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You are here: Home / Archives for William A. Wellman

Wild Boys of the Road (1933) Meets “Boy And Girl Tramps of America”

September 14, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 9 Comments

Wild Boys of the Road 1933 advertisement

Contemporary reaction to William A. Wellman’s Wild Boys of the Road (1933), plus writer Danny Ahearn, and a peek at Thomas Minehan’s study “Boy and Girl Tramps of America.”

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Ann Hovey, Arthur Hohl, claire mcdowell, Daniel Ahearn, Dorothy Coonan, Earl Baldwin, Edwin Phillips, First National, Frankie Darro, Grant Mitchell, Minna Gombell, pre-Code, Robert Barrat, Rochelle Hudson, Sterling Holloway, Thomas Minehan, Warner Bros., Willard Robertson, William A. Wellman

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Lightning Review: Chinatown Nights (1929) Starring Wallace Beery

June 22, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

lightning reviews

Lightning review takes a brief look at transitional Paramount talkie Chinatown Nights (1929) starring Wallace Beery, Florence Vidor, and Warner Oland. Directed by William A. Wellman.

Filed Under: Lightning Reviews Tagged With: 1929, Chinatown, Florence Vidor, Gangsters, Jack McHugh, Jack Oakie, Paramount, Tongs, Wallace Beery, Warner Oland, William A. Wellman

Midnight Mary (1933) Starring Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone

January 9, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 16 Comments

Loretta Young in Midnight Mary

William Wellman directs and Loretta Young stars in MIDNIGHT MARY (1933) a fast-paced MGM pre-code movie that inherits a Warner Brothers feel from director, cinematographer and star.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, adrian, Andy Devine, anita loos, Charley Grapewin, Franchot Tone, Frank Conroy, Halliwell Hobbes, Harold Huber, Irving Thalberg, Ivan F. Simpson, james van trees, Loretta Young, Louis B. Mayer, Louise Beavers, lucien hubbard, Martha Sleeper, MGM, midnight mary, Mike Donlin, Nicholas Schenck, pre-Code, Ricardo Cortez, Robert Greig, Sandy Roth, Una Merkel, Warren Hymer, William A. Wellman

Safe in Hell (1931), Talkie Triumph for Tough Dorothy Mackaill

November 16, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Dorothy Mackaill in Safe in Hell

Safe in Hell (1931) nearly starred Barbara Stanwyck, but no matter as Dorothy Mackaill makes the part her own. A bit about the film and what happened to this otherwise forgotten star.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, Barbara Stanwyck, cecil cunningham, Charles Middleton, Clarence Muse, Donald Cook, Dorothy Mackaill, gustav von seyffertitz, Ivan F. Simpson, John Wray, Lilian Bond, Marilyn Miller, Morgan Wallace, nina mae mckinney, no man of her own, pre-Code, Ralf Harolde, safe in hell, victor varconi, Warner Archive, William A. Wellman

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

Watching Wings (1927) for the First Time

February 27, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Clara Bow in Wings

A look at William Wellman’s Wings (1927) after watching it for the first time. Air battles and It Girl Clara Bow highlight this first Best Picture Oscar winner.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1927, Academy Awards, Buddy Rogers, Charles Rogers, Clara Bow, El Brendel, Gary Cooper, Henry B. Walthall, Jobyna Ralston, Julia Swayne Gordon, Richard Arlen, Silent Film, War, William A. Wellman, Wings, World War I

The Conquerors (1932) Starring Richard Dix and Ann Harding

November 18, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Ann Harding and Richar Dix in The Conquerors

I watched a pair of Richard Dix films this week, the Oscar winning Cimarron from 1931 and The Conquerors released the following year. This review focuses on the film I liked better.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Ann Harding, banking, David O Selznick, Donald Cook, Edna May Oliver, Great Depression, Guy Kibbee, Historical, Julie Haydon, Panics, Richard Dix, RKO (Pathe), The Conquerors, Warner Archive, William A. Wellman

The Women star in Westward the Women (1951) with Robert Taylor

April 24, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 9 Comments

Westward the Women

Based on a story by Frank Capra sold to MGM for William Wellman, Robert Taylor may be top-billed in Westward the Women, but the end credits get it right, The Women are the true stars here.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1951, Beverly Dennis, Denise Darcel, Frank Capra, Henry Nakamura, Hope Emerson, John McIntire, Lenore Lonergan, Marilyn Erskine, Renata Vanni, Robert Taylor, Warner Archive, Westerns, Westward the Women, William A. Wellman

Robert Taylor and Janet Gaynor star in Small Town Girl (1936)

April 19, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Janet Gaynor and Robert Taylor in Small Town Girl

Robert Taylor and Janet Gaynor star in MGM’s Small Town Girl (1936) directed by William Wellman and nothing special for any of the main participants.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Andy Devine, Binnie Barnes, Charley Grapewin, Edgar Kennedy, Isabel Jewell, James Stewart, Janet Gaynor, Lewis Stone, MGM, Movie Reviews, Robert Taylor, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Small Town Girl, William A. Wellman

Louise Brooks stars in William Wellman’s Beggars of Life (1928)

June 22, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Louise Brooks in Beggars of Life

Louise Brooks and Richard Arlen star in William Wellman’s Beggars of Life (1928) based on the novel by Jim Tully. Also starring Wallace Beery, a pre-Depression tale of hobo life.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1928, beggars of life, Dramas, Jim Tully, Louise Brooks, Paramount, Richard Arlen, Silent Film, Wallace Beery, Wild Boys of the Road, William A. Wellman

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