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The Night is Young (1935)
The Night is Young, released in 1935, is a combined comedy/musical/romance. It stars Ramon Novarro and Evelyn Laye with a supporting cast that includes the always wonderful Una Merkel, funny Charles...
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The Casino Murder Case (1935)
Rosalind Russell and Paul Lukas filming a scene for The Casino Murder Case (1935) “It was so bad, and I was so bad in it, that it gave my maid Hazel ammunition for seasons to come,” writes Rosalind...
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West Point of the Air (1935)
Whenever I need a good movie about aviation, I just pop in West Point of the Air—Oh, hold it. I never need a fix like that. As you can probably tell, this type of film isn’t really my thing, but I...
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Reckless (1935)
“My word, I thought, a ten- or eleven-year-old having that bright red polish put on, and suddenly the hood of the dryer went back and the child stood up and it was Jean. She was probably twenty-three...
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Rendezvous (1935)
When Rosalind Russell was told she was going to be William Powell’s leading lady in the 1935 film Rendezvous, she automatically felt bad for him. “I felt self-conscious. Powell and Loy had been a hit...
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It Had to Happen (1936)
Yippee! I have moved away from the year 1935 and will now continue this series with 1936, a year in which Rosalind Russell made 4 films. The first of those four is called It Had to Happen co-starring...
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Under Two Flags (1936)
Rosalind Russell and Ronald Colman in Under Two Flags Rosalind Russell recounts a funny, although surely embarrassing story about movie kisses when working on Under Two Flags with Ronald Colman: Then I...
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Trouble for Two (1936)
Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell in Trouble for Two (1936) Adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson short story “Suicide Club,” Trouble for Two is the first time MGM paired Rosalind Russell with...
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Craig’s Wife (1936)
John Boles and Rosalind Russell in Craig’s Wife (1936) Although Rosalind Russell did not say much about her last film of 1936—her few words added up to “I was playing a meanie in Craig’s Wife”—it is a...
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Live, Love and Learn (1937)
Rosalind Russell and Helen Vinson in Live, Love and Learn (1937) Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell in Live, Love and Learn (1937) After Night Must Fall finished production, Robert Montgomery and...
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Review of Leonard Wibberley’s McGillicuddy Gotham and the unfinished Little...
If you didn’t believe in leprechauns before this, you will after reading Leonard Wibberley’s McGillicuddy McGotham. The 60th anniversary edition is due to be released on March 10, 2016 (today!)...
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