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The Razor’s Edge (1946) Starring Tyrone Power, A Success Story

October 24, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 11 Comments

The Razors Edge

A long article about a personal favorite attempts to tell the story of The Razor’s Edge from Somerset Maugham’s novel to Darryl F. Zanuck’s on-screen vision with a focus on both the adaptation and Tyrone Power as Larry Darrell.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1946, 20th Century-Fox, Academy Awards, anne baxter, cecil humphreys, clifton webb, Darryl F Zanuck, Edmund Goulding, Elsa Lanchester, frank latimore, fritz kortner, Gene Tierney, George Cukor, Herbert Marshall, john payne, lamar trotti, lucile watson, religion, Romance, self-discovery, somerset maugham, Tyrone Power

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

June 12, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Elizabeth Allan 1939 Gallaher Tobacco Card

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

Charles Laughton – A Biography of His Career on Film and Stage

July 1, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

An extensive look at the career of Charles Laughton on film and stage, illustrated with vintage movie cards and collectibles. Star of The Private Life of Henry VIII …

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: Alexander Korda, Alfred Hitchcock, Captain Kidd, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, If I Had a Million, Island of Lost Souls, Les miserables, Mutiny on the Bounty, ruggles of red gap, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Old Dark House, The Private Life of Henry VIII, The Sign of the Cross, Witness for the Prosecution

Charles Laughton stars in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)

March 9, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Charles Laughton earns his Oscar for Best Actor in Alexander Korda’s The Private Life of Henry VIII, a comedic costume piece focusing on Henry’s relationships with his various wives.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Alexander Korda, Binnie Barnes, Biopics, Charles Laughton, Comedies, Elsa Lanchester, Historical, Merle Oberon, Robert Donat, The Private Life of Henry VIII, Wendy Barrie

Tyrone Power in Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)

July 16, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney

Twentieth Century-Fox’s “Son of Fury” plays as a 98 minute epic tale of redemption which opens with a fight, leads to an escape, turns into a brief tale at sea, then an island romance and adventure, a return for vengeance, even a spectacle of a courtroom trial, before, of course, culminating in yet another big fight with the intervening years leading to a different outcome.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1942, 20th Century-Fox, action, Adventures, Benjamin Blake, Dudley Digges, Elsa Lanchester, Frances Farmer, Gene Tierney, George Sanders, Harry Davenport, John Carradine, Kay Johnson, Movie Reviews, Roddy McDowall, son of fury, Tyrone Power

Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton in Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

May 5, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Tyrone Power’s masterful final performance as Leonard Vole in Witness for the Prosecution (1957) with Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton, directed by Billy Wilder.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1957, Agatha Christie, Billy Wilder, Charles Laughton, Courtroom Drama, Elsa Lanchester, Henry Daniell, john williams, Marlene Dietrich, Mysteries, ruta lee, suspence, TCM, Turner Classic Movies, Tyrone Power, Una O'Connor, Witness for the Prosection




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