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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.

Louise Brooks stars in William Wellman’s Beggars of Life (1928)

June 22, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Louise Brooks in Beggars of Life

Louise Brooks and Richard Arlen star in William Wellman’s Beggars of Life (1928) based on the novel by Jim Tully. Also starring Wallace Beery, a pre-Depression tale of hobo life.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1928, beggars of life, Dramas, Jim Tully, Louise Brooks, Paramount, Richard Arlen, Silent Film, Wallace Beery, Wild Boys of the Road, William A. Wellman

Preston Sturges’ Sullivan’s Travels starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake

June 10, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Veronica Lake 1942 Movie Radio Guide

I love “Sullivan’s Travels,” I really do. The 1941 Paramount release from Preston Sturges starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake certainly has held up well over the years, growing in legend as each new generation discovers it..

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1941, Comedies, Eric Blore, Great Depression, Joel McCrea, Porter Hall, Preston Sturges, Robert Greig, Robert Warwick, Screwball Comedies, sullivans travels, Veronica Lake

King Vidor’s Our Daily Bread (1934) more than just a big finish

June 3, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Tom Keene and Karen Morley as John and Mary Sims

King Vidor’s self-produced “Our Daily Bread” (1934) is a Depression-era tale of collectivism starring Tom Keene and Karen Morley. We follow the city-dwelling couple …

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Addison Richards, Barbara Pepper, George Duryea, Great Depression, John Qualen, Karen Morley, King Vidor, our daily bread, Tom Keene

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

May 29, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Roland Culver and Beatrice Lillie

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.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1944, Beatrice Lillie, British Films, Clive Brook, comedy of manners, Googie Withers, Movie Reviews, on approval, Roland Culver

Lana Turner and John Garfield in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

May 25, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

John Garfield Arcade Card

Lana Turner and John Garfield in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) I have to admit, I was really stunned by Lana Turner’s performance in “The Postman Always Rings Twice.” Her Cora Smith came across to me as the most natural character in the cast, which says quite a bit when she’s sharing most of […]

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1946, Audrey Totter, Cecil Kellaway, femme fatale, Hume Cronyn, John Garfield, Lana Turner, Leon Ames, murder, the postman always rings twice

Fritz Lang’s Fury (1936) Starring Spencer Tracy and Sylvia Sidney

May 20, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Spencer Tracy 1940 De Beukelaer Trading Card

Spencer Tracy breaks out in Fritz Lang’s Fury from MGM in 1936. MGM gives Tracy his most important role to date in Fury, co-starring Sylvia Sidney.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Bruce Cabot, fritz lang, fury, Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney

Early Frank Capra on TCM today, we go earlier with The Matinee Idol (1928)

May 18, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Bessie Love

Frank Capra silent feature The Matinee Idol is a great way to introduce yourself to Bessie Love who gives a fantastic performance as a local hick actor brought to Broadway for laughs … and tears.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1928, Bessie Love, Frank Capra, Johnnie Walker, Movie Reviews, Silent Film

Edward Arnold as Blind Detective Duncan Maclain in Eyes in the Night (1942)

May 15, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Donna Reed

Edward Arnold stars in the first of two Duncan Maclain films, Eyes in the Night (1942), as the blind detective who claims darkness as his kingdom. With Ann Harding, Donna Reed, Reginald Denny, Allen Jenkins, and Mantan Moreland.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1942, Allen Jenkins, Ann Harding, Donna Reed, Duncan Maclain, Edward Arnold, eyes in the night, Mantan Moreland, Movie Reviews, Mysteries, Reginald Denny

Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton in Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

May 5, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Tyrone Power’s masterful final performance as Leonard Vole in Witness for the Prosecution (1957) with Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton, directed by Billy Wilder.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1957, Agatha Christie, Billy Wilder, Charles Laughton, Courtroom Drama, Elsa Lanchester, Henry Daniell, john williams, Marlene Dietrich, Mysteries, ruta lee, suspence, TCM, Turner Classic Movies, Tyrone Power, Una O'Connor, Witness for the Prosection

Ronald Colman is The Late George Apley (1947)

May 4, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Ronald Colman 1936 Nestle's

In “The Late George Apley” we join the title character, played by Ronald Colman, in the Boston of 1912 … Apley, member of a Bostonian family dating back …

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1947, Edna Best, movie cards, Movie Reviews, Peggy Cummins, Richard Ney, Ronald Colman, the late george apley

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