Derek Winnert

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The Bride Wore Boots ** (1946, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Cummings, Diana Lynn, Patric Knowles, Peggy Wood, Robert Benchley) – Classic Movie Review 6767

Director Irving Pichel’s 1946 comedy stars Barbara Stanwyck as Southern heiress Sally Warren, a horsey woman married to Jeff (Robert Cummings), a writer who hates horses, so their marriage goes very bumpy. Sally runs a horse […]

Mar, 05 · in Reviews

Omar Khayyam ** (1957, Cornel Wilde, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Michael Rennie, Raymond Massey, John Derek) – Classic Movie Review 6,766

Cornel Wilde struggles manfully against his weird casting as the 11th-century Persian genius of letters defending his country from the invading sect of assassins out to kill the Shah, in the engaging 1957 Arabian Nights […]

Mar, 04 · in Reviews

Knock on Any Door *** (1949, Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready, Allene Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 6765

Nicholas Ray’s intelligent 1949 courtroom melodrama Knock on Any Door stars Humphrey Bogart as a lawyer defending a Chicago slum kid (John Derek) from a cop killer murder rap by trying to appeal to the […]

Mar, 04

I’ll Be Seeing You *** (1944, Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Tom Tully, John Derek) – Classic Movie Review 6764

Director William Dieterle’s 1944 film, based on a radio play by Charles Martin, stars Ginger Rogers as Mary Marshall, a jailbird on parole for the holidays, who invites battle fatigue shell-shocked GI Sergeant Zachary ‘Zach’ […]

Mar, 04

Novocaine *** (2001, Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura Dern) – Classic Movie Review 6763

Steve Martin stars as Frank, a shy dentist who is bowled over by the attentions of his sexy patient Susan (Helena Bonham Carter), who proves to be this offbeat comedy crime drama movie’s femme fatale, who seduces […]

Mar, 04

Now and Forever ** (1934, Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard, Shirley Temple, Guy Standing) – Classic Movie Review 6762

Director Henry Hathaway’s 1934 Paramount comedy stars Gary Cooper as Jerry Day, a confidence trickster and swindling thief who prefers the footloose and fancy free life. But after his second marriage to Toni (Carole Lombard) […]

Mar, 04

The Bride Walks Out ** (1936, Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Robert Young, Ned Sparks, Helen Broderick) – Classic Movie Review 6761

The 1936 American romantic comedy film The Bride Walks Out is directed by Leigh Jason, and stars Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, and Robert Young. Barbara Stanwyck adds impactful oomph to director Leigh Jason’s gossamer-thin, formulaic RKO Radio Pictures 1936 Depression-era […]

Mar, 04

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