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The Roaring Twenties (1939) Starring James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart

June 22, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Priscilla Lane and James Cagney

One of James Cagney’s classic gangster movies, The Roaring Twenties (1939) also boasts an especially nasty Humphrey Bogart in its cast, plus strong work from Gladys George. Post includes background about writer Mark Hellinger, real-life roaring twenties personalities Larry Fay and Texas Guinan, plus a look at a pre-Code predecessor Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933).

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1939, Edward Keane, Frank McHugh, Gangsters, George Meeker, Gladys George, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Jeffrey Lynn, Joe Sawyer, Mark Hellinger, Paul Kelly, Priscilla Lane, Raoul Walsh, wade boteler, Warner Bros.

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Lightning Review: Full Confession (1939) Starring Victor McLaglen

June 4, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

lightning reviews

Brief look at RKO “B” movie Full Confession (1939) starring Victor McLaglen, Joseph Calleia, Sally Eilers, and Barry Fitzgerald, directed by John Farrow.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1939, Barry Fitzgerald, Crime, John Farrow, Joseph Calleia, Murder, RKO (Pathe), Sally Eilers, Victor McLaglen

J. Edgar Hoover’s Persons in Hiding (1939) With Patricia Morison

January 19, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

J Carrol Naish and Patricia Morison

A Bonnie and Clyde tale predating Gun Crazy (1950) by eleven years. Persons in Hiding is the first of four movies adapted from J. Edgar Hoover’s book of the same name. Electrifying debut by Patricia Morison with J. Carrol Naish strong opposite her.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1939, Crime, fbi, Gangsters, Helen Twelvetrees, J Edgar Hoover, J. Carroll Naish, John Hartley, Louis King, Lynne Overman, Paramount, Patricia Morison, William Frawley, William Henry

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

Sweepings (1933) and Mamie’s Christmas Counter Freak-Out

December 24, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Sweepings 1933

Lester Cohen adapted his own novel Sweepings for RKO in 1933. It was remade as Three Sons in 1939. The story is about a retail king and his family, but the focus of this article turns to Helen Mack’s explosive Christmas Eve scene with additional details about her character filled in from Cohen’s novel.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, 1939, Adaptations, Alan Dinehart, Business, Christmas, Edward Ellis, Eric Linden, Gregory Ratoff, Helen Mack, j edward bromberg, Jesse L. Lasky, John Cromwell, lester cohen, Lionel Barrymore, pre-Code, retail, RKO (Pathe), three sons, Warner Archive, William Gargan

MGM’s Hardy Family Series #8 – Judge Hardy and Son (1939)

July 27, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Lewis Stone and Mickey Rooney

The eighth entry in the Hardy family series, Judge Hardy and Son, sees one family member struck down with illness, three Universal horror actors in supporting roles and Andy’s hunt for a girl whose middle name begins with the letter “V.”

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1939, Andy Hardy, Ann Rutherford, carey wilson, Cecilia Parker, egon brecher, Fay Holden, George B Seitz, George P. Breakston, Hardy Family, Henry Hull, Judge Hardy, June Preisser, Leona Maricle, Lewis Stone, Louis B. Mayer, margaret early, Maria Ouspenskaya, martha odriscoll, Mickey Rooney, Sara Haden, Warner Archive

MGM’s Hardy Family Series #7 – Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)

December 21, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Helen Gilbert in Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939) presents a less carefree Andy when he falls in love with his dramatics teacher played by former cellist Helen Gilbert. Starring Mickey Rooney and directed by W.S. “Woody” Van Dyke rather than series regular George B. Seitz.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1939, Addison Richards, Andy Hardy, andy hardy gets spring fever, Ann Rutherford, byron foulger, Cecilia Parker, erville alderson, Fay Holden, George P. Breakston, Hardy Family, helen gilbert, John T. Murray, Judge Hardy, Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Sara Haden, stanley andrews, terry kilburn, W.S. Van Dyke, Warner Archive

MGM’s Hardy Family Series #6 – The Hardys Ride High (1939)

December 18, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Mickey Rooney in The Hardys Ride High

In The Hardys Ride High (1939), the sixth movie of MGM’s Hardy Family series, Judge Hardy and family fly to Detroit to claim a two million dollar inheritance. Andy Hardy sets his sights on a showgirl and Aunt Milly may have found love at last.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1939, Aileen Pringle, Andy Hardy, Ann Rutherford, Cecilia Parker, donald briggs, dusty king, Fay Holden, George B Seitz, george irving, Halliwell Hobbes, Hardy Family, john king, John T. Murray, Judge Hardy, Lewis Stone, Marsha Hunt, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Minor Watson, Sara Haden, the hardys at home, the hardys ride high, Virginia Grey, Warner Archive, william orr

John Ford’s Stagecoach (1939) Starring John Wayne and Claire Trevor

July 31, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 10 Comments

John Wayne in Stagecoach

The classic John Ford western Stagecoach (1939) is a movie for everybody. Forget genre prejudices and thrill to John Wayne, Claire Trevor and all of the rest of one of the richest supporting casts you’ll ever encounter.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1939, Andy Devine, berton churchill, claire trevor, Donald Meek, ernest haycox, George Bancroft, John Carradine, John Ford, John Wayne, louise platt, stagecoach, Thomas Mitchell, tim holt, tom tyler, Westerns

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