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Viña Delmar and Uptown New York (1932) – World Wide’s Bad Girl

January 4, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Shirley Grey and Jack Oakie

World Wide’s Uptown New York (1932) turns out to be more than a Bad Girl (1931) rip-off. With biography of Viña Delmar, who wrote both original stories.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Frank Borzage, Independents, Jack Oakie, James Dunn, Leon Waycoff, Poverty Row, pre-Code, public domain, Sally Eilers, Shirley Grey, Victor Schertzinger, Vina Delmar, World Wide

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Lightning Review: Chinatown Nights (1929) Starring Wallace Beery

June 22, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

lightning reviews

Lightning review takes a brief look at transitional Paramount talkie Chinatown Nights (1929) starring Wallace Beery, Florence Vidor, and Warner Oland. Directed by William A. Wellman.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1929, Chinatown, Florence Vidor, Gangsters, Jack McHugh, Jack Oakie, Paramount, Tongs, Wallace Beery, Warner Oland, William A. Wellman

First Impressions: Little Men (1940) Starring Kay Francis

January 19, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Kay Francis in Little Men

The RKO released Little Men (1940) starring Kay Francis as Jo is inferior sequel to Little Women (1933) but enjoyable tale of swindlers George Bancroft and Jack Oakie.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1940, Adaptations, ann gillis, Carl Esmond, elsie the cow, George Bancroft, Jack Oakie, Jimmy Lydon, Kay Francis, little men, little women, louisa may alcott, norman z mcleod, RKO (Pathe), The Plays the Thing

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