Saturday Cinema

In the latter part of the 20th century, Kenneth Branagh reigned supreme as the actor putting Shakespeare plays on film. In the cinematic version of Shakepeare's best comedy, Patrick Doyle provided the music.

One of Hollywood's most lauded director-composer collaborations was that between David Lean and Maurice Jarre for 1984's 'A Passage to India'. This week on Flicks in Five, we'll hear Jarre conducting his own music for the film.

'Dances with Wolves' changed both Kevin Costner's career as an actor and director as well as the place of Westerns in American film history. On Flicks in Five, we hear John Barry's Oscar-winning score.

On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel shares some of the Cleopatra Symphony, which evolved from Alex North's score to the 1963 epic film, Cleopatra.

This week, Lynne Warfel pays tribute to James Garner, an actor she knew back in Los Angeles. Garner, Warfel says, was one of Hollywood's truly nice guys.

Franz Waxman is known for some of the great music scores of the golden age of Hollywood, including 'A Place in the Sun', 'Sunset Boulevard', and 'Rebecca'. On this week's Flicks in Five, we'll hear some of his iconic score for 'Bride of Frankenstein'.

On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel shares music from 1972's The Cowboys -- the story of a rancher whose ranch hands abandon him to go join a gold rush, leaving him to find replacements for a grueling, 400-mile cattle drive.

Summer Stock: Judy Garland's last film for MGM and her last pairing with friend Gene Kelly, Summer Stock's upbeat nature is far from what was going on during filming.

Jerry Goldsmith's big Hollywood studio break came when a very famous film music composer from 20th Century Fox heard some of Jerry's TV music and recommended him to take the helm at Universal Studios. On this week's Flicks in Five, we'll hear some of Goldsmith's music from 'Patton'.

As the Fourth of July approaches, Flicks in Five features one of James Cagney's most enduring roles, and one of his favorites -- 'Yankee Doddle Dandy'.