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The Patent Leather Kid (1927) Starring Richard Barthelmess and Molly O’Day

May 13, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Richard Barthelmess in The Patent Leather Kid

Silent film from First National Pictures, directed by Alfred Santell. The Patent Leather Kid is a boxing-war-romance that earned Richard Barthelmess and Academy Award nomination and features a breakout performance by Molly O’Day.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1927, Alfred Santell, Arthur Stone, Boxing, First National, Lawford Davidson, Matthew Betz, Molly O'Day, Ray Turner, Richard Barthelmess, Romance, Rupert Hughes, Silent Film, Sports, War, World War I

Frank Capra’s Broadway Bill (1934) Starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy

June 17, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

1937 John Sinclair Film Stars

A look at Frank Capra’s follow-up to It Happened One Night, the 1934 holiday release Broadway Bill starring Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy and a horse named Broadway Bill. With comparison to 1950 remake Riding High and explanation of why Bill wound up out of circulation until 1992.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Bing Crosby, Charles Lane, Clara Blandick, Clarence Muse, Claude Gillingwater, Douglass Dumbrille, Frank Capra, Frankie Darro, Helen Vinson, Horse Racing, Lucille Ball, Lynne Overman, Margaret Hamilton, Myrna Loy, Raymond Walburn, Robert Riskin, Sports, Walter Connolly, Ward Bond, Warner Archive, Warner Baxter

Winner Take All (1932) from Warner Archive’s Latest Wave of James Cagney

March 19, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

James Cagney in Winner Take All

James Cagney stars as boxer Jimmy Kane in Winner Take All, a 1932 Warner Bros. release. This post takes a look at the Rocky II-like double knockdown from the film in order to revisit its inspiration, a real-life 1912 lightweight title fight. Also starring Marian Nixon and Virginia Bruce.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Alan Mowbray, Boxing, Clarence Muse, Clarence Wilson, Dickie Moore, Esther Howard, Guy Kibbee, James Cagney, John Roche, Marian Nixon, pre-Code, Ralf Harolde, Roy Del Ruth, Sports, Virginia Bruce, Warner Archive

Stablemates (1938) – MGM Rides Seabiscuit to Hit with Beery and Rooney

May 28, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 17 Comments

Mickey Rooney and Wallace Beery Stablemates Still Photo

MGM’s horse racing weepie Stablemates starring Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney released just three weeks before Seabiscuit’s match race vs. War Admiral. A look at time, circumstances and film.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1938, Arthur Hohl, Horse Racing, Margaret Hamilton, marjorie gateson, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Minor Watson, Sam Wood, seabiscuit, Sports, Wallace Beery

Ronald Reagan as Baseball Hall of Famer Grover Cleveland Alexander

August 16, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

A look at Baseball Hall of Famer Grover Cleveland Alexander and how Ol Pete was portrayed by Ronald Reagan in The Winning Team (1952) with focus on the 1926 World Series.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: 1952, Baseball, Biopics, doris day, frank lovejoy, grover cleveland alexander, rogers hornsby, Ronald Reagan, Sports, world series

Baseball Movie The Stratton Story (1949) Starring James Stewart

August 12, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 8 Comments

June Allyson James Stewart Stratton Story

Jimmy Stewart stars in The Stratton Story about tragic baseball pitcher Monty Stratton. Starring James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan and Agnes Moorehead.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1949, Agnes Moorehead, Baseball, Biopics, Frank Morgan, James Stewart, jimmy dykes, June Allyson, MGM, monty stratton, Sam Wood, Sports

Eleven Men and a Girl (1930) starring Joan Bennett and Joe E. Brown

May 10, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Joan Bennett in Eleven Men and a Girl

Joan Bennett’s early career with a focus on Eleven Men and a Girl aka Maybe It’s Love, a 1930 Warner Brothers football comedy directed by William Wellman and co-starring Joe E. Brown and the College Football All Americans.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1930, football, James Hall, Joan Bennett, Joe E Brown, Musicals, Sports, Warner Archive, Warner Bros., William A. Wellman

William Frawley Before I Love Lucy

November 23, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

A look at William Frawley in the years before he achieved his greatest fame as Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy. Special attention is paid to his baseball movies and his early days on the vaudeville circuit and Broadway. The article is illustrated with seven promotional photos from the 1939 film St. Louis Blues.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: Alibi Ike, Broadway, character actors, I Love Lucy, It Happened in Brooklyn, Lucille Ball, My Three Sons, Sports, St Louis Blues, The Babe Ruth Story, vaudeville, William Frawley

More on The Stratton Story

March 2, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

A follow-up to coverage of the actual Sporting News article about Monte Stratton’s amputation with a more in-depth look at The Stratton Story (1949) with James Stewart and June Allyson.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Agnes Moorehead, Baseball, Frank Morgan, James Stewart, June Allyson, Sports

Coverage of The Stratton Story inside The Sporting News

February 14, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Coverage of Monty Stratton’s accident as it happened inside the December 1, 1938 issue of The Sporting News, plus notes on 1949’s The Stratton Story and more.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Baseball, James Stewart, monty stratton, Sports

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