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Personal Property (1937) Starring Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor

March 16, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Robert Taylor and Jean Harlow in Personal Property

A look at Jean Harlow’s penultimate film appearance, opposite Robert Taylor in MGM’s Personal Property (1937), a remake of 1931’s The Man in Possession also starring Reginald Owen, E.E. Clive, Henrietta Crosman, Una O’Connor, and Forrester Harvey.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, Barnett Parker, Cora Witherspoon, E.E. Clive, Forrester Harvey, Henrietta Crosman, Jean Harlow, Marla Shelton, MGM, Personal Property, Reginald Owen, Robert Taylor, Romantic Comedy, The Man in Possession, Una O'Connor, W.S. Van Dyke, Warner Archive

First Impressions: Mrs. Parkington (1944) with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon

September 1, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Brief first impressions of Mrs. Parkington (1944) written soon after my first viewing. Starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1944, Agnes Moorehead, Greer Garson, MGM, Mrs Parkington, Walter Pidgeon, Warner Archive

First Impressions: Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary (1941)

September 1, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Brief first impressions of Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary (1941) written shortly after first viewing. Starring Mickey Rooney with the Hardy clan and Kathryn Grayson.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1941, Andy Hardy, Andy Hardys Private Secretary, Ann Rutherford, Ian Hunter, Kathryn Grayson, Lewis Stone, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Warner Archive

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

Big Cast in MGM’s 1951 anthology It’s a Big Country

May 15, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

8 uneven vignettes makes up the disappointing 1951 American Anthology, It’s a Big Country. Big stars-Gary Cooper, Fredric March, William Powell-little ideas.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1951, anthology, Dore Schary, Ethel Barrymore, Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Gene Kelly, George Murphy, It's a Big Country, James Whitmore, Janet Leigh, Keefe Brasselle, Keenan Wynn, Lewis Stone, Marjorie Main, MGM, Nancy Davis, SZ Sakall, Van Johnson, Warner Archive, William Powell

Cass Timberlane (1947) starring Spencer Tracy and Lana Turner

May 9, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

MGM’s Cass Timberlane (1947) stars Spencer Tracy in the title role, features an excellent performance by Lana Turner. After a promising first hour a couple of key plot points are rushed and the quality suffers in the second half of the film.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1947, Albert Dekker, Cass Timberlane, Dramas, John Alexander, John Litel, Josephine Hutchinson, Lana Turner, Margaret Lindsay, Mary Astor, MGM, Movie Reviews, Romance, Selena Royle, Spencer Tracy, Warner Archive, Zachary Scott

Robert Taylor and Janet Gaynor star in Small Town Girl (1936)

April 19, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Janet Gaynor and Robert Taylor in Small Town Girl

Robert Taylor and Janet Gaynor star in MGM’s Small Town Girl (1936) directed by William Wellman and nothing special for any of the main participants.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Andy Devine, Binnie Barnes, Charley Grapewin, Edgar Kennedy, Isabel Jewell, James Stewart, Janet Gaynor, Lewis Stone, MGM, Movie Reviews, Robert Taylor, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Small Town Girl, William A. Wellman

Ronald Colman stars in A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

March 26, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Ronald Colman

Ronald Colman’s magnificent performance as Sydney Carton highlights MGM’s 1935 production of A Tale of Two Cities.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, A Tale of Two Cities, Adaptations, Basil Rathbone, Blanche Yurka, Charles Dickens, David O Selznick, Donald Woods, Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, H.B. Warner, Henry B. Walthall, Historical, Isabel Jewell, Jack Conway, Jacques Tourneur, Lucille La Verne, MGM, Reginald Owen, Ronald Colman, Val Lewton

William Powell and Myrna Loy star in The Thin Man (1934)

March 13, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

William Powell with Asta on March 1942 True Detective Magazine Cover

A look at MGM’s The Thin Man (1934), the first of a 6 series film and second of 14 pairings for William Powell and Myrna Loy. Directed by Woody Van Dyke …

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Comedies, Edward Brophy, Maureen O'Sullivan, MGM, Minna Gombell, Murder, Myrna Loy, Mysteries, Nat Pendleton, Porter Hall, Screwball Comedies, The Thin Man, W.S. Van Dyke, William Powell

China Seas (1935) starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow

March 3, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

The Clark Gable and Jean Harlow teaming peaks in China Seas, the 4th of their 6 MGM pairings, a tale of love and piracy at sea also starring Wallace Beery and Rosalind Russell.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Adventures, C Aubrey Smith, China Seas, Clark Gable, Dudley Digges, Edward Brophy, Jean Harlow, Lewis Stone, MGM, Movie Reviews, pirates, Robert Benchley, Romance, Rosalind Russell, Wallace Beery

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