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Classic Movie History Project: 1931 – Stars Emerge

January 13, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 20 Comments

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As part of the Classic Film History Project Blogathon a look at the brand new stars and popular film cycles that dominated Hollywood in 1931. Gangsters and newspapermen, horrors and fallen women abound. With list of major studio releases for 1931.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: 1931, Adaptations, Gangsters, Horror, Journalists, melodrama, newspapers, pre-Code

Lon Chaney, Jr. in Dead Man’s Eyes (1944) – An Inner Sanctum Mystery

November 18, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 12 Comments

Lon Chaney Jr in Dead Mans Eyes

Lon Chaney, Jr. stars in Dead Man’s Eyes, an Inner Sanctum Mystery from Universal in 1944. Posted for the Chaney Blogathon. Article also includes a separate section about mysterious co-star Acquanetta.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1944, acquanetta, edward fielding, George Meeker, Horror, inner sanctum mysteries, Jean Parker, Jonathan Hale, Mysteries, Paul Kelly, reginald le borg, thomas gomez, Universal, Universal Horror

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

Murder by the Clock (1931) Starring William “Stage” Boyd and Lilyan Tashman

October 22, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Lilyan Tashman in Murder by the Clock

Tough to find and thus underappreciated, Murder by the Clock (1931) is an early mystery thriller highlighted by Lilyan Tashman, a creepy tomb alarm and a few surprising twists.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Blanche Friderici, charles beahan, edward sloman, henry myers, Horror, Irving Pichel, karl struss, lester vail, Lilyan Tashman, Martha Mattox, Mysteries, Paramount, Regis Toomey, rufus king, sally oneil, walter mcgrail, William "Stage" Boyd

Secret of the Blue Room (1933) With Lionel Atwill and Gloria Stuart

October 11, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Gloria Stuart in Secret of the Blue Room

Secret of the Blue Room (1933) may not be Universal horror, but it’s a strong murder mystery that acquired the tinge as part of the late ’50s Shock Theater package on television. Here’s a bit about what it was and what it wasn’t.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, anders van haden, Edward Arnold, Gloria Stuart, Horror, kurt neumann, Lionel Atwill, Murder, muriel kirkland, Mysteries, onslow stevens, Paul Lukas, pre-Code, Robert Barrat, Russell Hopton, Universal, Universal Horror, William Janney

Dracula (1931) – Bela Lugosi and the Dark, Still Chilling

October 22, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Bela Lugosi in Dracula

Matching the Universal horror classic Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi against non-genre films of 1931 and turning perceived weaknesses into strengths.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Dracula, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, frances dade, Helen Chandler, herbert bunston, Horror, Karl Freund, tod browning, Universal Horror

Who’s Haunted More Houses, Vincent Price or His Grandfather?

April 19, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Dr Price's Flavoring Extracts

Who knew that the grandson of the guy whose baking powder raised your bread would become a horror movie icon. All about Vincent Price’s grandfather, the entrepreneur behind 19th Century favorite, Dr. Price’s Cream of Tartar Baking Powder.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Business, fame, Horror, pop culture, vincent price

Kathleen Burke Wins Nationwide Contest! The Road to Panther Woman in Island of Lost Souls

October 29, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Panther Woman Runner Up Gail Patrick Garbaty Tobacco Card

A look at Paramount’s Summer 1932 nationwide contest to cast Lota, the Panther Woman in Island of Lost Souls. Focus on the eventual Panther Woman winner, Kathleen Burke. Lots of old news clippings.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: contests, exploitation, Gail Patrick, Horror, Island of Lost Souls, Kathleen Burke, lona andre, Paramount, verna hillie

New DVD Release: Island of Lost Souls (1932) Enters The Criterion Collection

October 27, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Charles Laughton Island of Lost Souls

The Paramount pre-code horror classic Island of Lost Souls has just been released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection. Reflections on the film and DVD extras.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Arthur Hohl, Bela Lugosi, Charles Laughton, dvd, Horror, Kathleen Burke, Leila Hyams, panther woman, Paramount, pre-Code, Richard Arlen, the criterion collection

Dwight Frye’s Last Laugh – Before and Beyond Dracula and Frankenstein

October 18, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Dwight Frye in The Maltese Falcon 1931

Dwight Frye is legendary for his roles in the Universal horror classics Dracula and Frankenstein. The 1997 biography Dwight Frye’s Last Laugh chronicles the actor’s fast rise to surprising heights and even quicker fall.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: biography, book review, Dracula, Dwight Frye, Frankenstein, gregory mank, Horror, james t coughlin, movie book reviews, Universal Horror

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