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Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Oz in The American Magazine

April 9, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

I found this beautiful full page color ad for The Wizard of Oz while paging through the September 1939 issue of The American Magazine and cribbing contents for its sales listing.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: ads, advertisements, bert lahr, Billie Burke, Frank Morgan, Jack Haley, Judy Garland, magazine ads, ray bolger, wizard of oz

Viewing The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) for Leslie Howard’s Birthday

April 3, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Happy birthday to Leslie Howard (1893-1943) today. I celebrate with a viewing The Scarlet Pimpernel and sharing my thoughts on both the film and Howard in this space today, all illustrated by movie cards and collectibles.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, amazon, gone with the wind, joan gardner, Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Movie Reviews, netflix, pygmalion, Raymond Massey, roku, the petrified forest, the scarlet pimpernel, video on demand

On Ephemera, Collectibles, Value and Specifically World War II Era Movie Star Bus Passes

March 27, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

What started out as a post specifically about several World War II era bus passes featuring movie star images turns into a definition of ephemera, collectibles, and value.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: ephemera, movie bus passes

Collecting the Toronto Star Weekly

March 22, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 68 Comments

An introduction to a complete article about collecting the Toronto Star Weekly including opinion on collecting the Sunday magazine sections of old newspapers.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Magazines, newspapers, supplements, toronto star weekly

Larceny, Inc. (1942) starring Edward G. Robinson and Jane Wyman

March 19, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Previewing Larceny, Inc. (1942) which airs on TCM tonight at 6:15 EST. Star-studded gangster comedy stars Edward G. Robinson and Broderick Crawford with Jane Wyman.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1942, Anthony Quinn, Broadway, Broderick Crawford, Comedies, Edward Brophy, Edward G. Robinson, Fred Kelsey, Gangsters, Grant Mitchell, Harry Davenport, Jack Carson, jackie gleason, Jane Wyman, joe downing, Lloyd Bacon, sj perelman, TCM, Warner Bros.

Today in 1898 – Birth of Dorothy Gish

March 11, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Happy birthday to Dorothy Gish (1898-1968), the little sister who was a big star herself, with a gallery of Dorothy Gish collectibles plus The Unseen Enemy (1912) shown in its entirety.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: comediennes, D.W. Griffith, Lillian Gish, movie cards, movie collectibles, orphans of the storm, Silent Film, silent stars

Collector's Resources – NewspaperArchive.com

March 8, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Looking at various resources for collectors the VintageMeld focuses on NewspaperArchive.com which is the largest searchable database of historical newspapers online.

Filed Under: News - Notes

Sports Photos Inside Burr McIntosh Monthly July 1905

March 5, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

A look inside the July 1905 issue of Burr McIntosh Monthly, one of the few issues of the beautiful photo magazine containing sports images including a baseball shot.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: automobile parade, Baseball, battle of the bowl, burr mcintosh, relay, university of pennsylvania

More on The Stratton Story

March 2, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

A follow-up to coverage of the actual Sporting News article about Monte Stratton’s amputation with a more in-depth look at The Stratton Story (1949) with James Stewart and June Allyson.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Agnes Moorehead, Baseball, Frank Morgan, James Stewart, June Allyson, Sports

The Beast of the City (1932) starring Walter Huston and Wallace Ford

February 27, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Jean Harlow in The Beast of the City

A review of an under appreciated 1932 pre-Code classic, The Beast of the City, starring Walter Huston and with Jean Harlow.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, charles brabin, cops and robbers, Gangsters, herbert hoover, Jean Harlow, Jean Hersholt, MGM, Mickey Rooney, movie collectibles, pre-Code, W.R. Burnett, Wallace Ford, Walter Huston, Warner Archive

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