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‘One Sunday Afternoon’ With Cagney & Co. in ‘The Strawberry Blonde’

July 30, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

James Cagney and Olivia de Havilland

One Sunday Afternoon made over in Old New York for The Strawberry Blonde. From director Raoul Walsh for Warner Bros. from a script by the Epstein brothers. Starring James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, and Jack Carson.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1890s, 1941, Alan Hale, Comedies, George Reeves, George Tobias, Jack Carson, James Cagney, James Hagan, Julius J. Epstein, nostalgia, Olivia de Havilland, Philip G. Epstein, Raoul Walsh, remakes, Rita Hayworth, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Una O'Connor, Warner Archive, Warner Bros.

Babbitt (1934) Starring Guy Kibbee, Aline MacMahon

March 3, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Guy Kibbee in Babbitt 1934

The second film adaptation of Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis was released in late 1934. Guy Kibbee is well cast in the title role with Aline MacMahon as his wife Myra Babbitt. Directed by William Keighley for First National-Warner Bros.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Addison Richards, Alan Hale, Aline MacMahon, Arthur Aylesworth, berton churchill, Claire Dodd, Comedies, First National, Glen Boles, Guy Kibbee, Harry Tyler, Hattie McDaniel, Mary Treen, Maxine Doyle, Minna Gombell, Minor Watson, Nan Grey, Russell Hicks, Sinclair Lewis, Walter Walker, Warner Bros., William Keighley

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Lightning Review: One Hour Late (1934) Starring Helen Twelvetrees

August 12, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Conrad Nagel and Helen Twelvetrees in One Hour Late

Brief look at Paramount’s One Hour Late, a late 1934 release starring Joe Morrison and Helen Twelvetrees. Action takes place over single day at an office. Directed by Ralph Murphy.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Arline Judge, Charles Sellon, Comedies, Conrad Nagel, Eddie Craven, Gail Patrick, George E. Stone, Helen Twelvetrees, Joe Morrison, Musicals, Paramount, Ray Milland, Ray Walker, Toby Wing

The Good Fairy (1935) Starring Margaret Sullavan and Herbert Marshall

July 13, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Margaret Sullavan in The Good Fairy

Margaret Sullavan stars as innocent orphan who plays good fairy. Frank Morgan pursues, Reginald Owen protects, and Herbert Marshall falls in love in The Good Fairy (1935), a Universal film directed by William Wyler from a screenplay by Preston Sturges.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Alan Hale, Beulah Bondi, Cesar Romero, Comedies, Eric Blore, Frank Morgan, Herbert Marshall, Luis Alberni, Margaret Sullavan, Preston Sturges, Reginald Owen, Romance, Universal, William Wyler

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Lightning Review: Curtain Call (1940) Starring Barbara Read, Alan Mowbray

July 7, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

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Brief look at RKO “B” movie CURTAIN CALL. Naive playwright set loose in New York when producers use her terrible play with hopes of taming their only star. Stars Barbara Read, Alan Mowbray, Helen Vinson. Directed by Frank Woodruff.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1940, Alan Mowbray, Barbara Read, Comedies, Dalton Trumbo, Donald MacBride, Frank Woodruff, Helen Vinson, John Archer, Leona Maricle, RKO (Pathe)

Flash Review: Music Is Magic (1935) Starring Alice Faye, Bebe Daniels

May 19, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Music Is Magic Newspaper Ad

A brief review of 1935 Fox Films musical-comedy Music Is Magic starring Alice Faye. Bebe Daniels, billed in a supporting role, steals this one. Also features Mitchell and Durant.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Alice Faye, Andrew Tombes, Bebe Daniels, Comedies, Fox Films, Frank Mitchell, George Marshall, Jack Durant, Musicals, Ray Walker

The Cat and the Canary (1927) – Old Dark House Classic Starring Laura La Plante

January 7, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Laura La Plante as Annabelle West

Settling in for silent old dark house classic The Cat and the Canary (1927) starring Laura La Plante. Same story as the 1939 movie with Bob Hope, though the earlier movie is more thriller than comedy.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1927, Arthur Edmund Carew, Comedies, Creighton Hale, Flora Finch, Forrest Stanley, Gertrude Astor, Horror, Laura La Plante, Martha Mattox, Mysteries, Paul Leni, short reviews, Silent Film, silent film reviews, Tully Marshall, Universal

More Jessie Matthews – There Goes the Bride (1932), The Good Companions (1933), First A Girl (1935) and Gangway (1937)

April 27, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 9 Comments

Jessie Matthews in The Good Companions

After covering Evergreen (1934) last year I craved more Jessie Matthews. VCI Entertainment has complied with several DVD releases. This post takes a look at four of them: There Goes the Bride (1932), The Good Companions (1933), First a Girl (1935) and Gangway (1937).

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, Alastair Sim, Anna Lee, Barry Mackay, British Films, Comedies, Edmund Gwenn, Griffith Jones, Jessie Matthews, John Gielgud, Mary Glynne, Musicals, Nat Pendleton, Owen Nares, Sonnie Hale, Victor Saville

Snowed Under (1936) Chemistry Highlights Hilarious Warner Farce

January 25, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Snowed Under 1936

Looking at Snowed Under, a 1936 Warner Bros. farce directed by Ray Enright and starring George Brent, Genevieve Tobin, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh, Patricia Ellis and John Eldredge. With a focus on “Lawrence Saunders,” who wrote the original story that was serialized in Liberty magazine.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Comedies, farce, Frank McHugh, Genevieve Tobin, George Brent, Glenda Farrell, Helen Lowell, John Eldredge, lawrence saunders, Olin Howland, Patricia Ellis, Porter Hall, Ray Enright, Warner Bros.

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

February 11, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Joan Blondell in The Bride 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

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