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Classic Movie Reviews by Cliff Aliperti

Spoiler-free reviews of movies from Hollywood's Golden Age, especially the 1930s. Most reviews also include research into background of the film and, when relevant, the history surrounding the subject of the movie.

The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935) starring Paul Muni with Josephine Hutchinson

November 2, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

No, it’s not about Pasteurization! Paul Muni turns in another grand performance as Louis Pasteur in the 1935 Warner Bros biopic. William Dieterle directs.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Academy Awards, Biopics, Donald Woods, Fritz Leiber, Josephine Hutchinson, Oscars, Paul Muni, The Story of Louis Pasteur, William Dieterle

Cheela the Ape stars in Captive Wild Woman with John Carradine

October 28, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

John Carradine

John Carradine’s first horror lead, “Captive Wild Woman” (1943) from Universal has definite roots in one of that company’s staples, the classic “Frankenstein” …

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1943, Brief Notes, Frankenstein, Horror, John Carradine, Movie Reviews, Murders in the Rue Morgue, Universal, Universal Horror

The Invisible Ray (1936) starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi

October 22, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Brief notes are exactly that, just some stream of consciousness thoughts occurring during my most recent viewing of The Invisible Ray with Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Bela Lugosi, Beulah Bondi, Boris Karloff, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton, Horror, The Invisible Ray, Universal Horror

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) starring Bela Lugosi and Sidney Fox

October 19, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

A brief look at 1932 Universal horror film Murders in the Rue Morgue based upon the Edgar Allan Poe work and starring Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox and Erik the Ape.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Bela Lugosi, Edgar Allan Poe, Leon Ames, Leon Waycoff, Murders in the Rue Morgue, Robert Florey, Sidney Fox, Sydney Fox, Universal Horror

Arsene Lupin Returns (1938) starring Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Warren William

October 18, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Brief notes are exactly that, just some stream of consciousness thoughts occurring during my most recent viewing of Arsene Lupin Returns.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1938, Arsene Lupin Returns, detective movies, E.E. Clive, George Zucco, Melvyn Douglas, MGM, Nat Pendleton, Virginia Bruce, Warren William

Peter Lorre stars in MGM’s Mad Love (1935)

October 6, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

The madness of Peter Lorre’s Doctor Gogol in MGM’s Mad Love places him more within the realm of Doestoevsky’s Raskalnikov than it does with traditional monsters of the flesh

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Colin Clive, Frances Drake, Horror, MGM, Peter Lorre

Reflections after The Magic Box – What classic movies inspire you?

September 7, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

The Magic Box is time well spent throughout … In this biopic Robert Donat plays William Friese-Greene, professional photographer turned inventor, who …

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1951, Biopics, inspiring movies, Laurence Olivier, movie cards, Movie Reviews, Robert Donat, The Magic Box, William Friese-Greene

Robert Donat stars in Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps (1935)

July 28, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Robert Donat and Lucie Mannheim

Hitchcock brings action and adventure, mystery and romance to The 39 Steps (1935) starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, action, Adventures, Alfred Hitchcock, Madeleine Carroll, Mysteries, Robert Donat, the 39 steps

Tyrone Power in Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)

July 16, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Tyrone Power

Twentieth Century-Fox’s “Son of Fury” plays as a 98 minute epic tale of redemption which opens with a fight, leads to an escape, turns into a brief tale at sea, then an island romance and adventure, a return for vengeance, even a spectacle of a courtroom trial, before, of course, culminating in yet another big fight with the intervening years leading to a different outcome.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1942, 20th Century-Fox, action, Adventures, Benjamin Blake, Dudley Digges, Elsa Lanchester, Frances Farmer, Gene Tierney, George Sanders, Harry Davenport, John Carradine, Kay Johnson, Movie Reviews, Roddy McDowall, son of fury, Tyrone Power

Diamond Jim (1935) starring Edward Arnold as Diamond Jim Brady

June 30, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Edward Arnold as Diamond Jim Brady

Based on the biography “Diamond Jim, The Life and Times of James Buchanan Brady” published a year earlier by Parker Morell this uneven though still enjoyable comedy was brought to the screen by Universal through a Preston Sturges script under the direction of Eddie Sutherland. Starring Edward Arnold as Diamond Jim Brady.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Binnie Barnes, Biopics, Cesar Romero, diamond jim, diamond jim brady, Edward Arnold, Eric Blore, George Sidney, Jean Arthur, Movie Reviews

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