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Lightning Review: The Girl in 419 (1933) Starring James Dunn

August 6, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Gloria Stuart and James Dunn

Brief look at Paramount pre-Code THE GIRL IN 419 (1933), gangster movie and hospital drama starring James Dunn with Gloria Stuart, David Manners, and William Harrigan. Directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Alexander Hall, David Manners, Edward Gargan, Gangsters, George Somnes, Gloria Stuart, Jack La Rue, James Dunn, Johnny Hines, Kitty Kelly, medical drama, Paramount, pre-Code, Shirley Grey, Vince Barnett, William Harrigan

The Last Flight (1931) – John Monk Saunders Hijacks Hemingway’s Lost Generation

September 7, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 16 Comments

The Last Flight 1931

Upon publication reviews called John Monk Saunders anything from a hack to a plagiarist when his Single Lady cashed in as an inferior version of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. Adapted as The Last Flight, Saunders’s story emerges as perhaps the best of any film about The Lost Generation. Directed by William Dieterle, with excellent performances from Richard Barthelmess and Helen Chandler.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, David Manners, Elliott Nugent, First National, Helen Chandler, John Mack Brown, John Monk Saunders, Lost Generation, Richard Barthelmess, Walter Byron, Warner Archive, Warner Bros., William Dieterle, World War I

Man Wanted (1932) – Charles Kenyon Updates The Office Wife (1930)

June 20, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

David Manners and Kay Francis

A look at the similarities between Man Wanted (1932) and The Office Wife (1930) with a brief focus on Charles Kenyon who wrote each screenplay. Man Wanted stars Kay Francis and David Manners.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Andy Devine, Charles Kenyon, Claire Dodd, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Elizabeth Patterson, Kay Francis, Kenneth Thomson, man wanted, pre-Code, Romantic Comedy, the office wife, Una Merkel, Warner Archive, William Dieterle

RKO’s Jalna (1935) Inspires Craving for More Mazo de la Roche

January 15, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 31 Comments

Whiteoak Family Tree

Jessie Ralph plays 99 year old Gran in RKO’s 1935 movie adaptation of Jalna, the first of the Mazo de la Roche Whiteoaks novels. Also starring Kay Johnson, Ian Hunter and David Manners. Directed by John Cromwell.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Adaptations, C Aubrey Smith, canada, clifford severn, David Manners, george offerman jr, Halliwell Hobbes, Ian Hunter, jalna, jalna series, Jessie Ralph, John Cromwell, Kay Johnson, mazo de la roche, molly lamont, Nigel Bruce, peggy wood, RKO (Pathe), the forsyte saga, Theodore Newton

Dracula (1931) – Bela Lugosi and the Dark, Still Chilling

October 22, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Bela Lugosi in Dracula

Matching the Universal horror classic Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi against non-genre films of 1931 and turning perceived weaknesses into strengths.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Dracula, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, frances dade, Helen Chandler, herbert bunston, Horror, Karl Freund, tod browning, Universal Horror

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

August 10, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

David Manners Ann Dvorak Chic Sale

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.

Moments of Horror as Boris Karloff Stars as The Mummy (1932)

October 29, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Boris Karloff in The Mummy

An reappraisal of Universal horror classic The Mummy (1932) confirms original suspicions. A look at a horror masterpiece from both a personal and historical perspective.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Arthur Byron, Boris Karloff, Bramwell Fletcher, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Horror, Karl Freund, Noble Johnson, The Mummy, Universal, Universal Horror, Zita Johann




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