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I Married a Doctor (1936) Attempts to Update Main Street

March 14, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Pat OBrien and Josephine Hutchinson

Main Street by Sinclair Lewis was published in 1920. In 1936 Warner Bros. attempted to update the Lewis story with I Married a Doctor, starring Josephine Hutchinson and Pat O’Brien. The movie is entertaining but it is no Main Street choosing to focus more on the love angle than it does Carol’s battle against the small town.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Archie Mayo, Casey Robinson, Guy Kibbee, Josephine Hutchinson, Louise Fazenda, Main Street, Olin Howland, Pat O'Brien, Ray Mayer, Robert Barrat, Ross Alexander, Sinclair Lewis, Warner Bros., Willard Robertson

Going Highbrow (1935) With Guy Kibbee, ZaSu Pitts, Edward Everett Horton

February 16, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 10 Comments

Edward Everett Horton, June Martel and Ross Alexander

A look at the 1935 Warner Brothers comedy Going Highbrow includes a June Martel biographical aside. Plus how Guy Kibbee was discovered and Gordon Westcott’s untimely death later that same year.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, arthur treacher, Comedies, Edward Everett Horton, going highbrow, Gordon Westcott, Guy Kibbee, judy canova, june martel, Nella Walker, Robert Florey, Ross Alexander, Warner Bros., ZaSu Pitts

Captain Blood (1935) Action Energized by Errol Flynn and Korngold’s Score

August 12, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Ross Alexander in Captain Blood

A look at my own favorite action adventure movie of all time, Captain Blood starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, both in breakout roles. A tale of piracy, slavery, patriotism and romance, Korngold’s score keeps you cheering for Blood throughout.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, action, Adventures, Basil Rathbone, Captain Blood, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Errol Flynn, Guy Kibbee, J. Carroll Naish, J. Warren Kerrigan, Michael Curtiz, Olivia de Havilland, pirates, Rafael Sabatini, Robert Barrat, Ross Alexander




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