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Snowed Under (1936) Chemistry Highlights Hilarious Warner Farce

January 25, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Snowed Under 1936

Looking at Snowed Under, a 1936 Warner Bros. farce directed by Ray Enright and starring George Brent, Genevieve Tobin, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh, Patricia Ellis and John Eldredge. With a focus on “Lawrence Saunders,” who wrote the original story that was serialized in Liberty magazine.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Comedies, farce, Frank McHugh, Genevieve Tobin, George Brent, Glenda Farrell, Helen Lowell, John Eldredge, lawrence saunders, Olin Howland, Patricia Ellis, Porter Hall, Ray Enright, Warner Bros.

The World Changes (1933) Starring the Many Faces of Paul Muni

September 23, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Iceboxes on Wheels Paul Muni

Paul Muni stars in First National’s 1933 multigenerational film The World Changes. Also starring Mary Astor. Muni earns a fortune in the meat-packing industry but is led too far from his roots and watches his children stray even further from what he considers a good life.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Alan Dinehart, Aline MacMahon, Anna Q. Nilsson, Arthur Hohl, chicago, Donald Cook, Entreprenuers, First National, Gordon Westcott, Great Depression, Guy Kibbee, Henry O'Neill, industry, investors, Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay, Mary Astor, meat packing, Mervyn LeRoy, Patricia Ellis, Paul Muni, stock exchange, Theodore Newton, Warner Bros., William Janney

Somerset Maugham’s The Narrow Corner (1933) Starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

August 19, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

A personal look at this Somerset Maugham fan’s discovery of The Narrow Corner (1933) from Warner Brothers starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Patricia Ellis, and Ralph Bellamy. A Maugham tale of the South Seas on film with all the sex and sin of the pre-code era.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Adventures, Alfred E. Green, Arthur Hohl, Crime, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dudley Digges, Henry Kolker, Patricia Ellis, Ralph Bellamy, Reginald Owen, Romance, Sidney Toler, somerset maugham, south seas, Warner Bros., William V. Mong, willie fung

James Dunn and Claire Dodd star in The Payoff (1935)

July 15, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

James Dunn and Claire Dodd in The Payoff

A fast paced tale of a sportswriter taking on a gambler with his wife coming in between his ethics and his loyalties. The Payoff (1935) stars James Dunn, Claire Dodd, Alan Dinehart, Patricia Ellis and Frankie Darro.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Alan Dinehart, Claire Dodd, Frankie Darro, gamblers, Horse Racing, James Dunn, Journalists, Patricia Ellis, Robert Florey, The Payoff, Warner Bros.

Three on a Match (1932) starring Warren William and Ann Dvorak

February 11, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

A review of the Depression era pre-code classic Three on a Match starring Ann Dvorak and a host of familiar faces including young Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart. Illustrated with movie collectibles.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Allen Jenkins, Ann Dvorak, Anne Shirley, Bette Davis, Buster Phelps, child abuse, Drugs, Edward Arnold, Glenda Farrell, Grant Mitchell, Great Depression, Humphrey Bogart, Jack La Rue, jack webb, Joan Blondell, Lyle Talbot, Mary Doran, Patricia Ellis, pre-Code, sex, Warren William

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