Vacation The 1979 Short Story by John Hughes vs the 1983 Chevy Chase Movie The Margos are celebrating summer with a look at one of the most popular “family” vacation movies ever filmed--National Lampoon’s Vacation. Directed by Harold Ramis and starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo, the film is remembered as a classic comedy but due to the National Lampoon magazine influence (we get into THAT history here!) It features crude, blue humor that was normali...
The Boys in the Band (1970) & (2020) Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer, Mart Crowley, & William Friedkin
June 26, 2022 22:41 - 1 hour - 93.9 MBBook Vs. Movie: The Boys in the Band The 1968 Play Vs. the 1970 & the 2020 Films The Margos love the celebrate Pride Month and in the past, we have covered Fried Green Tomatoes, Love, Simon, and Call Me by Your Name among other titles. This time are covering a play that made a splash when it premiered off-Broadway in April 1968. The Mart Crowley story, The Boys in the Band, revolved around several gay men as they navigate life pre-Stonewall New York City. It went on to play over 1000 perf...
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Richard Kiel, & Ian Fleming
June 19, 2022 22:19 - 54 minutes - 50.7 MBBook Vs. Movie: The Spy Who Loved Me The 1962 Novel Vs the 1977 James Bond Film The Margos love a good spy novel and James Bond usually makes for a fun, exciting read. We found out that this novel, The Spy Who Loved Me, written very quickly by Ian Fleming at his estate “Goldeneye” in January & February of 1961 turned out to be in the words of his biographer Andrew Lycett, his “most sleazy and most violent story ever.” It was so bad that Fleming received the worst reviews of his career and he...
"Gaslight" (1944) Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, & Angela Lansbury
June 12, 2022 22:08 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBBook Vs. Movie: Gaslight The 1938 Play Vs the 1944 Film The expression “to gaslight” a person means to question their sanity to the point they lose control of themselves. It came into fashion in the 1940s with the 1944 George Cukor film starring Charles Boyer and is now recognized as a form of abuse. The tale of a manipulative husband trying to steal from his wife started as a play titled Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton in 1938. Hamilton, who also wrote Rope and Hangover Square, was dealing ...
The Seven Year Itch: (1955) Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Billy Wilder, & George Axelrod
June 03, 2022 21:34 - 56 minutes - 53.3 MBBook Vs. Movie: The Seven Year Itch The George Axelrod 1952 Play Vs. the 1955 Billy Wilder Film When the coronavirus pandemic began, the Margos decided to expand on the very idea of a “book” to movie adaptation to cover weekly. The timing of putting our four episodes a month means we can’t always cover anything longer than 200 pages. This is why we have also talked about magazine articles, songs, and plays on this show. This episode is devoted to The Seven Year Itch which started on Broadway...
The Joy Luck Club (1993) Amy Tan, Wayne Wang, Ming-Na Wen, Lauren Tom, & Andrew McCarthy
May 30, 2022 00:29 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBBook Vs. Movie: The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan’s 1989 Novel Vs the 1993 Wayne Wang Film To finish out AAPI month the Margos talk about Amy Tan and her debut novel The Joy Luck Club which became a sensation when it was released in the late 1980s. The Oakland, California native was raised by Chinese immigrant parents who instilled a strong ethic in her and wanted her to take advantage of being an American while remaining Chinese in her heart and actions. Tan found this very tough, especially after ...
MULAN (2020) Disney: Gong Li, Yifei Liu, Jet Li, Jason Scott Lee, & Niki Caro
May 22, 2022 23:02 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBBook Vs. Movie: Mulan The AD 6th Century Poem Vs. the 2020 Disney Live-Action Film The Margos are celebrating AAPI month and we are very excited about the heroine from the poem Ode to Mulan who was either a real-life Calvary soldier or not. Her bravery (fighting against “nomadic hordes”) in replacing her father in battle by disguising herself as a boy has been told since the 6th Century AD. First transcribed in the Musical Records of Old and New, during the Southern Chen dynasty (accordi...
