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Wild Boys of the Road (1933) Meets “Boy And Girl Tramps of America”

September 14, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 9 Comments

Wild Boys of the Road 1933 advertisement

Contemporary reaction to William A. Wellman’s Wild Boys of the Road (1933), plus writer Danny Ahearn, and a peek at Thomas Minehan’s study “Boy and Girl Tramps of America.”

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Ann Hovey, Arthur Hohl, claire mcdowell, Daniel Ahearn, Dorothy Coonan, Earl Baldwin, Edwin Phillips, First National, Frankie Darro, Grant Mitchell, Minna Gombell, pre-Code, Robert Barrat, Rochelle Hudson, Sterling Holloway, Thomas Minehan, Warner Bros., Willard Robertson, William A. Wellman

Arthur Hohl – Broadway to Hollywood, Double-Dealers All the Way

May 21, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Arthur Hohl in Jimmy the Gent

A biography of character actor Arthur Hohl, whose Broadway stardom typed him as cowardly villains and humorless prosecutors throughout Hollywood’s Golden Age.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: Arthur Hohl, character actors

Lady by Choice (1934) Starring Carole Lombard and May Robson

August 11, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Lady by Choice 1934 newspaper ad

Columbia attempts to repeat May Robson’s success in Lady for a Day the following year in Lady by Choice with Carole Lombard. Without Frank Capra or Damon Runyon it’s not as colorful. Production Code enforcement pales it a bit more. Well acted and worth catching despite its flaws.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Arthur Hohl, Carole Lombard, Columbia, David Burton, May Robson, Raymond Walburn, Roger Pryor, Romantic Comedy, Walter Connolly

James Cagney is Jimmy the Gent (1934)

July 16, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

James Cagney stars in Warner Bros. fast-paced Jimmy the Gent (1934), made all the faster by Cagney’s own frenzied performance. Bette Davis co-stars in an underwhelming role while Alan Dinehart excels in his part as rival “Heir Chaser.” Directed by Michael Curtiz and also featuring Allen Jenkins and Alice White.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Alan Dinehart, Alice White, Allen Jenkins, Arthur Hohl, Bette Davis, James Cagney, Mayo Methot, Michael Curtiz, pre-Code, Warner Archive, Warner Bros.

Paramount’s The Night of June 13th (1932), Street Scene of the Suburbs

October 7, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

From Film Daily, September 22, 1932

The Night of June 13th (1932) was Paramount’s answer to Street Scene in which they set an ensemble cast loose on each other in the suburbs. With Clive Brook, the first pairing of Charles Ruggles and Mary Boland, plus Lila Lee, Gene Raymond, Frances Dee, Charley Grapewin and many others.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Adrianne Allen, Arthur Hohl, Charley Grapewin, Charlie Ruggles, Clive Brook, Courtroom Drama, Dramas, Frances Dee, gene raymond, Helen Jerome Eddy, Helen Ware, Lila Lee, Mary Boland, Paramount, Richard Carle, Stephen Roberts, street scene, suburbs, the night of june 13th, vera caspary

Stablemates (1938) – MGM Rides Seabiscuit to Hit with Beery and Rooney

May 28, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 17 Comments

Mickey Rooney and Wallace Beery Stablemates Still Photo

MGM’s horse racing weepie Stablemates starring Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney released just three weeks before Seabiscuit’s match race vs. War Admiral. A look at time, circumstances and film.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1938, Arthur Hohl, Horse Racing, Margaret Hamilton, marjorie gateson, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Minor Watson, Sam Wood, seabiscuit, Sports, Wallace Beery

Cecil B. DeMille’s Cleopatra (1934) Starring Claudette Colbert

January 14, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Claudette Colbert as Cleopatra

A look at Cecil B. DeMille’s lavish 1934 production of Cleopatra starring Claudette Colbert as Cleopatra. With Warren William and Henry Wilcoxon.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Arthur Hohl, C Aubrey Smith, cecil b demille, Claudette Colbert, Edwin Maxwell, epic, Gertrude Michael, henry wilcoxon, Historical, Ian Keith, Irving Pichel, joseph schildkraut, leonard mudie, Paramount, Warren William

New DVD Release: Island of Lost Souls (1932) Enters The Criterion Collection

October 27, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Bela Lugosi Island of Lost Souls

The Paramount pre-code horror classic Island of Lost Souls has just been released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection. Reflections on the film and DVD extras.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Arthur Hohl, Bela Lugosi, Charles Laughton, dvd, Horror, Kathleen Burke, Leila Hyams, panther woman, Paramount, pre-Code, Richard Arlen, the criterion collection

The World Changes (1933) Starring the Many Faces of Paul Muni

September 23, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Iceboxes on Wheels Paul Muni

Paul Muni stars in First National’s 1933 multigenerational film The World Changes. Also starring Mary Astor. Muni earns a fortune in the meat-packing industry but is led too far from his roots and watches his children stray even further from what he considers a good life.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Alan Dinehart, Aline MacMahon, Anna Q. Nilsson, Arthur Hohl, chicago, Donald Cook, Entreprenuers, First National, Gordon Westcott, Great Depression, Guy Kibbee, Henry O'Neill, industry, investors, Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay, Mary Astor, meat packing, Mervyn LeRoy, Patricia Ellis, Paul Muni, stock exchange, Theodore Newton, Warner Bros., William Janney

Somerset Maugham’s The Narrow Corner (1933) Starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

August 19, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

A personal look at this Somerset Maugham fan’s discovery of The Narrow Corner (1933) from Warner Brothers starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Patricia Ellis, and Ralph Bellamy. A Maugham tale of the South Seas on film with all the sex and sin of the pre-code era.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Adventures, Alfred E. Green, Arthur Hohl, Crime, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dudley Digges, Henry Kolker, Patricia Ellis, Ralph Bellamy, Reginald Owen, Romance, Sidney Toler, somerset maugham, south seas, Warner Bros., William V. Mong, willie fung

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