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Laughing Sinners (1931) With Joan Crawford, Neil Hamilton, Clark Gable

March 17, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Joan Crawford in Laughing Sinners

Laughing Sinners (1931) allows Joan Crawford to dance twice, stars her with Neil Hamilton, tries to give Clark Gable a break,and sees Guy Kibbee reprise his breakthrough Broadway role on screen.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Clark Gable, Cliff Edwards, Dramas, gertrude short, Guy Kibbee, Harry Beaumont, Joan Crawford, laughing sinners, Marjorie Rambeau, MGM, Neil Hamilton, redemption, Roscoe Karns, salvation army, Warner Archive

Adam Had Four Sons (1941) Starring Warner Baxter and Ingrid Bergman

February 29, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Adam Had Four Sons

A quiet little period piece until Susan Hayward arrives to fill it with sex, sin and hate, Adam Had Four Sons stars Warner Baxter with Ingrid Bergman in her second Hollywood role.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1941, adam had four sons, charles lind, David O Selznick, Dramas, Fay Wray, Gregory Ratoff, helen westley, ingrid bergman, johnny downs, june lockhart, pietro sosso, richard denning, robert shaw, Susan Hayward, Warner Baxter, World War I

The Devil Is a Sissy (1936) Starring Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper, Mickey Rooney

February 9, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Peggy Conklin in The Devil Is a Sissy

A somewhat bizarre gem released by MGM in 1936 The Devil Is a Sissy features Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper and Mickey Rooney hitting their teens and finding trouble on the East Side.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, child star, Comedies, Dead End, Dorothy Peterson, Dramas, Etienne Girardot, Etta McDaniel, Freddie Bartholomew, Gangsters, Gene Lockhart, Grant Mitchell, Harold Huber, Ian Hunter, Jackie Cooper, Jonathan Hale, katharine alexander, kathleen lockhart, MGM, Mickey Rooney, peggy conklin, The Devil Is a Sissy, W.S. Van Dyke, Warner Archive

Lust for Gold (1949) Starring Ida Lupino and Glenn Ford

August 2, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Ida Lupino and Glenn Ford Lust for Gold

Glenn Ford and Ida Lupino star in Columbia’s answer to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1949’s Lust for Gold. Also featuring Gig Young and a host of character actors.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1949, antonio moreno, arthur hunnicutt, Columbia, Dramas, edgar buchanan, elspeth dudgeon, gig young, glenn ford, gold, greed, Ida Lupino, jay silverheels, karolyn grims, Murder, myrna dell, paul ford, s sylvan simon, Westerns, will geer, william prince

Symphony of Six Million (1932) starring Ricardo Cortez

July 22, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Ricardo Cortez in Symphony of Six Million

RKO’s Symphony of Six Million (1932) is an interesting David O. Selznick produced film with a then unusual focus on a Jewish family. Ricardo Cortez stars as a young doctor with Anna Appel and Gregory Ratoff as his parents and Irene Dunne as the handicapped girl who’s loved him since childhood.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, anna appel, cities, David O Selznick, doctor, Dramas, Fannie Hurst, Gregory La Cava, Gregory Ratoff, Irene Dunne, Jewish, john st polis, Julie Haydon, lita chevret, medical drama, New York, Noel Madison, Ricardo Cortez, RKO (Pathe), Warner Archive

Devil and the Deep (1932) Starring Charles Laughton and Tallulah Bankhead

May 24, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

A detailed look at Paramount’s Devil and the Deep (1932) starring Tallulah Bankhead and Gary Cooper, with Cary Grant and introducing Charles Laughton to American audiences as the paranoid submarine commander.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Cary Grant, charles lang, Charles Laughton, Dramas, Gary Cooper, insanity, Marion Gering, Paramount, Paul Porcasi, pre-Code, Romance, submarines, Tallulah Bankhead

Currently Enjoying Upstairs, Downstairs (1971-75)

April 27, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

There haven’t been a ton of new posts here lately mainly because my first viewing of the 1970’s classic series Upstairs, Downstairs has been eating all of my spare time. I think I found two specific reasons I’m enjoying my journey with the Bellamy household so much.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: David Langton, Dramas, Historical, ITV, raymond huntley, thomas and sarah, upstairs downstairs

The Criminal Code (1931) Starring Walter Huston with Boris Karloff

April 5, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Walter Huston and Phillips Holmes

A spoiler-free look at Howard Hawks’ The Criminal Code starring Walter Huston and providing Boris Karloff with his most important role to date. With a special focus on Phillips Holmes.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Academy Awards, Boris Karloff, Constance Cummings, Dramas, Howard Hawks, Mary Doran, Paul Porcasi, Phillips Holmes, Prison Films, reviews, The Criminal Code, Walter Huston

Cass Timberlane (1947) starring Spencer Tracy and Lana Turner

May 9, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

MGM’s Cass Timberlane (1947) stars Spencer Tracy in the title role, features an excellent performance by Lana Turner. After a promising first hour a couple of key plot points are rushed and the quality suffers in the second half of the film.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1947, Albert Dekker, Cass Timberlane, Dramas, John Alexander, John Litel, Josephine Hutchinson, Lana Turner, Margaret Lindsay, Mary Astor, MGM, Movie Reviews, Romance, Selena Royle, Spencer Tracy, Warner Archive, Zachary Scott

Walter Huston is Dodsworth (1936) with Ruth Chatterton and Mary Astor

April 14, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Walter Huston in Dodsworth

Water Huston plays perhaps his finest role when he brings his Sam Dodsworth from the stage to the screen for Sam Goldwyn under William Wyler’s direction. Winner of 1 Oscar, nominated for 6 more, Dodsworth gives us a peek at the complicated married life of a middle-aged couple.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Adaptations, David Niven, Dodsworth, Dramas, Goldwyn, Gregory Gaye, Maria Ouspenskaya, Mary Astor, Paul Lukas, Ruth Chatterton, Sinclair Lewis, Walter Huston, William Wyler

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