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Lightning Review: The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) Starring Ann Harding

June 2, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

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Brief look at RKO’s The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) starring Ann Harding, John Boles, and Helen Vinson, directed by Alfred Santell.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Alfred Santell, Ann Harding, Edward Van Sloan, Helen Vinson, John Boles, Lon Chaney Jr., Molly O'Day, RKO (Pathe), Sara Haden

King Kong (1933) in New York, March 1933

April 14, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

King Kong 1933

A look at the very specific time and place of King Kong’s March 2, 1933 premiere at Radio City Music Hall and the Roxy in New York City.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Adventures, Bruce Cabot, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Fay Wray, Frank Reicher, Horror, Max Steiner, Merian C. Cooper, Noble Johnson, pre-Code, RKO (Pathe), Robert Armstrong, Sam Hardy, Willis O'Brien

Men Against the Sky (1940) – Richard Dix’s Ace of Aces Goes Modern

October 15, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Men Against the Sky 1940

The public was air-minded when RKO released Men Against the Sky (1940), an exciting “B” film starring former “Ace of Aces” Richard Dix, with Kent Taylor, Wendy Barrie, and Edmund Lowe. A look at why the public was so fascinated by flying at that time, and how the four stars and other elements of the film worked so well together.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1940, aviation, Business, Edmund Lowe, Granville Bates, Kent Taylor, Leslie Goodwins, Richard Dix, RKO (Pathe), Warner Archive, Wendy Barrie

On Display: Dolores Costello 1942 RKO Promotional Photos

July 20, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Dolores Costello 1942 RKO Promotional Photo DC-276

A grouping of over a dozen photos from the time of The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) but in promotion of actress Dolores Costello and not the film. Costello is pictured on her own and with children DeeDee and John Drew Barrymore.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Dolores Costello, John Barrymore, RKO (Pathe)

Richard Dix Reckons Himself The Public Defender (RKO, 1931)

May 13, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

The Public Defender 1931

Richard Dix is a harmless playboy until trouble calls and with the assistance of Boris Karloff and Paul Hurst he becomes The Reckoner in RKO’s The Public Defender (1931).

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Alan Roscoe, Boris Karloff, Carl Gerard, Crime, Edmund Breese, Emmett King, farnesbarnes, Frank Sheridan, J. Walter Ruben, Nella Walker, Paul Hurst, Purnell Pratt, Richard Dix, RKO (Pathe), Robert Emmett O'Connor, Rochelle Hudson, Ruth Weston, Shirley Grey, Warner Archive

His Greatest Gamble (1934) Starring Richard Dix

April 21, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Richard Dix and Edith Fellows

RKO’s His Greatest Gamble (1934) successfully offers Richard Dix one of his most dramatic roles as the carefree father of a girl whose mother keeps her under the strictest control. Also starring Dorothy Wilson, Erin O’Brien-Moore, Bruce Cabot and Edith Fellows.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Bruce Cabot, Dorothy Wilson, Dramas, Edith Fellows, Eily Malyon, Erin O'Brien-Moore, John S Robertson, Leonard Carey, Richard Dix, RKO (Pathe), Shirley Grey, Warner Archive

Vivacious Lady (1938) Starring Ginger Rogers and James Stewart

April 14, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 22 Comments

Ginger Rogers and James Stewart

RKO’s Vivacious Lady doesn’t have much of a story, but Ginger Rogers and James Stewart are in love, so who cares? A look at the comedy classic directed by George Stevens for the James Stewart Blogathon.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1938, Beulah Bondi, Charles Coburn, Frances Mercer, Franklin Pangborn, George Stevens, Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, James Ellison, James Stewart, RKO (Pathe), Romantic Comedy, Warner Archive, Willie Best

Helen Twelvetrees is Millie (1931) – With Joan Blondell and Lilyan Tashman

January 9, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Helen Twelvetrees and Lilyan Tashman

Helen Twelvetrees stars in pre-Code sizzler Millie (1931). Millie leaves her husband after she catches him cheating and she puts monogamy behind her once her boyfriend is caught with another woman too. Can Millie be an independent woman in 1931 and protect her daughter from an even more perilous relationship?

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Anita Louise, Charles Kenyon, Charlotte Walker, Donald Henderson Clarke, Frank McHugh, Helen Twelvetrees, James Hall, Joan Blondell, John Francis Dillon, John Halliday, Lilyan Tashman, pre-Code, RKO (Pathe), Robert Ames, Romance

Sweepings (1933) and Mamie’s Christmas Counter Freak-Out

December 24, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Sweepings 1933

Lester Cohen adapted his own novel Sweepings for RKO in 1933. It was remade as Three Sons in 1939. The story is about a retail king and his family, but the focus of this article turns to Helen Mack’s explosive Christmas Eve scene with additional details about her character filled in from Cohen’s novel.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, 1939, Adaptations, Alan Dinehart, Business, Christmas, Edward Ellis, Eric Linden, Gregory Ratoff, Helen Mack, j edward bromberg, Jesse L. Lasky, John Cromwell, lester cohen, Lionel Barrymore, pre-Code, retail, RKO (Pathe), three sons, Warner Archive, William Gargan

Hugh Herbert – Woo Woo Man vs. F. Hugh and Other Biographical Corrections

November 11, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 22 Comments

Hugh Herbert illustration from August 1938 issue of Hollywood Magazine

A complete biography of Woo Woo! man Hugh Herbert that reestablishes many writing and directorial credits previously given to F. Hugh Herbert and reveals his wife, Rose Epstein, and co-star, Anita Pam, were the same person. Hugh’s early vaudeville days dating from 1911 are covered as well as his earliest work at the film studios.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: anita pam, comedy shorts, f hugh herbert, Goodbye Again, Hugh Herbert, RKO (Pathe), tom francis, tom herbert, vaudeville, vitaphone, what a character, woo woo

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