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Ferry to Hong Kong ** (1959, Curd Jürgens, Orson Welles, Sylvia Syms, Jeremy Spenser, Noel Purcell) – Classic Movie Review 6752

‘It was my nightmare film. It was a dreadful film, and everything was wrong with it, principally Welles.’ Hooray for Curt Jurgens [Curd Jürgens] and Orson Welles, who have a field day hamming it up as, […]

Feb, 28 · in Reviews

The Adventurers * (1970, Bekim Fehmiu, Alan Badel, Candice Bergen, Ernest Borgnine, Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, Charles Aznavour) – Classic Movie Review 6751

‘The Adventurers was a disaster and I should never have made it.’ In 1967, Lewis Gilbert was chosen to direct Lionel Bart’s musical of Oliver!, but he was contracted to another project had to pull out. ‘I had to […]

Feb, 28 · in Articles

Stepping Out *** (1991, Liza Minnelli, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene, Julie Walters, Bill Irwin) – Classic Movie Review 6750

Liza Minnelli and Julie Walters are the making of Lewis Gilbert’s 1991 musical comedy Stepping Out. Liza Minnelli steps out in director Lewis Gilbert’s old-fashioned, likeable and mildly enjoyable 1991 British musical comedy Stepping Out as […]

Feb, 28

Sink the Bismarck! *** (1960, Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Karel Stepanek, Carl Mohner, Laurence Naismith, Geoffrey Keen, Michael Hordern, Maurice Denham) – Classic Movie Review 6749

Esteemed British master craftsman Lewis Gilbert made his name as a director in the Fifties and Sixties with a series of hit films, often based on true stories from the Second World War, such as […]

Feb, 28

Dallas ** (1950, Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Raymond Massey, Steve Cochran, Don Murray, Barbara Payton, Antonio Moreno, Leif Erickson, Jerome Cowan, Reed Hadley) – Classic Movie Review 6748

Director Stuart Heisler’s old-fashioned 1950 Western stars Gary Cooper, who seems to be merely coasting in a low-key, internal performance as an old Confederate colonel, Blayde ‘Red’ Hollister. In the story by John Twist, Hollister […]

Feb, 28

Daddy Long Legs *** (1955, Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore, Fred Clark, Thelma Ritter) – Classic Movie Review 6747

Director Jean Negulesco’s 1955 musical stars Fred Astaire as middle-aged millionaire Jervis Pendelton III, who goes to Hollywood’s idea of France, where he is naturally enchanted by waif-like young orphan Julie André (Leslie Caron). Negulesco’s pleasant […]

Feb, 27

The Flame of New Orleans *** (1941, Marlene Dietrich, Bruce Cabot, Roland Young, Mischa Auer, Andy Devine) – Classic Movie Review 6746

Director René Clair’s 1941 romance stars the divine Marlene Dietrich, who enchants as Claire Ledeux, a beautiful New Orleans adventuress who is juggling two men. The Flame of New Orleans was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art […]

Feb, 27

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