Raise the Red Lantern (1991) Zhang Yimou, Gong Li, Ma Jingwu, & Su Tong
May 14, 2022 19:33 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBBook Vs. Movie: Raise the Red Lantern Su Tong’s 1990 Novel Vs. the 1991 Zhang Yimpou’s 1991 Film The Margos are celebrating AAPI month with a look at the author Su Tong and his work which has earned him millions of fans all over the world with his writing. His 1990 novel Wives and Concubines won great praise and was adapted into the 1991film Raise the Red Lantern by writer Ni Zhen and directed by Zhang Yimou. The story takes place in China in the 1930s where 19-year-old Lotus needs to beco...
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) Lana Turner, John Garfield, Hume Cronyn, & James M. Cain
May 05, 2022 23:25 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBBook Vs. Movie: The Postman Always Rings Twice The James M. Cain 1934 Novel Vs. the 1946 Lana Turner Classic Film The Margos are feeling like a couple of femme fatales after reading the 1934 James M. Cain novel and watching the 1946 film The Postman Always Rings Twice for Book Vs Movie. We put on our white turbans and try to decide which is better in this film noir-loving episode. We covered Cain in our past episodes for Mildred Pierce and Double Indemnity and consider ourselves to be Cain...
"Austenland" (2013) Keri Russell, JJ Field, Bret McKenzie, Jennifer Coolidge, & Shannon Hale
April 28, 2022 23:25 - 55 minutes - 51.7 MBBook Vs. Movie: Austenland The 2007 Hale Book Vs the 2013 Keri Russell Movie The Margos are feeling romantic in this episode that is about all things Jane Austen and Mr. Darcy. The 2007 novel Austenland by Shannon Hale tells the story of an early 30-something woman named Jane Hayes who dreams of living life as if it were Pride & Prejudice everyday. When a wealthy Aunt leaves her a trip to “Austenland” in England--she believes she will find her own Colin Firth there. Austenland is a place ...
"MASH" (1970) Robert Altman, Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, & Sally Kellerman
April 24, 2022 21:23 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBBook Vs. Movie: MASH The Richard Hooker book Vs the Robert Altman Film (with some of the long-running TV series mixed in) MASH was one of the most popular and iconic television shows of the 70s and 80s (the reruns are still happening all over the globe!). Richard Hooker(nee Hiester Richard Hornberger) based the 1968 novel on his experiences in the Korean War as a surgeon. The novel filled with crazy antics, drinking, and a satire of the U.S. Army fit well in a time when the Viet Nam War was ...
How to Make an American Quilt (1995) Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, & Jared Leto
April 14, 2022 23:20 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBBook Vs. Movie: How to Make An American Quilt Whitney Otto’s Debut Novel Vs the Winona Ryder Movie The 90s were an incredible time for what became known as “Chick Lit”--or just books that featured women writers and characters. Whitney Otto’s How to Make an American Quilt told the multilayered story of generations of women who are in a quilting group in Grasse, California. Our main protagonist Finn is a graduate student who is engaged to her longtime boyfriend but is experiencing cold feet. ...
"The Insider" (1999) Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, & Michael Mann
April 07, 2022 19:21 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBBook Vs. Movie: The Insider Marie Brenner’s Vanity Fair Article Vs the Michael Mann Film The American news program 60 Minutes has long been considered one of the most trusted news outlets in the media. In the mid-1990s their reputation took a hit when they were accused of joining in the silencing of whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand who worked in the tobacco industry and accused his company, Brown & Williamson, of sneaking addictive chemicals into their cigarettes. The Man Who Knew Too Much by ...
"Hustlers" (2019) Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Lizzo, Cardi B., & Keke Palmer
March 31, 2022 22:40 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBBook Vs. Movie: "Hustlers" The 2015 New York magazine article Vs. the 2019 Jennifer Lopez Film The Margos decided to go back to the magazine mill to find a racy true story from writer Jessica Pressler about a group of Scores strippers who drugged and bilked their clients of thousands of dollars. The Hustlers at Scores came out in New York Magazine in December 2015 and became so notorious, Pressler was nominated for a National Magazine Award and the rights to the story were sold to Will Farre...
