Like Roddy McDowall I find myself focused on Donald Crisp throughout the Academy Award winning How Green Was My Valley (1941). Labor unrest invades the valley and Crisp’s once stable world changes.
Melvyn Douglas – Biography of the Two-Time Oscar Winner
A biography of two-time Academy Award winning actor Melvyn Douglas enhanced by several Douglas quotes from the 1960s and ’70s. Also, Douglas in Golden Age Hollywood.
Sidebar: Walter Huston and the Duke of Crovenay
A review of John Weld’s biography of Walter Huston, September Song, including a story about the fabled Duke of Crovenay and the birth of the Crovenay Society.
April 2013 TCM Preview – A Look Inside My Now Playing Guide
Turner Classic Movies preview for April 2013. A day-by-day look at the TCM April 2013 schedule with daytime DVR alerts. Laurence Olivier Star of the Month. Birthdays for Lon Chaney, Charlie Chaplin, Melvyn Douglas and others.
Warner Baxter Day on TCM – Celebrating Baxter’s March 29 Birthday
Turner Classic Movies airs nine movies starring Warner Baxter on the actor’s March 29 birth date. A preview including 42nd Street, Penthouse, and movies from the Crime Doctor series. With quotes from Baxter including how he visualized his way to success.
Brief Impressions: No Other Woman – Side Streets – Evelyn Prentice – Millionaires in Prison
A quick peek at four movies I’ve watched recently: No Other Woman (1933); Side Streets and Evelyn Prentice (both 1934); and Millionaires in Prison (1940).
Night Court (1932) Starring Phillips Holmes and Walter Huston
Phillips Holmes takes on Walter Huston’s corrupt judge in MGM’s Night Court (1932), a pre-code drama directed by W.S. Van Dyke and also featuring Anita Page, Lewis Stone and Noel Francis.
Evergreen (1934) – Gaumont British Musical Starring Jessie Matthews
My first experience with Jessie Matthews. This American discovers EVERGREEN (1934) for the first time and finds a new favorite. 2,000 words, with images.
Brief Impressions, 1934 Edition: A Wicked Woman – Housewife – Success at Any Price
Brief impressions of A WICKED WOMAN starring Mady Christians, George Brent, Ann Dvorak and Bette Davis in HOUSEWIFE, Brent and Davis again in FRONT PAGE WOMAN, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Genevieve Tobin in SUCCESS AT ANY PRICE.
Edward Everett Horton 2013 Birthday Celebration on TCM
TCM’s Edward Everett Horton birthday schedule for March 18, 2013 plus a selection of later quotes from the very quotable Horton, 1960-62.
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