Another Kind Of Distance: A Time Travel, Twin Peaks, Film, Doom Patrol And Nostalgia Podcast

Welcome to our inaugural Gloria Grahame episode, which is also our final Acteurist Oeuvre-view! In this episode we consider Gloria's first significant movie role, as the cause of Blonde Fever (1944), in which she and Philip Dorn confuse each other and provide occasion for Mary Astor's multiple levels of irony. We then turn to Gloria's breakthrough role in one of our very favourite movies, It's a Wonderful Life (1946), examining it through the lens of Gloria's iconic character, Violet Bick. We consider Violet's thematic link to George at a crucial moment, Capra's invention of a "wholesome small-town siren" trope that's essential to David Lynch's universe, and the qualities that enable Gloria Grahame to embody this concept.   Time Codes: 0h 00m 25s:    A Short Introduction to Gloria Grahame 0h 12m 48s:    BLONDE FEVER (1944) [dir. Richard Whorf] 0h 34m 09s:    IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) [dir. Frank Capra]   ++ * Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project – a discussion of Late Spring * Marvel