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My Woman (1933) Starring Helen Twelvetrees, Wallace Ford

October 19, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Wallace Ford and Helen Twelvetrees in My Woman

Wallace Ford’s head swells after wife Helen Twelvetrees helps make him a radio sensation in Columbia pre-Code My Woman (1933) Also starring Victor Jory, Claire Dodd. Directed by Victor Schertzinger. Article excerpted from Helen Twelvetrees, Perfect Ingenue.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Charles Lane, Claire Dodd, Columbia, Harry Holman, Helen Twelvetrees, Hobart Cavanaugh, pre-Code, Raymond Brown, Victor Jory, Victor Schertzinger, Wallace Ford

Attorney for the Defense (1932) – Edmund Lowe’s Fallon for Columbia

June 8, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Edmund Lowe in Attorney for the Defense

Edmund Lowe stars in Attorney for the Defense, second of four 1932 pre-Code crooked lawyer movies based on the exploits of William J. Fallon. With Evelyn Brent and Constance Cummings; Directed by Irving Cumming for Columbia.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Bradley Page, Clarence Muse, Columbia, Constance Cummings, Don Dillaway, Dorothy Peterson, Douglas Haig, Dwight Frye, Eddie Kane, Edmund Lowe, Evelyn Brent, Irving Cummings, Lawyers, Nat Pendleton, pre-Code, William J. Fallon

Ten Cents a Dance (1931) Starring Barbara Stanwyck

January 23, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Ten Cents a Dance 1931

A pre-Code set around a dance hall starring Barbara Stanwyck with Monroe Owsley and Ricardo Cortez, and I didn’t like it? Uh uh. Here’s what I didn’t like about Ten Cents a Dance (1931).

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Barbara Stanwyck, Blanche Friderici, Columbia, Lionel Barrymore, Monroe Owsley, pre-Code, Ricardo Cortez, Sally Blane

Child of Manhattan (1933) Starring Nancy Carroll, John Boles

March 8, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Nancy Carroll in Child of Manhattan

Adapted by Columbia from a critically savaged Broadway play by Preston Sturges. Child of Manhattan is saved on screen by its captivating star, Nancy Carroll, who plays taxi-dancer Madeleine McGonagle. With John Boles, Buck Jones, and Jessie Ralph. Directed by Edward Buzzell.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Betty Grable, Buck Jones, Clara Blandick, Columbia, Edward Buzzell, Garry Owen, Jane Darwell, Jessie Ralph, John Boles, Luis Alberni, Nancy Carroll, Nat Pendleton, pre-Code, Preston Sturges, Warburton Gamble

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

The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947) and the Hollywood Gossip Columnists

February 11, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Hedda Hopper in The Corpse Came COD

Columbia’s The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947) was the most interesting of my blizzard viewing, though not because of stars George Brent and Joan Blondell but the quick flashes of Hollywood Gossip Columnists which helped put faces to a few more names.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews, News - Notes Tagged With: 1947, Adele Jergens, Columbia, Comedies, erskine johnson, George Brent, george fisher, Grant Mitchell, harrison carroll, Hedda Hopper, henry levin, jim bannon, jimmie fidler, jimmy starr, Joan Blondell, leslie brooks, louella parsons, Mysteries, sidney skolsky, the corpse came cod, Una O'Connor

Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932) with Lee Tracy and Constance Cummings

November 6, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Constance Cummings and Lee Tracy

Lee Tracy stars in Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932), Columbia’s pre-Code precursor to Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) with Constance Cummings, Alan Dinehart and Walter Connolly.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Alan Dinehart, Arthur Vinton, Clarence Muse, Columbia, Constance Cummings, Frank Sheridan, james cruze, John Larkin, Lee Tracy, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, political, political movies, wallis clark, Walter Connolly, Washington, washington merry go round

8 Questions for Author Dan Van Neste About The Whistler Film Series

September 5, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Dan Van Neste

Dan Van Neste, author of The Whistler: Stepping Into the Shadows, answers 8 questions about Columbia’s film series The Whistler starring Richard Dix.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Columbia, Dan Van Neste, harry cohn, interview, j donald wilson, michael duane, Richard Dix, rudolph flothow, series, the whistler, William Castle

Freddie Bartholomew Complete Biography of the 1930’s MGM Child Star

August 18, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 30 Comments

Freddie Bartholomew 1936 MGM Studio Paper Premium Photo

The most complete Freddie Bartholomew biography in existence. Now a single entry, over 10,000 words with bibliography about MGM’s popular child star of the 1930’s. What happened to the star of David Copperfield, Little Lord Fauntleroy and Captains Courageous after he grew up? It’s all here.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: 20th Century-Fox, Anna Karenina, Basil Rathbone, Billy Halop, child star, child stars, Columbia, David Copperfield, David O Selznick, Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Lloyds of London, MGM, Professional Soldier, St Benny the Dip, The Devil Is a Sissy, The Plays the Thing, Tom Browns School Days, Universal, W.C. Fields, WPIX

Warner Baxter as The Crime Doctor: A Crime Doctor Episode Guide

May 24, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 10 Comments

Warner Baxter in the first Crime Doctor

A guide to the individual entries to Columbia’s Crime Doctor mystery series of the 1940’s. Each of the ten films star Warner Baxter. Packed with details yet spoiler free.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, Adele Jergens, Barton MacLane, Columbia, Crime Doctor, Don Beddoe, dr robert ordway, Eduardo Ciannelli, ellen drew, Emory Parnell, eugene forde, Gloria Dickson, hillary brooke, jerome cowan, John Litel, lloyd bridges, Lupita Tovar, lynn merrick, marcel journet, miles mander, Mysteries, Reginald Denny, Robert Armstrong, series, seymour friedman, Warner Baxter, William Castle, William Frawley

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