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Panama Flo (1932) With Brief Biography of Star Helen Twelvetrees

March 16, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Helen Twelvetrees in Panama Flo

RKO Pathe’s 1932 Helen Twelvetrees vehicle Panama Flo with Charles Bickford. A Helen Twelvetrees biography tucked in the middle of this lengthy post.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Charles Bickford, Dramas, garrett fort, helen marie jurgens, Helen Twelvetrees, marjorie peterson, Maude Eburne, melodrama, panama flo, pre-Code, ralph murphy, reina velez, RKO (Pathe), Robert Armstrong, saturday evening post, the second shot

Interview with Mae Murray Biographer Michael G. Ankerich

March 13, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

John Gilbert and Mae Murray in The Merry Widow

Film historian Michael G. Ankerich returns to the site for an interview about Mae Murray and his new biography Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: interview, Mae Murray, Michael G Ankerich, the girl with the bee stung lips, the merry widow

Louise Beavers – Biography of Imitation of Life’s Aunt Delilah

March 11, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 12 Comments

Louise Beavers in Imitation of Life

A 4,000 word biography of the African American actress Louise Beavers whose greatest fame came as Aunt Delilah in 1934’s Imitation of Life. She enjoyed a long career in mostly maid roles including a starring role on early 1950s television series Beulah.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Beulah, black actors, bullets or ballots, character actors, coquette, Imitation of Life, ladies of the big house, Louise Beavers, no time for comedy, the beulah show

Guest Post: European Film Star Postcards by Paul van Yperen

March 6, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 8 Comments

Mary Pickford and Anna Pavlova Ross Verlag Postcard

Paul van Yperen of the European Film Star Postcards blog introduces us to Fern Andra, Heinrich Ross of Ross Verlag, Alex Binder and Aterlier Binder, and others in his look at early European cinema stars and collecting European film star post cards between the wars.

Filed Under: Movie Collectibles, News - Notes Tagged With: alex binder, atelier binder, European Film Star Postcards, european stars, fern andra, german film industry, Paul van Yperen, Ross Verlag, sammelbilder

Greer Garson TCM Star of the Month March 2013 Recommendations

March 4, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Greer Garson in Goodbye Mr Chips

Preview of March 2013 TCM Star of the Month Greer Garson containing recommendations and an extended look at Random Harvest. Plus Garson lists and more.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: goodbye mr chips, Greer Garson, mrs miniver, random harvest, schedules, SOTM, Star of the Month, TCM, Turner Classic Movies, Walter Pidgeon

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

March 3, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Warren William and Allen Jenkins

Turner Classic Movies preview for March 2013. A look at the TCM March 2013 daytime schedule with recommendations made for every day March 4-31. Greer Garson Star of the Month coverage to follow.

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

In Brief: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Does Impressions in Our Modern Maidens (1929)

February 28, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

He's doing John Barrymore

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. makes Our Modern Maidens (1929) more memorable than it would have been otherwise through a series of impersonations of John Barrymore, John Gilbert and his own father, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews, News - Notes Tagged With: 1929, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Sr., impersonations, Joan Crawford, John Barrymore, John Gilbert, our modern maidens, Silent Film, Warner Archive

Joan Blondell, as Published in The Dark Pages Nightmare Alley Special

February 26, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Joan Blondell in Nightmare Alley

A look at Joan Blondell’s career up until the time of Nightmare Alley with a special focus on her Zeena the Seeress from that film noir classic starring Tyrone Power.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Film Noir, Joan Blondell, nightmare alley, pre-Code

Fannie Ward – Biography of the Eternal Flapper and Star of The Cheat

February 25, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Fannie Ward 1910s Kinema Theatre Advertising Card

A biography of The Eternal Flapper, Fannie Ward, who came to the stage in 1890. Later starred in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Cheat with Sessue Hayakawa. In between she married a South African diamond magnate.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: fannie ward, fanny ward, jack dean, john wooster dean, sessue hayakawa, silent actress, silent stars, stage actress, Tallulah Bankhead, the cheat

Odds and Ends – Eureka: Lipton’s Stamps! Plus Bancroft, Ward and The Barker

February 23, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

The Barker ad July 8 1928 Film Daily

Images of 20 different 1935 Lipton’s Warner Brothers Star Stamps have been donated to the site. Plus current odds and ends including a pair of George Bancroft movies, frustrating Fannie Ward research and a couple of ads for The Barker (1928).

Filed Under: News - Notes

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