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Vivacious Lady (1938) Starring Ginger Rogers and James Stewart

April 14, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 22 Comments

Ginger Rogers and James Stewart

RKO’s Vivacious Lady doesn’t have much of a story, but Ginger Rogers and James Stewart are in love, so who cares? A look at the comedy classic directed by George Stevens for the James Stewart Blogathon.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1938, Beulah Bondi, Charles Coburn, Frances Mercer, Franklin Pangborn, George Stevens, Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, James Ellison, James Stewart, RKO (Pathe), Romantic Comedy, Warner Archive, Willie Best

Her Man (1930) Starring Helen Twelvetrees and Phillips Holmes

May 21, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Phillips Holmes and Helen Twelvetrees

Tay Garnett’s Her Man from Pathe is an overlooked pre-Code classic starring Helen Twelvetrees in the first screen adaptation of the Frankie and Johnny ballad. With Phillips Holmes, Ricardo Cortez and Marjorie Rambeau.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Franklin Pangborn, Harry Sweet, Helen Twelvetrees, her man, James Gleason, Marjorie Rambeau, Matthew Betz, Mike Donlin, Phillips Holmes, pre-Code, Ricardo Cortez, RKO (Pathe), Slim Summerville, Stanley Fields, Tay Garnett, Thelma Todd

The Half Naked Truth (1932) Starring Lee Tracy and Lupe Velez

September 17, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Lupe Velez and Lee Tracy

Lee Tracy takes Lupe Velez from carny hooch dancer to Broadway star in Gregory La Cava’s The Half Naked Truth (1932) for RKO. Also starring Frank Morgan and Eugene Pallette

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Comedies, Eugene Pallette, Frank Morgan, Franklin Pangborn, Gregory La Cava, Lee Tracy, lupe velez, Max Steiner, screwball comedies, shirley chambers, the half naked truth, Warner Archive

It Happened in Hollywood (1937) Starring Richard Dix and Fay Wray

April 25, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Richard Dix and Fay Wray

Richard Dix plays cowboy star Tim Bart of the silent screen in It Happened in Hollywood (1937). The problem for Dix and his leading lady, played by Fay Wray, is that talkies have arrived to disrupt their lives.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, arthur loft, billy burrud, Charles Arnt, Edgar Dearing, Fay Wray, Franklin Pangborn, Granville Bates, harry lachman, hollywood, hollywood extras, it happened in hollywood, james donlan, Richard Dix, sam fuller, victor kilian, Westerns, William B. Davidson, Zeffie Tilbury

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