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Pick-Up (1933) Starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft

February 15, 2017 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Pick Up 1933 Sylvia Sidney

Paramount pre-Code Pick-Up (1933) is the first of three movies co-starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft. Also features William Harrigan and Lilian Bond. Based on a story by Viña Delmar and directed by Sidney-regular Marion Gering.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Benito Mussolini, Brooks Benedict, Charles Middleton, Clarence Wilson, George Raft, Great Depression, Lilian Bond, Louise Beavers, Marion Gering, Oscar Apfel, panther woman, Paramount, pre-Code, Purnell Pratt, Robert McWade, Sylvia Sidney, Vina Delmar, William Harrigan

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.

RKO’s Hell’s Highway (1932) Beats Other Chain Gang Movie to Theaters

January 23, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Hells Highway Film Daily ad

It’s tempting to call RKO’s Hell’s Highway (1932) a knockoff on I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. However the Richard Dix movie came first. A long essay looking at Hell’s Highway, Dix, the Etude Ethiopian Chorus and that other Chain Gang movie.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, C. Henry Gordon, Charles Middleton, Clarence Muse, David O Selznick, eddie hart, etude ethiopian chorus, hells highway, i am a fugitive from a chain gang, john arledge, John Cromwell, Louise Beavers, louise carter, Oscar Apfel, Prison Films, Rating: 8/10, Richard Dix, RKO (Pathe), Rochelle Hudson, Rowland Brown, Sandy Roth, Stanley Fields, Tom Brown, Warner Richmond

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