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They Gave Him a Gun (1937) Starring Spencer Tracy, Gladys George, Franchot Tone

March 3, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Franchot Tone Spencer Tracy Gladys George

Story of romance and brotherhood spread across a movie neatly divided between the war and gangster genres. They Gave Him a Gun stars Spencer Tracy, Gladys George, and Franchot Tone. Released as MOD DVD-R by Warner Archive.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, Cliff Edwards, Crime, Edgar Dearing, Franchot Tone, Gangsters, Gladys George, Mary Treen, MGM, Romance, Spencer Tracy, W.S. Van Dyke, War, Warner Archive, World War I

Captains Courageous (1937) Starring Freddie Bartholomew and Spencer Tracy

February 9, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Spencer Tracy and Freddie Bartholomew

MGM Golden Age classic Captains Courageous is highlighted by a heavily modernized and modified adaptation of Kipling’s novel that provides opportunity for Spencer Tracy and Freddie Bartholomew to shine in the leading roles.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, action, Adventures, at sea, Charley Grapewin, Freddie Bartholomew, John Carradine, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Rudyard Kipling, Spencer Tracy, Victor Fleming

Gladys George Is Madame X (1937), Plus Brief Biography

August 25, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 8 Comments

Madame X 1937 trade ad

A history of Madame X concentrates on the 1937 film version starring Gladys George. Includes a biography of Gladys George with comparison to Ruth Chatterton’s 1929 performance.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews, Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: 1937, Courtroom Drama, Dramas, Emma Dunn, Gladys George, Henry Daniell, John Beal, melodrama, MGM, Reginald Owen, remakes, Ruth Chatterton, Sam Wood, Warner Archive, Warren William

Tyrone Power and Alice Faye – In Old Chicago (1937), Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) and Rose of Washington Square (1939)

May 5, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 20 Comments

Tyrone Power and Alice Faye Still Photo

Tyrone Power and Alice Faye shared a May 5 birthday and shared early fame in hit movies In Old Chicago (1937), Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) and Rose of Washington Square (1939). This post looks at the hit Twentieth Century-Fox team and each of their three movies together.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, 1938, 1939, 20th Century-Fox, Al Jolson, Alice Faye, Darryl F Zanuck, Don Ameche, Henry King, Hobart Cavanaugh, Jack Haley, Musicals, Tyrone Power

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

MGM’s Hardy Family Series #2 – You’re Only Young Once (1937)

November 30, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Eleanor Lynn and Mickey Rooney

The second entry of the Hardy Family series, You’re Only Young Once (1937), sees the family vacation at Santa Catalina Island and features the first appearances of Lewis Stone, Fay Holden and Ann Rutherford in the parts they will reprise throughout the lifetime of the series.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, Andy Hardy, Ann Rutherford, Cecilia Parker, charles judels, eleanor lynn, Fay Holden, frank craven, George B Seitz, Hardy Family, Judge Hardy, Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Sara Haden, selmer jackson, Ted Pearson, Warner Archive, youre only young once

It Happened in Hollywood (1937) Starring Richard Dix and Fay Wray

April 25, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Richard Dix and Fay Wray

Richard Dix plays cowboy star Tim Bart of the silent screen in It Happened in Hollywood (1937). The problem for Dix and his leading lady, played by Fay Wray, is that talkies have arrived to disrupt their lives.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, arthur loft, billy burrud, Charles Arnt, Edgar Dearing, Fay Wray, Franklin Pangborn, Granville Bates, harry lachman, hollywood, hollywood extras, it happened in hollywood, james donlan, Richard Dix, sam fuller, victor kilian, Westerns, William B. Davidson, Zeffie Tilbury

Personal Property (1937) Starring Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor

March 16, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Robert Taylor and Jean Harlow in Personal Property

A look at Jean Harlow’s penultimate film appearance, opposite Robert Taylor in MGM’s Personal Property (1937), a remake of 1931’s The Man in Possession also starring Reginald Owen, E.E. Clive, Henrietta Crosman, Una O’Connor, and Forrester Harvey.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, Barnett Parker, Cora Witherspoon, E.E. Clive, Forrester Harvey, Henrietta Crosman, Jean Harlow, Marla Shelton, MGM, Personal Property, Reginald Owen, Robert Taylor, Romantic Comedy, The Man in Possession, Una O'Connor, W.S. Van Dyke, Warner Archive

A Family Affair (1937) Introduces Judge Hardy’s Family

September 10, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Mickey Rooney in A Family Affair

A look at A Family Affair, the first installment of the Hardy Family series of movies released in 1937. While Mickey Rooney is on the scene as Andy Hardy, we have Lionel Barrymore playing Judge Hardy as well as some other casting we’re not used too.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, Ah Wilderness, Andy Hardy, Ann Rutherford, Cecilia Parker, Charley Grapewin, Eric Linden, Eugene O'Neill, Fay Holden, Hardy Family, Judge Hardy, Julie Haydon, Lewis Stone, Lionel Barrymore, Margaret Marquis, Mickey Rooney, Sara Haden, Spring Byington, Warner Archive

In Old Chicago (1937) starring Power, Ameche, Faye, with a Biographical Aside about Oscar Winner Alice Brady

August 18, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Alice Faye and Tyrone Power in In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago (1937) shows off young 20th Century-Fox players Tyrone Power, Don Ameche and Alice Faye to great advantage, but it was Alice Brady who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. After an introduction to the film this post includes a brief biography of Brady who portrayed Molly O’Leary.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, Alice Brady, Alice Faye, Andy Devine, Brian Donlevy, Darryl F Zanuck, disaster movies, Don Ameche, Henry King, Historical, In Old Chicago, Tyrone Power

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