Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

I’ll Take Romance *** (1937, Grace Moore, Melvyn Douglas, Helen Westley) – Classic Movie Review 7199

Director Edward H Griffith’s rarely revived 1937 Columbia Pictures black and white musical romance I’ll Take Romance is worth a little look, mainly for its effective and tuneful star turn by Grace Moore. As Elsa Terry, […]

Jun, 20 · in Reviews

The Secret 6 *** (1931, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Ralph Bellamy) – Classic Movie Review 7198

A classy roster of actors embellishes director George W Hill’s 1931 gangster crime thriller The Secret 6, which tells a traditional tale of gangland warfare, bribery and corruption, and the rival crusading reporters (Johnny Mack […]

Jun, 20 · in Reviews

Personal Property *** (1937, Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor, Reginald Owen, E E Clive) – Classic Movie Review 7197

Jean Harlow eclipses the rest of the cast (even though she was ailing and made only one more movie, Saratoga) in director W S Van Dyke II’s mild if amiable 1937 romantic comedy Personal Property, […]

Jun, 20

The Girl from Missouri **** (1934, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Franchot Tone, Lewis Stone, Alan Mowbray, Patsy Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 7196

Anita Loos from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes helps to provide the sparkling, witty original screenplay (with John Emerson) for director Jack Conway’s entertaining Jean Harlow 1934 screwball comedy film vehicle The Girl from Missouri about Eadie Chapman, […]

Jun, 20

Frida *** (2002, Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Antonio Banderas, Roger Rees, Diego Luna) – Classic Movie Review 7195

Director Julie Taymor’s 2002 film Frida is a passionate, swirling and colourful biopic of doomed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, based on the book by Hayden Herrera. It won two Oscars: Best Original Score (Elliot Goldenthal) and Best […]

Jun, 19

Peggy Sue Got Married **** (1986, Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller) – Classic Movie Review 7194

Director Francis Coppola’s lovely 1986 romantic comedy Peggy Sue Got Married was nominated for three Oscars, including one for Kathleen Turner as unhappy middle-aged Peggy Sue, a 43-year-old mother and housewife, who faints when she […]

Jun, 19

Theodora Goes Wild *** (1936, Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas, Thomas Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 7193

Director Richard Boleslawski’s amusing 1936 vintage comedy Theodora Goes Wild stars the Oscar-nominated Irene Dunne, who gets her laughs as Theodora Lynn, a small-town librarian who writes a titillating bestseller under the pseudonym Caroline Adams […]

Jun, 19

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