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Lightning Review: One Hour Late (1934) Starring Helen Twelvetrees

August 12, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Conrad Nagel and Helen Twelvetrees in One Hour Late

Brief look at Paramount’s One Hour Late, a late 1934 release starring Joe Morrison and Helen Twelvetrees. Action takes place over single day at an office. Directed by Ralph Murphy.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Arline Judge, Charles Sellon, Comedies, Conrad Nagel, Eddie Craven, Gail Patrick, George E. Stone, Helen Twelvetrees, Joe Morrison, Musicals, Paramount, Ray Milland, Ray Walker, Toby Wing

Secret of the Chateau (1934) Universal Murder Mystery Starring Claire Dodd

February 25, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Claire Dodd and Jack La Rue

Universal murder mystery with an excellent ensemble cast revolves around a Gutenberg Bible. Bonus material about the U.S. Library of Congress 1930 purchase of a Gutenberg Bible with funds that ultimately filled the coffers of a Nazi propagandist.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Alice White, Claire Dodd, Clark Williams, DeWitt Jennings, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Frank Reicher, George E. Stone, Helen Ware, Jack La Rue, murder, Mysteries, Osgood Perkins, Richard Thorpe, Universal, William Faversham

Brief Impressions: King for a Night (1933) – Big Hearted Herbert (1934) and Father Is a Prince (1941) – Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941)

January 17, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Grant Mitchell and Chester Morris

Enjoying a key scene between Chester Morris and Grant Mitchell in King for a Night (1933) leads to more Morris in a Boston Blackie entry plus Mitchell’s own starring vehicle, Father Is a Prince (1941), itself a remake of Big Hearted Herbert (1934), which is also discussed.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, 1934, 1941, Alice White, Aline MacMahon, boston blackie, Chester Morris, George E. Stone, Grant Mitchell, Guy Kibbee, Helen Twelvetrees, John Miljan, remakes, Warner Archive

Five Star Final (1931) Starring Edward G. Robinson

December 14, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 9 Comments

Five Star Final 1931

Mervyn LeRoy’s Five Star Final (1931) stars Edward G. Robinson as the managing editor of a trashy New York newspaper that resurrects a 20-year-old murder case for circulation. A Warner Bros.-First National production adapted from the play by Louis Weitzenkorn. Also starring Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Frances Starr, Boris Karloff and Aline MacMahon.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Aline MacMahon, anthony bushell, Boris Karloff, Edward G. Robinson, First National, five star final, frances starr, George E. Stone, H.B. Warner, Journalists, louis weitzenkorn, Marian Marsh, Mervyn LeRoy, newspapers, ona munson, Oscar Apfel, Warner Archive, Warner Bros.

The Racket (1928) Starring Thomas Meighan, Louis Wolheim and Marie Prevost

February 19, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Louis Wolheim and Thomas Meighan

Howard Hughes bought Bartlett Cormack’s play The Racket, which had made Edward G. Robinson a star on Broadway. Hughes made it into a film twice. This article focuses on the first film version, a 1928 silent movie, starring Thomas Meighan with Louis Wolheim as the gangster.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1928, bartlett cormack, caddo company, dan wolheim, Edward G. Robinson, Gangsters, George E. Stone, henry sedley, Howard Hughes, John Cromwell, john darrow, lee moran, Lewis Milestone, lizabeth scott, Louis Wolheim, lucien prival, Marie Prevost, Paramount, pat collins, Robert Mitchum, robert ryan, sam de grasse, Silent Film, Skeets Gallagher, the racket, Thomas Meighan

The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) with Ricardo Cortez and Karen Morley

January 24, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Graham McNamee

America wondered “Who Killed Jenny Wren?” and RKO’s The Phantom of Crestwood revealed the answer in the first movie-radio tie-in. Starring Ricardo Cortez and Karen Morley with a large cast of familiar character actors and former silent stars in support.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Aileen Pringle, Anita Louise, eddie sturgis, Gavin Gordon, George E. Stone, H.B. Warner, henry gerrard, hilda vaughn, Ivan F. Simpson, J. Walter Ruben, Karen Morley, mary duncan, matty kemp, Mysteries, old time radio, Pauline Frederick, pre-Code, Ricardo Cortez, RKO (Pathe), Robert McWade, Sam Hardy, Skeets Gallagher, the phantom of crestwood, Warner Archive

Penthouse (1933) Starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy

August 2, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 10 Comments

Myrna Loy and Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter stars as a mobster’s mouthpiece in Penthouse (1933) also featuring Myrna Loy. And, in one of his best, Nat Pendleton plays the mobster.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Albert Hackett, C. Henry Gordon, charles butterworth, Frances Goodrich, George E. Stone, Lawyers, Mae Clarke, Martha Sleeper, murder, Myrna Loy, Mysteries, Nat Pendleton, penthouse, Phillips Holmes, pre-Code, Robert Emmett O'Connor, W.S. Van Dyke, Warner Archive, Warner Baxter




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