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Today in 1905 – Birth of Clara Bow

July 29, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Happy birthday to Clara Bow (1905-1965), with some personal impressions of Bow’s work, several images of vintage movie cards and collectibles, and a link over to a Bow biography on sister-site things-and-other-stuff.com.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: call her savage, Clara Bow, Flappers, jazz age, pre-Code, Silent Film

Merrily We Go to Hell starring Fredric March and Sylvia Sidney

April 22, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

“Merrily We Go to Hell,” a 1932 Paramount production starring Fredric March and Sylvia Sidney, is one of 6 movies featured in the Pre-Code Hollywood Collection released earlier this month by Universal.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Adrianne Allen, Brief Notes, Cary Grant, Dorothy Arzner, dvd, Fredric March, Merrily We Go to Hell, Movie Reviews, pre-Code, Robert Greig, Skeets Gallagher, Sylvia Sidney

Search for Beauty (1934) starring Ida Lupino and Buster Crabbe

April 13, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

A review of Paramount’s Search for Beauty (1934) starring Buster Crabbe and Ida Lupino. One of six films featured in the Pre-Code Hollywood Collection, and the first one I chose to watch … a mistake.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, buster crabbe, Gertrude Michael, Ida Lupino, James Gleason, Paramount, pre-Code, Robert Armstrong, Toby Wing

The Beast of the City (1932) starring Walter Huston and Wallace Ford

February 27, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Jean Harlow in The Beast of the City

A review of an under appreciated 1932 pre-Code classic, The Beast of the City, starring Walter Huston and with Jean Harlow.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, charles brabin, cops and robbers, Gangsters, herbert hoover, Jean Harlow, Jean Hersholt, MGM, Mickey Rooney, movie collectibles, pre-Code, W.R. Burnett, Wallace Ford, Walter Huston, Warner Archive

Jean Muir – Why the 1930’s Warner Brothers Actress Left Film

February 13, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 9 Comments

The ups and downs of 1930’s Warner Brothers actress Jean Muir who left film on her own terms only to be branded a Communist when she attempted a return to TV.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: Birthdays, blacklist, Jean Muir, pre-Code, 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

A Free Soul (1931) starring Norma Shearer and Lionel Barrymore

January 30, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Norma Shearer stars in A Free Soul with Lionel Barrymore and Clark Gable. A brief review of the film accompanied by some glimpses of movie collectibles.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, best actor, Clark Gable, dvd, Edward Brophy, Gangsters, James Gleason, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, MGM, Norma Shearer, oscar, pre-Code

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