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The Witching Hour (1934), Hypnotized by John Halliday

October 9, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

John Halliday in The Witching Hour

Paramount’s 1934 version of The Witching Hour is light on stars and, despite the title, isn’t even a horror movie. An early Henry Hathaway film based on the 1907 hit play by Augustus Thomas and featuring strong performances from John Halliday and Sir Guy Standing. It’s all covered here.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, augustus thomas, Courtroom Drama, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Gertrude Michael, Henry Hathaway, John Halliday, John Larkin, Judith Allen, Murder, mysticism, olive tell, Paramount, pre-Code, Ralf Harolde, Richard Carle, Sir Guy Standing, the witching hour, Tom Brown, William Frawley

The Devil’s Holiday (1930) Starring Nancy Carroll

September 20, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Nancy Carroll in The Devils Holiday

A look at early Paramount talkie The Devil’s Holiday (1930). Written and directed by Edmund Goulding, but saved from being stale by Nancy Carroll’s Academy Award nominated performance.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Edmund Goulding, Hobart Bosworth, james kirkwood, jed prouty, morgan farley, morton downey, Nancy Carroll, Ned Sparks, Paramount, Paul Lukas, Phillips Holmes, ZaSu Pitts

The Racket (1928) Starring Thomas Meighan, Louis Wolheim and Marie Prevost

February 19, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Louis Wolheim and Thomas Meighan

Howard Hughes bought Bartlett Cormack’s play The Racket, which had made Edward G. Robinson a star on Broadway. Hughes made it into a film twice. This article focuses on the first film version, a 1928 silent movie, starring Thomas Meighan with Louis Wolheim as the gangster.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1928, bartlett cormack, caddo company, dan wolheim, Edward G. Robinson, Gangsters, George E. Stone, henry sedley, Howard Hughes, John Cromwell, john darrow, lee moran, Lewis Milestone, lizabeth scott, Louis Wolheim, lucien prival, Marie Prevost, Paramount, pat collins, Robert Mitchum, robert ryan, sam de grasse, Silent Film, Skeets Gallagher, the racket, Thomas Meighan

Paramount’s 24 Hours (1931) with Clive Brook, Kay Francis, Miriam Hopkins

February 13, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

24 Hours Paramount 1931

Paramount’s Marion Gering gives us Louis Bromfield’s 24 Hours (1931) in just 66 minutes. Featuring an alcoholic Clive Brook, fashionable Kay Francis and Miriam Hopkins belting out a pair of songs in a pre-Code drama ripe for rediscovery.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, 24 hours, Adrienne Ames, bob kortman, Charlotte Granville, Clive Brook, Dramas, Gangsters, George Barbier, Kay Francis, louis bromfield, Lucille La Verne, Marion Gering, Minor Watson, Miriam Hopkins, Paramount, pre-Code, Regis Toomey, wade boteler

Adrianne Allen – Private Lives Star, Also Two Paramount Pre-Code Gems

February 7, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Adrianne Allen 1930s Film Weekly Postcard

A biography of Adrianne Allen, actress who rose to fame in Noel Coward’s Private Lives. Her sparse film career included two 1932 Paramount gems, MERRILY WE GO TO HELL and THE NIGHT OF JUNE 13TH. The former Mrs. Raymond Massey and mother of actors Daniel Massey and Anna Massey.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Adrianne Allen, anna massey, Broadway, daniel massey, Merrily We Go to Hell, Noel Coward, Paramount, Raymond Massey, the night of june 13th, theatre, william dwight whitney

Cary Grant Comes to Paramount, Leaves to Become Screen Legend

January 18, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Cary Grant 1936 R95 8x10 Linen Textured Premium Photo

Archie Leach comes to Paramount, becomes Cary Grant. Cary Grant leaves Paramount to become a legendary star. Post includes some old Archie Leach ads, more.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: archie leach, calendar, Cary Grant, Paramount, schedules, TCM, Turner Classic Movies

Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) Starring Sylvia Sidney with Melvyn Douglas

October 26, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Sylvia Sidney in Mary Burns, Fugitive

Sylvia Sidney stars in Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) her first film under contract to Walter Wanger for Paramount. Introduces Alan Baxter as gangster Babe Wilson. Also featuring Melvyn Douglas, Wallace Ford, Brian Donlevy and Pert Kelton.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, alan baxter, Brian Donlevy, Gangsters, Melvyn Douglas, Paramount, pert kelton, Prison Films, Sylvia Sidney, Wallace Ford, walter wanger, William K. Howard

Paramount’s The Night of June 13th (1932), Street Scene of the Suburbs

October 7, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

From Film Daily, September 22, 1932

The Night of June 13th (1932) was Paramount’s answer to Street Scene in which they set an ensemble cast loose on each other in the suburbs. With Clive Brook, the first pairing of Charles Ruggles and Mary Boland, plus Lila Lee, Gene Raymond, Frances Dee, Charley Grapewin and many others.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Adrianne Allen, Arthur Hohl, Charley Grapewin, Charlie Ruggles, Clive Brook, Courtroom Drama, Dramas, Frances Dee, gene raymond, Helen Jerome Eddy, Helen Ware, Lila Lee, Mary Boland, Paramount, Richard Carle, Stephen Roberts, street scene, suburbs, the night of june 13th, vera caspary

Cecil B. DeMille’s Cleopatra (1934) Starring Claudette Colbert

January 14, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Claudette Colbert as Cleopatra

A look at Cecil B. DeMille’s lavish 1934 production of Cleopatra starring Claudette Colbert as Cleopatra. With Warren William and Henry Wilcoxon.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Arthur Hohl, C Aubrey Smith, cecil b demille, Claudette Colbert, Edwin Maxwell, epic, Gertrude Michael, henry wilcoxon, Historical, Ian Keith, Irving Pichel, joseph schildkraut, leonard mudie, Paramount, Warren William

Kathleen Burke Wins Nationwide Contest! The Road to Panther Woman in Island of Lost Souls

October 29, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Panther Woman Runner Up Gail Patrick Garbaty Tobacco Card

A look at Paramount’s Summer 1932 nationwide contest to cast Lota, the Panther Woman in Island of Lost Souls. Focus on the eventual Panther Woman winner, Kathleen Burke. Lots of old news clippings.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: contests, exploitation, Gail Patrick, Horror, Island of Lost Souls, Kathleen Burke, lona andre, Paramount, verna hillie

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