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Lightning Review: The Shining Hour (1938) Starring Joan Crawford

August 10, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Joan Crawford and Robert Young in The Shining Hour

Brief look at MGM’s The Shining Hour (1938) starring Joan Crawford. Melvyn Douglas marries her; brother Robert Young loves her, but is married to Margaret Sullavan. Fay Bainter as Douglas and Young’s suspicious sister. Directed by Frank Borzage.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1938, Allyn Joslyn, fay bainter, Frank Albertson, Hattie McDaniel, Joan Crawford, Margaret Sullavan, Melvyn Douglas, MGM, Robert Young, Romance

Captains Courageous (1937) Starring Freddie Bartholomew and Spencer Tracy

February 9, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Spencer Tracy and Freddie Bartholomew

MGM Golden Age classic Captains Courageous is highlighted by a heavily modernized and modified adaptation of Kipling’s novel that provides opportunity for Spencer Tracy and Freddie Bartholomew to shine in the leading roles.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, action, Adventures, at sea, Charley Grapewin, Freddie Bartholomew, John Carradine, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Rudyard Kipling, Spencer Tracy, Victor Fleming

Melvyn Douglas – Biography of the Two-Time Oscar Winner

April 5, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Melvyn Douglas 1933 Allens Trading Card

A biography of two-time Academy Award winning actor Melvyn Douglas enhanced by several Douglas quotes from the 1960s and ’70s. Also, Douglas in Golden Age Hollywood.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Broadway, helen gahagan douglas, Melvyn Douglas, oscar winners

Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) Starring Sylvia Sidney with Melvyn Douglas

October 26, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Sylvia Sidney in Mary Burns, Fugitive

Sylvia Sidney stars in Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) her first film under contract to Walter Wanger for Paramount. Introduces Alan Baxter as gangster Babe Wilson. Also featuring Melvyn Douglas, Wallace Ford, Brian Donlevy and Pert Kelton.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, alan baxter, Brian Donlevy, Gangsters, Melvyn Douglas, Paramount, pert kelton, Prison Films, Sylvia Sidney, Wallace Ford, walter wanger, William K. Howard

Arsene Lupin Returns (1938) starring Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Warren William

October 18, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Brief notes are exactly that, just some stream of consciousness thoughts occurring during my most recent viewing of Arsene Lupin Returns.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1938, Arsene Lupin Returns, detective movies, E.E. Clive, George Zucco, Melvyn Douglas, MGM, Nat Pendleton, Virginia Bruce, Warren William




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