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Depression Era Contest for Free Theater Tickets

June 12, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

The Lost Squadron inside Photoplay March 1932

See The Lost Squadron free at the Paramount Theater in 1932–if you could figure out this contest. A peek at Depression era classifieds and old time prices in this preview of my coming post about The Lost Squadron.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Great Depression, newspapers, the lost squadron

Odds & Ends: RIP Esther Williams – 2 New Galleries – Satan Met a Lady

June 7, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Esther Williams Motion Picture Magazine Premium Photo

Odds and Ends include marking the passing of Esther Williams with details of TCM’s June 13-14 movie tribute. Coverage of SATAN MET A LADY (1936) at my Warren William site. Plus pointing to two brand new movie card galleries, each including images of 50 different cards.

Filed Under: News - Notes

June 2013 TCM Preview – A Look Inside My Now Playing Guide

June 3, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Eleanor Parker 1954 Klene Trading Card

Turner Classic Movies preview for June 2013. A day-by-day look at the TCM June 2013 schedule with daytime and late night DVR alerts. TCM puts the focus on Eleanor Parker while I’m a bit more interested in Ralph Bellamy’s birthday and a Helen Hayes movie I haven’t seen yet.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: previews, schedules, TCM, Turner Classic Movies

Odds and Ends: Including 2 New Galleries, 100-Plus Images

May 28, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Norma Shearer 1935 Lloyd Cinema Stars Tobacco Card

Links to two new movie card galleries picturing over 100 different cards plus some Blogathon notes and what’s planned for the site later this week.

Filed Under: News - Notes

The Office Wife (1930) Starring Dorothy Mackaill and Lewis Stone

May 23, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Joan Blondell and Dorothy Mackaill

Publisher Lewis Stone needs a new secretary and Dorothy Mackaill gets the job in The Office Wife (1930). Great dialogue in this pre-Code hit, with many of the best lines coming from Joan Blondell.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Blanche Friderici, Brooks Benedict, Charles Kenyon, Dorothy Mackaill, faith baldwin, Hobart Bosworth, Joan Blondell, Lewis Stone, Lloyd Bacon, Natalie Moorhead, pre-Code, the office wife, walter merrill, Warner Archive

Her Man (1930) Starring Helen Twelvetrees and Phillips Holmes

May 21, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Phillips Holmes and Helen Twelvetrees

Tay Garnett’s Her Man from Pathe is an overlooked pre-Code classic starring Helen Twelvetrees in the first screen adaptation of the Frankie and Johnny ballad. With Phillips Holmes, Ricardo Cortez and Marjorie Rambeau.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Franklin Pangborn, Harry Sweet, Helen Twelvetrees, her man, James Gleason, Marjorie Rambeau, Matthew Betz, Mike Donlin, Phillips Holmes, pre-Code, Ricardo Cortez, RKO (Pathe), Slim Summerville, Stanley Fields, Tay Garnett, Thelma Todd

Part 2: May 2013 TCM Preview – A Look Inside My Now Playing Guide

May 14, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Dorothy Mackaill 1933 Abdulla Blank Back Tobacco Card

Turner Classic Movies preview for May 2013. Part two of my day-by-day look at the TCM May 2013 schedule picks up on May 16. Focus on 1930s movies, especially the daytime schedule.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: previews, schedules, TCM, Turner Classic Movies

The Sin Ship (1931) – Astor’s Frisco Kitty Makes for Holy Wolheim

May 8, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 22 Comments

Louis Wolheim and Mary Astor

Written for The Mary Astor Blogathon, The Sin Ship (1931) stars Astor with Louis Wolheim, who also directed what would be his final film prior to his tragic death in 1931. Also starring Ian Keith and Hugh Herbert.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Hugh Herbert, Ian Keith, Louis Wolheim, Mary Astor, RKO (Pathe), the sin ship

May 2013 TCM Preview – A Look Inside My Now Playing Guide

May 1, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Humphrey Bogart and Edward G Robinson 1940 A and M Wix Cinema Cavalcade Tobacco Card

Turner Classic Movies preview for May 2013. A day-by-day look at the TCM May 2013 schedule with daytime and late night DVR alerts. TCM puts the focus on Tough Guys, while I highlight Aline MacMahon, Busby Berkeley, Judy Garland, Joseph Cotten and others.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: previews, schedules, TCM, Turner Classic Movies

Lennox Pawle – The Career of Copperfield’s Mr. Dick

April 27, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Lennox Pawle as Mr. Dick

A brief biography of Lennox Pawle, best remembered as Mr. Dick in MGM’s 1935 adaptation of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield. A stage actor of some prominence in London and New York, Pawle only appeared in 12 movies, including Copperfield.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: David Copperfield, Lennox Pawle

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