Book Vs Movie "Hustlers" (2019) Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Lizzo, Cardi B., & Keke Palmer
March 31, 2022 22:40 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBBook Vs. Movie: "Hustlers" The 2015 New York magazine article Vs. the 2019 Jennifer Lopez Film The Margos decided to go back to the magazine mill to find a racy true story from writer Jessica Pressler about a group of Scores strippers who drugged and bilked their clients of thousands of dollars. The Hustlers at Scores came out in New York Magazine in December 2015 and became so notorious, Pressler was nominated for a National Magazine Award and the rights to the story were sold to Will Farre...
The Phantom Of the Opera (2004) Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, & Patrick Wilson
March 24, 2022 16:30 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBBook Vs. Movie “Musicals in March” The 1911 Novel The Phantom of the Opera Vs the 2004 Joel Schumacher Film The Margos close out “Musicals in March” with one of the most popular musicals of all time--The Phantom of the Opera. Originally created in 1911 by French journalist and bon vivant Gaston Leroux, the story is based on stories about the Paris Opera in the 1800s which include hauntings aplenty. His creation is about Phantom Erik (!) who is an “Opera Ghost” madly in love with soprano Chr...
Book Vs Movie: The Phantom Of the Opera (2004) Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, & Patrick Wilson
March 24, 2022 16:30 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBBook Vs. Movie “Musicals in March” The 1911 Novel The Phantom of the Opera Vs the 2004 Joel Schumacher Film The Margos close out “Musicals in March” with one of the most popular musicals of all time--The Phantom of the Opera. Originally created in 1911 by French journalist and bon vivant Gaston Leroux, the story is based on stories about the Paris Opera in the 1800s which include hauntings aplenty. His creation is about Phantom Erik (!) who is an “Opera Ghost” madly in love with soprano Chr...
Book Vs Movie "Carmen Jones" (1954) Harry Belafonte & Dorothy Dandridge
March 17, 2022 00:05 - 55 minutes - 51 MBBook Vs. Movie “Musicals in March” The 1845 Novella Carmen Vs the 1954 Carmen Jones film We are continuing our month of musicals with the classic tale of Carmen which began as a novella by French writer Prosper Merimee and was first adapted as an opera. The story of a Romani woman who enchants the narrator by reading his fortune and behaving in a mysterious manner has been adapted several times, but for this episode, we focus on a 1954 all-African American cast filmed by director Otto Premi...
"Carmen Jones" (1954) Harry Belafonte & Dorothy Dandridge
March 17, 2022 00:05 - 55 minutes - 51 MBBook Vs. Movie “Musicals in March” The 1845 Novella Carmen Vs the 1954 Carmen Jones film We are continuing our month of musicals with the classic tale of Carmen which began as a novella by French writer Prosper Merimee and was first adapted as an opera. The story of a Romani woman who enchants the narrator by reading his fortune and behaving in a mysterious manner has been adapted several times, but for this episode, we focus on a 1954 all-African American cast filmed by director Otto Premi...
Book Vs Movie "Chicago" (2002) Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, & Richard Gere
March 10, 2022 23:23 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBBook Vs. Movie “Musicals in March” The 1926 Play Chicago Vs the 2000 Filmed Adaptation Our second pick this month for “Musicals in March” is Chicago which has a rich history in two important cities--Chicago and New York City. The original play was based on the true-crime work of Maurine Dallas Watkins--a journalist and playwright who had a flair for juicy dialogue. Born in Louisville, Kentucky sometime around 1896 (the state has no record of her birth) Watkins was ambitious enough to try h...
