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Ace of Aces (1933) Starring Richard Dix and Elizabeth Allan

June 11, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Richard Dix in Ace of Aces

Richard Dix stars as a pacifist sculptor turned bloodthirsty World War I Ace of Aces. Morality story with good action, complicated character. With Elizabeth Allan.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: Elizabeth Allan, Frank Conroy, J. Walter Ruben, John Monk Saunders, pre-Code, Ralph Bellamy, Richard Dix, RKO (Pathe), Theodore Newton, War, Warner Archive, World War I

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Pershing’s Crusaders (1918), Collection of Images and Ephemera

May 25, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Pershings Crusaders ad

A glance at Pershing’s Crusaders (1918) through clippings, advertisements, a review excerpt, and an old movie card image of Blackjack Pershing himself.

Filed Under: Clippings, Notes & Quotes Tagged With: World War I

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

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Jack Dempsey’s War Record and The Patent Leather Kid (1927)

May 12, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Slacker charges against champion Jack Dempsey influence First National’s The Patent Leather Kid, released in 1927 just ahead of the Dempsey-Tunney rematch in 1927.

Filed Under: Notes & Quotes, Research Tagged With: Boxing, Jack Dempsey, World War I

They Gave Him a Gun (1937) Starring Spencer Tracy, Gladys George, Franchot Tone

March 3, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Franchot Tone Spencer Tracy Gladys George

Story of romance and brotherhood spread across a movie neatly divided between the war and gangster genres. They Gave Him a Gun stars Spencer Tracy, Gladys George, and Franchot Tone. Released as MOD DVD-R by Warner Archive.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, Cliff Edwards, Crime, Edgar Dearing, Franchot Tone, Gangsters, Gladys George, Mary Treen, MGM, Romance, Spencer Tracy, W.S. Van Dyke, War, Warner Archive, World War I

The Last Flight (1931) – John Monk Saunders Hijacks Hemingway’s Lost Generation

September 7, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 16 Comments

The Last Flight 1931

Upon publication reviews called John Monk Saunders anything from a hack to a plagiarist when his Single Lady cashed in as an inferior version of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. Adapted as The Last Flight, Saunders’s story emerges as perhaps the best of any film about The Lost Generation. Directed by William Dieterle, with excellent performances from Richard Barthelmess and Helen Chandler.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, David Manners, Elliott Nugent, First National, Helen Chandler, John Mack Brown, John Monk Saunders, Lost Generation, Richard Barthelmess, Walter Byron, Warner Archive, Warner Bros., William Dieterle, World War I

First Impressions: King Vidor’s The Big Parade (1925)

July 10, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

John Gilbert and Renee Adoree

Thoughts upon watching King Vidor’s 1925 epic of love and war, The Big Parade, for the first time. The MGM classic stars John Gilbert and Renee Adoree with Karl Dane and Tom O’Brien.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1925, claire adams, claire mcdowell, Hobart Bosworth, John Gilbert, karl dane, King Vidor, renee adoree, Romance, Silent Film, silent film reviews, the big parade, tom obrien, War, World War I

The Lost Squadron (1932) Starring Richard Dix, With Erich von Stroheim

June 17, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Joel McCrea, Robert Armstrong and Richard Dix

RKO’s The Lost Squadron (1932) is a war movie that isn’t a war movie. Veterans return home to find work as Hollywood stunt fliers under Erich von Stoheim’s command. Starring Richard Dix, Robert Armstrong, Joel McCrea, Hugh Herbert, Mary Astor and Dorothy Jordan. Directed by George Archainbaud.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, David O Selznick, dick grace, Dorothy Jordan, Erich Von Stroheim, forgotten men, george archainbaud, Hugh Herbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Richard Dix, Robert Armstrong, the lost squadron, wallace smith, World War I

The Solitaire Man (1933) Starring Herbert Marshall and Lionel Atwill

July 25, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Elizabeth Allan and Herbert Marshall

MGM tries to capitalize upon Herbert Marshall’s success in Trouble in Paradise with The Solitaire Main (1933). With Lionel Atwill, Elizabeth Allan, May Robson and Mary Boland.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, air travel, Bella Spewack, Elizabeth Allan, Herbert Marshall, Jack Conway, Lionel Atwill, Mary Boland, May Robson, MGM, murder, Mysteries, Ralph Forbes, Sam Spewack, the solitaire man, World War I

Actor Frank Keenan Auctions Film Star Photo Album for $7,500 – in 1918

June 25, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Frank Keenan 1910s Universal Postcard

Report of a 1918 Los Angeles charity auction which saw actor Frank Keenan play auctioneer for the Red Cross. A movie star photo album goes for big bucks.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Frank Keenan, huguette clark, red cross, william a clark, World War I

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