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No Man of Her Own (1932) Starring Clark Gable and Carole Lombard

November 21, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Carole Lombard and Clark Gable

Noted for pairing Clark Gable and Carole Lombard a few years before they began their romance, Paramount’s No Man of Her Own (1932) is entertaining beyond their unsurprising screen chemistry. Post features several background notes about film’s complicated pre-production.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Carole Lombard, Charley Grapewin, Clark Gable, Dorothy Mackaill, Elizabeth Patterson, gamblers, gambling, George Barbier, Grant Mitchell, J. Farrell MacDonald, Paramount, Paul Ellis, pre-Code, Romance, Tommy Conlon, Val Lewton, Walter Walker, Wesley Ruggles

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

Eric Linden Comes of Age in MGM’s Ah, Wilderness! (1935)

July 4, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Ah Wilderness 1935

Eric Linden loves Cecilia Parker in Ah, Wilderness! (1935), but his passion threatens to take him down the same road that has doomed Wallace Beery with Aline MacMahon. MGM adapts Eugene O’Neill’s “comedy of recollection.” Directed by Clarence Brown.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Ah Wilderness, Cecilia Parker, Charley Grapewin, Clarence Brown, Eric Linden, Eugene O'Neill, Lionel Barrymore, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Spring Byington, Wallace Beery, Warner Archive

Midnight Mary (1933) Starring Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone

January 9, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 16 Comments

Loretta Young in Midnight Mary

William Wellman directs and Loretta Young stars in MIDNIGHT MARY (1933) a fast-paced MGM pre-code movie that inherits a Warner Brothers feel from director, cinematographer and star.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, adrian, Andy Devine, anita loos, Charley Grapewin, Franchot Tone, Frank Conroy, Halliwell Hobbes, Harold Huber, Irving Thalberg, Ivan F. Simpson, james van trees, Loretta Young, Louis B. Mayer, Louise Beavers, lucien hubbard, Martha Sleeper, MGM, midnight mary, Mike Donlin, Nicholas Schenck, pre-Code, Ricardo Cortez, Robert Greig, Sandy Roth, Una Merkel, Warren Hymer, William A. Wellman

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

October 7, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 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

Johnny Apollo (1940) starring Tyrone Power and Dorothy Lamour

August 25, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Summer Under the Stars blogathon - Tyrone Power

Tyrone Power stars as Johnny Apollo (1940) for Henry Hathaway at 20th Century Fox. The film fits nicely between the 1930’s gangster cycle and later film noir. With Dorothy Lamour and Lloyd Nolan.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1940, 20th Century-Fox, Charley Grapewin, Crime, Darryl F Zanuck, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, Film Noir, Henry Hathaway, johnny apollo, Lionel Atwill, Lloyd Nolan, Prison Films, Tyrone Power

The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936) Starring Lionel Barrymore with Maureen O’Sullivan

February 22, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 21 Comments

Our pack of foxhunters in The Voice of Bugle Ann

MGM’s The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936) with Lionel Barrymore provides a look at Missouri foxhunting. Post includes some background on American foxhunting and a bit about the quote Barrymore’s Spring Davis attributes to Senator Vest during his murder trial.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Charley Grapewin, dog movies, Dudley Digges, Eric Linden, foxhunting, henry wadsworth, Jonathan Hale, Lionel Barrymore, mackinlay kantor, Maureen O'Sullivan, MGM, Richard Thorpe, Spring Byington, the voice of bugle ann, william newell

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

Robert Taylor and Janet Gaynor star in Small Town Girl (1936)

April 19, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Janet Gaynor and Robert Taylor in Small Town Girl

Robert Taylor and Janet Gaynor star in MGM’s Small Town Girl (1936) directed by William Wellman and nothing special for any of the main participants.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Andy Devine, Binnie Barnes, Charley Grapewin, Edgar Kennedy, Isabel Jewell, James Stewart, Janet Gaynor, Lewis Stone, MGM, Movie Reviews, Robert Taylor, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Small Town Girl, William A. Wellman




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