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Movie Star Biographies

Lennox Pawle as Mr. Dick

Lennox Pawle – The Career of Copperfield’s 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.

Suzanne Kaaren in Romance in Louisiana

Suzanne Kaaren – Brief Bio of Bela Lugosi, Three Stooges Co-Star

A brief biography of original Rockette Suzanne Kaaren Blackmer, who played opposite Bela Lugosi and The Three Stooges and later battled Donald Trump in the courts.

Hugh Herbert illustration from August 1938 issue of Hollywood Magazine

Hugh Herbert – Woo Woo Man vs. F. Hugh and Other Biographical Corrections

A complete biography of Woo Woo! man Hugh Herbert that reestablishes many writing and directorial credits previously given to F. Hugh Herbert and reveals his wife, Rose Epstein, and co-star, Anita Pam, were the same person. Hugh’s early vaudeville days dating from 1911 are covered as well as his earliest work at the film studios.

Jean Muir – Why the 1930’s Warner Brothers Actress Left Film

The ups and downs of 1930’s Warner Brothers actress Jean Muir who left film on her own terms only to be branded a Communist when she attempted a return to TV.

Mary Boland 1936 Nestle Trading Card

Mary Boland Biography – TCM’s Summer Under the Stars

A complete and illustrated biography of stage actress and later film star Mary Boland prepared to coincide with TCM’s Summer Under the Stars presentation of Boland movies, August 4, 2013.

Sara Haden and Minor Watson 1939 A and M Wix Film Favourites Tobacco Card

Sara Haden – Charlotte Walker’s Daughter and Andy Hardy’s Aunt Milly

Character actress Sara Haden was stage and screen star Charlotte Walker’s daughter. Originally famed for playing cranks became Andy Hardy’s Aunt Milly in 14 of the Hardy Family movies.

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Movie Reviews & Articles

Clive Brook adapts, directs, and stars in On Approval (1944)

Clive Brook does it all in 1944’s On Approval, where Googie Withers and Brook himself tag along when Beatrice Lillie attempts a trial marriage with Roland Culver.

Janet Gaynor and Robert Taylor in Small Town Girl

Robert Taylor and Janet Gaynor star in Small Town Girl (1936)

Robert Taylor and Janet Gaynor star in MGM’s Small Town Girl (1936) directed by William Wellman and nothing special for any of the main participants.

She Had to Say Yes 1933 Newspaper ad

She Had to Say Yes (1933) Starring Loretta Young

She Had to Say Yes is a pre-Code film so outrageous that it’s bound to bother men and women alike. An expose on the life of the “customer’s girl,” the Depression era’s version of a high class call girl in business circles. Starring Loretta Young, who manages to be pawed by Regis Toomey, Lyle Talbot, and Hugh Herbert, all in the same movie.

Shirley Grey and Jack Oakie

Viña Delmar and Uptown New York (1932) – World Wide’s Bad Girl

World Wide’s Uptown New York (1932) turns out to be more than a Bad Girl (1931) rip-off. With biography of Viña Delmar, who wrote both original stories.

The Last Flight 1931

The Last Flight (1931) – John Monk Saunders Hijacks Hemingway’s Lost Generation

Upon publication reviews called John Monk Saunders anything from a hack to a plagiarist when his Single Lady cashed in as an inferior version of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. Adapted as The Last Flight, Saunders’s story emerges as perhaps the best of any film about The Lost Generation. Directed by William Dieterle, with excellent performances from Richard Barthelmess and Helen Chandler.

Cass Timberlane (1947) starring Spencer Tracy and Lana Turner

MGM’s Cass Timberlane (1947) stars Spencer Tracy in the title role, features an excellent performance by Lana Turner. After a promising first hour a couple of key plot points are rushed and the quality suffers in the second half of the film.

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