This edition: Milky Way
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Original tape date: February 3, 2023. First aired: March 25, 2023.The Milky Way is an example of the popular screwball comedy genre of the time. When milquetoast milkman Burleigh Sullivan (Harold Lloyd) knocks out middleweight champion boxer Speed McFarland (William Gargan) by mistake, he attracts a tremendous amount of media attention. Always looking to exploit a new angle, seedy boxing promoter Gabby Sloan (Adolphe Menjou) convinces Sullivan to leave behind his comfortable career at Sunflower Dairy and become a professional boxer. Little does Sullivan know that Sloan is setting him up for a fall!
(1936, US, Language: English, Comedy|Family|Sport, b&w
Directors: Leo McCarey/Ray McCarey(fill-in director)/Norman Z. McLeod (fill-in director)
Writers: Grover Jones (screen play) Frank Butler(screen play)Richard Connell (screen play)
Stars: Harold Lloyd, Adolphe Menjou, Verree Teasdale
Discussion guest: Rob King, Columbia University.
Guest List
Rob King Professor, Columbia University
- The Sin of Nora Moran
- Sunday, August 16 - 9:30pm
- Friday, August 21 - 12:00am
- Saturday, August 22 - 12:00am
- Sunday, August 23 - 12:00am
- Our Daily Bread
- Friday, August 21 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, August 22 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, August 23 - 9:30pm
- Friday, August 28 - 12:00am
- Saturday, August 29 - 12:00am
- Sunday, August 30 - 12:00am
- The Front Page
- Friday, August 28 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, August 29 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, August 30 - 9:30pm
- Friday, September 4 - 12:00am
- Saturday, September 5 - 12:00am
- Sunday, September 6 - 12:00am
- Street Scene
- Friday, September 4 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, September 5 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, September 6 - 9:30pm
- Friday, September 11 - 12:00am
- Saturday, September 12 - 12:00am
- Sunday, September 13 - 12:00am
- The Sin of Nora Moran
- Friday, August 14 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, August 15 - 9:30pm
- Steamboat Bill, Jr.
- Friday, August 7 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, August 8 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, August 9 - 9:30pm
- Friday, August 14 - 12:00am
- Saturday, August 15 - 12:00am
- Sunday, August 16 - 12:00am
- Milky Way
- Friday, July 31 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, August 1 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, August 2 - 9:30pm
- Friday, August 7 - 12:00am
- Saturday, August 8 - 12:00am
- Sunday, August 9 - 12:00am
- My Man Godfrey
- Friday, July 24 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, July 25 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, July 26 - 9:30pm
- Friday, July 31 - 12:00am
- Saturday, August 1 - 12:00am
- Sunday, August 2 - 12:00am
- FALLEN ANGEL
- Saturday, July 18 - 12:00am
- Sunday, July 19 - 12:00am
- Nothing Sacred
- Friday, July 17 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, July 18 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, July 19 - 9:30pm
- Friday, July 24 - 12:00am
- Saturday, July 25 - 12:00am
- Sunday, July 26 - 12:00am
