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Stablemates (1938) – MGM Rides Seabiscuit to Hit with Beery and Rooney

May 28, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 17 Comments

Mickey Rooney and Wallace Beery Stablemates Still Photo

MGM’s horse racing weepie Stablemates starring Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney released just three weeks before Seabiscuit’s match race vs. War Admiral. A look at time, circumstances and film.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1938, Arthur Hohl, Horse Racing, Margaret Hamilton, marjorie gateson, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Minor Watson, Sam Wood, seabiscuit, Sports, Wallace Beery

Warner Baxter as The Crime Doctor: A Crime Doctor Episode Guide

May 24, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 10 Comments

Warner Baxter in the first Crime Doctor

A guide to the individual entries to Columbia’s Crime Doctor mystery series of the 1940’s. Each of the ten films star Warner Baxter. Packed with details yet spoiler free.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, Adele Jergens, Barton MacLane, Columbia, Crime Doctor, Don Beddoe, dr robert ordway, Eduardo Ciannelli, ellen drew, Emory Parnell, eugene forde, Gloria Dickson, hillary brooke, jerome cowan, John Litel, lloyd bridges, Lupita Tovar, lynn merrick, marcel journet, miles mander, Mysteries, Reginald Denny, Robert Armstrong, series, seymour friedman, Warner Baxter, William Castle, William Frawley

Revisiting Fortunes Cast Through 1935 Secrets Miniature Playing Cards

May 23, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Reverse side David Manners 1935 Secrets

Having some fun with the pre-printed Fortunes found on the 1935 Secrets Magazine miniature deck of film star playing cards.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: playing cards, secrets magazine, swap cards

Crime Doctor (1943) Starring Warner Baxter with Dr. Ordway’s Origins

May 16, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Warner Baxter in Crime Doctor

The origins of the Crime Doctor are revealed in this first of ten movies starring Warner Baxter as Dr. Robert Ordway. Origins of the series from radio and possibly a previous Columbia release are also explained in this look at Columbia’s Crime Doctor (1943)

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1943, amnesia, Columbia, Crime Doctor, doctors, don costello, dorothy tree, dr robert ordway, Harold Huber, John Litel, larry darmour productions, Leon Ames, Margaret Lindsay, michael gordon, Mysteries, old time radio, otr, Ray Collins, series, Warner Baxter

Listen to My TCM Picks for the Week of May 14-20 at The Cinementals

May 14, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Click to visit The Cinementals

Recapping all of my articles about what to watch on Turner Classic Movies in May 2012 including a link over to my recent appearance on The Cinementals audio podcast where I help to select the best movies TCM has to offer for the week of May 14-20.

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

Government Girl (1943) Starring Olivia de Havilland and Sonny Tufts

May 11, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Olivia de Havilland in Government Girl

Olivia de Havilland is Smokey Allard in RKO’s Government Girl (1943). Far from perfect and suffering greatly in comparison to other home front titles such as The More the Merrier, Government Girl is still an interesting slice of history.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1943, Agnes Moorehead, Anne Shirley, casablanca, Comedies, dudley nichols, Emory Parnell, george givot, government girl, Harry Davenport, James Dunn, jess barker, Olivia de Havilland, paul stanton, paul stewart, RKO (Pathe), sonny tufts, Una O'Connor, Washington, World War II

1935-36 Box Office Performance Rankings from Harrison’s Reports

May 8, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

San Francisco Tobacco Card

A look at the box office performances of 1934-1935 movie releases as ranked by Harrison’s Reports in the May 4, 1935 edition of the weekly film industry publication.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: box office, harrisons reports

Flesh (1932) Starring Wallace Beery and Karen Morley

May 8, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Wallace Beery and Karen Morley in Flesh

John Ford directed Flesh (1932) for MGM with Wallace Beery starring as a German wrestler and Karen Morley giving an outstanding performance as the shady girl he loves. With Ricardo Cortez.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Dramas, Edmund Goulding, Edward Brophy, flesh, greta meyer, Herman Bing, Jean Hersholt, John Ford, John Miljan, Karen Morley, Ricardo Cortez, Vince Barnett, Wallace Beery, Ward Bond, Warner Archive, wrestling

Let’s Go to the Movies! Clementon Theatre Pre-Code Programs, 1933-34

May 7, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Clementon Theatre

A collection of pre-code era Clementon Theatre movie house programs including a showing of Convention City. Includes a brief history of New Jersey’s Clementon Theatre.

Filed Under: Movie Collectibles, News - Notes Tagged With: clementon nj, clementon theatre, convention city, movie programs, pre-Code, programs, theater programs

1934-35 Box Office Performance Rankings from Harrison’s Reports

May 5, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Harrison's Reports May 4 1935 masthead

A look at the box office performances of 1934-1935 movie releases as ranked by Harrison’s Reports in the May 4, 1935 edition of the weekly film industry publication.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: box office, harrisons reports

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