This edition: White Shadows in the South Seas
Episode Details
Original tape date: December 20, 2024. First aired: March 21, 2025.An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island. Loosely based on the travel book of the same name by Frederick O'Brien, this film is important historically for being the first sound MGM film to be released with a pre-recorded soundtrack. Clyde De Vinna won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
Guest List
Eric Lott Distinguished Professor, The Graduate Center
- The Sin of Nora Moran
- 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 Lady with the Dog
- Friday, September 11 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, September 12 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, September 13 - 9:30pm
- The Sin of Nora Moran
- Friday, August 14 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, August 15 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, August 16 - 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
- Sunday, July 19 - 12:00am
- Nothing Sacred
- 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
