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Special Investigator (1936) – Richard Dix Stars in Erle Stanley Gardner Story

September 13, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Special Investigator 1936 newspaper ad

Big-city mouthpiece Richard Dix seeks to bring his brother’s killers to justice in a Nevada mining town in Special Investigator, a 1936 RKO “B” entry based on an Erle Stanley Gardner story.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Erik Rhodes, Erle Stanley Gardner, Gangsters, gold, Harry Jans, J. Carroll Naish, jed prouty, jm kerrigan, Joe Sawyer, Lawyers, Louis King, Margaret Callahan, Owen Davis Jr., Ray Mayer, Richard Dix, RKO (Pathe), Russell Hicks, sheila terry

Behind the Green Lights (1935), Cops Vs. Mouthpiece in Mascot Indie

May 18, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Behind the Green Lights 1935

Based on a book by Captain Cornelius Willemse, the NYPD’s original “gang buster,” Behind the Green Lights pits the police vs. a crooked mouthpiece and features a romance between cop and lawyer. Easily found independent release is fast-paced and entertaining.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Adaptations, Christy Cabanne, Crime, Edward Gargan, Ford Sterling, Independents, J. Carroll Naish, John Davidson, Judith Allen, Kenneth Thomson, Lawyers, Mascot Pictures, Norman Foster, Purnell Pratt, Sidney Blackmer, Theodore von Eltz

J. Edgar Hoover’s Persons in Hiding (1939) With Patricia Morison

January 19, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

J Carrol Naish and Patricia Morison

A Bonnie and Clyde tale predating Gun Crazy (1950) by eleven years. Persons in Hiding is the first of four movies adapted from J. Edgar Hoover’s book of the same name. Electrifying debut by Patricia Morison with J. Carrol Naish strong opposite her.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1939, Crime, fbi, Gangsters, Helen Twelvetrees, J Edgar Hoover, J. Carroll Naish, John Hartley, Louis King, Lynne Overman, Paramount, Patricia Morison, William Frawley, William Henry

Black Fury (1935) – Paul Muni Stars in Another Ripped from the Headlines Story

August 6, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Black Fury 1935 Paul Muni

Paul Muni stars as a mine worker who is duped into breaking the union in 1935’s Black Fury from Warner Bros. Post includes background about real-life John Barcoski murder from 1929 and other notes about the origins of the film.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Barton MacLane, coal mines, J. Carroll Naish, John Qualen, Karen Morley, Michael Curtiz, Michael Musmanno, Paul Muni, Sara Haden, unions, Vince Barnett, Warner Archive, Warner Bros., William Gargan

Big City Blues (1932), Pre-Code Party in Depression-Era New York

June 26, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Eric Linden in Big City Blues

Eric Linden finds fun, trouble and Joan Blondell in Depression-era New York in Warner Bros.’ Big City Blues (1932). Directed by Mervyn LeRoy with an unbilled supporting appearance by Humphrey Bogart along with several others.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Big City Blues, Clarence Muse, Dick Powell, Eric Linden, Evalyn Knapp, Grant Mitchell, Guy Kibbee, Herman Bing, Humphrey Bogart, inez courtney, J. Carroll Naish, Joan Blondell, jobyna howland, josephine dunn, Lyle Talbot, Mervyn LeRoy, Ned Sparks, New York, pre-Code, Rating: 8/10, sheila terry, Thomas E. Jackson, Torben Meyer, walter catlett, ward morehouse, Warner Bros.

Captain Blood (1935) Action Energized by Errol Flynn and Korngold’s Score

August 12, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Ross Alexander in Captain Blood

A look at my own favorite action adventure movie of all time, Captain Blood starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, both in breakout roles. A tale of piracy, slavery, patriotism and romance, Korngold’s score keeps you cheering for Blood throughout.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, action, Adventures, Basil Rathbone, Captain Blood, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Errol Flynn, Guy Kibbee, J. Carroll Naish, J. Warren Kerrigan, Michael Curtiz, Olivia de Havilland, pirates, Rafael Sabatini, Robert Barrat, Ross Alexander

The Southerner (1945) starring Zachary Scott and Betty Field

February 23, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Zachary Scott and Charles Kemper in The Southerner

A look at Jean Renoir’s The Southerner (1945) starring Zachary Scott as head of a dirt-poor family fighting to have their own farm. Also starring Betty Field.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1945, Betty Field, Beulah Bondi, Dramas, farmers, J. Carroll Naish, Jean Renoir, Movie Reviews, The Southerner, Zachary Scott




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