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Barbara Stanwyck, Biographical Beginnings to Baby Face and Beyond

December 4, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 10 Comments

Barbara Stanwyck Early 1930s Warner Brothers Press Photo

A Barbara Stanwyck biography that leaps over Hollywood highlights in favor of her early days as Ruby Stevens, including the popular theory about her name change. Following that a jump forward to look at Stanwyck’s later career. A brief case is made for Baby Face (1933) as her defining performance.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: baby face, Barbara Stanwyck, double indemnity, jane stanwyck, schedules, SOTM, Star of the Month, stella dallas, TCM, Turner Classic Movies

MGM’s Hardy Family Series #3 – Judge Hardy’s Children (1938)

December 1, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Mickey Rooney in Judge Hardys Children

The third entry of the Hardy Family series, Judge Hardy’s Children (1938), finds Judge Hardy called to Washington DC. Andy is interested in a French diplomat’s daughter, while Marian falls in with the wrong crowd.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1938, Andy Hardy, Ann Rutherford, Betty Ross Clarke, Cecilia Parker, donald douglas, Fay Holden, George B Seitz, Hardy Family, jacqueline laurent, janet beecher, Jonathan Hale, Judge Hardy, leonard penn, Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, robert whitney, Ruth Hussey, Warner Archive, youre only young once

Notes: On the Coming Hardy Family Series and More

November 30, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Eddie Cantor R95 Premium Photo

Introducing a series of posts on the Hardy Family series of movies. What’s to come on Immortal Ephemera in the coming weeks.

Filed Under: News - Notes

MGM’s Hardy Family Series #2 – You’re Only Young Once (1937)

November 30, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Hardy Family Youre Only Young Once

The second entry of the Hardy Family series, You’re Only Young Once (1937), sees the family vacation at Santa Catalina Island and features the first appearances of Lewis Stone, Fay Holden and Ann Rutherford in the parts they will reprise throughout the lifetime of the series.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, Andy Hardy, Ann Rutherford, Cecilia Parker, charles judels, eleanor lynn, Fay Holden, frank craven, George B Seitz, Hardy Family, Judge Hardy, Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Sara Haden, selmer jackson, Ted Pearson, Warner Archive, youre only young once

December 2012 TCM Preview – A Look Inside My Now Playing Guide

November 28, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Barbara Stanwyck 1935 Carreras Film Stars Tobacco Card

Turner Classic Movies preview for December 2012. TCM Star of the Month is Barbara Stanwyck and, as always, December features many classic Christmas movies. A look at several hidden gems in the daylight and late night hours.

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

Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) Starring Alice White as Dixie Dugan

November 25, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Alice White in Show Girl in Hollywood

Alice White stars as Dixie Dugan in First National’s SHOW GIRL IN HOLLYWOOD (1930), a behind the scenes movie musical depicting the Vitaphone process and including a stand out performance by former silent screen star Blanche Sweet.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Alice White, backstage, Blanche Sweet, dixie dugan, First National, Ford Sterling, Herman Bing, jack mulhall, John Miljan, jp mcevoy, Lee Shumway, Mervyn LeRoy, Musicals, show girl, show girl in hollywood, technicolor, virginia sale, vitaphone, Warner Archive

Guide to My Big Black Friday – Cyber Monday Movie Collectible Sale

November 23, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Show Girl in Hollywood ad

A guide to the biggest sale of the year inside the Immortal Ephemera eBay Store–every item discounted 20-40%. Vintage movie cards, postcards, still photos and more.

Filed Under: News - Notes

1930s Film Stars and Their Pets – A Group of Real Photo Postcards

November 21, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Ruby Keeler Film Stars and Their Pets Postcard

A group of seven real photo postcards picturing Film Stars and Their Pets. Issued by Valentine’s out of Great Britain in the early 1930s, each pictures a movie actress with their dogs.

Filed Under: Movie Collectibles, News - Notes Tagged With: film stars and their pets, postcards, valentines post cards

The 1938 Emo Movie Star Photo Magazine Plus 12 New R95 Images

November 20, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

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A look at the EMO Movie Star Photo Magazine packet, copyright 1938, which includes a checklist of 216 different R95 linen like photos. Plus images of 12 rare single photos–8 years of collecting these and I hadn’t spotted any of this dozen until today!

Filed Under: Movie Collectibles, News - Notes Tagged With: emo movie club, premium photos, r95

More Mackaill – 1920s to 1980, Dorothy Mackaill on Hawaii Five-O

November 18, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 12 Comments

Dorothy Mackaill in Safe in Hell

Dorothy Mackaill appeared in her last movie in 1937 and other than a brief 1953 TV appearance did not appear on film again until Hawaii Five-O in the ’70s. A quick summary of Mackaill’s two Hawaii Five-O outings plus screen grabs from each episode.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: bulldog drummond at bay, Dorothy Mackaill, hawaii five o, jack lord, safe in hell

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