The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (286)

Thank you for joining us today - (apparently I was drunk when I posted this, this morning. It was an early unedited version. Sorry for the confusion.)

Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1941 The Henpecked Duck , (co-starring Porky Pig,) directed by Bob Clampett.



Proud of his magic trick, Daffy mutters to himself, "If Major Bowes could see me now," a reference to The Major Bowes Amateur Hour, a popular talent competition show of the time.


Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like you join us in watching a middle aged man putting himself in harms way



José Andrés' humanitarian work should make him eligible for the Noble Peace prize


We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's film is the 1959 seminal drama, Shadows, directed by John Cassavetes and starring Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, and Hugh Hurd. The film is considered one of the starts of American independent film. John Cassavetes was the guest on a Manhattan radio show, promoting his series, Johnny Staccato, during the interview, the conversation moved into making a feature film, and Cassavetes told listeners that if he were to make a feature film, they should donate a dollar or two by sending it to the station. A few days later, a surprised Cassavetes had received a couple of thousand dollars from listeners sending money to the station, which he put toward the making of this film. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this taut drama, Shadows. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.



John Cassavetes screened the movie in 1957 and 1958, but because of poor response he went back and re-shot about half of the film in 1959. The first version of the film was believed to be lost for almost 50 years. In the mid-1980s Prof. Ray Carney began his search for the film after talking to Cassavetes about the first version. Carney searched almost everywhere but was led to dead ends for 20 years. Finally, in 2002, he was contacted by a woman who said her father, a junk dealer, had a cardboard box with a film called "Shadows". It turned out to be the first version and not the second one. The print was in pristine condition.



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