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Real-Life Society ‘Honor Slaying’ Inspires Two 1932 Films

January 14, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Edward Allen shoots Francis Donaldson III

A look at two pre-Code courtroom melodramas, Unashamed and Two Against the World, compared to the sensational real-life society murder that inspired the movies. Unashamed stars Helen Twelvetrees, Robert Young, and Monroe Owsley, while Two Against the World stars Constance Bennett and Neil Hamilton.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: 1932, Allen Vincent, Constance Bennett, Courtroom Drama, Gavin Gordon, Helen Twelvetrees, Helen Vinson, John Miljan, Lewis Stone, MGM, Murder, Neil Hamilton, pre-Code, ripped from the headlines, Robert Warwick, Robert Young, Warner Bros.

Arsène Lupin (1932) Starring John and Lionel Barrymore

December 28, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Arsene Lupin 1932 newspaper ad

John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore share the screen together for the first time in MGM’s Arsène Lupin (1932). Excellent mystery also includes strong work from Karen Morley.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: Adaptations, John Barrymore, John Miljan, Karen Morley, Lionel Barrymore, Maurice Leblanc, MGM, Mysteries, pre-Code, Tully Marshall, Warner Archive

Majestic’s The Sin of Nora Moran (1933) Starring Zita Johann

July 9, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Zita Johann in The Sin of Nora Moran Still Photo

The Sin of Nora Moran may have come from Poverty Row but it is years ahead of its time. The 1933 film makes heavy use of flashback to enhance several twists in this life and death story of a female prisoner on Death Row. Starring Zita Johann of The Mummy and directed by Phil Goldstone. Don’t be put off by the lack of big names or major studio logo, The Sin of Nora Moran lives up to the high standards set by its acclaimed promotional poster.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Alan Dinehart, Claire Du Brey, Cora Sue Collins, Death Row, Henry B. Walthall, John Miljan, Majestic, murder, Paul Cavanagh, Phil Goldstone, Poverty Row, pre-Code, Zita Johann

Our Blushing Brides (1930) Caps Joan Crawford Trilogy

April 7, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery

No longer the wild Jazz Baby, Joan Crawford is cautious to the point of being a drag in Our Blushing Brides (1930), third movie of a loose MGM trilogy starring Crawford. Also starring Robert Montgomery, Anita Page and Dorothy Sebastian.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Anita Page, Cedric Gibbons, Dorothy Sebastian, Edward Brophy, Harry Beaumont, Hedda Hopper, Joan Crawford, John Miljan, MGM, pre-Code, Raymond Hackett, Robert Montgomery, Warner Archive

Gentleman’s Fate (1931) Starring John Gilbert and Louis Wolheim as Unlikely Brothers

March 28, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 12 Comments

John Gilbert and Louis Wolheim

Gentleman’s Fate (1931) is an MGM gangster effort overshadowed by the relationship between the John Gilbert and Louis Wolheim characters. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy with good work from Anita Page as well.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Anita Page, Frank Reicher, Gangsters, George Cooper, John Gilbert, John Miljan, Leila Hyams, Louis Wolheim, Marie Prevost, Mervyn LeRoy, MGM, Paul Porcasi, Ralph Ince

Brief Impressions: King for a Night (1933) – Big Hearted Herbert (1934) and Father Is a Prince (1941) – Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941)

January 17, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Grant Mitchell and Chester Morris

Enjoying a key scene between Chester Morris and Grant Mitchell in King for a Night (1933) leads to more Morris in a Boston Blackie entry plus Mitchell’s own starring vehicle, Father Is a Prince (1941), itself a remake of Big Hearted Herbert (1934), which is also discussed.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, 1934, 1941, Alice White, Aline MacMahon, boston blackie, Chester Morris, George E. Stone, Grant Mitchell, Guy Kibbee, Helen Twelvetrees, John Miljan, remakes, Warner Archive

Night Court (1932) Starring Phillips Holmes and Walter Huston

March 24, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Phillips Holmes - The Speech

Phillips Holmes takes on Walter Huston’s corrupt judge in MGM’s Night Court (1932), a pre-code drama directed by W.S. Van Dyke and also featuring Anita Page, Lewis Stone and Noel Francis.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Anita Page, corruption, Courtroom Drama, Great Depression, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan, Lewis Stone, Mary Carlisle, MGM, night court, Noel Francis, Phillips Holmes, pre-Code, Tully Marshall, W.S. Van Dyke, Walter Huston, Warner Richmond

Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) Starring Alice White as Dixie Dugan

November 25, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Alice White in Show Girl in Hollywood

Alice White stars as Dixie Dugan in First National’s SHOW GIRL IN HOLLYWOOD (1930), a behind the scenes movie musical depicting the Vitaphone process and including a stand out performance by former silent screen star Blanche Sweet.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Alice White, backstage, Blanche Sweet, dixie dugan, First National, Ford Sterling, Herman Bing, jack mulhall, John Miljan, jp mcevoy, Lee Shumway, Mervyn LeRoy, Musicals, show girl, show girl in hollywood, technicolor, virginia sale, vitaphone, Warner Archive

Flesh (1932) Starring Wallace Beery and Karen Morley

May 8, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Wallace Beery and Karen Morley in Flesh

John Ford directed Flesh (1932) for MGM with Wallace Beery starring as a German wrestler and Karen Morley giving an outstanding performance as the shady girl he loves. With Ricardo Cortez.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Dramas, Edmund Goulding, Edward Brophy, flesh, greta meyer, Herman Bing, Jean Hersholt, John Ford, John Miljan, Karen Morley, Ricardo Cortez, Vince Barnett, Wallace Beery, Ward Bond, Warner Archive, wrestling




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