Episode 240: Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hiker with guest Joseph Clark

Jul 29, 2020

Summary:

 

"When was the last time you invited death into your car?" This week we invite Joseph Clark, author and film scholar (and husband of Andrea Gin) on the podcast to talk about Ida Lupino's classic film noir The Hitch-Hiker. Buckle up, because we also discuss pandemic beans, Betty, and Andrea Warner's long-lost crush.

 

 

Show notes:

 

Joseph Clark's website

 

Andrea Warner and friends do a PSA for masks (Twitter)

 

Ida Lupino: Great Director Profile (Senses of Cinema)

 

The Films of Ida Lupino (The New Yorker)

 

‘I’m Gonna Live by the Gun and Roam’: Portrait of an American Spree Killer (The story of Billy Cook in Life)

 

 

Recommendations:

Lisa:  Norsemen, Season 3 (TV series)

Andrea W.: Betty (TV series)

Joe: The Women Film Pioneers Project (a scholarly resource exploring women’s global involvement at all levels of film production during the silent film era.)


Music credits:

"Good Times" by Podington Bear
From Free Music Archive
CC BY 3.0

 

Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod

From Incompetch

CC BY 3.0

Intro bed:"OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst

Courtesy of Free Music Archive

CC BY-SA 3.0 NL

 

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