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Are These Our Children? (1931) Starring Eric Linden and Arline Judge

January 30, 2017 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Eric Linden and Arline Judge

Wild RKO pre-Code gem Are These Our Children? (1931) examines Prohibition-era youth gone wild. Includes brief biography of star Eric Linden. Also co-star Arline Judge.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Arline Judge, Ben Alexander, Beryl Mercer, Billy Butts, Eric Linden, Great Depression, Howard Estabrook, Mary Kornman, pre-Code, Prohibition, RKO (Pathe), Robert Quirk, Roberta Gale, Rochelle Hudson, Wesley Ruggles, William Orlamond

The Vice Squad (1931) Starring Paul Lukas, Kay Francis, Judith Wood

March 14, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Judith Wood and Paul Lukas

Ripped from the headlines: New York’s Vice Squad scandal in Paramount pre-Code The Vice Squad (1931), starring Paul Lukas in a part inspired by Chile Acuna, with Kay Francis and Judith Wood. Directed by John Cromwell.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Esther Howard, Helen Johnson, John Cromwell, Judith Wood, Juliette Compton, Kay Francis, oliver hp garrett, Paramount, Paul Lukas, pre-Code, ripped from the headlines, Rockcliffe Fellowes, William B. Davidson

Ten Cents a Dance (1931) Starring Barbara Stanwyck

January 23, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Ten Cents a Dance 1931

A pre-Code set around a dance hall starring Barbara Stanwyck with Monroe Owsley and Ricardo Cortez, and I didn’t like it? Uh uh. Here’s what I didn’t like about Ten Cents a Dance (1931).

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Barbara Stanwyck, Blanche Friderici, Columbia, Lionel Barrymore, Monroe Owsley, pre-Code, Ricardo Cortez, Sally Blane

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Bad Company (1931) Starring Ricardo Cortez

August 27, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Helen Twelvetrees and Ricardo Cortez in Bad Company

RKO-Pathe pre-Code gangster film Bad Company (1931) stars Ricardo Cortez with Helen Twelvetrees and John Garrick. Directed by Tay Garnett.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Edgar Kennedy, Emma Dunn, Frank Conroy, Frank McHugh, Gangsters, Harry Carey, Helen Twelvetrees, John Garrick, Paul Hurst, pre-Code, Rating: 8/10, Ricardo Cortez, RKO (Pathe), Tay Garnett, William V. Mong

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Lightning Review: The Easiest Way (1931) Starring Constance Bennett

August 3, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

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Brief look at MGM pre-Code The Easiest Way (1931) starring Constance Bennett, Adolphe Menjou, and Robert Montgomery. Directed by Jack Conway. With Clark Gable.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Adolphe Menjou, Anita Page, Clara Blandick, Clark Gable, Constance Bennett, Hedda Hopper, J. Farrell MacDonald, Jack Conway, Marjorie Rambeau, MGM, pre-Code, Robert Montgomery, Warner Archive

Blonde Crazy (1931) Starring James Cagney and Joan Blondell

February 19, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

James Cagney in Blonde Crazy

A wild pre-Code con man romp directed by Roy Del Ruth for Warner Bros. and featuring the great chemistry of James Cagney and Joan Blondell. Blonde Crazy released in November 1931. Supporting cast highlighted by Louis Calhern, Noel Francis, Guy Kibbee, Polly Walters, and a very young Ray Milland.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, con artists, Guy Kibbee, James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern, Noel Francis, Polly Walters, pre-Code, Ray Milland, Roy Del Ruth, Warner Archive, Warner Bros.

Five and Ten (1931) Starring Marion Davies and Leslie Howard

October 6, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Marion Davies Richard Bennett Irene Rich

From a novel by Fannie Hurst, MGM’s Five and Ten stars Marion Davies and Leslie Howard, but this tale of the nouveau riche is at its weakest during their scenes. Strong support from Richard Bennett, Irene Rich, and Kent Douglass should have been even stronger. A recent MOD DVD-R release from Warner Archive.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Douglass Montgomery, Fannie Hurst, Irene Rich, Kent Douglass, Leslie Howard, Marion Davies, mary duncan, MGM, nouveau riche, pre-Code, Richard Bennett, Robert Z. Leonard, Warner Archive

The Last Flight (1931) – John Monk Saunders Hijacks Hemingway’s Lost Generation

September 7, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 16 Comments

The Last Flight 1931

Upon publication reviews called John Monk Saunders anything from a hack to a plagiarist when his Single Lady cashed in as an inferior version of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. Adapted as The Last Flight, Saunders’s story emerges as perhaps the best of any film about The Lost Generation. Directed by William Dieterle, with excellent performances from Richard Barthelmess and Helen Chandler.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, David Manners, Elliott Nugent, First National, Helen Chandler, John Mack Brown, John Monk Saunders, Lost Generation, Richard Barthelmess, Walter Byron, Warner Archive, Warner Bros., William Dieterle, World War I

A House Divided (1931) – Walter Huston Stars in Early Talkie from William Wyler

July 23, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

A House Divided 1931

This early talkie from legendary director William Wyler stars Walter Huston as the father of meek Kent Douglass, who falls in love with Dad’s mail-order bride, Helen Chandler. Excellent work from Huston as always with surprising heat and chemistry from the two young co-stars.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Bette Davis, Charles Middleton, Douglass Montgomery, Helen Chandler, John Huston, Kent Douglass, Olive Edens, pre-Code, Universal, Walter Huston, William Wyler

Secret Service (1931) – William Gillette’s Civil War Melodrama Comes to RKO

June 8, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Secret Service 1931

Digging deep into RKO’s 1931 adaptation of William Gillette’s Secret Service starring Richard Dix and Shirley Grey. Comparing the movie to the 1896 play. What was added and what was kept and how classic scenes were interpreted on film.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Civil War, Clarence Muse, Gavin Gordon, J. Walter Ruben, play, Richard Dix, Shirley Grey, spies, theater, William Gillette, William Post Jr

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