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Special Investigator (1936) – Richard Dix Stars in Erle Stanley Gardner Story

September 13, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Special Investigator 1936 newspaper ad

Big-city mouthpiece Richard Dix seeks to bring his brother’s killers to justice in a Nevada mining town in Special Investigator, a 1936 RKO “B” entry based on an Erle Stanley Gardner story.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Erik Rhodes, Erle Stanley Gardner, Gangsters, gold, Harry Jans, J. Carroll Naish, jed prouty, jm kerrigan, Joe Sawyer, Lawyers, Louis King, Margaret Callahan, Owen Davis Jr., Ray Mayer, Richard Dix, RKO (Pathe), Russell Hicks, sheila terry

I Married a Doctor (1936) Attempts to Update Main Street

March 14, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Pat OBrien and Josephine Hutchinson

Main Street by Sinclair Lewis was published in 1920. In 1936 Warner Bros. attempted to update the Lewis story with I Married a Doctor, starring Josephine Hutchinson and Pat O’Brien. The movie is entertaining but it is no Main Street choosing to focus more on the love angle than it does Carol’s battle against the small town.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Archie Mayo, Casey Robinson, Guy Kibbee, Josephine Hutchinson, Louise Fazenda, Main Street, Olin Howland, Pat O'Brien, Ray Mayer, Robert Barrat, Ross Alexander, Sinclair Lewis, Warner Bros., Willard Robertson

Snowed Under (1936) Chemistry Highlights Hilarious Warner Farce

January 25, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Snowed Under 1936

Looking at Snowed Under, a 1936 Warner Bros. farce directed by Ray Enright and starring George Brent, Genevieve Tobin, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh, Patricia Ellis and John Eldredge. With a focus on “Lawrence Saunders,” who wrote the original story that was serialized in Liberty magazine.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Comedies, farce, Frank McHugh, Genevieve Tobin, George Brent, Glenda Farrell, Helen Lowell, John Eldredge, lawrence saunders, Olin Howland, Patricia Ellis, Porter Hall, Ray Enright, Warner Bros.

The Walking Dead (1936) – Lindbergh Heart Resurrects Boris Karloff

October 29, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Boris Karloff in The Walking Dead

Warner Brothers mixes crime and horror in THE WALKING DEAD where mobsters put down Boris Karloff but Edmund Gwenn brings him back to life with a Lindbergh Heart. Karloff’s fine performance highlighted along with some background information about Lindbergh’s “robot heart.”

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Barton MacLane, Boris Karloff, Crime, Edmund Gwenn, Gangsters, hal mohr, Henry O'Neill, Horror, Joe Sawyer, louis f edelman, marguerite churchill, Michael Curtiz, paul harvey, Ricardo Cortez, robert strange, Warner Bros., warren hull

Public Enemy’s Wife (1936) and Bullets for O’Hara (1941)

April 21, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Margaret Lindsay in Public Enemy's Wife

Continuing the G-man cycle with Warner Brother’s Public Enemy’s Wife (1936) and its 1941 remake, Bullets for O’Hara. Reuniting Robert Armstrong and Margaret Lindsay from G Men with Pat O’Brien, Public Enemy’s Wife is a worthwhile Warner’s crime film, while the low budget O’Hara is worth a try for fans of the original.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, 1941, Anthony Quinn, bullets for ohara, Cesar Romero, dick purcell, g men, Gangsters, joan perry, Margaret Lindsay, nick grinde, Pat O'Brien, public enemys wife, Robert Armstrong, Roger Pryor, Warner Bros., William K. Howard

Freddie Bartholomew is Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)

March 28, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

C. Aubrey Smith in Little Lord Fauntleroy

A look at Selznick International’s faithful 1936 screen adaptation of Little Lord Fauntleroy starring Freddie Bartholomew and C. Aubrey Smith.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Adaptations, C Aubrey Smith, constance collier, David O Selznick, Dolores Costello, E.E. Clive, frances hodgson burnett, Freddie Bartholomew, Guy Kibbee, helen flint, Henry Stephenson, Hugh Walpole, Jackie Searl, Jessie Ralph, John Cromwell, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Mickey Rooney, Una O'Connor

The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936) Starring Lionel Barrymore with Maureen O’Sullivan

February 22, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 21 Comments

Our pack of foxhunters in The Voice of Bugle Ann

MGM’s The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936) with Lionel Barrymore provides a look at Missouri foxhunting. Post includes some background on American foxhunting and a bit about the quote Barrymore’s Spring Davis attributes to Senator Vest during his murder trial.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Charley Grapewin, dog movies, Dudley Digges, Eric Linden, foxhunting, henry wadsworth, Jonathan Hale, Lionel Barrymore, mackinlay kantor, Maureen O'Sullivan, MGM, Richard Thorpe, Spring Byington, the voice of bugle ann, william newell

The Devil Is a Sissy (1936) Starring Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper, Mickey Rooney

February 9, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Peggy Conklin in The Devil Is a Sissy

A somewhat bizarre gem released by MGM in 1936 The Devil Is a Sissy features Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper and Mickey Rooney hitting their teens and finding trouble on the East Side.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, child star, Comedies, Dead End, Dorothy Peterson, Dramas, Etienne Girardot, Etta McDaniel, Freddie Bartholomew, Gangsters, Gene Lockhart, Grant Mitchell, Harold Huber, Ian Hunter, Jackie Cooper, Jonathan Hale, katharine alexander, kathleen lockhart, MGM, Mickey Rooney, peggy conklin, The Devil Is a Sissy, W.S. Van Dyke, Warner Archive

Piccadilly Jim (1936) Starring Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans

January 25, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans

Looking at MGM’s 1936 adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse’s Piccadilly Jim starring Robert Montgomery and directed by Robert Z. Leonard. With Madge Evans, Frank Morgan and Eric Blore.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Adaptations, Aileen Pringle, Billie Burke, Billy Bevan, Comedies, Cora Witherspoon, E.E. Clive, Eric Blore, Frank Morgan, Grant Mitchell, Madge Evans, MGM, pg wodehouse, piccadilly jim, Ralph Forbes, Robert Benchley, Robert Montgomery, Robert Z. Leonard, tommy bupp

Stage Struck (1936) Starring Dick Powell and Joan Blondell

November 5, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 8 Comments

Joan Blondell and Dick Powell 1936 R95 8x10 Linen Textured Photo

Busby Berkeley’s Stage Struck (1936) is a Warner Brothers musical missing the typical Berkeley flare. Starring Dick Powell and Joan Blondell with Warren William it’s an at times bizarre movie that doesn’t measure up to earlier classics Berkeley worked on, but still entertaining at times providing a few laughs.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Busby Berkeley, carol hughes, craig reynolds, Dick Powell, Frank McHugh, Hobart Cavanaugh, jeanne madden, Joan Blondell, johnnie arthur, musical, Spring Byington, the yacht club boys, Warner Bros., Warren William

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