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The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (1935)

June 12, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Lennox Pawle

A look at MGM’s 1935 production of the Charles Dickens classic David Copperfield starring Freddie Bartholomew and WC Fields. Includes notes and quotes from David O. Selznick and George Cukor about production and casting, a brief outline of the film and its many characters, the latter highlighted by a biography of of the obscure Lennox Pawle, who played Mr. Dick.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Adaptations, Basil Rathbone, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, David O Selznick, Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, Elsa Lanchester, Frank Lawton, Freddie Bartholomew, George Cukor, Herbert Mundin, Jessie Ralph, Lennox Pawle, Lewis Stone, Lionel Barrymore, Madge Evans, Maureen O'Sullivan, MGM, Nicholas Schenck, Roland Young, Una O'Connor, Violet Kemble Cooper, W.C. Fields

The Conquerors (1932) Starring Richard Dix and Ann Harding

November 18, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Ann Harding and Richar Dix in The Conquerors

I watched a pair of Richard Dix films this week, the Oscar winning Cimarron from 1931 and The Conquerors released the following year. This review focuses on the film I liked better.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Ann Harding, banking, David O Selznick, Donald Cook, Edna May Oliver, Great Depression, Guy Kibbee, Historical, Julie Haydon, Panics, Richard Dix, RKO (Pathe), The Conquerors, Warner Archive, William A. Wellman

The Movies Come to Television: Poverty Row to Italian Film Theater to the Million Dollar Movie

September 8, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 12 Comments

An attempt to trace the early history of Hollywood movies on television from the 1940s through WOR-TV’s Italian Film Theater and Million Dollar Movie in the mid-1950’s.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: David O Selznick, General Teleradio, Hopalong Cassidy, Italian Film Theater, Million Dollar Movie, National Telefilm Associates, Paramount Decision, RKO (Pathe), WOR-TV, WPIX

Ronald Colman stars in A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

March 26, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Ronald Colman

Ronald Colman’s magnificent performance as Sydney Carton highlights MGM’s 1935 production of A Tale of Two Cities.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, A Tale of Two Cities, Adaptations, Basil Rathbone, Blanche Yurka, Charles Dickens, David O Selznick, Donald Woods, Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, H.B. Warner, Henry B. Walthall, Historical, Isabel Jewell, Jack Conway, Jacques Tourneur, Lucille La Verne, MGM, Reginald Owen, Ronald Colman, Val Lewton

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