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Love Among the Ruins *** (1975, Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely) – Classic Movie Review 10,372

Director George Cukor’s lovely, prestigious, award-winning 1975 American made-for-TV Edwardian period romantic comedy film Love Among the Ruins stars Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier, who light it up grandly. It premiered on the ABC TV […]

Oct, 01

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! * (1966, Bob Hope, Elke Sommer, Phyllis Diller) – Classic Movie Review 10,349

Director George Marshall’s 1966 comedy Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! stars Bob Hope, who struggles with a hopeless script about a motor-mouthed small-town estate agent, Tom Meade, who Gets a Wrong Number and […]

Sep, 26

Call It a Day ** (1937, Olivia de Havilland, Ian Hunter, Anita Louise, Alice Brady, Roland Young, Frieda Inescort, Bonita Granville) – Classic Movie Review 10,093

Olivia de Havilland, just 21, has her first top billing in a movie in director Archie L Mayo’s frivolous comedy Call It a Day (1937), based on British writer Dodie Smith’s cosy 1935 play about […]

Jul, 27

The Best of Everything *** (1959, Joan Crawford, Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Louis Jourdan, Suzy Parker, Martha Hyer, Diane Baker, Brian Aherne, Robert Evans) – Classic Movie Review 9919

Director Jean Negulesco’s 1959 romantic drama The Best of Everything is based on Rona Jaffe’s novel and stars Joan Crawford, Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Louis Jourdan, Suzy Parker, Martha Hyer, Diane Baker, Brian Aherne and […]

Jun, 16

Dancing in the Dark *** (1949, William Powell, Mark Stevens, Betsy Drake, Adolphe Menjou) – Classic Movie Review 9826

Director Irving Reis’s often vivacious, always appealing 1949 Technicolor musical comedy Dancing in the Dark is enlivened by William Powell’s polished performance as Emery Slade, a former silent star employed by studio boss Melville Crossman […]

May, 26

Show People **** (1928, Marion Davies, William Haines, Dell Henderson) – Classic Movie Review 9704

Hollywood’s favourite subject – Hollywood – spurs this deservedly famous, still amusing silent comedy story of the rise and rise of Peggy Pepper (wonderful Marion Davies) from green Georgia girl, to slapstick stooge to dramatic […]

May, 02

Butterflies Are Free *** (1972, Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, Eileen Heckart) – Classic Movie Review 9374

The 1972 romantic comedy drama film Butterflies Are Free is a stage bound but enjoyable four-hankie tearjerker about a young actress (Goldie Hawn) falling for an unsighted San Francisco lad (Edward Albert). Director Milton Katselas’s […]

Feb, 12

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