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1919 Zeenut Fatty Arbuckle Card Offered in Hake’s Auction #204

October 30, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

1919 Fatty Arbuckle Zeenut Baseball Card

When a movie card is actually a baseball card it’ll set you back a few dollars! Hake’s is auctioning a SGC 10 example of the 1919 Zeenut PCL Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle baseball card.

Filed Under: Movie Collectibles, News - Notes Tagged With: Baseball, Fatty Arbuckle, PCL, Roscoe Arbuckle, us, Vernon Tigers, Zeenut

Head Over to Inherited Values for a Chance to Win a Jack Carson Fan Photo

October 30, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti

Jack Carson Fan Photo

Who doesn’t love Jack Carson? My favorite is his Hugo Barnstead in The Strawberry Blonde. My friend Deanna at Inherited Values is running a contest for a free Jack Carson Fan Photo. The details are here.

Filed Under: News - Notes

Kathleen Burke Wins Nationwide Contest! The Road to Panther Woman in Island of Lost Souls

October 29, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 8 Comments

1935 Secrets Kathleen Burke

A look at Paramount’s Summer 1932 nationwide contest to cast Lota, the Panther Woman in Island of Lost Souls. Focus on the eventual Panther Woman winner, Kathleen Burke. Lots of old news clippings.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: contests, exploitation, Gail Patrick, Horror, Island of Lost Souls, Kathleen Burke, lona andre, Paramount, verna hillie

New DVD Release: Island of Lost Souls (1932) Enters The Criterion Collection

October 27, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Bela Lugosi Island of Lost Souls

The Paramount pre-code horror classic Island of Lost Souls has just been released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection. Reflections on the film and DVD extras.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Arthur Hohl, Bela Lugosi, Charles Laughton, dvd, Horror, Kathleen Burke, Leila Hyams, panther woman, Paramount, pre-Code, Richard Arlen, the criterion collection

The Razor’s Edge (1946) Starring Tyrone Power, A Success Story

October 24, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 11 Comments

The Razors Edge

A long article about a personal favorite attempts to tell the story of The Razor’s Edge from Somerset Maugham’s novel to Darryl F. Zanuck’s on-screen vision with a focus on both the adaptation and Tyrone Power as Larry Darrell.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1946, 20th Century-Fox, Academy Awards, anne baxter, cecil humphreys, clifton webb, Darryl F Zanuck, Edmund Goulding, Elsa Lanchester, frank latimore, fritz kortner, Gene Tierney, George Cukor, Herbert Marshall, john payne, lamar trotti, lucile watson, religion, Romance, self-discovery, somerset maugham, Tyrone Power

Barbara Kent, 103, of Flesh and the Devil (1926); Welcome Danger (1929)

October 20, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

One of our last stars of the silent screen, Barbara Kent, has died at age 103. A brief biography and remembrance including a Barbara Kent gallery of collectibles.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Barbara Kent, Michael Ankerich, Michael G Ankerich, obituary

UPS Delivers: Video Unboxing of the New Spencer Tracy Biography by James Curtis

October 18, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Spencer Tracy 5x7 Fan Photo

UPS dropped off my Amazon pre-order of the new Spencer Tracy biography by James Curtis earlier today, so I made a 3 minute video taking it out of the box and capturing first impressions.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: biography, book reviews, film books, james curtis, Spencer Tracy, videos

Dwight Frye’s Last Laugh – Before and Beyond Dracula and Frankenstein

October 18, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Dwight Fryes Last Laugh

Dwight Frye is legendary for his roles in the Universal horror classics Dracula and Frankenstein. The 1997 biography Dwight Frye’s Last Laugh chronicles the actor’s fast rise to surprising heights and even quicker fall.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: biography, book review, Dracula, Dwight Frye, Frankenstein, gregory mank, Horror, james t coughlin, movie book reviews, Universal Horror

1950’s Ephemera – Hollywood Studios Portrait Brochure

October 16, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

1950s Hollywood Studios Portrait Brochure

Opening up a 1950’s era sales brochure from the Hollywood Studios company. Hollywood Studios offered high quality photos for sale of your favorite movie stars.

Filed Under: Movie Collectibles Tagged With: ephemera, fan photos, hollywood studios

Henry Hull is the Werewolf of London (1935)

October 13, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Henry Hull and Warner Oland in Werewolf of London

The first werewolf movie in Universal’s horror cycle Werewolf of London (1935) takes a back seat to The Wolf Man (1941) today, but Henry Hull’s monster is underrated. Also starring Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson and Lester Matthews, a brief look at 1935s Werewolf of London.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Charlotte Granville, Clark Williams, ethel griffies, Henry Hull, Horror, jack pierce, jm kerrigan, lawrence grant, lester matthews, Spring Byington, Stuart Walker, Universal, Universal Horror, valerie hobson, Warner Oland, werewolf, Zeffie Tilbury

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