A Song From the Heart Beats the Devil Every Time – Details, episodes & analysis

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A Song From the Heart Beats the Devil Every Time

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Tv & Film

Frequency: 1 episode/405d. Total Eps: 3

Film writer, programmer and producer Kier-La Janisse (author of House of Psychotic Women and co-editor of the anthology book KID POWER!) looks at cult kids film and television from 1965-1985, through interviews with the people who brought these projects to life.

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🇺🇸 USA - filmHistory
29/06/2026
#84
🇨🇦 Canada - filmHistory
22/04/2026
#96
🇨🇦 Canada - filmHistory
21/04/2026
#86
🇨🇦 Canada - filmHistory
20/04/2026
#72

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Episode 3: BLESS THE BEASTS AND CHILDREN

Episode 3

Saturday, December 31, 2022 • Duration 01:14:23

Kier-La talks about Stanley Kramer's 1971 adaptation of Glendon Swarthout's best-selling book of teen misfits who embark on a great adventure with results both triumphant and tragic. Featuring interviews with actors Miles Chapin and Bill Mumy, and composers Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr.

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Credits:

Written, edited and hosted by: Kier-La Janisse Special Guests: Miles Chapin, Bill Mumy, Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr.

Music: "Bless the Beasts and Children", "Cotton's Dream", "Down the Line", "Bless the Beasts and Children (Reprise)", "Down the Line (Reprise)", "Journey's End", "Stampede", "Free", "Requiem" ©1971 Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr.

Additional Music from Epidemic Sound: "The Vanished" by John Barzetti "Buried in our Lands" by Enigmanic

Theme Song: "Hot Fudge Holy Moley" from WXYZ-TV's The Hot Fudge Show (1974-1980)

Logo by Sinead Yau at Mojo Valley

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Episode 2: CIPHER IN THE SNOW

Episode 2

Monday, February 15, 2021 • Duration 48:52

Kier-La talks to acclaimed poet, author, playwright and screenwriter Carol Lynn Pearson, who adapted Jean Mizer's classic short story into the 1974 Mormon film production of the same name.

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Credits:

Written, edited and hosted by: Kier-La Janisse Special guest: Carol Lynn Pearson

Bonus Audio - Carol Lynn Pearson reads "Our Mother in the Movies"

Clips from:

Cipher in the Snow ©1974 Brigham Young University Brigham Young ©1940 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation Mirror, Mirror ©1969 Brigham Young University The Great Brain ©1978 Inter Planetary Pictures Snakes ©MCMLXXV Holy Wednesday Productions, Inc.

Music:

War in Heaven - The Osmonds ℗1973 Polydor Records Before the Beginning - The Osmonds ℗1973 Polydor Records Are You Up There? - The Osmonds ℗1973 Polydor Records Darlin' - The Osmonds ℗1973 Polydor Records And Now You Know Me - The Clingers ℗1969 Columbia Records

Additional music from freemusicarchive.org: Solitude - Entertainment for the Braindead Travel Light - Jason Shaw Running Water - Jason Shaw Ghosts - Crowander

Theme Song: "Hot Fudge Holy Moley" from WXYZ-TV's The Hot Fudge Show (1974-1980)

Special Thanks to Skip Elsheimer, Dennis Nyback, Jesse Ficks, Chris Davidson and Becky Ebenkamp Logo by Sinead Yau at

Episode 1: THE DEVIL AND DANIEL MOUSE

Episode 1

Monday, October 12, 2020 • Duration 52:54

Kier-La talks to Nelvana co-founder Clive A. Smith and musician/songwriter John Sebastian about the 1978 Canadian Halloween special from which this podcast derives its name, as well as delving into Nelvana's early years and their ill-fated feature, Rock and Rule.

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Credits:

Written, edited and hosted by: Kier-La Janisse Special Guests: Clive Smith and John Sebastian

Clips from: The Devil and Daniel Mouse ©1978 Nelvana Limited Mr. Pencil Draws the Line ©1975 Nelvana Limited A Cosmic Christmas ©1977 Nelvana Limited Inside Out ©1972 National Instructional Television Center How We Made The Devil and Daniel Mouse ©1978 Nelvana Limited White Line Fever ©1975 Columbia Pictures Industries Rock and Rule ©1983 Nelvana Limited Inspector Gadget ©1983 DHX Media

Episode adapted from Kier-La Janisse's book chapter in The Canadian Horror Film: Terror of the Soul, edited by Gina Freitag and Andre Loiselle, University of Toronto Press, 2014.

Incidental music: Robert Farmer, "Why Seeming so Fast but so Deadly Slow" from freemusicarchive.org

Special Thanks to Amanda Reyes and Bill Ackerman

Theme Song: "Hot Fudge Holy Moley" from WXYZ-TV's The Hot Fudge Show (1974-1980) Logo by Sinead Yau at Mojo Valley

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