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Blessed Event (1932) – Lee Tracy as Early Version of Winchell

August 21, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Lee Tracy in Blessed Event

A look at Lee Tracy as the Walter Winchell inspired star of pre-Code classic Blessed Event (1932). Includes back story about the stage adaptation, movie casting and speedy film production, plus a bit about Walter Winchell himself, circa 1932.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Allen Jenkins, Ben Bernie, Dick Powell, Edwin Maxwell, Emma Dunn, Frank McHugh, Isabel Jewell, Journalists, Lee Tracy, Mary Brian, Ned Sparks, pre-Code, Roy Del Ruth, Ruth Donnelly, Walter Walker, Walter Winchell, Warner Archive, Warner Bros.

Classic Movie History Project: 1931 – Stars Emerge

January 13, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 20 Comments

Cimarron Trade Ad

As part of the Classic Film History Project Blogathon a look at the brand new stars and popular film cycles that dominated Hollywood in 1931. Gangsters and newspapermen, horrors and fallen women abound. With list of major studio releases for 1931.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: 1931, Adaptations, Gangsters, Horror, Journalists, melodrama, newspapers, pre-Code

Five Star Final (1931) Starring Edward G. Robinson

December 14, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 9 Comments

Five Star Final 1931

Mervyn LeRoy’s Five Star Final (1931) stars Edward G. Robinson as the managing editor of a trashy New York newspaper that resurrects a 20-year-old murder case for circulation. A Warner Bros.-First National production adapted from the play by Louis Weitzenkorn. Also starring Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Frances Starr, Boris Karloff and Aline MacMahon.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Aline MacMahon, anthony bushell, Boris Karloff, Edward G. Robinson, First National, five star final, frances starr, George E. Stone, H.B. Warner, Journalists, louis weitzenkorn, Marian Marsh, Mervyn LeRoy, newspapers, ona munson, Oscar Apfel, Warner Archive, Warner Bros.

Clear All Wires! (1933) – Journalism in Classic Film Blogathon

September 23, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 9 Comments

James Gleason Lee Tracy Ari Kutai

MGM’s Clear All Wires! (1933) finds foreign correspondent Lee Tracy butting heads with the Soviet secret police in Russia, 1932. Una Merkel and Benita Hume co-star.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, alan edwards, ari kutai, Bella Spewack, benita hume, C. Henry Gordon, eugene sigaloff, george w hill, James Gleason, john bleifer, Journalists, Lee Tracy, lya lys, newspapers, russia, Sam Spewack, soviet union, Una Merkel, Warner Archive

James Dunn and Claire Dodd star in The Payoff (1935)

July 15, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

James Dunn and Claire Dodd in The Payoff

A fast paced tale of a sportswriter taking on a gambler with his wife coming in between his ethics and his loyalties. The Payoff (1935) stars James Dunn, Claire Dodd, Alan Dinehart, Patricia Ellis and Frankie Darro.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Alan Dinehart, Claire Dodd, Frankie Darro, gamblers, Horse Racing, James Dunn, Journalists, Patricia Ellis, Robert Florey, The Payoff, Warner Bros.

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