Research Notes & Reading Quotes

Short pieces of content related to my daily reading and writing routine. Interesting facts I spot while researching my posts and books. Fascinating quotes I come across while reading books or searching old newspaper archives. Classic movie history as it happened.

Movie Centenarians Updated to Include Nehemiah Persoff, Marge Champion

September 14, 2019 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Announcing an September 2019 update to the Immortal Ephemera all-time Movie Centenarians page to include Nehemiah Persoff and Marge Champion.

New Collectible Checklist & Gallery: 1933 Moviebook Corp. Set of 32 Film Stars

May 3, 2019 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Complete non-sports checklist and trading card gallery picturing the 1933 Moviebook Corp. of New York set of 32 trading cards.

Exit Plan (2018, Eric Terzo) … Wait—2018?

November 2, 2018 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

A quick aside for something a little more modern than usual. My brother-in-law Eric Terzo has had his film Exit Plan selected for the 2018 New York Short Film Festival. Playing November 6, 2018, at the Cinema Village Theatre in Greenwich Village. Also accessible online at Film Pulse.

Movie Centenarians Updated as Baby Peggy Joins the List

October 29, 2018 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Announcing an October 2018 update to the Immortal Ephemera all-time Movie Centenarians page to include Diana Serra Cary, aka Baby Peggy Montgomery.

New Collectible Checklist & Gallery: 1935 Ardath Scenes from Big Films

May 30, 2018 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Complete non-sports checklist and trading card gallery picturing the 1935 Ardath “Scenes from Big Films” tobacco card set of 100 cards.

3 New Collectible Galleries Posted to the Site

March 9, 2018 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Direct links to the three latest collectible galleries added to the site. A game set, a tobacco card set, and a mystery set of promo cards from the mid-1960s. Plus a more general update with notes about current eBay deals.

Review: Sex In the Cinema: The Pre-Code Years (1929-1934) by Lou Sabini

October 13, 2017 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Review of Sex In the Cinema: The Pre-Code Years (1929-1934) by Lou Sabini, an encyclopedic collection of articles about 107 pre-Code movies. 2017, BearManor.

More on the EMO Movie Club of the 1930s

August 28, 2017 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

A recently acquired group of R95 EMO Movie Club linen-textured photos offers insight into details of the club while setting a July 1935 date to their founding.

Ricardo Cortez TCM Movie Marathon: A Celebration of Smarm

April 27, 2017 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

A look at actor Ricardo Cortez, subject of today’s TCM movie marathon and the new biography, The Magnificent Heel: The Life and Films of Ricardo Cortez, by film historian Dan Van Neste.