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Shirley Temple in 1934, Part 1: Tracking the Rise

February 18, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Shirley Temple color toned postcard

Tracking Shirley Temple’s 1934 rise to prominence through five feature film appearances and newspapers from around the world. Pinpointing when the public discovered her and tracing her subsequent rise to superstardom through her appearances in the press.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Baby LeRoy, child star, newspapers, Shirley Temple

Classic Movie History Project: 1931 – Stars Emerge

January 13, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 20 Comments

Cimarron Trade Ad

As part of the Classic Film History Project Blogathon a look at the brand new stars and popular film cycles that dominated Hollywood in 1931. Gangsters and newspapermen, horrors and fallen women abound. With list of major studio releases for 1931.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: 1931, Adaptations, Gangsters, Horror, Journalists, melodrama, newspapers, pre-Code

Five Star Final (1931) Starring Edward G. Robinson

December 14, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 9 Comments

Five Star Final 1931

Mervyn LeRoy’s Five Star Final (1931) stars Edward G. Robinson as the managing editor of a trashy New York newspaper that resurrects a 20-year-old murder case for circulation. A Warner Bros.-First National production adapted from the play by Louis Weitzenkorn. Also starring Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Frances Starr, Boris Karloff and Aline MacMahon.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Aline MacMahon, anthony bushell, Boris Karloff, Edward G. Robinson, First National, five star final, frances starr, George E. Stone, H.B. Warner, Journalists, louis weitzenkorn, Marian Marsh, Mervyn LeRoy, newspapers, ona munson, Oscar Apfel, Warner Archive, Warner Bros.

Clear All Wires! (1933) – Journalism in Classic Film Blogathon

September 23, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 9 Comments

James Gleason Lee Tracy Ari Kutai

MGM’s Clear All Wires! (1933) finds foreign correspondent Lee Tracy butting heads with the Soviet secret police in Russia, 1932. Una Merkel and Benita Hume co-star.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, alan edwards, ari kutai, Bella Spewack, benita hume, C. Henry Gordon, eugene sigaloff, george w hill, James Gleason, john bleifer, Journalists, Lee Tracy, lya lys, newspapers, russia, Sam Spewack, soviet union, Una Merkel, Warner Archive

Depression Era Contest for Free Theater Tickets

June 12, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

The Lost Squadron inside Photoplay March 1932

See The Lost Squadron free at the Paramount Theater in 1932–if you could figure out this contest. A peek at Depression era classifieds and old time prices in this preview of my coming post about The Lost Squadron.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Great Depression, newspapers, the lost squadron

Where They Were Then, Being a Where Are They Now Column from 1949

January 6, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Gloria Swanson 1930s Garbaty Tobacco Card

A look back at an April 1949 Bob Thomas column which answers the question of where many favorite former film stars where at that time. It’s Where Are They Now, 1949 style!

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: bob thomas, newspapers, Where Are They Now

Tossing Darts at History to Discover Then as Now

January 5, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Carole Lombard and Fredric March 1940 Cinema Cavalcade Tobacco Card

I often write about film stars before they had their first big break, but possibly even more interesting is an examination of their history as seen from any one specific day in time. This essay attempts to explain my personal fascination with these random historical forays.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: essay, newspapers, research

Movie Ads from Across America, Christmas 1912

December 24, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

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Christmas Day, 1912. No blockbuster premieres, but here’s a look back at advertisements that show what was playing at movie houses across America that day.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: advertisements, Christmas, movie theaters, newspapers

Death Comes in Threes – Movie Star Passings of 1935

September 3, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Screen Stars Recall Deaths in Cycles of 3

A look back to some screen deaths in threes from 1935 with additional thoughts on the general phenomena of celebrity deaths coming in threes.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: deaths in threes, newspapers

Earle Williams in the Newspapers

June 18, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Earle William circa 1917 Anonymous Trading Card Issue

Learning about Earle Williams from original newspaper articles between 1908-1931. Once the most popular movie star, Earle Williams faded in the 1920s. His story ends tragically in 1931, four years after his death.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: earle williams, newspapers, roma raymond, Rudolph Valentino, vitagraph

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