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You are here: Home / Archives for William Frawley

J. Edgar Hoover’s Persons in Hiding (1939) With Patricia Morison

January 19, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

J Carrol Naish and Patricia Morison

A Bonnie and Clyde tale predating Gun Crazy (1950) by eleven years. Persons in Hiding is the first of four movies adapted from J. Edgar Hoover’s book of the same name. Electrifying debut by Patricia Morison with J. Carrol Naish strong opposite her.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1939, Crime, fbi, Gangsters, Helen Twelvetrees, J Edgar Hoover, J. Carroll Naish, John Hartley, Louis King, Lynne Overman, Paramount, Patricia Morison, William Frawley, William Henry

The Witching Hour (1934), Hypnotized by John Halliday

October 9, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

John Halliday in The Witching Hour

Paramount’s 1934 version of The Witching Hour is light on stars and, despite the title, isn’t even a horror movie. An early Henry Hathaway film based on the 1907 hit play by Augustus Thomas and featuring strong performances from John Halliday and Sir Guy Standing. It’s all covered here.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, augustus thomas, Courtroom Drama, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Gertrude Michael, Henry Hathaway, John Halliday, John Larkin, Judith Allen, Murder, mysticism, olive tell, Paramount, pre-Code, Ralf Harolde, Richard Carle, Sir Guy Standing, the witching hour, Tom Brown, William Frawley

Warner Baxter as The Crime Doctor: A Crime Doctor Episode Guide

May 24, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 10 Comments

Warner Baxter in the first Crime Doctor

A guide to the individual entries to Columbia’s Crime Doctor mystery series of the 1940’s. Each of the ten films star Warner Baxter. Packed with details yet spoiler free.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, Adele Jergens, Barton MacLane, Columbia, Crime Doctor, Don Beddoe, dr robert ordway, Eduardo Ciannelli, ellen drew, Emory Parnell, eugene forde, Gloria Dickson, hillary brooke, jerome cowan, John Litel, lloyd bridges, Lupita Tovar, lynn merrick, marcel journet, miles mander, Mysteries, Reginald Denny, Robert Armstrong, series, seymour friedman, Warner Baxter, William Castle, William Frawley

Red Light (1949) Starring George Raft and Virginia Mayo

May 25, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Gene Lockhart in Red Light

A brief look at Red Light (1949), a Roy Del Ruth Production starring George Raft, Virginia Mayo, and a very nasty Raymond Burr.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1949, arthur franz, Barton MacLane, Crime, Film Noir, Gene Lockhart, George Raft, harry morgan, Murder, raymond burr, Red Light, Roy Del Ruth, United Artists, Virginia Mayo, William Frawley

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

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