Movies For the Blind

Movies For the Blind is featured on the latest episode of Podcast Junky™, the great podcast about podcasts. Lovely things were said, big clips were played from episodes 26 and 28, and a very cool Jonathan Coulton song about zombies was played in honour of Vincent Price in The Last Man on Earth. So hello to everyone coming from there, and if you didn’t come from there and would like to learn about some terrific podcasts, go to Podcast Junky and listen!

Judy (Betty Hutton) gets Danny’s band an audition for The Stork Club, but it doesn’t help her prospects with the bandleader. Meanwhile, Pop (Barry Fitzgerald) has his own love troubles when his wife finds him living with Judy. (Part 3 of 3)

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In a palatial new apartment with her new designer wardrobe, Judy (Betty Hutton) struggles to figure out who her benefactor is. But when her Marine boyfriend (Don DeFore) turns up on her doorstep, a happy reunion turns sour quickly. (Part 2 of 3)

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Associated links
Barry Fitzgerald @Wikipedia
Robert Benchley @Wikipedia
Algonquin Round Table
News from the Robert Benchley Society

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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Original movie from Internet Archive
Movie info from IMDB
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 @Wikipedia
Carolyn De Fonseca @Wikipedia