Book Vs Movie "Oklahoma!" (1955) Shirley Jones, Gordan MacRae, Gloria Grahame, & Rod Steiger
March 04, 2022 00:02 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBBook Vs. Movie “Musicals in March” The 1931 Play Green Grow the Lilacs Vs the 1955 Musical Oklahoma! It's “Musicals in March” time here at Book Vs Movie The Margos are very excited to start our annual look at famous musicals and the inspiration for them. This episode is dedicated to one of the most successful Broadway shows of all time and the play Green Grow the Lilacs (1931) written by Oklahoma native Lynn Riggs. Riggs came up with the story of Oklahomans Curly, Laurey, and Ado Annie w...
Book Vs Movie "Something the Lord Made" (2004) Alan Rickman, Mos Def, Kyra Sedgwick, & Gabrielle Union
February 24, 2022 23:36 - 51 minutes - 47 MBBook Vs. Movie Something the Lord Made The 1989 Washingtonian Article Vs the 2004 HBO Movie The Margos learn part of the history of heart surgery starting with Katie McCabe’s 1989 article Like Something the Lord Made from Washingtonian magazine which features the work of Vivien Thomas, one of the pioneers of the “Blue Baby” heart surgery techniques. Thomas, an African American janitor at Vanderbilt University during the American Depression went to work for Dr. Alfred Blalock as a research a...
Book Vs Movie "Devil in a Blue Dress" (1995) Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, & Jennifer Beales
February 18, 2022 00:09 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBBook Vs. Movie Devil in a Blue Dress Walter Mosely’s 1990 Novel Vs the 1995 Denzel Washington Film In continuation of African American History Month, the Margos are taking on an old-fashioned mystery with Devil in a Blue Dress, which started as a novel by Walter Mosley & later was adapted into a film starring Denzel Washington. The setting is post WW2 in Los Angeles where army veteran Ezekial “Easy” Rawlins (Washington) Easy is a black man dealing with the racism of the era which was more...
Book Vs Movie "The Butler" (2013) Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, & Lenny Kravitz
February 10, 2022 23:47 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBBook Vs. Movie The Butler The 2008 Washington Post Article Vs the 2013 Lee Daniels Film The Margos go into the history of Eugene Allen, a waiter, and butler who worked for the White House for 34 years before retiring in 1986. Allen severed for several Presidents and ended his service with the Ronald Reagan administration. He and his wife Helene were invited by the Reagans to a state dinner (the first time ever for a butler.) After serving every President between Dwight D. Eisenhower to Reaga...
Book Vs Movie "Passing" (2021) Tessa Thompson & Ruth Negga
February 04, 2022 00:46 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBBook Vs. Movie Passing Nella Larsen’s 1929 Novella Vs the 2021 Rebecca Hall Film February is African American History Month and the Margos use that time to cover creators who write, act, and direct films with African American themes. This episode is devoted to writer Nella Larsen (1891-1964) who grew up in a Danish family though she was the only one with African/Cuban ancestry making her different among her community and family. She married Elmer Imes (the second African American to earn a P...
"Sabrina" (1954 & 1995) Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Harrison Ford, and Julia Ormond
January 27, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBBook Vs. Movie Sabrina Fair The 1953 Play Vs the 1954 & 1995 Movie Adaptations (Sabrina) The Margos are feeling romance a little early this year so we are diving into the play Sabrina Fair which was the basis for two Sabrina movies. Written by Samuel A. Taylor, the original Broadway production starred Margaret Sullavan and Joseph Cotten as our mismatched lovebirds, Sabrina Fairchild and Linus Larrabee, who both live on a huge estate in Long Island but one stays in the “main house” and the o...
Book Vs Movie "Sabrina" (1954 & 1995) Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, and Julia Ormond
January 27, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBBook Vs. Movie Sabrina Fair The 1953 Play Vs the 1954 & 1995 Movie Adaptations (Sabrina) The Margos are feeling romance a little early this year so we are diving into the play Sabrina Fair which was the basis for two Sabrina movies. Written by Samuel A. Taylor, the original Broadway production starred Margaret Sullavan and Joseph Cotten as our mismatched lovebirds, Sabrina Fairchild and Linus Larrabee, who both live on a huge estate in Long Island but one stays in the “main house” and the o...
