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Eric Linden Comes of Age in MGM’s Ah, Wilderness! (1935)

July 4, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Ah Wilderness 1935

Eric Linden loves Cecilia Parker in Ah, Wilderness! (1935), but his passion threatens to take him down the same road that has doomed Wallace Beery with Aline MacMahon. MGM adapts Eugene O’Neill’s “comedy of recollection.” Directed by Clarence Brown.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Ah Wilderness, Cecilia Parker, Charley Grapewin, Clarence Brown, Eric Linden, Eugene O'Neill, Lionel Barrymore, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Spring Byington, Wallace Beery, Warner Archive

First Impressions: Little Women (1933) Starring Katharine Hepburn

January 19, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 10 Comments

Katharine Hepburn in Little Women

RKO’s classic Little Women (1933) starring Katharine Hepburn as Jo Marsh with Joan Bennett, Frances Dee and Jean Parker as her sisters. Some notes based on the first time I watched the movie.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Adaptations, David O Selznick, Douglass Montgomery, Edna May Oliver, Frances Dee, George Cukor, Henry Stephenson, Jean Parker, Joan Bennett, john lodge, Katharine Hepburn, little women, louisa may alcott, Paul Lukas, RKO (Pathe), samuel s hinds, Spring Byington

The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936) Starring Lionel Barrymore with Maureen O’Sullivan

February 22, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 21 Comments

Old Drum Statue in front of the Johnson County Courthouse located in Warrensburg, MO United States. Photographed by Abernaki.

MGM’s The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936) with Lionel Barrymore provides a look at Missouri foxhunting. Post includes some background on American foxhunting and a bit about the quote Barrymore’s Spring Davis attributes to Senator Vest during his murder trial.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Charley Grapewin, dog movies, Dudley Digges, Eric Linden, foxhunting, henry wadsworth, Jonathan Hale, Lionel Barrymore, mackinlay kantor, Maureen O'Sullivan, MGM, Richard Thorpe, Spring Byington, the voice of bugle ann, william newell

Stage Struck (1936) Starring Dick Powell and Joan Blondell

November 5, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 8 Comments

Dick Powell and Joan Blondell

Busby Berkeley’s Stage Struck (1936) is a Warner Brothers musical missing the typical Berkeley flare. Starring Dick Powell and Joan Blondell with Warren William it’s an at times bizarre movie that doesn’t measure up to earlier classics Berkeley worked on, but still entertaining at times providing a few laughs.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Busby Berkeley, carol hughes, craig reynolds, Dick Powell, Frank McHugh, Hobart Cavanaugh, jeanne madden, Joan Blondell, johnnie arthur, musical, Spring Byington, the yacht club boys, Warner Bros., Warren William

Henry Hull is the Werewolf of London (1935)

October 13, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Henry Hull and Warner Oland in Werewolf of London

The first werewolf movie in Universal’s horror cycle Werewolf of London (1935) takes a back seat to The Wolf Man (1941) today, but Henry Hull’s monster is underrated. Also starring Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson and Lester Matthews, a brief look at 1935s Werewolf of London.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Charlotte Granville, Clark Williams, ethel griffies, Henry Hull, Horror, jack pierce, jm kerrigan, lawrence grant, lester matthews, Spring Byington, Stuart Walker, Universal, Universal Horror, valerie hobson, Warner Oland, werewolf, Zeffie Tilbury

A Family Affair (1937) Introduces Judge Hardy’s Family

September 10, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Mickey Rooney in A Family Affair

A look at A Family Affair, the first installment of the Hardy Family series of movies released in 1937. While Mickey Rooney is on the scene as Andy Hardy, we have Lionel Barrymore playing Judge Hardy as well as some other casting we’re not used too.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, Ah Wilderness, Andy Hardy, Ann Rutherford, Cecilia Parker, Charley Grapewin, Eric Linden, Eugene O'Neill, Fay Holden, Hardy Family, Judge Hardy, Julie Haydon, Lewis Stone, Lionel Barrymore, Margaret Marquis, Mickey Rooney, Sara Haden, Spring Byington, Warner Archive

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