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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 1920s Fan Photo

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

A youthful Douglas Fairbanks Jr. pictured on a 5" X 7" movie star fan photo from the mid- to late-1920s. These are the types of photos the typical fan would receive back in the mail when writing their favorite star in care of the movie studios.

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Image: Kirk Douglas, Virginia Mayo, John Agar Still Photo, Along the Great Divide (1951)

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

John Agar, Kirk Douglas, and Virginia Mayo in Along the Great Divide on a 1951 promotional still photo. You can click the image above to enlarge.

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Girl Missing (1933) Starring Glenda Farrell, Mary Brian

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

The working title for Girl Missing was The Blue Moon Murder Case, but the corpse in this story is minor compared to the missing girl, so the less snappy name is at least a more accurate title in this case.

Girl Missing feels like a Glenda Farrell-Joan Blondell movie, but it’s Mary Brian at Farrell’s side instead of the beloved Joan. This is going to cost the movie some viewers from the outset, but trust me, Mary Brian is...

The Cat Creeps (1930) – Universal’s (Mostly) Lost Dark House

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

Universal Pictures. Released November 10, 1930. 75 minutes. Directed by Rupert Julian, John Willard. Starring Helen Twelvetrees, Raymond Hackett, Neil Hamilton, Lilyan Tashman, Jean Hersholt, Montagu Love, Lawrence Grant, Theodore von Eltz, Blanche Friderici, Elizabeth Patterson.

The following is an excerpted chapter from my book, Helen Twelvetrees, Perfect Ingenue, which is coming very soon (save a place on your Christma...

Josef von Sternberg’s Underworld (1927) Starring George Bancroft

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

One of my favorite features in Criterion’s set “3 Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg” is the reprint of the original story that earned Ben Hecht an Academy Award for Underworld. Hecht distanced himself from the film after director Josef von Sternberg got his hands on it, but those hands better fleshed out Hecht’s original characters, added many visual delights, and wrapped a traditional story around what was more of a...

Classic Movie Daily, October 1 Check-In

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

Born on this date, October 1: Just butting in to say hello up here, near the top of this post, but I'll return with a f...

Young Bride (1932) Starring Helen Twelvetrees and Eric Linden

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

Above: Advertisement found in the Shamokin Dispatch (PA), June 21, 1932, page 8.

“Let’s Movie,” says TCM, so The Nitrate Diva said let’s blog. This post is part of the TCM Discoveries Blogathon, a one-day event in which bloggers have been invited to share our favorite movie discoveries made through TCM. But there are so many! My selection, Young Bride, represents one of many movies TCM has introduced me to over the years t...

Her Man’s (1930) Mysterious Setting, Why They Won’t Say Havana!

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

When I wrote about Her Man (1930) a couple of years ago I noted that there was some confusion over the setting. It was never named in the film. I explained in an aside:

* According to Peter Stanfield in Body and Soul: Jazz and Blues in American Film, 1927-63, Havana was only one of the possible settings, but the most identifiable in the end because of the inclusion of Morro Castle. Stanfield wrote that Garnett and Howard H...

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

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

Above: Clipped from the Medford Mail Tribune of Medford OR, November 22, 1933, page 4.

I had seen pictures of the Wild Children of revolution-racked Russia. I had read of the free youth of Germany after the World War. I knew that in every nation, following a plague, an invasion, or a revolution, children left without parents and homes became vagrants.

Before my own experiences I had always believed that in America we manag...

Classic Movie Daily, an Intermission, September 8, 2015

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

Born on this date: —Popp...