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Phillips Holmes

July 22, 2019 By Cliff Aliperti

Phillips Holmes trading card

‘Shop by the Stars’ Immortal Ephemera Store aisle featuring Phillips Holmes (1907-1942) mini-biography, along with vintage movie collectibles for sale.

Filed Under: Store Mini-Bios Tagged With: Phillips Holmes

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Clipping: Phillips Holmes 1942 Obituary, Plus Jimmie Fidler Scolds Hollywood

July 22, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Phillips Holmes’ 1942 obituary plus Jimmie Fidler’s outraged response to Hollywood “buzzards” a few weeks later …

Filed Under: Clippings, Notes & Quotes Tagged With: Phillips Holmes

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

Her Man (1930) Starring Helen Twelvetrees and Phillips Holmes

May 21, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Phillips Holmes and Helen Twelvetrees

Tay Garnett’s Her Man from Pathe is an overlooked pre-Code classic starring Helen Twelvetrees in the first screen adaptation of the Frankie and Johnny ballad. With Phillips Holmes, Ricardo Cortez and Marjorie Rambeau.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, Franklin Pangborn, Harry Sweet, Helen Twelvetrees, her man, James Gleason, Marjorie Rambeau, Matthew Betz, Mike Donlin, Phillips Holmes, pre-Code, Ricardo Cortez, RKO (Pathe), Slim Summerville, Stanley Fields, Tay Garnett, Thelma Todd

Night Court (1932) Starring Phillips Holmes and Walter Huston

March 24, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Phillips Holmes - The Speech

Phillips Holmes takes on Walter Huston’s corrupt judge in MGM’s Night Court (1932), a pre-code drama directed by W.S. Van Dyke and also featuring Anita Page, Lewis Stone and Noel Francis.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Anita Page, corruption, Courtroom Drama, Great Depression, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan, Lewis Stone, Mary Carlisle, MGM, night court, Noel Francis, Phillips Holmes, pre-Code, Tully Marshall, W.S. Van Dyke, Walter Huston, Warner Richmond

Penthouse (1933) Starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy

August 2, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 10 Comments

Myrna Loy and Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter stars as a mobster’s mouthpiece in Penthouse (1933) also featuring Myrna Loy. And, in one of his best, Nat Pendleton plays the mobster.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Albert Hackett, C. Henry Gordon, charles butterworth, Frances Goodrich, George E. Stone, Lawyers, Mae Clarke, Martha Sleeper, murder, Myrna Loy, Mysteries, Nat Pendleton, penthouse, Phillips Holmes, pre-Code, Robert Emmett O'Connor, W.S. Van Dyke, Warner Archive, Warner Baxter

The Criminal Code (1931) Starring Walter Huston with Boris Karloff

April 5, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Walter Huston and Phillips Holmes

A spoiler-free look at Howard Hawks’ The Criminal Code starring Walter Huston and providing Boris Karloff with his most important role to date. With a special focus on Phillips Holmes.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Academy Awards, Boris Karloff, Constance Cummings, Dramas, Howard Hawks, Mary Doran, Paul Porcasi, Phillips Holmes, Prison Films, reviews, The Criminal Code, Walter Huston




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