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Three on a Match (1932), A Second Look: Bogart, Action, Warren William

April 13, 2017 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Humphrey Bogart and Ann Dvorak

A second look at pre-Code classic Three on a Match (1932) includes an appraisal of early Humphrey Bogart movies, contemporary reaction, and a checklist of stars. Plus Warren William.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Allen Jenkins, Ann Dvorak, Anne Shirley, Bette Davis, Buster Phelps, Clara Blandick, Crime, Edward Arnold, First National, Frankie Darro, Gangsters, Glenda Farrell, Grant Mitchell, Hardie Albright, Herman Bing, Humphrey Bogart, Jack La Rue, Joan Blondell, Lyle Talbot, Mervyn LeRoy, pre-Code, sheila terry, Warner Bros., Warren William

No Man of Her Own (1932) Starring Clark Gable and Carole Lombard

November 21, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Carole Lombard and Clark Gable

Noted for pairing Clark Gable and Carole Lombard a few years before they began their romance, Paramount’s No Man of Her Own (1932) is entertaining beyond their unsurprising screen chemistry. Post features several background notes about film’s complicated pre-production.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Carole Lombard, Charley Grapewin, Clark Gable, Dorothy Mackaill, Elizabeth Patterson, gamblers, gambling, George Barbier, Grant Mitchell, J. Farrell MacDonald, Paramount, Paul Ellis, pre-Code, Romance, Tommy Conlon, Val Lewton, Walter Walker, Wesley Ruggles

Red-Headed Woman (1932) Reveals New Jean Harlow

August 6, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Jean Harlow in Red-Headed Woman

Jean Harlow lobbies for Red-Headed Woman and emerges as one of MGM’s top stars. Background notes on the film accompany a look at this pre-Code classic adapted from a Katharine Brush novel. The movie also stars Chester Morris, Una Merkel, and Leila Hyams. Directed by Jack Conway.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Adaptations, anita loos, Charles Boyer, Chester Morris, Henry Stephenson, Jack Conway, Jean Harlow, Katharine Brush, Leila Hyams, Lewis Stone, May Robson, MGM, pre-Code, Una Merkel

Attorney for the Defense (1932) – Edmund Lowe’s Fallon for Columbia

June 8, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Edmund Lowe in Attorney for the Defense

Edmund Lowe stars in Attorney for the Defense, second of four 1932 pre-Code crooked lawyer movies based on the exploits of William J. Fallon. With Evelyn Brent and Constance Cummings; Directed by Irving Cumming for Columbia.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Bradley Page, Clarence Muse, Columbia, Constance Cummings, Don Dillaway, Dorothy Peterson, Douglas Haig, Dwight Frye, Eddie Kane, Edmund Lowe, Evelyn Brent, Irving Cummings, Lawyers, Nat Pendleton, pre-Code, William J. Fallon

6 Hours to Live (1932) for Warner Baxter in Rare Fox Film

April 22, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Warner Baxter in 6 Hours to Live

Warner Baxter stars as a love-struck politician who is assassinated just before a key international vote. Science gives him another 6 Hours to Live after a powerful ray brings him back to life. Also starring Miriam Jordan and John Boles. Directed by William Dieterle. A 1932 Fox Films release.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Beryl Mercer, Dewey Robinson, Edward McWade, Edwin Maxwell, Fox Films, George Marion, Halliwell Hobbes, Irene Ware, John Boles, John Davidson, Miriam Jordan, politics, pre-Code, Romance, Rosita Butler, Science Fiction, Warner Baxter, William Dieterle

What Price Hollywood? (1932) Starring Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman

January 18, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Constance Bennett Lowell Sherman Gregory Ratoff

What Price Hollywood? (1932), the best of the pre-Code era “inside-Hollywood” films, stars Constance Bennett and Lowell Sherman in director George Cukor’s first film for David O. Selznick.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Constance Bennett, David O Selznick, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, George Cukor, Gregory Ratoff, hollywood, Louise Beavers, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton, pre-Code, RKO (Pathe), Warner Archive

Viña Delmar and Uptown New York (1932) – World Wide’s Bad Girl

January 4, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Shirley Grey and Jack Oakie

World Wide’s Uptown New York (1932) turns out to be more than a Bad Girl (1931) rip-off. With biography of Viña Delmar, who wrote both original stories.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Frank Borzage, Independents, Jack Oakie, James Dunn, Leon Waycoff, Poverty Row, pre-Code, public domain, Sally Eilers, Shirley Grey, Victor Schertzinger, Vina Delmar, World Wide

Young Bride (1932) Starring Helen Twelvetrees and Eric Linden

September 19, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Eric Linden and Helen Twelvetrees

RKO-Pathe pre-Code Young Bride (1932), aka Love Starved, features great period slang throughout a lower middle-class slice of life in the city. Stars Helen Twelvetrees with excellent work from leading man Eric Linden, and Arline Judge in support.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Arline Judge, Blanche Friderici, Cliff Edwards, Eric Linden, Helen Twelvetrees, Hugh Stanislaus Stange, Polly Walters, pre-Code, RKO (Pathe), Roscoe Ates, William A. Seiter

Lady and Gent (1932) Starring George Bancroft and Wynne Gibson

February 13, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Wynne Gibson and George Bancroft

A washed-up fighter and a Prohibition-era nightclub hostess form an unlikely foster family for a 12-year-old orphan. Strong performances by George Bancroft and Wynne Gibson in Lady and Gent. Directed by Stephen Roberts. Academy Award nominated screenplay.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Billy Butts, Boxing, Charles Starrett, Dramas, George Bancroft, James Gleason, John Wayne, Joyce Compton, Morgan Wallace, Paramount, pre-Code, Stephen Roberts, Wynne Gibson

The Man Who Played God (1932) Starring Mr. George Arliss

February 5, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

George Arliss in The Man Who Played God

George Arliss is a concert pianist who loses his hearing in an explosion. After learning to read lips he overcomes depression and despair by using his new talent to eavesdrop and help strangers overcome their own misfortune. With Bette Davis in an early supporting role.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Adaptations, Bette Davis, Donald Cook, George Arliss, Gouverneur Morris, Ivan F. Simpson, John G Adolfi, Louise Closser Hale, pre-Code, Ray Milland, Violet Heming, Warner Archive, Warner Bros.

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