American Women — Film and television – Page 4

Women in films / Marjorie Rosen ; interviewed by Jena Blumenfield.

Jena Blumenfield speaks with feminist film critic Marjorie Rosen, author of “Popcorn Venus: women, movies and the American Dream” (New York: McCann and Geoghegan, 1973). They discuss the role of women in the film industry, how most women’s dialogue was scripted to be witty in the early days of talkies, how women’s roles in the…

August 24, 2025

Penelope Gilliatt interviewed by Anne Fremantle (Episode 5 of 5)

Anne Fremantle interviews Penelope Gilliatt (1932 – 1993) — film critic for the New Yorker, fiction writer, and screenwriter about her work and career. She talks about her recently published book on Jean Renoir, and how she manages to be both creative and a critic. Produced by WBAI’s Drama and Literature Department under the auspices…

August 24, 2025

Films with Joan Mellen / interviewed by Paul McIsaac.

Paul McIsaac’s guest is Joan Mellen, associate professor of English at Temple University, film critic, and author of “Women and Sexuality in the New Film and “Voices from the Japanese Cinema,” who discusses the character of modern films.

August 24, 2025

Peggy Cass / interviewed by Bruce Kenyon.

American actress, comedian and television personality Peggy Cass (1924-1999) discusses her childhood, early theatrical career and travels with WBAI’s Bruce Kenyon.

August 24, 2025

Pat Loud from “An American Family” / interviewed by Barbara Cady

Barbara Cady talks with Pat Loud about her new autobiography and her role in the WNET television series “An American Family.” Produced by Barbara Cady.

August 24, 2025

Freedom is an inside job / Mercedes McCambridge.

Actor Mercedes McCambridge (1916 – 2004) speaking before the Women’s National Democratic Club in Washington, D.C. on the subject “Freedom is an inside job,” and the ways to maintain freedoms in America. She is introduced by Senator Harold Hughes (D-IA). She talks about the essential loneliness of the self; God and Utopia; rage and fear;…

August 24, 2025

Women in film / Siew-Hwa Beh and Sharon Smith ; interviewed by Judy Chicago.

Women in Film is the title of a new magazine edited by Saunie Salyer and Siew-Hwa Beh. Editor Siew-Hwa Beh and contributor Sharon Smith, University of Southern California graduate student, are interviewed by Judy Chicago about the magazine and women in film.

August 24, 2025

Whatever became of : Adele Jergens and Glenn Langan / interviewed by Richard Lamparski.

Richard Lamparski visits Adele Jergens (1917-2002), the blonde glamour girl of the 40’s, and her husband Glenn Langan (1949-1991), the handsome leading man of the same period in their California home. Includes stories of the early Marilyn Monroe, what happened when Daryl Zanuck scrapped 6 months of footage and fired the star of Forever Amber.

August 24, 2025

Whatever became of : Laura LaPlante / interviewed by Richard Lamparski.

Interview with entertainer Laura La Plante (1904-1996). The star of the silent classic “The Cat and the Canary” tells Richard Lamparski about her career, which began as an extra and ended when she walked out of her contract with Universal. Lamparski insists on knowing why.

August 24, 2025

Whatever became of: John’s Other Wife / interview with Adele Ronson and Elaine Kent by Richard Lamparski.

Adele Ronson (1906-2000), who portrayed John’s legitimate wife, and Elaine Kent (b. 1920) who played “the other woman” in his life, reminisce with Richard Lamparski about radio’s most parodied soap opera. Included are excerpts form the original show plus “The Hermit’s Cave.”

August 24, 2025