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TCM Preview April 2014 – Plus Blogathons; Odds and Ends

April 2, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

John Wayne 1940s era 5x7 Fan Photo

TCM preview and recommendations for April 2014 with emphasis on the Golden Age titles showing on Turner Classic Movies throughout the month. John Wayne is Star of the Month and there are marathons dedicated to Marie Prevost and Lionel Barrymore. Plus other site odds and ends.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: now playing guide, previews, schedules, TCM, Turner Classic Movies

Gentleman’s Fate (1931) Starring John Gilbert and Louis Wolheim as Unlikely Brothers

March 28, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 12 Comments

John Gilbert and Louis Wolheim

Gentleman’s Fate (1931) is an MGM gangster effort overshadowed by the relationship between the John Gilbert and Louis Wolheim characters. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy with good work from Anita Page as well.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Anita Page, Frank Reicher, Gangsters, George Cooper, John Gilbert, John Miljan, Leila Hyams, Louis Wolheim, Marie Prevost, Mervyn LeRoy, MGM, Paul Porcasi, Ralph Ince

More Historical Movie Star “Deaths in Threes”

March 25, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Robert Ames 1930s Picturegoer Postcard

Over fifty years of “Death in Threes” collecting original reports of Hollywood star trios who died close in time. Coverage from 1931 to 1982.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: deaths in threes, obituary

Winner Take All (1932) from Warner Archive’s Latest Wave of James Cagney

March 19, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

James Cagney in Winner Take All

James Cagney stars as boxer Jimmy Kane in Winner Take All, a 1932 Warner Bros. release. This post takes a look at the Rocky II-like double knockdown from the film in order to revisit its inspiration, a real-life 1912 lightweight title fight. Also starring Marian Nixon and Virginia Bruce.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Alan Mowbray, Boxing, Clarence Muse, Clarence Wilson, Dickie Moore, Esther Howard, Guy Kibbee, James Cagney, John Roche, Marian Nixon, pre-Code, Ralf Harolde, Roy Del Ruth, Sports, Virginia Bruce, Warner Archive

I Married a Doctor (1936) Attempts to Update Main Street

March 14, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Pat OBrien and Josephine Hutchinson

Main Street by Sinclair Lewis was published in 1920. In 1936 Warner Bros. attempted to update the Lewis story with I Married a Doctor, starring Josephine Hutchinson and Pat O’Brien. The movie is entertaining but it is no Main Street choosing to focus more on the love angle than it does Carol’s battle against the small town.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Archie Mayo, Casey Robinson, Guy Kibbee, Josephine Hutchinson, Louise Fazenda, Main Street, Olin Howland, Pat O'Brien, Ray Mayer, Robert Barrat, Ross Alexander, Sinclair Lewis, Warner Bros., Willard Robertson

TCM Preview March 2014 – A Look Inside My Now Playing Guide

March 4, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 10 Comments

Mary Astor in Dodsworth

TCM preview and recommendations for March 2014 with emphasis on Golden Age titles showing on Turner Classic Movies throughout the month. Mary Astor Star of the Month with daytime birthday marathons dedicated to Betty Compson and Louis Wolheim.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: now playing guide, previews, schedules, TCM, Turner Classic Movies

Sara Haden, Age 5, Grows Up to Make Misery for Shirley Temple

March 1, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Katherine from Burr McIntosh December 1904

A 1904 photo of actress Sara Haden as a little girl sparks a look at Haden all grown up and causing trouble for Shirley Temple in Captain January.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Charlotte Walker, Sara Haden, Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple in 1934, Part 2: The Movies

February 24, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Gary Cooper and Shirley Temple Gallaher Tobacco Card

A brief look at each of Shirley Temple’s five major feature film appearances during her breakthrough year of 1934: Stand Up and Cheer!, Little Miss Marker, Baby Take a Bow, Now and Forever and Bright Eyes.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Adolphe Menjou, child star, child stars, Gary Cooper, James Dunn, Shirley Temple, Warner Baxter

Shirley Temple in 1934, Part 1: Tracking the Rise

February 18, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Shirley Temple color toned postcard

Tracking Shirley Temple’s 1934 rise to prominence through five feature film appearances and newspapers from around the world. Pinpointing when the public discovered her and tracing her subsequent rise to superstardom through her appearances in the press.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Baby LeRoy, child star, newspapers, Shirley Temple

City Streets (1931) Starring Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney

February 8, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney

A look at the most stylized of the 1931 gangster movies, Rouben Mamoulian’s City Streets (1931) from Paramount, starring Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, city streets, Clara Bow, dashiell hammett, Gangsters, Gary Cooper, Guy Kibbee, ladies of the mob, max marcin, oliver hp garrett, Paramount, Paul Lukas, pre-Code, Prohibition, rouben mamoulian, Stanley Fields, Sylvia Sidney, William "Stage" Boyd, Wynne Gibson

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