Ep# 63 - Zoë Rogan's 60s Pick - Bells Are Ringing

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Four generations collide when Bart and Jenna sit down for a conversation with budding film scholar and popular Letterboxd personality, Zoë Rogan, about Boomer movies. Using the final Arthur Freed-produced MGM musical, Bells Are Ringing, as a taking off point, the three classic Hollywood fanatics get to the bottom of what it is about older movies that makes them so much more appealing than current cinema.

In this episode, Bart and Jenna grill Zoë on her method for getting contemporary film fans interested in 20th-century movies. Then, while Zoë and Jenna bond over their shared Dean Martin obsession, Bart does his best to politely nod and smile.
The following film is discussed:
• Bells Are Ringing (1960)
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Starring Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark, Eddie Foy Jr., Jean Stapleton, Ruth Storey, Dort Clark, Frank Gorshin, Ralph Roberts, Valerie Allen, Bernard West, Steve Peck, Gerry Mulligan