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A Yank at Eton (1942) Starring Mickey Rooney with Freddie Bartholomew

January 26, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Freddie Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney

All-American boy Mickey Rooney is plucked from his native shores and set loose at Eton where he quickly runs afoul of his British classmates. A Yank at Eton (1942) pairs Rooney with Freddie Bartholomew for the final time.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1942, Alan Mowbray, Edmund Gwenn, Freddie Bartholomew, George Oppenheimer, Ian Hunter, Juanita Quigley, Marta Linden, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Norman Taurog, Peter Lawford, Raymond Severn, Warner Archive

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

The Walking Dead (1936) – Lindbergh Heart Resurrects Boris Karloff

October 29, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Boris Karloff in The Walking Dead

Warner Brothers mixes crime and horror in THE WALKING DEAD where mobsters put down Boris Karloff but Edmund Gwenn brings him back to life with a Lindbergh Heart. Karloff’s fine performance highlighted along with some background information about Lindbergh’s “robot heart.”

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Barton MacLane, Boris Karloff, Crime, Edmund Gwenn, Gangsters, hal mohr, Henry O'Neill, Horror, Joe Sawyer, louis f edelman, marguerite churchill, Michael Curtiz, paul harvey, Ricardo Cortez, robert strange, Warner Bros., warren hull

Them! (1954) featuring Edmund Gwenn vs. Giant Ants

June 3, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Them! Color Title Card

A look at the 1954 science fiction classic Them! starring James Whitmore, James Arness and especially Edmund Gwenn and the giant ants. 1950’s sci-fi big bug classic. This article concentrates on the logic typically voiced throughout by Gwenn’s scientist.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1954, ants, cold war, Edmund Gwenn, Fess Parker, James Arness, James Whitmore, Joan Weldon, Olin Howland, Science Fiction, Them!, Warner Bros.

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