REEL REFLECTIONS: STEVE & NAN'S FAVES IN CLASSIC CINEMA

As we say goodbye to 2025, Steve and Nan are wrapping up the year and ringing in the new one with much refection. In this fun episode, join the discussion as they talk about some of their favorite films, movie stars, and directors in a series of fun lists. Get to know our intrepid hosts better and find out just who they think was the Best Villain or Best Screen Kiss or Most Beautiful Actress in the golden era of Hollywood. Steve, Nan, Lindsay, and J.P. also want to thank you all for the steadfast support and kindness throughout the year. May 2026 bring great things to all of you beautiful listeners out there!

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Sources:

Wikipedia.com;
TCM.com;
IBDB.com;
IMDBPro.com;
Movies Mentioned:

Ladies of Leisure (1930);
Platinum Blonde (1931);
Lady for a Day (1933);
Alice Adams (1935);
Stella Dallas (1936);
My Man Godfrey (1936);
These Three (1936);
Dodsworth (1936);
Come and Get It (1936);
Mr. Deed Goes to Town (1936);
The Awful Truth (1937);
Night Must Fall (1937);
Stella Dallas (1937);
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938);
You Can’t Take It With You (1938);
Jezebel (1938);
Love Affair (1939);
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939);
Wuthering Heights (1939);
Dark Victory (1939);
The Return of Frank James (1940);
The Letter (1940);
Citizen Kane (1941);
Penny Serenade (1941);
Suspicion (1941);
Western Union (1941);
Meet John Doe (1941);
The Little Foxes (1941);
Mrs. Miniver (1942);
Casablanca (1942);
Now, Voyager (1942);
Talk of the Town (1942);
The Spider Woman (1943);
Double Indemnity (1944);
Going My Way (1944);
The Woman in the Window (1944);
Phantom Lady (1944);
Christmas Holiday (1944);
Ministry of Fear (1944);
Woman In the Window (1944);
Arsenic & Old Lace (1944);
The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945);
Brief Encounter (1945);
Leave Her to Heaven (1945);
Mildred Pierce (1945);
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945);
The Great Flamarion (1945);
Two O’Clock Courage (1945);
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945);
Scarlet Street (1945);
The Spiral Staircase (1946);
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946);
Notorious (1946);
Gilda (1946);
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946);
Kiss of Death (1947);
The Bishop’s Wife (1947);
T-Men (1947);
Nightmare Alley (1947);
I Remember Mama (1948);
Raw Deal (1948);
Cry of the City (1948);
They Live By Night (1948);
Come to the Stable (1949);
Criss Cross (1949);
The Heiress (1949);
White Heat (1949);
Sunset Boulevard (1950);
Harvey (1950);
Side Street (1950);
Winchester ’73 (1950);
The File on Thelma Jordan (1950);
A Place in the Sun (1951);
Clash By Night (1952);
In a Lonely Place (1953);
From Here to Eternity (1953);
The Big Heat (1953);
Shane (1953);
The Clown (1950);
White Christmas (1954);
A Star Is Born (1954);
The Night of the Hunter (1955);
The Man From Laramie (1955);
A Face in the Crowd (1957);
An Affair to Remember (1957);
The Tin Star (1957);
Giant (1956);
Elmer Gantry (1960);
Splendor In the Grass (1961);
The Manchurian Candidate (1962);
Take Her, She’s Mine (1963);
The Sound of Music (1965);
The Singing Nun (1966);
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966);
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968);
The Way We Were (1973);
The Godfather Part II (1974);
Ordinary People (1980);