Immortal Ephemera

TCM’s Best Month – August 2011 TCM Summer Under the Stars

July 31, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

An introduction to TCM’s Summer Under the Stars programming for August 2011 including the complete lineup and where to find out more.

Call Her Savage (1932) Stars Clara Bow as Pre-Code Dynamite

July 29, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 9 Comments

Celebrating my favorite movie starring the ‘It Girl’ Clara Bow, the talkie Call Her Savage, a 1932 pre-code release from Fox. With Gilbert Roland, Monroe Owsley, Thelma Todd, and Estelle Taylor among others.

The Mole People (1956) starring John Agar and Hugh Beaumont

July 28, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 27 Comments

Sci-fi stalwart John Agar stars in Universal-International’s The Mole People (1956). An underrated fifites science fiction movie with some good, and bad, visuals.

Alma Rubens – The Tragic End of Mrs. Ricardo Cortez

July 24, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

A look at the sad story of film star Alma Rubens’ battles with drug addiction. Alma Rubens wrote the story herself just weeks before her death in 1931.

Symphony of Six Million (1932) starring Ricardo Cortez

July 22, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

RKO’s Symphony of Six Million (1932) is an interesting David O. Selznick produced film with a then unusual focus on a Jewish family. Ricardo Cortez stars as a young doctor with Anna Appel and Gregory Ratoff as his parents and Irene Dunne as the handicapped girl who’s loved him since childhood.

Around the Web: Fine Estate, Googie Withers, Voluptua

July 20, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Some interesting stuff from other sites including my guest post about collecting at Fine Estate; old friend Gloria Pall, aka Voluptua, being named Goddess of the Month; and my favorite article about the recently deceased Googie Withers.

A Dispatch from Reuters (1940) – Plus the Real Reuter vs. Edward G. Robinson

July 18, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Edward G. Robinson stars as the entrepreneur behind A Dispatch from Reuters (1940), a Warner Brothers’ biopic whose message is progress and knowledge through a smaller world. Plus a look at the real Reuter compared to the Edward G. Robinson character of the movie.