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Cliff Aliperti

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Cliff Aliperti is a Long Island, New York based writer and classic film buff. He operates the first fan site dedicated to pre-Code cad Warren William (est. 2007), and Immortal Ephemera, a more general classic movie site about unheralded film stars and movies of the 1930s (est. 2002). More recently, Cliff has returned to fiction-writing, and he has had stories appear in places such as After Dinner Conversation, Fiction on the Web, JAKE, and elsewhere.

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	Helen Twelvetrees, Perfect Ingenue: Rediscovering a 1930s Movie Star and Her 32 Films by Cliff Aliperti (Goodreads Author), Dan Van Neste (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	11 Pre-Code Hollywood Movie Histories: Early Depression-Era Melodramas, Adaptations, and Headline Stories 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freddie Bartholomew: An Informal Biography 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fabulous Films of the 30s: Presented by the Classic Movie Blog Association (CMBA) (Classic Movie Blog Association Presents Book 1) by Cliff Aliperti (Goodreads Author), Annette Bochenek, Marsha Collock 3.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Classic Movie Monthly #3: Born to Be Bad, His Greatest Gamble, The Roaring Twenties it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Classic Movie Monthly #1: Child of Manhattan, The Strawberry Blonde, Death on the Diamond (Immortal Ephemera #1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After Dinner Conversation (January, 2025): Philosophy \| Ethics Short Story Literary Magazine (After Dinner Conversation Magazine Book 55) by Cliff Aliperti (Goodreads Author), Kolby Granville (editor), Laura Mullen (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Classic Movie Monthly #2: The Wolf Man, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Walking Dead it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“On the heels of their second of six eventual screen pairings in Street of Chance, stars William Powell and Kay Francis were teamed for a third time in For the Defense.”
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