And the Runner-Up Is The Awful Truth (feat. Casey Lee Clark)
Sep 30, 2020
02:12:53
Kevin brings back Next Best Picture writer and podcaster Casey Lee Clark to talk about Leo McCarey's screwball comedy 'The Awful Truth,' the likely runner-up in the 1937 Oscar race that lost to 'The Life of Emile Zola.'
0:00 - 1:09 - Introduction
1:10 - 29:48 - 'The Awful Truth' review
29:49 - 1:46:27 - Why 'The Awful Truth' lost Best Picture
1:46:26 - 2:10:22 - Shoulda been a contender
2:10:23 - 2:12:53 - Did 'The Awful Truth' deserve to win?
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Theme/End Music is "The Virtue" by Jonathan Adamich