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Night World (1932) Starring Mae Clarke, Lew Ayres and Boris Karloff

April 14, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Bert Roach in Night World

A look at Universal’s rollicking 58-minute movie set inside a speakeasy run by Boris Karloff with a Busby Berkeley choreographed dance to boot. Mae Clarke and Lew Ayres star as the love interests while Clarence Muse and general ambiance steal the show.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Bert Roach, Boris Karloff, Busby Berkeley, Clarence Muse, Dorothy Peterson, dorothy revier, Gangsters, George Raft, Hedda Hopper, hobart henley, Jack La Rue, Lew Ayres, Mae Clarke, night world, pre-Code, Prohibition, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Russell Hopton, speakeasies, Universal

Mary Dees – Piecing Together Life of Jean Harlow’s Saratoga Stand-In

April 3, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 9 Comments

Mary Dees Press Photo

A complete biography of Mary Dees, the extra and stand-in who filled in for Jean Harlow after Harlow’s tragic death during the filming of Saratoga. Culled from numerous American and Australian sources with a few published inaccuracies contradicted and corrected.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: double, extra, hoi polloi, Jean Harlow, mary dees, saratoga, stand-in, The Three Stooges, the women

The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) Starring Fredric March

March 31, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Fredric March as Mark Twain

A review of Warner Brothers 1944 biopic The Adventures of Mark Twain starring Fredric March whose performance rises above an uneven though interesting story.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1944, Alan Hale, Alexis Smith, biographical films, C Aubrey Smith, chester conklin, Donald Crisp, Fredric March, Historical, irving rapper, Jesse L. Lasky, John Carradine, Joyce Reynolds, Mark Twain, Max Steiner, perc westmore, percy kilbride, Robert Barrat, samuel clemens, walter hampden, Warner Archive, Warner Bros., William Henry

Freddie Bartholomew is Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)

March 28, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Dolores Costello and Freddie Bartholomew

A look at Selznick International’s faithful 1936 screen adaptation of Little Lord Fauntleroy starring Freddie Bartholomew and C. Aubrey Smith.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Adaptations, C Aubrey Smith, constance collier, David O Selznick, Dolores Costello, E.E. Clive, frances hodgson burnett, Freddie Bartholomew, Guy Kibbee, helen flint, Henry Stephenson, Hugh Walpole, Jackie Searl, Jessie Ralph, John Cromwell, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Mickey Rooney, Una O'Connor

DVR Alert: TCM Airs 3 Starring Freddie Bartholomew for March 28 Birthday

March 26, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Freddie Bartholomew 1939 Mars Trading Card

TCM airs three Freddie Bartholomew favorites on the morning of Freddie’s March 28 birthday. Don’t miss: David Copperfield, The Devil Is a Sissy, Little Lord Fauntleroy. Celebrating Freddie’s legacy and his ever improving biography.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: birthday, David Copperfield, Freddie Bartholomew, Little Lord Fauntleroy, TCM, The Devil Is a Sissy, Turner Classic Movies

A Look Inside My TCM Now Playing Guide: Previewing April 2012 on TCM

March 25, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Doris Day 1958 Atlantic Oil Picture Pageant Trading Card

A look inside the April 2012 TCM Now Playing Guide from the prejudiced eye of a 1930’s and 40’s film fan. Highlights for April 2012 on Turner Classic Movies plus my April 2012 tally showing how many movies TCM is airing by decade.

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

Researching The Adventures of Mark Twain – I Wish They All Had Sources Like This

March 21, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 12 Comments

March-in-March Blogathon at Sittin on a Backyard Fence

Some notes taken from letters written during the making of the 1944 film The Adventures of Mark Twain helping to explain the delayed release of the film. With a link to the free source!

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Fredric March, harold sherman, Jesse L. Lasky, Mark Twain, resources, the adventures of mark twain, Warner Bros.

Laughing Sinners (1931) With Joan Crawford, Neil Hamilton, Clark Gable

March 17, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Guy Kibbee and Joan Crawford

Laughing Sinners (1931) allows Joan Crawford to dance twice, stars her with Neil Hamilton, tries to give Clark Gable a break,and sees Guy Kibbee reprise his breakthrough Broadway role on screen.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Clark Gable, Cliff Edwards, Dramas, gertrude short, Guy Kibbee, Harry Beaumont, Joan Crawford, laughing sinners, Marjorie Rambeau, MGM, Neil Hamilton, redemption, Roscoe Karns, salvation army, Warner Archive

Dorothy Dell, Star of Little Miss Marker (1934), Gone at Just 19

March 9, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 29 Comments

Lew Cody and Dorothy Dell in Shoot the Works

Dorothy Dell had only appeared in three feature length films when she died, age 19, in a 1934 car accident. This biography includes her rise to fame and looks at all three movies.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: car accidents, dorothy dell, dorothy dell goff, Dorothy Lamour, little miss marker, ruth etting, Shirley Temple, shoot the works, wharf angel

Immortal Ephemera 10th Anniversary Post

March 5, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Immortal Ephemera online since 2002

Online since March 5, 2002. Immortal Ephemera celebrates 10 years. Getting here and going forward. Special Store coupons. Some great hits and personal favorites. What’s to come.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: anniversary, Immortal Ephemera, things-and-other-stuff.com

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