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The Office Wife (1930) Starring Dorothy Mackaill and Lewis Stone

May 23, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Joan Blondell and Dorothy Mackaill

Publisher Lewis Stone needs a new secretary and Dorothy Mackaill gets the job in The Office Wife (1930). Great dialogue in this pre-Code hit, with many of the best lines coming from Joan Blondell.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Blanche Friderici, Brooks Benedict, Charles Kenyon, Dorothy Mackaill, faith baldwin, Hobart Bosworth, Joan Blondell, Lewis Stone, Lloyd Bacon, Natalie Moorhead, pre-Code, the office wife, walter merrill, Warner Archive

Her Man (1930) Starring Helen Twelvetrees and Phillips Holmes

May 21, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Phillips Holmes and Helen Twelvetrees

Tay Garnett’s Her Man from Pathe is an overlooked pre-Code classic starring Helen Twelvetrees in the first screen adaptation of the Frankie and Johnny ballad. With Phillips Holmes, Ricardo Cortez and Marjorie Rambeau.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Franklin Pangborn, Harry Sweet, Helen Twelvetrees, her man, James Gleason, Marjorie Rambeau, Matthew Betz, Mike Donlin, Phillips Holmes, pre-Code, Ricardo Cortez, RKO (Pathe), Slim Summerville, Stanley Fields, Tay Garnett, Thelma Todd

Part 2: May 2013 TCM Preview – A Look Inside My Now Playing Guide

May 14, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Dorothy Mackaill 1933 Abdulla Blank Back Tobacco Card

Turner Classic Movies preview for May 2013. Part two of my day-by-day look at the TCM May 2013 schedule picks up on May 16. Focus on 1930s movies, especially the daytime schedule.

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

The Sin Ship (1931) – Astor’s Frisco Kitty Makes for Holy Wolheim

May 8, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 22 Comments

Louis Wolheim and Mary Astor

Written for The Mary Astor Blogathon, The Sin Ship (1931) stars Astor with Louis Wolheim, who also directed what would be his final film prior to his tragic death in 1931. Also starring Ian Keith and Hugh Herbert.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Hugh Herbert, Ian Keith, Louis Wolheim, Mary Astor, RKO (Pathe), the sin ship

May 2013 TCM Preview – A Look Inside My Now Playing Guide

May 1, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Humphrey Bogart and Edward G Robinson 1940 A and M Wix Cinema Cavalcade Tobacco Card

Turner Classic Movies preview for May 2013. A day-by-day look at the TCM May 2013 schedule with daytime and late night DVR alerts. TCM puts the focus on Tough Guys, while I highlight Aline MacMahon, Busby Berkeley, Judy Garland, Joseph Cotten and others.

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

Lennox Pawle – The Career of Copperfield’s Mr. Dick

April 27, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Lennox Pawle as Mr. Dick

A brief biography of Lennox Pawle, best remembered as Mr. Dick in MGM’s 1935 adaptation of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield. A stage actor of some prominence in London and New York, Pawle only appeared in 12 movies, including Copperfield.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: David Copperfield, Lennox Pawle

The Penalty (1941) Starring Gene Reynolds and Edward Arnold

April 24, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Gene Reynolds in The Penalty

Roosty worships gangster dad “Stuff” Nelson in MGM’s The Penalty (1941). When the G-men send Roosty to the farm he has to adjust to life amongst the hicks. Starring Edward Arnold as Stuff, Lionel Barrymore and Gene Reynolds as Roosty.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1941, Edward Arnold, Emma Dunn, Gangsters, Gene Reynolds, gloria dehaven, Grant Mitchell, harold s bucquet, Lionel Barrymore, Marsha Hunt, martin berkeley, phil silvers, richard lane, robert sterling, the penalty, veda ann borg

Public Enemy’s Wife (1936) and Bullets for O’Hara (1941)

April 21, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Margaret Lindsay in Public Enemy's Wife

Continuing the G-man cycle with Warner Brother’s Public Enemy’s Wife (1936) and its 1941 remake, Bullets for O’Hara. Reuniting Robert Armstrong and Margaret Lindsay from G Men with Pat O’Brien, Public Enemy’s Wife is a worthwhile Warner’s crime film, while the low budget O’Hara is worth a try for fans of the original.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, 1941, Anthony Quinn, bullets for ohara, Cesar Romero, dick purcell, g men, Gangsters, joan perry, Margaret Lindsay, nick grinde, Pat O'Brien, public enemys wife, Robert Armstrong, Roger Pryor, Warner Bros., William K. Howard

Odds: Cracker Jacks, Site Updates, Lee Tracy

April 14, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Lee Tracy 1933 Lux 5x7 Portrait

Some odds and ends around the site winding up with a brief biography of the actor Lee Tracy posted to coincide with his April 14 date of birth.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Lee Tracy

G Men (1935) Starring James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, and Ann Dvorak

April 10, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 32 Comments

James Cagney in G Men

A look at Warner Brothers’ G MEN (1935) starring James Cagney, this time as the good guy. Based on several real incidents and infamous names, it’s the movie that began the G-Men cycle of films.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Ann Dvorak, Barton MacLane, Crime, Darryl F Zanuck, edward pawley, Edwin Maxwell, fbi, g men, Gangsters, hal wallis, Harold Huber, James Cagney, Lloyd Nolan, Margaret Lindsay, Regis Toomey, Robert Armstrong, Russell Hopton, seton i miller, Warner Bros., William Harrigan, William Keighley

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