“The Trip To Bountiful”(1985) with Special Guest Del Shores

About this episode

This episode features a discussion about the 1985 film 'The Trip To Bountiful' and highlights the achievements of Geraldine Page.

"I consider this woman to be the greatest actress in the English language." Thus spoke F. Murray Abraham at the OSCAR podium as he was announcing the winner of the 1985 Best Actress Award. For nearly everyone in the Shrine Auditorium that night, that platitude could only refer to one woman amongst the nominees of Meryl Streep, Ann Bancroft, Whoopi Goldberg and Jessica Lange. It was the final nominee... Geraldine Page. In this very special episode of "Going Hollywood" we are joined by wr...

People in this episode

Hosts: Brad Shreve, Tony Maietta

Guest: Del Shores

Topics covered

• Academy Awards
• Best Actress
• 1985 Film
• Geraldine Page
• Hollywood History

Keywords

• The Trip To Bountiful
• Geraldine Page
• Best Actress
• F. Murray Abraham
• 1985 Oscars

More episodes of Going Hollywood - Movies and Television from the Golden Age to Today

• Vagabond Shoes: "New York, New York" (1977) with Special Guest Brandon Davis · June 10, 2026 · 1h 13m
• Celebrating Marilyn: “Something’s Got to Give” (1962) · June 3, 2026 · 1h 5m
• Race Relations: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967) · May 27, 2026 · 1h 7m
• Miss Independence: "That Girl" (ABC, 1966-1971) · May 20, 2026 · 1h 26m
• Daughter Dearest: “Mildred Pierce” (1945) · May 13, 2026 · 52 min
• Practically Perfect: “Mary Poppins” (1964) · April 29, 2026 · 1h 7m