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You are here: Home / Archives for Claude Rains

The Wolf Man (1941), Lon Chaney Jr., and the Universal Horror Legacy

October 31, 2017 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

The Wolf Man 1941

Coverage of the Universal horror classic The Wolf Man (1941) including the emergence of its star Lon Chaney Jr. This article also covers the second wave of Universal horror releases and the timing of this particular release, five days after the attack upon Pearl Harbor. Previously published in Classic Movie Monthly #2.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1941, Bela Lugosi, Claude Rains, Curt Siodmak, Evelyn Ankers, Fay Helm, George Waggner, Horror, Lon Chaney Jr., Maria Ouspenskaya, monsters, patric knowles, Ralph Bellamy, Universal, Universal Horror, Warren William

Summer Under the Stars Progress Report – First Impressions of 5 Movies

August 11, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Gloria Dickson

First impressions of movies introduced to me by TCM’s Summer Under the Stars: They Won’t Forget (1937); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937); Tennessee Johnson (1942); To Sir, With Love (1967) and You Were Never Lovelier (1942).

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Adolphe Menjou, christian roberts, Claude Rains, Fred Astaire, Gloria Dickson, Jean Muir, judy geeson, Lionel Barrymore, Preston Foster, Rita Hayworth, Ruth Hussey, Sidney Poitier, Summer Under the Stars, suts, suts 2012, suzy kendall, TCM, tennessee johnson, the outcasts of poker flat, they wont forget, to sir with love, Van Heflin, Virginia Weidler, you were never lovelier

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

Claude Rains – From Call Boy to Stage Manager to The Invisible Man

August 5, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Click on Clude to visit the Summer Under the Stars blogathon for August 5

Claude Rains press clippings dating back as far as 1912 trace his rise from call boy to stage manager and later casting in The Invisible Man. Plus TCM’s August 5, 2012 Claude Rains Summer Under the Stars schedule.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Claude Rains, Summer Under the Stars, suts, suts 2012, TCM, Turner Classic Movies

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) starring Errol Flynn

April 23, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Errol Flynn 1939 Gallaher Tobacco Card

Far from being simply the greatest swashbuckler since Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., and with all apologies to Tyrone Power fans, none to top him since, Flynn played in variety of roles, and played them well.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1938, Adventures, Alan Hale, Claude Rains, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Errol Flynn, Eugene Pallette, howard hill, Michael Curtiz, movie cards, movie collectibles, Movie Reviews, Olivia de Havilland, patric knowles, technicolor, the adventures of robin hood, Warner Bros., William Keighley

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