Despite such an early, tragic exit Bobby Harron managed to appear in well over 200 features and shorts, most shorts, dating back to his 1907
Bruce Cabot and Adrienne Ames, 1933-37
Adrienne Ames and Bruce Cabot, married—divorced—reconciled—divorced …
Terence Towles Canote of A Shroud of Thoughts on TCM Saturday!
Tune into TCM Saturday, April 11, 2015 to see Terence Towles Canote of A Shroud of Thoughts introduce A Hard Day’s Night at 2:15 pm Eastern …
Charles Ray Pays Agreed Prize — Plus Bonus
I was researching the Charles Ray play Yen in the Cleveland Plain Dealer and found a few articles reporting a promotional gimmick …
Theodore Dreiser’s Six Worst Movies of 1931
Dreiser finds Hollywood home of “the cheap sex story,” and berates it for having a “head as empty as its purse is full” in a January 1932 article from New Movie Magazine.
TCM Recommendations April 2015; Site News
Preview and recommendations for April 2015 on Turner Classic Movies. Pick of the Month: NIGHT COURT (1932) on April 6. Star of the Month is Anthony Quinn. Post also includes a look at David Meuel’s new book and Immortal Ephemera site news.
How Many TVs Were in New York in 1939?
Notes from the article “RCA and Farnsworth in a Patent Exchange; NBC Plans ‘Big Push,’” Motion Picture Herald, October 7, 1939, 41. According to Alfred H. Morton, Vice-President of NBC in charge of television, there were 1,200 television sets in the New York area as of publication in October 1939. When NBC began its television […]
Blood Money (1933) Starring George Bancroft, Frances Dee
One of three pre-Code titles directed by temperamental Rowland Brown, Blood Money (1933) stars George Bancroft as a bail bondsman to the underworld with Frances Dee as a young kleptomaniac with an “underworld mania” and a desire for a strong man to dominate her. Feature debut for Judith Anderson.
The Murder Man (1935) Starring Spencer Tracy
Reviewing Spencer Tracy’s first film on his MGM contract, The Murder Man, underrated by virtue of Tracy’s starring performance. Also starring Virginia Bruce, with Lionel Atwill and James Stewart in his feature film debut.
Review: Nobody’s Stooge: Ted Healy by Bill Cassara
A review of the 2015 BearManor Media release Nobody’s Stooge: Ted Healy by Bill Cassera. A biography of the creator of The Three Stooges, who met an untimely and controversial death in 1937.
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