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The Racket (1928) Starring Thomas Meighan, Louis Wolheim and Marie Prevost

February 19, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Louis Wolheim and Thomas Meighan

Howard Hughes bought Bartlett Cormack’s play The Racket, which had made Edward G. Robinson a star on Broadway. Hughes made it into a film twice. This article focuses on the first film version, a 1928 silent movie, starring Thomas Meighan with Louis Wolheim as the gangster.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1928, bartlett cormack, caddo company, dan wolheim, Edward G. Robinson, Gangsters, George E. Stone, henry sedley, Howard Hughes, John Cromwell, john darrow, lee moran, Lewis Milestone, lizabeth scott, Louis Wolheim, lucien prival, Marie Prevost, Paramount, pat collins, Robert Mitchum, robert ryan, sam de grasse, Silent Film, Skeets Gallagher, the racket, Thomas Meighan

TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar – 3 Lists, 18 Picks for February 2013 on TCM

February 2, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Humphrey Bogart in Isle of Fury

It’s largely same old, same old for TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar throughout February 2013. But here are three lists pointing to a total of 18 titles I either recommend or am curious about for myself.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: 31 days of oscar, Academy Awards, berkeley square, blockade, blood and sand, Captain Blood, cimarron, i married a witch, Imitation of Life, king's row, lists, little women, Oscars, previews, schedules, stagecoach, TCM, the farmers daughter, the informer, the moon and sixpence, The Private Life of Henry VIII, the racket, Turner Classic Movies, vogues of 1938, way down south, wilson

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