George Stevens 1958-1970 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 8)

You Must Remember This

Karina Longworth

Tv & Film

4.7 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

As a cameraman during World War II, George Stevens shot footage of the liberation of Dachau that showed the world the horrors of the Holocaust – and scarred Stevens himself for life. Pre-war, he had been a director of frothy comedies; post-war, he committed himself to making epic films about “moral disasters.” This yielded a number of masterpieces – A Place in the Sun, Giant, Shane – but by the mid-60s, though more in demand than ever as a director, Stevens felt he lost touch with the audience. He only released one film in the 1960s, The Greatest Story Ever Told – an epic about Jesus, and an epic flop – and then, in an attempt to come full circle to his comedy roots, concluded his career with The Only Game in Town (1970), an awkward mashup of old and new featuring the two biggest transitional stars of the day, Warren Beatty and Elizabeth Taylor. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.8	You must be a kiss you just a kid
0:40.3	A try and Welcome to another episode of You Must Remember This, the podcast dedicated to exploring the secret and or forgotten histories of Hollywood's first century.
1:12.1	I'm your host, Karina Longworth.
1:15.0	And this is another episode of our ongoing series.
1:20.1	The Old Man is still alive.
1:25.3	Is Hollywood dead?
1:27.1	No, I don't think so.
1:28.8	Many years ago, when I first started making pictures, being in a film business was a little bit disreputable.
1:34.5	I hate violence and pictures, just as much as I do, sex and incest.
1:38.6	Old stories I've forgotten mercifully.
1:41.5	I've had such a good time in my life.
1:43.5	It wouldn't bother me a bit if I died at any time.
1:45.8	I think it's up to you, younger fellas, right now.
1:48.0	There's one thing that I hate more than not being taken seriously is to be taken too seriously.
1:53.3	They're being sued by women's lips.
1:55.2	And I'm still alive to tell the tale.
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