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Pick-Up (1933) Starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft

February 15, 2017 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Pick Up 1933 Sylvia Sidney

Paramount pre-Code Pick-Up (1933) is the first of three movies co-starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft. Also features William Harrigan and Lilian Bond. Based on a story by Viña Delmar and directed by Sidney-regular Marion Gering.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Benito Mussolini, Brooks Benedict, Charles Middleton, Clarence Wilson, George Raft, Great Depression, Lilian Bond, Louise Beavers, Marion Gering, Oscar Apfel, panther woman, Paramount, pre-Code, Purnell Pratt, Robert McWade, Sylvia Sidney, Vina Delmar, William Harrigan

Are These Our Children? (1931) Starring Eric Linden and Arline Judge

January 30, 2017 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Eric Linden and Arline Judge

Wild RKO pre-Code gem Are These Our Children? (1931) examines Prohibition-era youth gone wild. Includes brief biography of star Eric Linden. Also co-star Arline Judge.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Arline Judge, Ben Alexander, Beryl Mercer, Billy Butts, Eric Linden, Great Depression, Howard Estabrook, Mary Kornman, pre-Code, Prohibition, RKO (Pathe), Robert Quirk, Roberta Gale, Rochelle Hudson, Wesley Ruggles, William Orlamond

“My Favorite Classic Movie” Blogathon: Employees’ Entrance (1933)

May 16, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 11 Comments

Warren William in Employees Entrance

Celebrating Warren William in Employees’ Entrance (1933) for the “My Favorite Classic Movie” blogathon on “National Classic Movie Day,” May 16, 2015.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Business, Great Depression, Loretta Young, retail, Wallace Ford, Warren William

Depression Era Contest for Free Theater Tickets

June 12, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

The Lost Squadron inside Photoplay March 1932

See The Lost Squadron free at the Paramount Theater in 1932–if you could figure out this contest. A peek at Depression era classifieds and old time prices in this preview of my coming post about The Lost Squadron.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Great Depression, newspapers, the lost squadron

Night Court (1932) Starring Phillips Holmes and Walter Huston

March 24, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Phillips Holmes - The Speech

Phillips Holmes takes on Walter Huston’s corrupt judge in MGM’s Night Court (1932), a pre-code drama directed by W.S. Van Dyke and also featuring Anita Page, Lewis Stone and Noel Francis.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Anita Page, corruption, Courtroom Drama, Great Depression, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan, Lewis Stone, Mary Carlisle, MGM, night court, Noel Francis, Phillips Holmes, pre-Code, Tully Marshall, W.S. Van Dyke, Walter Huston, Warner Richmond

Kind Lady (1935) Starring Aline MacMahon and Basil Rathbone

June 12, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 8 Comments

Basil Rathbone in Kind Lady

A look at Kind Lady from origins as Hugh Walpole story The Silver Mask, through Edward Chodorov’s stage adaptation and both film versions, especially the earlier 1935 film starring Aline MacMahon and Basil Rathbone.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Aline MacMahon, barbara shields, Basil Rathbone, captives, Crime, Donald Meek, Doris Lloyd, Dudley Digges, Edward Chodorov, Eily Malyon, Frank Albertson, Frank Reicher, George B Seitz, Great Depression, Hugh Walpole, justine chase, Kind Lady, Mary Carlisle, MGM, Murray Kinnell, Nola Luxford, World War I

The Great Depression Grips Our Pre-Code Movie Favorites

April 18, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Click to read about The Conquerors

Thoughts about just what pre-code movie audiences saw after reading a passage describing exactly how bad times were in 1932 in the biography of a businessman.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Business, Great Depression, pre-Code

The World Changes (1933) Starring the Many Faces of Paul Muni

September 23, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Iceboxes on Wheels Paul Muni

Paul Muni stars in First National’s 1933 multigenerational film The World Changes. Also starring Mary Astor. Muni earns a fortune in the meat-packing industry but is led too far from his roots and watches his children stray even further from what he considers a good life.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Alan Dinehart, Aline MacMahon, Anna Q. Nilsson, Arthur Hohl, chicago, Donald Cook, Entreprenuers, First National, Gordon Westcott, Great Depression, Guy Kibbee, Henry O'Neill, industry, investors, Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay, Mary Astor, meat packing, Mervyn LeRoy, Patricia Ellis, Paul Muni, stock exchange, Theodore Newton, Warner Bros., William Janney

Stranger in Town (1932) – Chic Sale Takes on a Big Grocery Chain

August 10, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

David Manners Ann Dvorak Chic Sale

The small grocery Chic Sale runs in Boilsville is threatened in Warner Brothers’ Stranger in Town (1932) when a big competitor comes to town. Also starring Ann Dvorak, David Manners, and Noah Beery.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Ann Dvorak, Business, chic sale, Comedies, David Manners, Great Depression, grocery stores, J. Farrell MacDonald, John Larkin, Lyle Talbot, Maude Eburne, Noah Beery, Raymond Hatton, Warner Archive, Warner Bros.

Employees’ Entrance (1933) starring Warren William and the Franklin-Monroe Department Store

February 7, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Loretta Young and Warren William

A detailed look at First National’s Employees’ Entrance, an early 1933 pre-code release starring Warren William with Loretta Young and Wallace Ford. A look inside the Franklin-Monroe Department Store at a time when Hoover was a lame duck and the Great Depression was crushing the economy.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Alice White, Employees Entrance, First National, Great Depression, Loretta Young, pre-Code, Wallace Ford, Warner Archive, Warner Bros., Warren William

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