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You are here: Home / Archives for Jessie Ralph

Child of Manhattan (1933) Starring Nancy Carroll, John Boles

March 8, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Nancy Carroll in Child of Manhattan

Adapted by Columbia from a critically savaged Broadway play by Preston Sturges. Child of Manhattan is saved on screen by its captivating star, Nancy Carroll, who plays taxi-dancer Madeleine McGonagle. With John Boles, Buck Jones, and Jessie Ralph. Directed by Edward Buzzell.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Betty Grable, Buck Jones, Clara Blandick, Columbia, Edward Buzzell, Garry Owen, Jane Darwell, Jessie Ralph, John Boles, Luis Alberni, Nancy Carroll, Nat Pendleton, pre-Code, Preston Sturges, Warburton Gamble

RKO’s Jalna (1935) Inspires Craving for More Mazo de la Roche

January 15, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 31 Comments

Ian Hunter in Jalna

Jessie Ralph plays 99 year old Gran in RKO’s 1935 movie adaptation of Jalna, the first of the Mazo de la Roche Whiteoaks novels. Also starring Kay Johnson, Ian Hunter and David Manners. Directed by John Cromwell.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Adaptations, C Aubrey Smith, canada, clifford severn, David Manners, george offerman jr, Halliwell Hobbes, Ian Hunter, jalna, jalna series, Jessie Ralph, John Cromwell, Kay Johnson, mazo de la roche, molly lamont, Nigel Bruce, peggy wood, RKO (Pathe), the forsyte saga, Theodore Newton

Freddie Bartholomew is Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)

March 28, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Dolores Costello and Freddie Bartholomew

A look at Selznick International’s faithful 1936 screen adaptation of Little Lord Fauntleroy starring Freddie Bartholomew and C. Aubrey Smith.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Adaptations, C Aubrey Smith, constance collier, David O Selznick, Dolores Costello, E.E. Clive, frances hodgson burnett, Freddie Bartholomew, Guy Kibbee, helen flint, Henry Stephenson, Hugh Walpole, Jackie Searl, Jessie Ralph, John Cromwell, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Mickey Rooney, Una O'Connor

The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (1935)

June 12, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Lennox Pawle

A look at MGM’s 1935 production of the Charles Dickens classic David Copperfield starring Freddie Bartholomew and WC Fields. Includes notes and quotes from David O. Selznick and George Cukor about production and casting, a brief outline of the film and its many characters, the latter highlighted by a biography of of the obscure Lennox Pawle, who played Mr. Dick.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Adaptations, Basil Rathbone, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, David O Selznick, Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, Elsa Lanchester, Frank Lawton, Freddie Bartholomew, George Cukor, Herbert Mundin, Jessie Ralph, Lennox Pawle, Lewis Stone, Lionel Barrymore, Madge Evans, Maureen O'Sullivan, MGM, Nicholas Schenck, Roland Young, Una O'Connor, Violet Kemble Cooper, W.C. Fields

Double Wedding (1937) Starring William Powell and Myrna Loy

May 26, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

William Powell and Myrna Loy in Double Wedding

Double Wedding proves that not all William Powell and Myrna Loy pairings are created equally, mark this one off as better than average which sets the bar quite high.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, Comedies, Double Wedding, Edgar Kennedy, Florence Rice, Jessie Ralph, John Beal, MGM, Myrna Loy, screwball comedies, Sidney Toler, William Powell

Kay Francis and Ian Hunter in I Found Stella Parish (1935)

March 31, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Kay Francis and Ian Hunter both do good work in Warner Brothers’ I Found Stella Parish (1935). I’m just wondering if I’m supposed to walk away liking either of their characters?

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Barton MacLane, Dramas, I Found Stella Parish, Ian Hunter, Jessie Ralph, Kay Francis, Mervyn LeRoy, Paul Lukas, Romance, Sybil Jason, Warner Bros.

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