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The Widow from Chicago (1930) Starring Alice White

December 18, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Edward G Robinson and Alice White

Edward G. Robinson in an early gangster role that’s supposed to take a backseat to early talkie attraction Alice White. Film works for fans of both.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Alice White, Brooks Benedict, Earl Baldwin, Edward F. Cline, Edward G. Robinson, First National, Flappers, Frank McHugh, Gangsters, Harold Goodwin, John Elliott, Lee Shumway, Neil Hamilton, pre-Code

The Cat Creeps (1930) – Universal’s (Mostly) Lost Dark House

October 30, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

The Cat Creeps Film Daily Cover

A look at lost Universal horror film The Cat Creeps (1930) starring Helen Twelvetrees. Contemporary reaction. Piecing the lost film together from Boo! and various versions of The Cat and the Canary.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Blanche Friderici, Elizabeth Patterson, Helen Twelvetrees, Horror, Jean Hersholt, John Willard, lawrence grant, Lilyan Tashman, lost films, Montagu Love, Neil Hamilton, pre-Code, Raymond Hackett, Rupert Julian, Theodore von Eltz, Universal, Universal Horror

One Night at Susie’s (1930) – Movie Compared to Short Story, Plus Helen Ware Biography

October 9, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 12 Comments

Helen Ware in One Night at Susies

A look at First National’s One Night at Susie’s, a 1930 crime film starring Billie Dove and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., but really showing off Helen Ware to advantage. Frederick Hazlitt Brennan’s 1929 short story from Liberty magazine is discussed and a biography of Miss Ware is also included. Plus, just exactly how long is this movie?

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Billie Dove, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ernest Haller, First National, Gangsters, Helen Ware, John Francis Dillon, pre-Code, Tully Marshall, Warner Archive

Elsie Ferguson’s Only Talkie, Scarlet Pages (1930)

May 20, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Elsie Ferguson in Scarlet Pages

Stage legend Elsie Ferguson plays in her final film and only talkie, Scarlet Pages (1930), a courtroom drama offering a view of feminism at that time. Due to its mature content Scarlet Pages was successfully marketed as what was considered a “dirty picture” by 1930 standards.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Courtroom Drama, Elsie Ferguson, feminism, First National, Fred Kelsey, Grant Withers, Jean Bary, Jean Laverty, John Halliday, Marian Nixon, Ray Enright, Warner Archive, William B. Davidson

Our Blushing Brides (1930) Caps Joan Crawford Trilogy

April 7, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery

No longer the wild Jazz Baby, Joan Crawford is cautious to the point of being a drag in Our Blushing Brides (1930), third movie of a loose MGM trilogy starring Crawford. Also starring Robert Montgomery, Anita Page and Dorothy Sebastian.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Anita Page, Cedric Gibbons, Dorothy Sebastian, Edward Brophy, Harry Beaumont, Hedda Hopper, Joan Crawford, John Miljan, MGM, pre-Code, Raymond Hackett, Robert Montgomery, Warner Archive

The Devil’s Holiday (1930) Starring Nancy Carroll

September 20, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Nancy Carroll in The Devils Holiday

A look at early Paramount talkie The Devil’s Holiday (1930). Written and directed by Edmund Goulding, but saved from being stale by Nancy Carroll’s Academy Award nominated performance.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Edmund Goulding, Hobart Bosworth, james kirkwood, jed prouty, morgan farley, morton downey, Nancy Carroll, Ned Sparks, Paramount, Paul Lukas, Phillips Holmes, ZaSu Pitts

The Office Wife (1930) Starring Dorothy Mackaill and Lewis Stone

May 23, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Joan Blondell and Dorothy Mackaill

Publisher Lewis Stone needs a new secretary and Dorothy Mackaill gets the job in The Office Wife (1930). Great dialogue in this pre-Code hit, with many of the best lines coming from Joan Blondell.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Blanche Friderici, Brooks Benedict, Charles Kenyon, Dorothy Mackaill, faith baldwin, Hobart Bosworth, Joan Blondell, Lewis Stone, Lloyd Bacon, Natalie Moorhead, pre-Code, the office wife, walter merrill, Warner Archive

Her Man (1930) Starring Helen Twelvetrees and Phillips Holmes

May 21, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Phillips Holmes and Helen Twelvetrees

Tay Garnett’s Her Man from Pathe is an overlooked pre-Code classic starring Helen Twelvetrees in the first screen adaptation of the Frankie and Johnny ballad. With Phillips Holmes, Ricardo Cortez and Marjorie Rambeau.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Franklin Pangborn, Harry Sweet, Helen Twelvetrees, her man, James Gleason, Marjorie Rambeau, Matthew Betz, Mike Donlin, Phillips Holmes, pre-Code, Ricardo Cortez, RKO (Pathe), Slim Summerville, Stanley Fields, Tay Garnett, Thelma Todd

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

The Doorway to Hell (1930) Starring Lew Ayres and James Cagney

April 21, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 15 Comments

Lew Ayres in The Doorway to Hell

A deep look at the early gangster movie The Doorway to Hell (1930) with focus on stars Lew Ayres, James Cagney and Dorothy Mathews. Warner Brothers precursor to Little Caesar and The Public Enemy.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Archie Mayo, Darryl F Zanuck, dorothy mathews, Dwight Frye, eddie moran, edwin argus, Gangsters, James Cagney, Jerry Mandy, Kenneth Thomson, leon janney, Lew Ayres, little caesar, Noel Madison, robert elliott, Rowland Brown, the doorway to hell, Warner Archive

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