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Lightning Review: The Girl in 419 (1933) Starring James Dunn

August 6, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Gloria Stuart and James Dunn

Brief look at Paramount pre-Code THE GIRL IN 419 (1933), gangster movie and hospital drama starring James Dunn with Gloria Stuart, David Manners, and William Harrigan. Directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Alexander Hall, David Manners, Edward Gargan, Gangsters, George Somnes, Gloria Stuart, Jack La Rue, James Dunn, Johnny Hines, Kitty Kelly, medical drama, Paramount, pre-Code, Shirley Grey, Vince Barnett, William Harrigan

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Lightning Review: Dr. Cyclops (1940) Starring Albert Dekker

July 30, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

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Brief look at Dr. Cyclops (1940) a sci-fi/horror blend from Paramount. Plays like ’50s science fiction, but a little slow in doing so. Albert Dekker stars.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1940, Albert Dekker, Charles Halton, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Frank Reicher, Frank Yaconelli, Horror, Janice Logan, Merian C. Cooper, Paramount, Paul Fix, Science Fiction, Thomas Coley, victor kilian

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Lightning Review: Chinatown Nights (1929) Starring Wallace Beery

June 22, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

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Lightning review takes a brief look at transitional Paramount talkie Chinatown Nights (1929) starring Wallace Beery, Florence Vidor, and Warner Oland. Directed by William A. Wellman.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1929, Chinatown, Florence Vidor, Gangsters, Jack McHugh, Jack Oakie, Paramount, Tongs, Wallace Beery, Warner Oland, William A. Wellman

Good Dame (1934) Starring Sylvia Sidney and Fredric March

March 14, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Fredric March and Sylvia Sidney

Lots of Depression-era slang tossed about in Paramount’s Good Dame (1934). Carny hustler Fredric March falls for chorine nice girl Sylvia Sidney in this rarely seen pre-Code.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Bradley Page, carnivals, Fredric March, Guy Usher, Jack La Rue, Joseph Franz, Kathleen Burke, Marion Gering, Miami Alvarez, Noel Francis, Paramount, pre-Code, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Russell Hopton, Sylvia Sidney, Walter Brennan, William Farnum

Lady and Gent (1932) Starring George Bancroft and Wynne Gibson

February 13, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Wynne Gibson and George Bancroft

A washed-up fighter and a Prohibition-era nightclub hostess form an unlikely foster family for a 12-year-old orphan. Strong performances by George Bancroft and Wynne Gibson in Lady and Gent. Directed by Stephen Roberts. Academy Award nominated screenplay.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Billy Butts, Boxing, Charles Starrett, Dramas, George Bancroft, James Gleason, John Wayne, Joyce Compton, Morgan Wallace, Paramount, pre-Code, Stephen Roberts, Wynne Gibson

J. Edgar Hoover’s Persons in Hiding (1939) With Patricia Morison

January 19, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

J Carrol Naish and Patricia Morison

A Bonnie and Clyde tale predating Gun Crazy (1950) by eleven years. Persons in Hiding is the first of four movies adapted from J. Edgar Hoover’s book of the same name. Electrifying debut by Patricia Morison with J. Carrol Naish strong opposite her.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1939, Crime, fbi, Gangsters, Helen Twelvetrees, J Edgar Hoover, J. Carroll Naish, John Hartley, Louis King, Lynne Overman, Paramount, Patricia Morison, William Frawley, William Henry

White Woman (1933) Starring Charles Laughton and Carole Lombard

January 4, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Charles Laughton and Carole Lombard

The boys play rough in White Woman (1933) with Charles Laughton and Charles Bickford upstaging Carole Lombard at every turn. Poor Kent Taylor seems to be more in peril than Lombard. Jungle terror from a Malaysian rubber plantation run by Laughton’s “King of the River.”

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Carole Lombard, Charles Bickford, Charles Laughton, Kent Taylor, Paramount, pre-Code, short reviews, Stuart Walker, Universal Vault Series

Hot Saturday (1932) with Cary Grant and Nancy Carroll

August 13, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Hot Saturday 1932 newspaper ad

Paramount pre-Code Hot Saturday (1932) stars Nancy Carroll with noted young leading men Cary Grant and Randolph Scott. Grant is especially good, but Scott not so hot. Includes history of original casting plans, which included Carole Lombard, and comparison to the later Columbia film Party Wire (1935).

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Cary Grant, Edward Woods, Grady Sutton, Jane Darwell, Lilian Bond, Nancy Carroll, Paramount, pre-Code, Randolph Scott, William A. Seiter, William Collier Sr

City Streets (1931) Starring Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney

February 8, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney

A look at the most stylized of the 1931 gangster movies, Rouben Mamoulian’s City Streets (1931) from Paramount, starring Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, city streets, Clara Bow, dashiell hammett, Gangsters, Gary Cooper, Guy Kibbee, ladies of the mob, max marcin, oliver hp garrett, Paramount, Paul Lukas, pre-Code, Prohibition, rouben mamoulian, Stanley Fields, Sylvia Sidney, William "Stage" Boyd, Wynne Gibson

Murder by the Clock (1931) Starring William “Stage” Boyd and Lilyan Tashman

October 22, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Lilyan Tashman in Murder by the Clock

Tough to find and thus underappreciated, Murder by the Clock (1931) is an early mystery thriller highlighted by Lilyan Tashman, a creepy tomb alarm and a few surprising twists.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Blanche Friderici, charles beahan, edward sloman, henry myers, Horror, Irving Pichel, karl struss, lester vail, Lilyan Tashman, Martha Mattox, Mysteries, Paramount, Regis Toomey, rufus king, sally oneil, walter mcgrail, William "Stage" Boyd

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