by Margo Donohue | Nov 13, 2023 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: Sweet Smell of Success Ernest Lehman was an accomplished writer and adapter of material for the screen, known for his work on movies such as Hello Dolly!, The King and I, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In 1950, he wrote an original short story,...
by Margo Donohue | Nov 5, 2023 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: The Gambler The 1978 Song & Kenny Rogers as The Gambler TV Movie Yee ha! The Margos’ latest episode is all about the Kenny Rogers classic “The Gambler.” The song was written in 1976 by Don Schlitz, who was only 26 years old at the...
by Margo Donohue | Oct 29, 2023 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: Misery The 1987 Stephen King Novel Vs. the 1990 Classic Movie The Margos and special guest Alex Steed of the You Are Good film podcast discuss one of the best Stephen King adaptations ever–1990’s Misery. In both the novel and...
by Margo Donohue | Oct 22, 2023 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: I Know What You Did Last Summer The 1973 Lois Duncan YA Novel Vs. the 1997 Movie “I Know What You Did Last Summer” revolves around a group of friends, Julie, Helen, Ray, and Barry, who accidentally hit a stranger with their car...
by Margo Donohue | Oct 18, 2023 | Podcast
In honor of the recent passing of Piper Laurie (1932-2023), we are replaying our 2018 episode that revisits a classic Stephen King tale–Carrie, which we originally covered in 2014 (using the old, old way we recorded back in the early days.) This is not only...