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RKO’s Jalna (1935) Inspires Craving for More Mazo de la Roche

January 15, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Whiteoak Family Tree

Jessie Ralph plays 99 year old Gran in RKO’s 1935 movie adaptation of Jalna, the first of the Mazo de la Roche Whiteoaks novels. Also starring Kay Johnson, Ian Hunter and David Manners. Directed by John Cromwell.

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Kings Row (1942) with Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan

August 5, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Harry Davenport as Colonel Skeffington

A look at the darker side of Kings Row (1942) starring Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan. Some think it’s not dark enough

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The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (1935)

June 12, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Elizabeth Allan 1939 Gallaher Tobacco Card

A look at MGM’s 1935 production of the Charles Dickens classic David Copperfield starring Freddie Bartholomew and WC Fields. Includes notes and quotes from David O. Selznick and George Cukor about production and casting, a brief outline of the film and its many characters, the latter highlighted by a biography of of the obscure Lennox Pawle, who played Mr. Dick.

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More on That Forsyte Woman (1949), Especially an Altogether Different Errol Flynn

September 30, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Greer Garson, Janet Leigh and Robert Young in That Forsyte Woman

A quick look at That Forsyte Woman (1949), a Greer Garson MGM feature where Errol Flynn steals the show playing against type with more skill than I would have expected.

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Walter Huston is Dodsworth (1936) with Ruth Chatterton and Mary Astor

April 14, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Walter Huston in Dodsworth

Water Huston plays perhaps his finest role when he brings his Sam Dodsworth from the stage to the screen for Sam Goldwyn under William Wyler’s direction. Winner of 1 Oscar, nominated for 6 more, Dodsworth gives us a peek at the complicated married life of a middle-aged couple.

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Ronald Colman stars in A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

March 26, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Blanche Yurka

Ronald Colman’s magnificent performance as Sydney Carton highlights MGM’s 1935 production of A Tale of Two Cities.

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