Movies For the Blind

Betty Hutton stars as a hat check girl at the famous nightclub who saves an old man (Barry Fitzgerald) from drowning. But she doesn’t know he’s a millionaire, who secretly repays her with riches beyond her wildest dreams. 1945. (part 1 of 3)

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The Stork Club @ wikipedia
A Stork Club review @ Tips on Tables
Betty Hutton obituary @ New York Times

I received a lovely email this morning from Thomas of the blog Reid My Mind saying he’s written a post about MFTB there, as well as on the blog for the Monroe County Council of the Blind in Pennsylvania.

In the Reid My Mind post, he talks about a good friend who did “live description” for him over the phone as they watched the last season of the HBO series “The Wire”, and how terrific it was. For people who aren’t vision-impaired, it was hard enough keeping track of everyone on that show - can you imagine not being able to see them? It makes you wonder why description couldn’t be available through the TV or on the popular DVDs for that show, so Thomas didn’t have to rely on a friend to tell him what was going on. Check the sidebar links to go to other sites with more information on description and places where you can get it on TV.

Thanks very much to Thomas, and hello to the great people he’s sent this way!

Robert (Vincent Price) remembers the tragic beginning of his war with the vampires, then makes a shocking discovery that completely changes his perspective on his place in a society that could be rebuilt.

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Vincent Price stars as the only survivor of a worldwide plague, spending his days trying to protect himself against victims who have risen from the grave. 1964.

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I Am Legend @ Wikipedia (Note: article for The Last Man on Earth contains spoilers)

Hello to anyone who may be coming to the show from hearing the promo on episode 750 of the Daily Source Code. More than three years ago, Adam Curry said something on the DSC about how great audio podcasting (especially soundseeing tours) could be for people who are vision-impaired, which inspired me to think about my job in terms of podcasting, and finally here we are sharing what are essentially soundseeing tours of movies. So big thanks to Adam for the support, and welcome “Chuckleheads”. :-)

The pieces start to come together for Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Wontner) to solve at least one murder and save Silver Blaze for the race. But Moriarty will not give up his task, putting Holmes, Watson and the horse at risk.

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“Silver Blaze” (text) @ Classic Literature Library
Librivox reads The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (”Silver Blaze” is the first story)

Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Wontner) returns to the scene of one of his greatest triumphs for some rest and relaxation, but a missing racehorse and two deaths soon have him working again - and on another collision course with Professor Moriarty. (1937)

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Holmes On Screen: 1900-1939
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Dori (Tuesday Weld) puts her banking scheme into action to earn enough for her prom dress, but she plays right into Gloria’s hands, and could lose everything. With music from LaVern Baker, the Johnny Burnette Trio, and Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.

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Hi, guys. In the wacky world of podcasting, people sometimes make short promos that tell folks about their shows and why they should check them out. These promos get downloaded, shared and even played on the shows of other nice podcasters. At least that’s what I’ve heard, since I’ve never produced a promo before…because they’re hard. :-)

But I have finally gotten the elbow grease going and produced a promo for Movies For the Blind. So if you’re interested in spreading the word about the show by sending this to friends, posting it to your favourite social networking places, or even playing it on your podcast if you have one, check it out and feel free to pass it around with my deepest thanks.

Click here to listen to the Movies For the Blind promo!

Update: And thanks to the Podcast Promo Show for playing the promo today!

A teenage girl (Tuesday Weld) has been putting too much of her allowance into jukeboxes, so her father starts limiting her free-spending ways - just when she needs a new prom dress to fight off competition for her boyfriend. Features classic music from Chuck Berry, Connie Francis, the Flamingos and the Moonglows. 1956

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Alan Freed @ The History of Rock’n'Roll