Book Vs Movie "Hunt for the Wilderpeople" (2016) Taika Waititi & Sam Neill
January 20, 2022 23:04 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBBook Vs. Movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople Barry Crump’s 1986 Novella Vs the Taika Waititi 2016 Film The Margos search for their inner Kiwi in this examination of one of the most creators from New Zealand--writer Barry Crump and filmmaker Taika Waititi. The 2016 film Hunt for the Wilderpeople is an adaptation by Waititi of Crump’s novella Wild Pork and Watercress and would go on to be one of the most successful films from New Zealand. The story centers on the relationship between a “juvenile...
Book Vs Movie "Hunt for the Wilderpeople" (2016) Taika Waititi & Sam Neill
January 20, 2022 23:04 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBBook Vs. Movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople Barry Crump’s 1986 Novella Vs the Taika Waititi 2016 Film The Margos search for their inner Kiwi in this examination of one of the most creators from New Zealand--writer Barry Crump and filmmaker Taika Waititi. The 2016 film Hunt for the Wilderpeople is an adaptation by Waititi of Crump’s novella Wild Pork and Watercress and would go on to be one of the most successful films from New Zealand. The story centers on the relationship between a “juv...
"Hunt for the Wilderpeople" (2016) Taika Waititi & Sam Neill
January 20, 2022 23:04 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBBook Vs. Movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople Barry Crump’s 1986 Novella Vs the Taika Waititi 2016 Film The Margos search for their inner Kiwi in this examination of one of the most creators from New Zealand--writer Barry Crump and filmmaker Taika Waititi. The 2016 film Hunt for the Wilderpeople is an adaptation by Waititi of Crump’s novella Wild Pork and Watercress and would go on to be one of the most successful films from New Zealand. The story centers on the relationship between a “juvenile...
Book Vs Movie: The Lost Daughter (2021) Olivia Colman & Dakota Johnson
January 13, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBBook Vs. Movie The Lost Daughter The 2008 Novel by Elena Ferrante Vs the 2021 Maggie Gyllenhaal Directorial & Screenplay Debut The Margos are up for a psychological drama and wow--does The Lost Daughter deliver! The movie is the writing & directing debut of actor Maggie Gyllenhaal who tells the story of Leda Caruso (played by the amazing Olivia Colman) who struggles with her identity as a mother years after her children have grown and gone on their own. Set in Greece, adult Leda meets the m...
Book Vs Movie "The Lost Daughter" (2021) Olivia Colman & Dakota Johnson
January 13, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBBook Vs. Movie The Lost Daughter The 2008 Novel by Elena Ferrante Vs the 2021 Maggie Gyllenhaal Directorial & Screenplay Debut The Margos are up for a psychological drama and wow--does The Lost Daughter deliver! The movie is the writing & directing debut of actor Maggie Gyllenhaal who tells the story of Leda Caruso (played by the amazing Olivia Colman) who struggles with her identity as a mother years after her children have grown and gone on their own. Set in Greece, adult Leda meets ...
Book Vs Movie: Apocalypse Now (1979) Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Sheen, & Marlon Brando
January 06, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBBook Vs. Movie: Heart of Darkness & Apocalypse Now The Joseph Conrad Classic Novel Vs the Francis Ford Coppola Classic Film The Margos are going to talk about the multiple “horrors” of the 1899 Joseph Conrad novel Heart of Darkness and the 1979 Apocalypse Now film directed by Francis Ford Coppola which are both considered classics of their genre. They both follow the story of men who enter into dangerous situations which could either be a sly attack of European colonialism or more pandering ...
Book Vs Movie: Apocalypse Now (1979) Francis Ford Coppola
January 06, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBBook Vs. Movie: Heart of Darkness & Apocalypse Now The Joseph Conrad Classic Novel Vs the Francis Ford Coppola Classic Film The Margos are going to talk about the multiple “horrors” of the 1899 Joseph Conrad novel Heart of Darkness and the 1979 Apocalypse Now film directed by Francis Ford Coppola which are both considered classics of their genre. They both follow the story of men who enter into dangerous situations which could either be a sly attack of European colonialism or more pandering ...
