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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939) – Warren William is Michael Lanyard for the First Time


By Cliff Aliperti 23 Comments

Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

I don’t dislike The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939), but it’s by no means a favorite. In fact, I’d just about prefer any of the other Warren William as Lone Wolf entries over Spy Hunt, which seems a bit odd since Columbia was supposed to have had put more into this, William’s debut effort as […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Ben Welden, Don Beddoe, Ida Lupino, Leonard Carey, Lone Wolf, Michael Lanyard, Peter Godfrey, Ralph Morgan, Rita Hayworth, Tom Dugan, Virginia Weidler, warren william

As Kurt Anderson of Employees’ Entrance (1933)


By Cliff Aliperti 14 Comments

Employees Entrance

A look at the character of Kurt Anderson of Employees’ Entrance, one of the defining pre-code roles of the Warren William legacy.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Employees Entrance, First National, Great Depression, Loretta Young, pre-code, review, Ruth Donnelly, Wallace Ford, warner brothers

Skyscraper Souls (1932) Perfects the Warren William Pre-Code Type


By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

A detailed look at MGM’s 1932 Skyscraper Souls starring Warren William as David Dwight. Comparing it to the source material, 1931’s Skyscraper by Faith Baldwin.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Anita Page, Edgar Selwyn, Faith Baldwin, George Barbier, Hedda Hopper, Jean Hersholt, Maureen OSullivan, MGM, Norman Foster, Skyscraper Souls, Verree Teasdale, Wallace Ford, warren william

Can We Dust Off Midnight Madonna (1937), I Think It’s Been 37 Years!


By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

A 1937 issue of The Family Circle features Warren William on the cover promoting Midnight Madonna. The best I can tell the film hasn’t aired on TV since 1973.

Filed Under: Clippings, Reviews Tagged With: 1937, emanuel cohen, family circle, kitty clancy, midnight madonna, paramount, warren william

Times Square Playboy (1936) Starring Warren William, Gene Lockhart


By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Warren William wrestles Gene Lockhart

A review of Times Square Playboy (1936), which pits the Main Street ideals of Pig Head Bancroft (Gene Lockhart) against the Wall Street lifestyle of his old friend Vic Arnold (Warren William). Based on the George M. Cohan play The Home Towners.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Barton MacLane, Bryan Foy, Craig Reynolds, Dick Purcell, Gene Lockhart, George M Cohan, Granville Bates, June Travis, Kathleen Lockhart, Ladies Must Live, The Home Towners, Times Square Playboy, warner brothers, warren william, William McGann

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Warren William with Helen Twelvetrees

Helen Twelvetrees and Warren William in a publicity shot from Columbia while both were on loan there.

Helen Twelvetrees and Warren William in a publicity shot taken while both were on loan to Columbia. Twelvetrees was appearing in My Woman, and Warren in Lady for a Day. My book, Helen Twelvetrees, Perfect Ingenue, is available at Amazon.

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