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Scott Allen Nollen Discusses Robert E. Burns, Chain Gang, and His Latest Book

November 14, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Chain Gang by Scott Allen Nollen

Film historian Scott Allen Nollen answers questions about his latest book “The Making and Influence of I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang.” Interview covers the film, real-life influence Robert E. Burns, and Nollen’s new book.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: film books, Glenda Farrell, i am a fugitive from a chain gang, interview, Paul Muni, Scott Allen Nollen

Robert McWade – Brief Biography of the Grouchy Character Actor

January 25, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Robert McWade in I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

A brief look at the career of 1930s character actor Robert McWade including images of him in some of his more famous movies. Son of a stage legend, he managed to upstage his father at the very end.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: 42nd Street, character actors, cimarron, grand hotel, heroes for sale, i am a fugitive from a chain gang, rip van winkle, Robert McWade, the phantom of crestwood

RKO’s Hell’s Highway (1932) Beats Other Chain Gang Movie to Theaters

January 23, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Hells Highway Film Daily ad

It’s tempting to call RKO’s Hell’s Highway (1932) a knockoff on I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. However the Richard Dix movie came first. A long essay looking at Hell’s Highway, Dix, the Etude Ethiopian Chorus and that other Chain Gang movie.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, C. Henry Gordon, Charles Middleton, Clarence Muse, David O Selznick, eddie hart, etude ethiopian chorus, hells highway, i am a fugitive from a chain gang, john arledge, John Cromwell, Louise Beavers, louise carter, Oscar Apfel, Prison Films, Rating: 8/10, Richard Dix, RKO (Pathe), Rochelle Hudson, Rowland Brown, Sandy Roth, Stanley Fields, Tom Brown, Warner Richmond

Edward Ellis – A Biography of The Thin Man, an Actor to Remember

November 13, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Edward Ellis in A Man to Remember

A biography of actor Edward Ellis, best remembered for playing the title role in 1934’s The Thin Man. But Ellis, an acting pro since the 1870s, became a full fledged movie star with 1938’s A Man to Remember.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: a man to remember, Anne Shirley, character actors, Edward Ellis, fury, i am a fugitive from a chain gang, josephine stevens, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, The Thin Man, three sons

David Landau, the Pre-Code Era’s Own Bitter Man

September 24, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 18 Comments

David Landau in Street Scene

A biography of gruff character actor David Landau including his background, stage career and brief movie career as Hollywood’s bitter man of the pre-code era.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: Broadway, character actors, David Landau, horse feathers, i am a fugitive from a chain gang, Judge Priest, pre-Code, she done him wrong, stage actors, street scene, what a character

Paul Muni’s 1932 – Multiple Projects Converge to Make Paul Muni a Huge Star

July 1, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Paul Muni 1935 Gallaher Signed Portraits of Famous Stars

In 1932 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang followed Scarface at the Strand Theater in New York while Paul Muni was then starring live on Broadway in Counsellor-at-Law. A major star is realized out of a huge year of work.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: counsellor-at-law, elmer rice, Howard Hawks, Howard Hughes, i am a fugitive from a chain gang, inherit the wind, jerome lawrence, other books, Paul Muni, pre-Code, Scarface, Warner Bros.




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