Book Vs Movie: "Apocalypse Now" (1979) Francis Ford Coppola
January 06, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBBook Vs. Movie: Heart of Darkness & Apocalypse Now The Joseph Conrad Classic Novel Vs the Francis Ford Coppola Classic Film The Margos are going to talk about the multiple “horrors” of the 1899 Joseph Conrad novel Heart of Darkness and the 1979 Apocalypse Now film directed by Francis Ford Coppola which are both considered classics of their genre. They both follow the story of men who enter into dangerous situations which could either be a sly attack of European colonialism or more panderi...
Book Vs Movie "The Phantom Tollbooth" (1970)
December 29, 2021 21:58 - 54 minutes - 50.5 MBBook Vs. Movie: The Phantom Tollbooth The 1961Classic Children’s Novel Vs the 1970 Chuck Jones-Directed Movie The Margos are heading back to the world of Children’s literature with The Phantom Tollbooth by author Norton Juster and illustrations by Jules Feiffer which was first published in 1961. The story of a bored young boy named Milo who finds a magical tollbooth that sets him off on incredible adventures in math and wordplay. Along the way, he meets a big dog named Tock who keeps him...
Book Vs Movie: The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
December 29, 2021 21:58 - 54 minutes - 50.5 MBBook Vs. Movie: The Phantom Tollbooth The 1961Classic Children’s Novel Vs the 1970 Chuck Jones-Directed Movie The Margos are heading back to the world of Children’s literature with The Phantom Tollbooth by author Norton Juster and illustrations by Jules Feiffer which was first published in 1961. The story of a bored young boy named Milo who finds a magical tollbooth that sets him off on incredible adventures in math and wordplay. Along the way, he meets a big dog named Tock who keeps him on...
Book Vs Movie: Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1994) David Suchet
December 16, 2021 23:40 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBBook Vs. Movie: Hercule Poirot’s Christmas Agatha Christie’s Holiday Mystery Vs the David Suchet “Poirot” TV Series The Margos return to Agatha Christie and one of her most famous detectives with Hercule Poirot’s Christmas which was originally released in 1938. The “locked room mystery” is one of her most well-loved stories. This being the holiday season, we thought it made for a perfect inclusion to our December episodes! A family returns home to visit with their elderly (and rich) father ...
Book Vs Movie "Hercule Poirot's Christmas" (1994) David Suchet
December 16, 2021 23:40 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBBook Vs. Movie: Hercule Poirot’s Christmas Agatha Christie’s Holiday Mystery Vs the David Suchet “Poirot” TV Series The Margos return to Agatha Christie and one of her most famous detectives with Hercule Poirot’s Christmas which was originally released in 1938. The “locked room mystery” is one of her most well-loved stories. This being the holiday season, we thought it made for a perfect inclusion to our December episodes! A family returns home to visit with their elderly (and rich) fa...
Book Vs Movie "The Year Without a Santa Clause" (1974)
December 09, 2021 23:18 - 39 minutes - 36.7 MBBook Vs. Movie: The Year Without a Santa Clause The Rankin/Bass 1974 Classic Special Based on a Light Verse Book For many 70s kids, the Rankin/Bass specials with their catchy music and stop motion animation were high art. From Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to Santa Clause is Coming to Town their specials garnered big ratings and helped popularize holiday music. One of their most iconic specials was based on a 1956 Phillis McGinley book The Year Without a Santa Clause which told the st...
Book Vs Movie: The Year Without a Santa Clause (1974)
December 09, 2021 23:18 - 39 minutes - 36.7 MBBook Vs. Movie: The Year Without a Santa Clause The Rankin/Bass 1974 Classic Special Based on a Light Verse Book For many 70s kids, the Rankin/Bass specials with their catchy music and stop motion animation were high art. From Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to Santa Clause is Coming to Town their specials garnered big ratings and helped popularize holiday music. One of their most iconic specials was based on a 1956 Phillis McGinley book The Year Without a Santa Clause which told the story...
