Posts tagged Daniel Petrie
Ep# 46 - Nancy Kwan in the 60s
Ep# 46 - Nancy Kwan in the 60s

Nancy Kwan had two major hits right in the beginning of the decade, and then what? Bart & Jenna investigate the bizarre twists and turns of Kwan’s ‘60s career and the pitfalls of being a Chinese actor in the dominantly white world of Hollywood.

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PodcastGrateful GuysNancy Kwan, The World of Suzie Wong, Richard Quine, William Holden, Sylvia Syms, Flower Drum Song, Henry Koster, Rodgers and Hammerstein, James Shigeta, Miyoshi Umeki, Jack Soo, Juanita Hall, James Hong, Patrick Adiarte, Benson Fong, The Main Attraction, Daniel Petrie, Pat Boone, Mai Zetterling, Tamahine, Philip Leacock, John Fraser, Dennis Price, The Wild Affair, John Krish, Terry-Thomas, Victor Spinetti, Nobody's Perfect, Doug McClure, James WhitmoreComment
Ep #12 - Black Masculinity in the 60s
Ep #12 - Black Masculinity in the 60s

In this episode, two honkies named Bart and Jenna discuss representations of black masculinity in a range of 1960s films, from the rightfully celebrated to the criminally under-seen.

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PodcastGrateful GuysCivil Rights, black filmmakers, female filmmakers, Ruby Dee, A Raisin in the Sun, Daniel Petrie, Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Gone Are The Days!, Purlie Victorious, Nicholas Webster, Ossie Davis, Godfrey Cambridge, Alan Alda, The Cool World, Shirley Clarke, Rony Clanton, Clarence Williams III, Gloria Foster, Nothing But a Man, Michael Roemer, Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, A Man Called Adam, Leo Penn, Sammy Davis Jr, Louis Armstrong, Cicely Tyson, Peter Lawford, Uptight, Jules Dassin, Julian Mayfield, Raymond St Jacques, Dizzy Gillespie, The Learning Tree, Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans, Gordon Parks Comment