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Clipping: Larry Fay Profile by Mark Hellinger, 1927

June 22, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Larry Fay by Mark Hellinger 1927

From 1927: Mark Hellinger writes lengthy column charting the rise of Larry Fay of The El Fey nightclub.

Filed Under: Clippings, Notes & Quotes

Attorney for the Defense (1932) – Edmund Lowe’s Fallon for Columbia

June 8, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Edmund Lowe in Attorney for the Defense

Edmund Lowe stars in Attorney for the Defense, second of four 1932 pre-Code crooked lawyer movies based on the exploits of William J. Fallon. With Evelyn Brent and Constance Cummings; Directed by Irving Cumming for Columbia.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Bradley Page, Clarence Muse, Columbia, Constance Cummings, Don Dillaway, Dorothy Peterson, Douglas Haig, Dwight Frye, Eddie Kane, Edmund Lowe, Evelyn Brent, Irving Cummings, Lawyers, Nat Pendleton, pre-Code, William J. Fallon

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Danny Reid Releases The Pre-Code Companion #5

June 1, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

I cover Richard Barthelmess in Heroes for Sale (1933) inside the latest issue of The Pre-Code Companion for Kindle. An excerpt is included here.

Filed Under: Announcements, Notes & Quotes Tagged With: Richard Barthelmess

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Clipping: William J. Fallon, 1927 Obituary

June 1, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

1927 obituary plus image of “The Great Mouthpiece,” William J. Fallon, who inspired the crooked mouthpiece cycle of movies in the early 1930s.

Filed Under: Clippings, Notes & Quotes

TCM’s Summer Under the Stars 2016

May 26, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Edward G Robinson 1936 R95 Premium Photo

A list of the 31 classic movie stars that Turner Classic Movies is highlighting throughout August during TCM’s 2016 Summer Under the Stars programming.

Filed Under: Notes & Quotes Tagged With: Summer Under the Stars, suts, suts 2016, TCM, Turner Classic Movies

Behind the Green Lights (1935), Cops Vs. Mouthpiece in Mascot Indie

May 18, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Behind the Green Lights 1935

Based on a book by Captain Cornelius Willemse, the NYPD’s original “gang buster,” Behind the Green Lights pits the police vs. a crooked mouthpiece and features a romance between cop and lawyer. Easily found independent release is fast-paced and entertaining.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Adaptations, Christy Cabanne, Crime, Edward Gargan, Ford Sterling, Independents, J. Carroll Naish, John Davidson, Judith Allen, Kenneth Thomson, Lawyers, Mascot Pictures, Norman Foster, Purnell Pratt, Sidney Blackmer, Theodore von Eltz

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Cliff’s Notes for Sunday, May 1, 2016

May 1, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Immortal Ephemera

May 2016 reading list for TCM viewers. May 1 birthdays: Ian Maclaren in 1875; Tom Moore in 1883; Anna Appel in 1888; Patsy De Forest in 1894; Julanne Johnston in 1900; Robert Lord in 1900; Leila Hyams in 1905; Rose Hobart in 1906; Josephine Dunn in 1906; Kate Smith in 1907; Glenn Ford in 1916; and Danielle Darrieux in 1917.

Filed Under: Classic Movie Daily

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Anti Red-Head League Targets Wanton, Faithless, and Ruthless Women

May 1, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Laying out the six objectives of the Anti Red-Head League, plus the organization’s fifteen counts against red-headed women. Summer 1932.

Filed Under: Notes & Quotes, Research

6 Hours to Live (1932) for Warner Baxter in Rare Fox Film

April 22, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Warner Baxter in 6 Hours to Live

Warner Baxter stars as a love-struck politician who is assassinated just before a key international vote. Science gives him another 6 Hours to Live after a powerful ray brings him back to life. Also starring Miriam Jordan and John Boles. Directed by William Dieterle. A 1932 Fox Films release.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Beryl Mercer, Dewey Robinson, Edward McWade, Edwin Maxwell, Fox Films, George Marion, Halliwell Hobbes, Irene Ware, John Boles, John Davidson, Miriam Jordan, politics, pre-Code, Romance, Rosita Butler, Science Fiction, Warner Baxter, William Dieterle

Merna Kennedy – Chaplin Leading Lady; Also Star of Broadway

March 28, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Merna Kennedy in The Circus

Merna Kennedy was an unknown dancer and actress when she emerged alongside Charlie Chaplin in The Circus (1928), the peak to a short movie career. This biography covers Merna Kennedy’s background, a few of her films, and her tragically premature death.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: Charlie Chaplin, Merna Kennedy

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