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Babbitt (1934) Starring Guy Kibbee, Aline MacMahon

March 3, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Guy Kibbee in Babbitt 1934

The second film adaptation of Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis was released in late 1934. Guy Kibbee is well cast in the title role with Aline MacMahon as his wife Myra Babbitt. Directed by William Keighley for First National-Warner Bros.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Addison Richards, Alan Hale, Aline MacMahon, Arthur Aylesworth, berton churchill, Claire Dodd, Comedies, First National, Glen Boles, Guy Kibbee, Harry Tyler, Hattie McDaniel, Mary Treen, Maxine Doyle, Minna Gombell, Minor Watson, Nan Grey, Russell Hicks, Sinclair Lewis, Walter Walker, Warner Bros., William Keighley

Paramount’s 24 Hours (1931) with Clive Brook, Kay Francis, Miriam Hopkins

February 13, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

24 Hours Paramount 1931

Paramount’s Marion Gering gives us Louis Bromfield’s 24 Hours (1931) in just 66 minutes. Featuring an alcoholic Clive Brook, fashionable Kay Francis and Miriam Hopkins belting out a pair of songs in a pre-Code drama ripe for rediscovery.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, 24 hours, Adrienne Ames, bob kortman, Charlotte Granville, Clive Brook, Dramas, Gangsters, George Barbier, Kay Francis, louis bromfield, Lucille La Verne, Marion Gering, Minor Watson, Miriam Hopkins, Paramount, pre-Code, Regis Toomey, wade boteler

Gallant Sons (1940) Starring Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville and Gene Reynolds

December 29, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Gallant Sons cast

MGM gives Hardy director George B. Seitz a different group of kids for GALLANT SONS, a 1940 murder mystery starring Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville and Gene Reynolds.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1940, Bonita Granville, edward ashley, El Brendel, Gail Patrick, gallant sons, Gene Reynolds, George B Seitz, Ian Hunter, Jackie Cooper, joe yule, June Preisser, leo gorcey, MGM, Minor Watson, Murder, Mysteries, tommy kelly, Warner Archive, william tracy

MGM’s Hardy Family Series #6 – The Hardys Ride High (1939)

December 18, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Mickey Rooney in The Hardys Ride High

In The Hardys Ride High (1939), the sixth movie of MGM’s Hardy Family series, Judge Hardy and family fly to Detroit to claim a two million dollar inheritance. Andy Hardy sets his sights on a showgirl and Aunt Milly may have found love at last.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1939, Aileen Pringle, Andy Hardy, Ann Rutherford, Cecilia Parker, donald briggs, dusty king, Fay Holden, George B Seitz, george irving, Halliwell Hobbes, Hardy Family, john king, John T. Murray, Judge Hardy, Lewis Stone, Marsha Hunt, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Minor Watson, Sara Haden, the hardys at home, the hardys ride high, Virginia Grey, Warner Archive, william orr

Stablemates (1938) – MGM Rides Seabiscuit to Hit with Beery and Rooney

May 28, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 17 Comments

Mickey Rooney and Wallace Beery Stablemates Still Photo

MGM’s horse racing weepie Stablemates starring Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney released just three weeks before Seabiscuit’s match race vs. War Admiral. A look at time, circumstances and film.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1938, Arthur Hohl, Horse Racing, Margaret Hamilton, marjorie gateson, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Minor Watson, Sam Wood, seabiscuit, Sports, Wallace Beery

First Impressions: Princess O’Rourke (1943) with Olivia De Havilland

September 1, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Olivia de Havilland and Robert Cummings in Princess O'Rourke

My brief first impressions of Princess O’Rourke (1943) written soon after first viewing. Romantic comedy starring Olivia De Havilland with Robert Cummings.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1943, Charles Coburn, Harry Davenport, Jack Carson, Jane Wyman, Minor Watson, Olivia de Havilland, Princess ORourke, Ray Walker, Robert Cummings, Romantic Comedy, Warner Archive, Warner Bros.

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