Book Vs Movie The Bishop's Wife (1947) Cary Grant & Loretta Young
December 01, 2021 23:45 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBBook Vs. Movie: The Bishop’s Wife The 1928 novel by Robert Nathan Vs the 1947 Classic Cary Grant Film It’s December at Book vs Movie and we are excited about covering holiday-themed films including this selection--The Bishop’s Wife. The original novella was written by Robert Nathan in 1928 is the story of a preacher, Henry Boughman, who dreams of building a huge cathedral at the expense of his relationship with his wife Julia. An angel, Michael, appears to help Henry and his family learn th...
Book Vs Movie "The Bishop's Wife" (1947) Cary Grant & Loretta Young
December 01, 2021 23:45 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBBook Vs. Movie: The Bishop’s Wife The 1928 novel by Robert Nathan Vs the 1947 Classic Cary Grant Film It’s December at Book vs Movie and we are excited about covering holiday-themed films including this selection--The Bishop’s Wife. The original novella was written by Robert Nathan in 1928 is the story of a preacher, Henry Boughman, who dreams of building a huge cathedral at the expense of his relationship with his wife Julia. An angel, Michael, appears to help Henry and his family lea...
Book Vs Movie "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" (1971)
November 24, 2021 22:51 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBBook Vs. Movie: Bedknobs and Broomsticks The Marty Norton Novels During WW2 Vs the 1971 Groovy Disney Film The Margos are closing out our “Month of Disney” with the 50th Anniversary of Bedknobs and Broomsticks a partly animated film that is based on the wonderful stories by Mary Norton. An English writer of children’s books and was best known for the SciFi-Fantasy collection The Borrowers in the 1950s. For this story, she uses some supernatural elements to tell the tale of a trio of British ...
Book Vs Movie "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" (1971) Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, & Roddy McDowell
November 24, 2021 22:51 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBBook Vs. Movie: Bedknobs and Broomsticks The Marty Norton Novels During WW2 Vs the 1971 Groovy Disney Film The Margos are closing out our “Month of Disney” with the 50th Anniversary of Bedknobs and Broomsticks a partly animated film that is based on the wonderful stories by Mary Norton. An English writer of children’s books and was best known for the SciFi-Fantasy collection The Borrowers in the 1950s. For this story, she uses some supernatural elements to tell the tale of a trio of British ...
Book Vs Movie "Pinocchio" (1940)
November 17, 2021 18:23 - 55 minutes - 78.7 MBBook Vs. Movie: Pinocchio The Italian Children’s Novel Vs the 1940 Animated Film The Margos are feeling very Italian in this episode devoted to the famous story about a marionette who wishes to be a real boy when he grows up. The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi was originally published in a series of magazine articles in 1881. When it was released as a book, it became a worldwide hit and is one of the most translated books of all time. The story takes place in Tuscany, Italy as Gep...
Book Vs Movie "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) Disney in November!
November 11, 2021 00:31 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBBook Vs. Movie: Beauty & the Beast The French Fairy Tale from the 1700s Vs the 1991 Animated Classic The Margos continue our month of Disney films with the 1991 classic Beauty and the Beast which is based on a fairy tale written in 1740 by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villenenueva and then later abridged by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont in 1756 for a collection of children’s stories. The simplest version is by de Beaumont. A French merchant has six children with “Beauty” being the youn...
Book Vs Movie "Sleeping Beauty" (1959)
November 04, 2021 16:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBBook Vs. Movie: Sleeping Beauty The Fairy Tale from the 1600s Vs the the1959 Disney Animated Film The Margos are feeling kind of Disney this month so we are dedicating our next few episodes to those animated classics beginning with Sleeping Beauty from 1959. At the time, it received mixed reviews for its obvious comparison to Snow White & the Seven Dwarves which was considered a masterpiece. There are several origin stories for this specific tale but we are mainly focused on the Charles P...