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You are here: Home / Archives for Reginald Owen

The Good Fairy (1935) Starring Margaret Sullavan and Herbert Marshall

July 13, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Margaret Sullavan in The Good Fairy

Margaret Sullavan stars as innocent orphan who plays good fairy. Frank Morgan pursues, Reginald Owen protects, and Herbert Marshall falls in love in The Good Fairy (1935), a Universal film directed by William Wyler from a screenplay by Preston Sturges.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Alan Hale, Beulah Bondi, Cesar Romero, Comedies, Eric Blore, Frank Morgan, Herbert Marshall, Luis Alberni, Margaret Sullavan, Preston Sturges, Reginald Owen, Romance, Universal, William Wyler

Downstairs (1932) Starring John Gilbert, From a Story by John Gilbert

September 26, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Bodil Rosing and John Gilbert

Despite its poor reception in 1932, today Downstairs is often pointed to as John Gilbert’s best talkie and further evidence that his voice was not poor. A look at some key scenes with Virginia Bruce and Paul Lukas, plus just how bad of a guy was Gilbert’s Karl?

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Bodil Rosing, John Gilbert, MGM, Monta Bell, Olga Baclanova, Paul Lukas, pre-Code, Reginald Owen, Virginia Bruce, Warner Archive

Gladys George Is Madame X (1937), Plus Brief Biography

August 25, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 8 Comments

Madame X 1937 trade ad

A history of Madame X concentrates on the 1937 film version starring Gladys George. Includes a biography of Gladys George with comparison to Ruth Chatterton’s 1929 performance.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews, Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: 1937, Courtroom Drama, Dramas, Emma Dunn, Gladys George, Henry Daniell, John Beal, melodrama, MGM, Reginald Owen, remakes, Ruth Chatterton, Sam Wood, Warner Archive, Warren William

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

The Valley of Decision (1945) starring Greer Garson and Gregory Peck

July 8, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Greer Garson in The Valley of Decision

A look at MGM’s The Valley of Decision (1945) a look at love and steel in Pittsburgh of the 1870’s starring Greer Garson and Gregory Peck with Donald Crisp.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1945, barbara everest, Business, dan duryea, Donald Crisp, Entreprenuers, gladys cooper, Greer Garson, gregory peck, jessica tandy, John Warburton, Lionel Barrymore, Marsha Hunt, marshall thompson, MGM, pittsburgh, Preston Foster, Reginald Owen, Romance, steel, Tay Garnett, Warner Archive

Personal Property (1937) Starring Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor

March 16, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Robert Taylor and Jean Harlow in Personal Property

A look at Jean Harlow’s penultimate film appearance, opposite Robert Taylor in MGM’s Personal Property (1937), a remake of 1931’s The Man in Possession also starring Reginald Owen, E.E. Clive, Henrietta Crosman, Una O’Connor, and Forrester Harvey.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, Barnett Parker, Cora Witherspoon, E.E. Clive, Forrester Harvey, Henrietta Crosman, Jean Harlow, Marla Shelton, MGM, Personal Property, Reginald Owen, Robert Taylor, Romantic Comedy, The Man in Possession, Una O'Connor, W.S. Van Dyke, Warner Archive

Ronald Colman stars in A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

March 26, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Ronald Colman

Ronald Colman’s magnificent performance as Sydney Carton highlights MGM’s 1935 production of A Tale of Two Cities.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, A Tale of Two Cities, Adaptations, Basil Rathbone, Blanche Yurka, Charles Dickens, David O Selznick, Donald Woods, Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, H.B. Warner, Henry B. Walthall, Historical, Isabel Jewell, Jack Conway, Jacques Tourneur, Lucille La Verne, MGM, Reginald Owen, Ronald Colman, Val Lewton

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