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The Solitaire Man (1933) Starring Herbert Marshall and Lionel Atwill

July 25, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Herbert Marshall 1934 Godfrey Phillips movie card

MGM tries to capitalize upon Herbert Marshall’s success in Trouble in Paradise with The Solitaire Main (1933). With Lionel Atwill, Elizabeth Allan, May Robson and Mary Boland.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933 movies, air travel, bella spewack, elizabeth allan, herbert marshall, Jack Conway, lionel atwill, Mary Boland, May Robson, mgm, MGM Films, murder movies, mysteries, ralph forbes, sam spewack, the solitaire man, World War I

Elizabeth Allan – Dickens Movie Star Sues MGM and Thrives Back Home

June 28, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 9 Comments

Elizabeth Allan 1936 Godfrey Phillips Tobacco Card

Biography of actress Elizabeth Allan from her youth to success on British stage and screen. Allan becomes a Hollywood star and then sues MGM before going back home and becoming a success all over again.

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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.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, adaptations, Basil Rathbone, charles dickens, David Copperfield, David O Selznick, Edna May Oliver, elizabeth allan, Elsa Lanchester, Frank Lawton, Freddie Bartholomew, George Cukor, herbert mundin, Jessie Ralph, Lennox Pawle, Lewis Stone, lionel barrymore, literary adaptations, Madge Evans, maureen o'sullivan, mgm, Nicholas Schenck, Roland Young, Una OConnor, Violet Kemble Cooper, WC Fields

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.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: A Tale of Two Cities, adaptations, Basil Rathbone, Blanche Yurka, charles dickens, David O Selznick, Donald Woods, Edna May Oliver, elizabeth allan, HB Warner, henry b walthall, historical dramas, Isabel Jewell, Jack Conway, Jacques Tourneur, Lucille La Verne, mgm, Reginald Owen, ronald colman, Val Lewton