Month: April 2023

Written by Dawn Glory

Love (1927)

Directed by Edmund Goulding. From the novel Anna Karenina by Lev (“Leo”) Tolstoy. Continuity by Frances Marion. Titles by Marian Ainslee & Ruth Cummings. Silent. This was the second onscreen pairing of (real-life couple) John Gilbert & Greta Garbo, following 1926’s wildly successful FLESH AND THE DEVIL, & directly preceding my personal favorite film of […]

Written by Dawn Glory

Heroes for Sale (1933)

Directed by William Wellman. Screenplay by Robert Lord & Wilson Mizner. Fun-times Trivia Alert: Robert Lord won an Academy Award for Best Original Story for ONE WAY PASSAGE (1932), while Wilson Mizner was the co-owner/founder of Hollywood’s famous Brown Derby restaurant! Additionally, regarding Mizner: it’s said that Clark Gable’s character in SAN FRANCISCO (1936) – […]