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Are These Our Children? (1931) Starring Eric Linden and Arline Judge

January 30, 2017 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Eric Linden and Arline Judge

Wild RKO pre-Code gem Are These Our Children? (1931) examines Prohibition-era youth gone wild. Includes brief biography of star Eric Linden. Also co-star Arline Judge.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Arline Judge, Ben Alexander, Beryl Mercer, Billy Butts, Eric Linden, Great Depression, Howard Estabrook, Mary Kornman, pre-Code, Prohibition, RKO (Pathe), Robert Quirk, Roberta Gale, Rochelle Hudson, Wesley Ruggles, William Orlamond

Special Investigator (1936) – Richard Dix Stars in Erle Stanley Gardner Story

September 13, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Special Investigator 1936 newspaper ad

Big-city mouthpiece Richard Dix seeks to bring his brother’s killers to justice in a Nevada mining town in Special Investigator, a 1936 RKO “B” entry based on an Erle Stanley Gardner story.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Erik Rhodes, Erle Stanley Gardner, Gangsters, gold, Harry Jans, J. Carroll Naish, jed prouty, jm kerrigan, Joe Sawyer, Lawyers, Louis King, Margaret Callahan, Owen Davis Jr., Ray Mayer, Richard Dix, RKO (Pathe), Russell Hicks, sheila terry

What Price Hollywood? (1932) Starring Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman

January 18, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Constance Bennett Lowell Sherman Gregory Ratoff

What Price Hollywood? (1932), the best of the pre-Code era “inside-Hollywood” films, stars Constance Bennett and Lowell Sherman in director George Cukor’s first film for David O. Selznick.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Constance Bennett, David O Selznick, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, George Cukor, Gregory Ratoff, hollywood, Louise Beavers, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton, pre-Code, RKO (Pathe), Warner Archive

Young Bride (1932) Starring Helen Twelvetrees and Eric Linden

September 19, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Eric Linden and Helen Twelvetrees

RKO-Pathe pre-Code Young Bride (1932), aka Love Starved, features great period slang throughout a lower middle-class slice of life in the city. Stars Helen Twelvetrees with excellent work from leading man Eric Linden, and Arline Judge in support.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Arline Judge, Blanche Friderici, Cliff Edwards, Eric Linden, Helen Twelvetrees, Hugh Stanislaus Stange, Polly Walters, pre-Code, RKO (Pathe), Roscoe Ates, William A. Seiter

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Bad Company (1931) Starring Ricardo Cortez

August 27, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Helen Twelvetrees and Ricardo Cortez in Bad Company

RKO-Pathe pre-Code gangster film Bad Company (1931) stars Ricardo Cortez with Helen Twelvetrees and John Garrick. Directed by Tay Garnett.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Edgar Kennedy, Emma Dunn, Frank Conroy, Frank McHugh, Gangsters, Harry Carey, Helen Twelvetrees, John Garrick, Paul Hurst, pre-Code, Rating: 8/10, Ricardo Cortez, RKO (Pathe), Tay Garnett, William V. Mong

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Success at Any Price (1934) Starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

August 17, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Genevieve Tobin in Success at Any Price

Brief look at RKO pre-Code Success at Any Price (1934) starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as an angry young man looking to make good in the business world. With Genevieve Tobin, Frank Morgan, and Colleen Moore. Directed by J. Walter Ruben.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Allen Vincent, Business, Colleen Moore, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Edward Everett Horton, Frank Morgan, Genevieve Tobin, Henry Kolker, J. Walter Ruben, Nydia Westman, pre-Code, Rating: 7/10, RKO (Pathe)

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Lightning Review: Curtain Call (1940) Starring Barbara Read, Alan Mowbray

July 7, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

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Brief look at RKO “B” movie CURTAIN CALL. Naive playwright set loose in New York when producers use her terrible play with hopes of taming their only star. Stars Barbara Read, Alan Mowbray, Helen Vinson. Directed by Frank Woodruff.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1940, Alan Mowbray, Barbara Read, Comedies, Dalton Trumbo, Donald MacBride, Frank Woodruff, Helen Vinson, John Archer, Leona Maricle, RKO (Pathe)

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Lightning Review: The Arizonian (1935) Starring Richard Dix

June 15, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

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Lightning review takes brief look at RKO Western The Arizonian (1935) starring Richard Dix, Margot Grahame, and Preston Foster, directed by Charles Vidor.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Charles Vidor, Edward Van Sloan, Etta McDaniel, Francis Ford, James Bush, Joe Sawyer, Louis Calhern, Margot Grahame, Preston Foster, Richard Dix, RKO (Pathe), Westerns, Willie Best

Ace of Aces (1933) Starring Richard Dix and Elizabeth Allan

June 11, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Richard Dix in Ace of Aces

Richard Dix stars as a pacifist sculptor turned bloodthirsty World War I Ace of Aces. Morality story with good action, complicated character. With Elizabeth Allan.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: Elizabeth Allan, Frank Conroy, J. Walter Ruben, John Monk Saunders, pre-Code, Ralph Bellamy, Richard Dix, RKO (Pathe), Theodore Newton, War, Warner Archive, World War I

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Lightning Review: Full Confession (1939) Starring Victor McLaglen

June 4, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

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Brief look at RKO “B” movie Full Confession (1939) starring Victor McLaglen, Joseph Calleia, Sally Eilers, and Barry Fitzgerald, directed by John Farrow.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1939, Barry Fitzgerald, Crime, John Farrow, Joseph Calleia, Murder, RKO (Pathe), Sally Eilers, Victor McLaglen

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