Bonus 04. Three Ann Sothern-Gene Raymond Rom-Coms: I Can't Believe It's Not Nelson Eddy

What's in the Basket

English - November 06, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
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On this week's bonus episode of What's in the Basket, we're turning our attentions to the original primble in our research-free discussion of three RKO romantic comedies starring Ann Sothern and Gene Raymond: Walking on Air (1936), Smartest Girl in Town (1936), and She's Got Everything (1937). First we address the absurdity of the films themselves and the utter desperation that emanates from the Sothern-Raymond pairing, then we descend into a flurry of confusion that touches upon half-remembered nudists, the baffling Gene Raymond-Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy interpersonal dynamic, and a surprising (or unsurprising?) amount of completely unrelated Lew Ayres discourse.

Show Notes & Sources: https://whatsinthebasket.home.blog/2019/11/06/bonus-04-three-ann-sothern-gene-raymond-rom-coms-i-cant-believe-its-not-nelson-eddy

Theme Music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io): "Dark Hallway (Distressed)" and "The Show Must Be Go"