The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (198)

Thank you for joining us today.

Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Merrie Melodies Bugs Bunny cartoon (featuring Yosemite Sam,) the 1953 Hare Trimmed, directed by Friz Freleng.



This cartoon is the first to reveal Granny's real name; Emma Webster, although this alias is rarely used in many shorts. This is also the first of one of the few shorts where Granny is not paired with Tweety and Sylvester, others include This Is a Life? and Corn on the Cop.


Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap who like to share with you a PSA from our German affiliates -



So remember, be a hero, do nothing, stay at home!


We hope you are doing well with your self quarantines - the programming department of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour have been vigorously scrubbing themselves with ACME Eagle Hand Soap - If your eagle's hands are dirty, we'll wash them clean! and sanitizing themselves for your protection. We are also engaged in social distancing - we are communicating with each other via hollowed out pumpkins and Ikea product names.

We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider for today's feature. Today's choice is of 1949 Academy Award winner, The Heiress - William Wyler's film adaptation on a hit stage adaptation of Henry James’s Washington Square. The film starred Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson (in his first Hollywood role,) and Olivia de Havilland (in her Academy Award winning performance.) Both the play and film were true to the novel. The theme was the age-old conflict between love and money (represented by social class). So we would like you to relax (quick, find the most comfortable seat on the sofa,) get a snack (perhaps, some chestnuts roasted on an open fire,) and a beverage (some mulled wine,)and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching this classic film, The Heiress.



After seeing The Heiress on Broadway, Olivia de Havilland approached William Wyler about directing her in a screen adaptation of the play. He agreed and encouraged Paramount Pictures executives to purchase the rights from the playwrights (Ruth and Augustus Goetz) for $250,000 and offer them $10,000 per week to write the screenplay. The couple were asked to make Morris less of a villain than he was in their play and the original novel in deference to the studio's desire to capitalize on Montgomery Clift's reputation as a romantic leading man.



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