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Success at Any Price (1934) Starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

August 17, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Genevieve Tobin in Success at Any Price

Brief look at RKO pre-Code Success at Any Price (1934) starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as an angry young man looking to make good in the business world. With Genevieve Tobin, Frank Morgan, and Colleen Moore. Directed by J. Walter Ruben.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Allen Vincent, Business, Colleen Moore, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Edward Everett Horton, Frank Morgan, Genevieve Tobin, Henry Kolker, J. Walter Ruben, Nydia Westman, pre-Code, Rating: 7/10, RKO (Pathe)

“My Favorite Classic Movie” Blogathon: Employees’ Entrance (1933)

May 16, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 11 Comments

Warren William in Employees Entrance

Celebrating Warren William in Employees’ Entrance (1933) for the “My Favorite Classic Movie” blogathon on “National Classic Movie Day,” May 16, 2015.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Business, Great Depression, Loretta Young, retail, Wallace Ford, Warren William

Men Against the Sky (1940) – Richard Dix’s Ace of Aces Goes Modern

October 15, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Men Against the Sky 1940

The public was air-minded when RKO released Men Against the Sky (1940), an exciting “B” film starring former “Ace of Aces” Richard Dix, with Kent Taylor, Wendy Barrie, and Edmund Lowe. A look at why the public was so fascinated by flying at that time, and how the four stars and other elements of the film worked so well together.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1940, aviation, Business, Edmund Lowe, Granville Bates, Kent Taylor, Leslie Goodwins, Richard Dix, RKO (Pathe), Warner Archive, Wendy Barrie

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

Who’s Haunted More Houses, Vincent Price or His Grandfather?

April 19, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Dr Price's Flavoring Extracts

Who knew that the grandson of the guy whose baking powder raised your bread would become a horror movie icon. All about Vincent Price’s grandfather, the entrepreneur behind 19th Century favorite, Dr. Price’s Cream of Tartar Baking Powder.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Business, fame, Horror, pop culture, vincent price

The Great Depression Grips Our Pre-Code Movie Favorites

April 18, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Click to read about The Conquerors

Thoughts about just what pre-code movie audiences saw after reading a passage describing exactly how bad times were in 1932 in the biography of a businessman.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Business, Great Depression, pre-Code

Bright Leaf (1950), Gary Cooper Takes Over Big Tobacco

September 13, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Lauren Bacall and Gary Cooper in Bright Leaf still photo

Gary Cooper shines in “Bright Leaf” a story of tobacco in the late 19th century. Not so brilliant is Cooper’s love triangle with Lauren Bacall and Patricia Neal.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1950, Business, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Patterson, Gary Cooper, Gladys George, Historical, Jack Carson, Jeff Corey, Lauren Bacall, Michael Curtiz, Patricia Neal, tobacco, Warner Archive, Warner Bros.

Stranger in Town (1932) – Chic Sale Takes on a Big Grocery Chain

August 10, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Chic Sale in Stranger in Town

The small grocery Chic Sale runs in Boilsville is threatened in Warner Brothers’ Stranger in Town (1932) when a big competitor comes to town. Also starring Ann Dvorak, David Manners, and Noah Beery.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Ann Dvorak, Business, chic sale, Comedies, David Manners, Great Depression, grocery stores, J. Farrell MacDonald, John Larkin, Lyle Talbot, Maude Eburne, Noah Beery, Raymond Hatton, Warner Archive, Warner Bros.

The Valley of Decision (1945) starring Greer Garson and Gregory Peck

July 8, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Greer Garson in The Valley of Decision

A look at MGM’s The Valley of Decision (1945) a look at love and steel in Pittsburgh of the 1870’s starring Greer Garson and Gregory Peck with Donald Crisp.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1945, barbara everest, Business, dan duryea, Donald Crisp, Entreprenuers, gladys cooper, Greer Garson, gregory peck, jessica tandy, John Warburton, Lionel Barrymore, Marsha Hunt, marshall thompson, MGM, pittsburgh, Preston Foster, Reginald Owen, Romance, steel, Tay Garnett, Warner Archive

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