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Terror Aboard (1933) – Grand Hotel of Murder on the High Seas

November 5, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Charlie Ruggles in Terror Aboard 1933

One passenger drops after another in Terror Aboard (1933), Paramount’s pre-Code preview of the far-off slasher genre. An all-star cast of B-players is led by John Halliday in this tale of multiple murders at sea.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Bobby Dunn, Charlie Ruggles, Clarence Wilson, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Horror, Jack La Rue, John Halliday, Leila Bennett, Morgan Wallace, Murder, Neil Hamilton, Paramount, Paul Porcasi, Paul Sloane, pre-Code, Shirley Grey, Slasher, Stanley Fields, Thomas E. Jackson, verree teasdale, William Janney

What Price Hollywood? (1932) Starring Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman

January 18, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Constance Bennett Lowell Sherman Gregory Ratoff

What Price Hollywood? (1932), the best of the pre-Code era “inside-Hollywood” films, stars Constance Bennett and Lowell Sherman in director George Cukor’s first film for David O. Selznick.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Constance Bennett, David O Selznick, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, George Cukor, Gregory Ratoff, hollywood, Louise Beavers, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton, pre-Code, RKO (Pathe), Warner Archive

The Widow from Chicago (1930) Starring Alice White

December 18, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Edward G Robinson and Alice White

Edward G. Robinson in an early gangster role that’s supposed to take a backseat to early talkie attraction Alice White. Film works for fans of both.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Alice White, Brooks Benedict, Earl Baldwin, Edward F. Cline, Edward G. Robinson, First National, Flappers, Frank McHugh, Gangsters, Harold Goodwin, John Elliott, Lee Shumway, Neil Hamilton, pre-Code

The Cat Creeps (1930) – Universal’s (Mostly) Lost Dark House

October 30, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

The Cat Creeps Film Daily Cover

A look at lost Universal horror film The Cat Creeps (1930) starring Helen Twelvetrees. Contemporary reaction. Piecing the lost film together from Boo! and various versions of The Cat and the Canary.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Blanche Friderici, Elizabeth Patterson, Helen Twelvetrees, Horror, Jean Hersholt, John Willard, lawrence grant, Lilyan Tashman, lost films, Montagu Love, Neil Hamilton, pre-Code, Raymond Hackett, Rupert Julian, Theodore von Eltz, Universal, Universal Horror

Real-Life Society ‘Honor Slaying’ Inspires Two 1932 Films

January 14, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Edward Allen shoots Francis Donaldson III

A look at two pre-Code courtroom melodramas, Unashamed and Two Against the World, compared to the sensational real-life society murder that inspired the movies. Unashamed stars Helen Twelvetrees, Robert Young, and Monroe Owsley, while Two Against the World stars Constance Bennett and Neil Hamilton.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: 1932, Allen Vincent, Constance Bennett, Courtroom Drama, Gavin Gordon, Helen Twelvetrees, Helen Vinson, John Miljan, Lewis Stone, MGM, Murder, Neil Hamilton, pre-Code, ripped from the headlines, Robert Warwick, Robert Young, Warner Bros.

Laughing Sinners (1931) With Joan Crawford, Neil Hamilton, Clark Gable

March 17, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Guy Kibbee and Joan Crawford

Laughing Sinners (1931) allows Joan Crawford to dance twice, stars her with Neil Hamilton, tries to give Clark Gable a break,and sees Guy Kibbee reprise his breakthrough Broadway role on screen.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Clark Gable, Cliff Edwards, Dramas, gertrude short, Guy Kibbee, Harry Beaumont, Joan Crawford, laughing sinners, Marjorie Rambeau, MGM, Neil Hamilton, redemption, Roscoe Karns, salvation army, Warner Archive

The Wet Parade (1932) Dramatizes the Evils of Liquor … and Prohibition

December 14, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Dorothy Jordan Robert Young Walter Huston

The Wet Parade (1932) from MGM takes a stand against the evils of both liquor and Prohibition towards the tail end of the Prohibition era. Starring Walter Huston, Lewis Stone, Robert Young, Dorothy Jordan, Neil Hamilton, Jimmy Durante and Myrna Loy.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, alcoholism, Clara Blandick, Dorothy Jordan, Jimmy Durante, Joan Marsh, John Lee Mahin, Lewis Stone, MGM, Myrna Loy, Neil Hamilton, pre-Code, Prohibition, Robert Young, Upton Sinclair, Victor Fleming, Wallace Ford, Walter Huston, Warner Archive

Ten 1930s Character Actors Looking Youthful on 1910s Collectibles

August 21, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Ten popular character actors from the Golden Age of the 1930’s and beyond are shown here on collectibles from their earlier days on the stage and silent screen of the 1910’s and 1920’s.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Alice Brady, Billie Burke, character actors, Francis Ford, Frank Morgan, Gilbert Roland, H.B. Warner, Harry Carey, May Robson, Neil Hamilton, Robert Warwick

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