TCM’s “31 Days of Oscar” celebration runs February 1-March 3. A look at the 2014 theme plus links to past posts about the movies and stars whose Academy Award nominated films play on TCM this month.
Snowed Under (1936) Chemistry Highlights Hilarious Warner Farce
Looking at Snowed Under, a 1936 Warner Bros. farce directed by Ray Enright and starring George Brent, Genevieve Tobin, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh, Patricia Ellis and John Eldredge. With a focus on “Lawrence Saunders,” who wrote the original story that was serialized in Liberty magazine.
Brief Impressions: King for a Night (1933) – Big Hearted Herbert (1934) and Father Is a Prince (1941) – Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941)
Enjoying a key scene between Chester Morris and Grant Mitchell in King for a Night (1933) leads to more Morris in a Boston Blackie entry plus Mitchell’s own starring vehicle, Father Is a Prince (1941), itself a remake of Big Hearted Herbert (1934), which is also discussed.
Classic Movie History Project: 1931 – Stars Emerge
As part of the Classic Film History Project Blogathon a look at the brand new stars and popular film cycles that dominated Hollywood in 1931. Gangsters and newspapermen, horrors and fallen women abound. With list of major studio releases for 1931.
Helen Twelvetrees is Millie (1931) – With Joan Blondell and Lilyan Tashman
Helen Twelvetrees stars in pre-Code sizzler Millie (1931). Millie leaves her husband after she catches him cheating and she puts monogamy behind her once her boyfriend is caught with another woman too. Can Millie be an independent woman in 1931 and protect her daughter from an even more perilous relationship?
TCM Preview January 2014 – A Look Inside My Now Playing Guide
TCM preview and recommendations for January 2014 with emphasis on Golden Age titles showing on Turner Classic Movies throughout the month. Joan Crawford Star of the Month with daytime marathons dedicated to Anita Louise, Kay Francis, J. Carrol Naish, Jean Hersholt and the films of Charles Brabin and Ernst Lubitsch.
The Centenarians – Movie Folk Who Lived 100 Years or More
A list of the best-known Hollywood centenarians of all-time. Movie folk who lived to a hundred or more. Includes the living and the long since departed. Movie cards illustrate where appropriate with additional centenarians listed on the page as well. Updated September 2019, up to and including Marge Champion joining the list.
Sweepings (1933) and Mamie’s Christmas Counter Freak-Out
Lester Cohen adapted his own novel Sweepings for RKO in 1933. It was remade as Three Sons in 1939. The story is about a retail king and his family, but the focus of this article turns to Helen Mack’s explosive Christmas Eve scene with additional details about her character filled in from Cohen’s novel.
TGI Monday: RIP Audrey Totter, Peter O’Toole, Joan Fontaine
Classic film fans mourned the losses of Eleanor Parker and Audrey Totter earlier this week and Sunday added Peter O’Toole and Joan Fontaine to the list of classic movie stars who died in 2013. Updated with December 29 TCM Remembers Joan Fontaine and Peter O’Toole schedules.
Five Star Final (1931) Starring Edward G. Robinson
Mervyn LeRoy’s Five Star Final (1931) stars Edward G. Robinson as the managing editor of a trashy New York newspaper that resurrects a 20-year-old murder case for circulation. A Warner Bros.-First National production adapted from the play by Louis Weitzenkorn. Also starring Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Frances Starr, Boris Karloff and Aline MacMahon.
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