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The Story of Temple Drake (1933) – Paramount Adapts Faulkner’s Sanctuary

May 30, 2018 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Jack La Rue with Miriam Hopkins

A review plus background information about Paramount pre-Code The Story of Temple Drake (1933), adapted from Sanctuary by William Faulkner. Book and adaptation are compared and contrasted. Casting and path to screen are covered, including George Raft’s refusal to appear in the film. Biographical information about stars Miriam Hopkins and Jack La Rue. Lengthy article, over 5,500 words, first appeared in Classic Movie Monthly #5.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Adaptations, Arthur Belasco, Elizabeth Patterson, Florence Eldridge, Harlan E Knight, Irving Pichel, Jack La Rue, James Eagles, james mason, jobyna howland, Louise Beavers, Miriam Hopkins, oliver hp garrett, Paramount, pre-Code, Sir Guy Standing, Stephen Roberts, William Collier Jr, william faulkner, William Gargan

Miriam Hopkins Biography — Star of Stage and Screen, 1902-1972

January 9, 2017 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Miriam Hopkins 1936 Nestle Stars of the Silver Screen

Biography of Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972), whose legacy should be her racy and sophisticated Paramount pre-Code output—not her feud with Bette Davis, or missing out on Gone With the Wind despite being Margaret Mitchell’s favorite for Scarlett O’Hara.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: Miriam Hopkins

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

Was Miriam Hopkins the Sexiest Pre-Code Star of Them All?

October 18, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 13 Comments

Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Gary Cooper 1940 Tobacco Card

A look at Miriam Hopkins concentrating on her early 1930s work, including The Smiling Lieutenant, Trouble in Paradise, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and especially Design for Living, perhaps the most sinful of all pre-Code movies. Plus a gallery of Hopkins pre-Code movie ads.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: calendar, design for living, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Miriam Hopkins, october 18, pre-Code, sex, the smiling lieutenant, the story of temple drake, trouble in paradise

George Raft, Jack La Rue and The Story of Temple Drake (1933)

September 25, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Jack La Rue and Miriam Hopkins

George Raft was originally cast as Trigger in The Story of Temple Drake (1933), but opted out. He feared that the controversial film, based on William Faulkner’s Sanctuary, would ruin his career. Jack La Rue was cast opposite Miriam Hopkins instead. Did Raft make the right choice?

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: calendar, George Raft, Jack La Rue, Miriam Hopkins, september 25, the story of temple drake, william faulkner

The Richest Girl in the World (1934) Starring Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea

April 30, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Miriam Hopkins in The Richest Girl in the World

Miriam Hopkins plays “The Richest Girl in the World” (1934) with hopes of landing a husband on her own merits and despite her money. Joel McCrea is her prospect. With a look at then currently celebrated heiresses Barbara Hutton and Doris Duke.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, barbara hutton, doris duke, Fay Wray, George Meeker, heiresses, Henry Stephenson, Joel McCrea, Miriam Hopkins, norman krasna, Reginald Denny, RKO (Pathe), Romantic Comedy, the richest girl in the world, William A. Seiter

What I’ve Been Reading: Errol & Olivia Plus Some Older Titles

October 21, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

What I liked and disliked about Errol & Olivia Ego & Obsession in Golden Era Hollywood by Robert Matzen, plus a look at four older classic movie biographies that I’ve recently read.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Alice Faye, biography, book reviews, Cary Grant, Darryl F Zanuck, Errol & Olivia, Errol Flynn, Ginger Rogers, Miriam Hopkins, movie book reviews, Olivia de Havilland, Robert Matzen




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