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A Yank at Eton (1942) Starring Mickey Rooney with Freddie Bartholomew

January 26, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Freddie Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney

All-American boy Mickey Rooney is plucked from his native shores and set loose at Eton where he quickly runs afoul of his British classmates. A Yank at Eton (1942) pairs Rooney with Freddie Bartholomew for the final time.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1942, Alan Mowbray, Edmund Gwenn, Freddie Bartholomew, George Oppenheimer, Ian Hunter, Juanita Quigley, Marta Linden, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Norman Taurog, Peter Lawford, Raymond Severn, Warner Archive

The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942), Universal Horror With Lionel Atwill

October 20, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 10 Comments

Lionel Atwill in The Mad Doctor of Market Street

An early B movie from director Joseph H. Lewis, The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942) is a minor Universal horror entry highlighted by horror icon Lionel Atwill’s performance.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1942, Claire Dodd, Hardie Albright, Horror, John Eldredge, Joseph H Lewis, Lionel Atwill, Nat Pendleton, Noble Johnson, Ray Mala, Richard Davies, Rosina Galli, south seas, Una Merkel, Universal, Universal Horror

Kings Row (1942) with Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan

August 5, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 13 Comments

Harry Davenport as Colonel Skeffington

A look at the darker side of Kings Row (1942) starring Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan. Some think it’s not dark enough

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1942, Adaptations, Ann Sheridan, Betty Field, Charles Coburn, Claude Rains, Ernest Cossart, Harry Davenport, henry bellamann, Historical, Judith Anderson, kaaren verne, king's row, Maria Ouspenskaya, nancy coleman, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Sam Wood, small town life

I Married a Witch (1942) Starring Fredric March and Veronica Lake

September 4, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Veronica Lake and Fredric March

Rene Clair’s I Married a Witch (1942), starring Fredric March and Veronica Lake, brings equal parts comedy, romance and fantasy to a story that later influenced the television series Bewitched. Fans will note a definite similarity.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1942, Cecil Kellaway, Elizabeth Patterson, fantasy, Fredric March, politics, rene clair, Robert Benchley, Robert Warwick, Romantic Comedy, Screwball Comedies, Susan Hayward, United Artists, Veronica Lake, witchcraft, witches

Tyrone Power in Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)

July 16, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Tyrone Power

Twentieth Century-Fox’s “Son of Fury” plays as a 98 minute epic tale of redemption which opens with a fight, leads to an escape, turns into a brief tale at sea, then an island romance and adventure, a return for vengeance, even a spectacle of a courtroom trial, before, of course, culminating in yet another big fight with the intervening years leading to a different outcome.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1942, 20th Century-Fox, action, Adventures, Benjamin Blake, Dudley Digges, Elsa Lanchester, Frances Farmer, Gene Tierney, George Sanders, Harry Davenport, John Carradine, Kay Johnson, Movie Reviews, Roddy McDowall, son of fury, Tyrone Power

Edward Arnold as Blind Detective Duncan Maclain in Eyes in the Night (1942)

May 15, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Edward Arnold

Edward Arnold stars in the first of two Duncan Maclain films, Eyes in the Night (1942), as the blind detective who claims darkness as his kingdom. With Ann Harding, Donna Reed, Reginald Denny, Allen Jenkins, and Mantan Moreland.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1942, Allen Jenkins, Ann Harding, Donna Reed, Duncan Maclain, Edward Arnold, eyes in the night, Mantan Moreland, Movie Reviews, Mysteries, Reginald Denny

Larceny, Inc. (1942) starring Edward G. Robinson and Jane Wyman

March 19, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Previewing Larceny, Inc. (1942) which airs on TCM tonight at 6:15 EST. Star-studded gangster comedy stars Edward G. Robinson and Broderick Crawford with Jane Wyman.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1942, Anthony Quinn, Broadway, Broderick Crawford, Comedies, Edward Brophy, Edward G. Robinson, Fred Kelsey, Gangsters, Grant Mitchell, Harry Davenport, Jack Carson, jackie gleason, Jane Wyman, joe downing, Lloyd Bacon, sj perelman, TCM, Warner Bros.

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