89. A Little Princess

There's a new girl at Miss Minchin's! In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we're talking about the children's classic A Little Princess!

In this episode we discuss:

• Frances Hodgson Burnett's original 1905 novel
• A Little Princess (1917), directed by Marshall Neilan, written by Frances Marion, and starring Mary Pickford, Katherine Griffith, and ZaSu Pitts
• The Little Princess (1939), directed by Walter Lang, written by Ethel Hill and Walter Ferris, and starring Shirley Temple, Ian Hunter, Arthur Treacher, and Cesar Romero
• Princess Sarah (1985), directed by Fumio Kurokawa, and written by Hidemi Kamata, Keiko Mukuroji, and Ryūzō Nakanishi
• A Little Princess (1986), directed by Carol Wiseman, written by Jeremy Burnham, and starring Amelia Shankley, Maureen Lipman, Miriam Margolyes, and Nigel Havers
• A Little Princess (1995), directed by Alfonso Cuarón, written by Richard LaGravenese, and starring Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, and Liam Cunningham

Footnotes:

• Episode 50: Charlotte's Web
• Episode 5: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Episode 41: The Ten Commandments
• The theme song to The Adventures of Robin Hood
• Akage no An (Anne of Green Gables) (1979)
• The Pritzker family
• The music videos for Blind Melon's "No Rain" and "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Bedrock Anthem"

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88. The Day the Earth Stood Still

People of Earth! Your attention, please! In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we're talking about the sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still!

In this episode we discuss:

• Farewell to the Master, the original 1940 short story by Harry Bates
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), directed by Robert Wise, written by Edmund H. North, and starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, and Hugh Marlowe
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), directed by Scott Derrickson, written by David Scarpa, and starring Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, and Jaden Smith

Footnotes:

• Episode 108 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Justice"
• The Celluloid Closet (1996)
• Adapt or Perish Episode 49: The Karate Kid
• Seth Shostak on the Set of The Day the Earth Stood Still

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87. Valley of the Dolls

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we're looking at Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls! We're very sorry.

In this episode we discuss:

• Jacqueline Susann's original 1966 novel
• The 1967 movie, directed by Mark Robson, written by Helen Deutsch, Dorothy Kingsley, and Harlan Ellison, and starring Barbara Perkins, Patty Duke, and Sharon Tate
• The 1981 two-part TV movie, directed by Walter Grauman, written by Laurence Heath, and starring Catherine Hicks, Lisa Hartman, Veronica Hamel, Jean Simmons, and James Coburn (here's a current YouTube link, for however long it's up)

Footnotes:

• Episode 73: Flowers in the Attic
• The Patty Duke Show
• Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), directed by Russ Meyer and written by Roger Ebert
• The gloriously 90s intro of Valley of the Dolls (1994)

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