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Behind the Green Lights (1935), Cops Vs. Mouthpiece in Mascot Indie

May 18, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Behind the Green Lights 1935

Based on a book by Captain Cornelius Willemse, the NYPD’s original “gang buster,” Behind the Green Lights pits the police vs. a crooked mouthpiece and features a romance between cop and lawyer. Easily found independent release is fast-paced and entertaining.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Adaptations, Christy Cabanne, Crime, Edward Gargan, Ford Sterling, Independents, J. Carroll Naish, John Davidson, Judith Allen, Kenneth Thomson, Lawyers, Mascot Pictures, Norman Foster, Purnell Pratt, Sidney Blackmer, Theodore von Eltz

The Good Fairy (1935) Starring Margaret Sullavan and Herbert Marshall

July 13, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Margaret Sullavan in The Good Fairy

Margaret Sullavan stars as innocent orphan who plays good fairy. Frank Morgan pursues, Reginald Owen protects, and Herbert Marshall falls in love in The Good Fairy (1935), a Universal film directed by William Wyler from a screenplay by Preston Sturges.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Alan Hale, Beulah Bondi, Cesar Romero, Comedies, Eric Blore, Frank Morgan, Herbert Marshall, Luis Alberni, Margaret Sullavan, Preston Sturges, Reginald Owen, Romance, Universal, William Wyler

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Lightning Review: The Arizonian (1935) Starring Richard Dix

June 15, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

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Lightning review takes brief look at RKO Western The Arizonian (1935) starring Richard Dix, Margot Grahame, and Preston Foster, directed by Charles Vidor.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Charles Vidor, Edward Van Sloan, Etta McDaniel, Francis Ford, James Bush, Joe Sawyer, Louis Calhern, Margot Grahame, Preston Foster, Richard Dix, RKO (Pathe), Westerns, Willie Best

The Wedding Night (1935) Starring Gary Cooper and Anna Sten

June 5, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Gary Cooper and Anna Sten

Another slice of America in his time offered by Vidor in The Wedding Night (1935), a romance starring Gary Cooper and Anna Sten. Helen Vinson also impresses as Cooper’s wife.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Anna Sten, Dramas, Gary Cooper, George Meeker, Helen Vinson, Howard Productions, King Vidor, Ralph Bellamy, Romance, Samuel Goldwyn, Sig Ruman, United Artists, Walter Brennan, Warner Archive

Flash Review: Music Is Magic (1935) Starring Alice Faye, Bebe Daniels

May 19, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Music Is Magic Newspaper Ad

A brief review of 1935 Fox Films musical-comedy Music Is Magic starring Alice Faye. Bebe Daniels, billed in a supporting role, steals this one. Also features Mitchell and Durant.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Alice Faye, Andrew Tombes, Bebe Daniels, Comedies, Fox Films, Frank Mitchell, George Marshall, Jack Durant, Musicals, Ray Walker

Show Them No Mercy (1935) Starring Rochelle Hudson and Cesar Romero

April 26, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Rochelle Hudson and Edward Norris

A band of kidnappers return to their hideout with $200,000 in ransom money in Show Them No Mercy. They find a stranded family at the house and have no choice but to hold them captive until they make sure the ransom money is good.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, 20th Century, 20th Century-Fox, Bruce Cabot, Cesar Romero, Crime, Darryl F Zanuck, Edward Brophy, Edward Norris, Frank Conroy, Gangsters, George Marshall, Kubec Glasmon, Rochelle Hudson, Warren Hymer

The Murder Man (1935) Starring Spencer Tracy

March 28, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Spencer Tracy in The Murder Man

Reviewing Spencer Tracy’s first film on his MGM contract, The Murder Man, underrated by virtue of Tracy’s starring performance. Also starring Virginia Bruce, with Lionel Atwill and James Stewart in his feature film debut.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, George Chandler, Harvey Stephens, James Stewart, John Sheehan, Lionel Atwill, Lucien Littlefield, MGM, murder, Mysteries, Robert Barrat, Spencer Tracy, Tim Whelan, Virginia Bruce, Warner Archive, William Collier Sr, William Demarest

Black Fury (1935) – Paul Muni Stars in Another Ripped from the Headlines Story

August 6, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Black Fury 1935 Paul Muni

Paul Muni stars as a mine worker who is duped into breaking the union in 1935’s Black Fury from Warner Bros. Post includes background about real-life John Barcoski murder from 1929 and other notes about the origins of the film.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Barton MacLane, coal mines, J. Carroll Naish, John Qualen, Karen Morley, Michael Curtiz, Michael Musmanno, Paul Muni, Sara Haden, unions, Vince Barnett, Warner Archive, Warner Bros., William Gargan

More Jessie Matthews – There Goes the Bride (1932), The Good Companions (1933), First A Girl (1935) and Gangway (1937)

April 27, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 9 Comments

Jessie Matthews in The Good Companions

After covering Evergreen (1934) last year I craved more Jessie Matthews. VCI Entertainment has complied with several DVD releases. This post takes a look at four of them: There Goes the Bride (1932), The Good Companions (1933), First a Girl (1935) and Gangway (1937).

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, Alastair Sim, Anna Lee, Barry Mackay, British Films, Comedies, Edmund Gwenn, Griffith Jones, Jessie Matthews, John Gielgud, Mary Glynne, Musicals, Nat Pendleton, Owen Nares, Sonnie Hale, Victor Saville

Don’t Bet on Blondes (1935) Starring Warren William and Claire Dodd

November 23, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Warren William and Claire Dodd

Warner Brothers Don’t Bet on Blondes (1935) features solid work by Warren William as bookmaker turned freak insurance man, Claire Dodd cast against type as his love interest and Guy Kibbee giving the strongest performance of the bunch as Dodd’s father, who takes out a policy against his daughter’s marriage. It is also Errol Flynn’s second Hollywood movie and Flynn’s early career is detailed within the post.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Claire Dodd, clay clement, Errol Flynn, gambling, Guy Kibbee, Hobart Cavanaugh, insurance, Mary Treen, Maude Eburne, New York, Robert Florey, Spencer Charters, Vince Barnett, Walter Byron, Warner Archive, Warner Bros., Warren William, William Gargan

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