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Joe Donahue, “World’s Greatest Dancer” and Sunny Co-Star

November 27, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 9 Comments

Joe Donahue in Sunny

Digging into Joe Donahue, talented vaudevillian dancer who replaced his late brother, Jack, opposite Marilyn Miller in the film version of Sunny. He also appeared in Expensive Women and two Dorothy Mackaill titles during his stay with First National, 1930-31. Piecing together some of the mysterious Donahue’s life and discovering, once and for all, the date he died.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: dancers, Dolores Costello, Dorothy Mackaill, First National, jack donahue, Joan Blondell, Joe Donahue, Marilyn Miller, vaudeville, Warren William

Safe in Hell (1931), Talkie Triumph for Tough Dorothy Mackaill

November 16, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Dorothy Mackaill in Safe in Hell

Safe in Hell (1931) nearly starred Barbara Stanwyck, but no matter as Dorothy Mackaill makes the part her own. A bit about the film and what happened to this otherwise forgotten star.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Barbara Stanwyck, cecil cunningham, Charles Middleton, Clarence Muse, Donald Cook, Dorothy Mackaill, gustav von seyffertitz, Ivan F. Simpson, John Wray, Lilian Bond, Marilyn Miller, Morgan Wallace, nina mae mckinney, no man of her own, pre-Code, Ralf Harolde, safe in hell, victor varconi, Warner Archive, William A. Wellman

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