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Lightning Review: One Hour Late (1934) Starring Helen Twelvetrees

August 12, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Conrad Nagel and Helen Twelvetrees in One Hour Late

Brief look at Paramount’s One Hour Late, a late 1934 release starring Joe Morrison and Helen Twelvetrees. Action takes place over single day at an office. Directed by Ralph Murphy.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Arline Judge, Charles Sellon, Comedies, Conrad Nagel, Eddie Craven, Gail Patrick, George E. Stone, Helen Twelvetrees, Joe Morrison, Musicals, Paramount, Ray Milland, Ray Walker, Toby Wing

Flash Review: Music Is Magic (1935) Starring Alice Faye, Bebe Daniels

May 19, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Music Is Magic Newspaper Ad

A brief review of 1935 Fox Films musical-comedy Music Is Magic starring Alice Faye. Bebe Daniels, billed in a supporting role, steals this one. Also features Mitchell and Durant.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Alice Faye, Andrew Tombes, Bebe Daniels, Comedies, Fox Films, Frank Mitchell, George Marshall, Jack Durant, Musicals, Ray Walker

Tyrone Power and Alice Faye – In Old Chicago (1937), Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) and Rose of Washington Square (1939)

May 5, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 20 Comments

Tyrone Power and Alice Faye Still Photo

Tyrone Power and Alice Faye shared a May 5 birthday and shared early fame in hit movies In Old Chicago (1937), Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) and Rose of Washington Square (1939). This post looks at the hit Twentieth Century-Fox team and each of their three movies together.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, 1938, 1939, 20th Century-Fox, Al Jolson, Alice Faye, Darryl F Zanuck, Don Ameche, Henry King, Hobart Cavanaugh, Jack Haley, Musicals, Tyrone Power

More Jessie Matthews – There Goes the Bride (1932), The Good Companions (1933), First A Girl (1935) and Gangway (1937)

April 27, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 9 Comments

Jessie Matthews in The Good Companions

After covering Evergreen (1934) last year I craved more Jessie Matthews. VCI Entertainment has complied with several DVD releases. This post takes a look at four of them: There Goes the Bride (1932), The Good Companions (1933), First a Girl (1935) and Gangway (1937).

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, Alastair Sim, Anna Lee, Barry Mackay, British Films, Comedies, Edmund Gwenn, Griffith Jones, Jessie Matthews, John Gielgud, Mary Glynne, Musicals, Nat Pendleton, Owen Nares, Sonnie Hale, Victor Saville

Evergreen (1934) – Gaumont British Musical Starring Jessie Matthews

March 22, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 19 Comments

Jessie Matthews and Barry MacKay

My first experience with Jessie Matthews. This American discovers EVERGREEN (1934) for the first time and finds a new favorite. 2,000 words, with images.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Barry Mackay, benn levy, betty balfour, Betty Shale, British Films, buddy bradley, ever green, evergreen, Fred Astaire, harry m woods, hartley power, ivor mclaren, Jessie Matthews, lorenz hart, michael balcon, Musicals, patrick ludlow, richard rodgers, rodgers and hart, Sonnie Hale, Victor Saville

Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) Starring Alice White as Dixie Dugan

November 25, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Alice White in Show Girl in Hollywood

Alice White stars as Dixie Dugan in First National’s SHOW GIRL IN HOLLYWOOD (1930), a behind the scenes movie musical depicting the Vitaphone process and including a stand out performance by former silent screen star Blanche Sweet.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Alice White, backstage, Blanche Sweet, dixie dugan, First National, Ford Sterling, Herman Bing, jack mulhall, John Miljan, jp mcevoy, Lee Shumway, Mervyn LeRoy, Musicals, show girl, show girl in hollywood, technicolor, virginia sale, vitaphone, Warner Archive

Eleven Men and a Girl (1930) starring Joan Bennett and Joe E. Brown

May 10, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Eleven Men and a Girl

Joan Bennett’s early career with a focus on Eleven Men and a Girl aka Maybe It’s Love, a 1930 Warner Brothers football comedy directed by William Wellman and co-starring Joe E. Brown and the College Football All Americans.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, football, James Hall, Joan Bennett, Joe E Brown, Musicals, Sports, Warner Archive, Warner Bros., William A. Wellman

Cary Grant in Night and Day (1946)

April 30, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Cary Grant plays Cole Porter in Warner Brothers’ Night and Day (1946), a heavily fictionalized and still somewhat unrewarding tale filled with Porter standards.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1946, Alexis Smith, Biopics, Cary Grant, cole porter, Ginny Simms, Jane Wyman, Mary Martin, Monty Woolley, Musicals, night and day




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