Derek Winnert

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Temptation *** (1946, Merle Oberon, George Brent, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas) Classic Movie Review 9918

Director Irving Pichel’s 1946 black and white film noir thriller Temptation stars Merle Oberon as bored housewife Ruby, an 1890s London shady lady who moves to Egypt and swaps her dull archaeologist husband Nigel Armine […]

Jun, 16

Tarzan’s Revenge * (1938, Glenn Morris, Eleanor Holm, George Barbier) – Classic Movie Review 8055

Berlin Olympic decathlon champion Glenn Morris takes over Tarzan’s loincloth (for one attempt only) and swimming champion Eleanor Holm is his lady friend Eleanor Reed in director D Ross Lederman’s daft 1938 jungle adventure Tarzan’s […]

Jan, 24

Bloodline * (1979, Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Irene Papas, Romy Schneider, Omar Sharif, Gert Fröbe) – Classic Movie Review 7779

Audrey Hepburn was lured back to the screen after a three-year gap following Robin and Marian  1976) for director Terence Young’s thoroughly disappointing 1979 film version of Sidney Sheldon’s best-selling thriller Bloodline. She plays Elizabeth […]

Nov, 12

Reversal of Fortune **** (1990, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver, Glenn Close, Annabella Sciorra, Uta Hagen, Fisher Stevens, Christine Baranski) – Classic Movie Review 7232

Director Barbet Schroeder’s 1990 biographical mystery docudrama thriller Reversal of Fortune, based on actual events, stars Jeremy Irons, who grabbed a well-deserved Best Actor Oscar and a Golden Globe for one of his most authoritative performances […]

Jun, 29

Topper Returns **** (1941, Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis, Billie Burke) – Classic Movie Review 7203

Director Roy Del Ruth’s 1941 black and white fantasy comedy film Topper Returns, based on the characters created by Thorne Smith, is the third and final entry in the series of films that began with the […]

Jun, 21

The Lucky Texan ** (1934, John Wayne, Barbara Sheldon, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Lloyd Whitlock, Eddie Parker, Earl Dwire) – Classic Movie Review 7170

Writer-director Robert N Bradbury’s 1933 The Lucky Texan stars John Wayne as young Texan Jerry Mason, who strikes gold with his miner sidekick Jake ‘Grandy’  Benson (George ‘Gabby’ Hayes). Then they make the mistake of […]

Jun, 15

Richie Rich [Ri¢hie Ri¢h] ** (1994, Macaulay Culkin, John Larroquette, Edward Herrmann, Jonathan Hyde, Christine Ebersole) – Classic Movie Review 5770

  Director Donald Petrie’s 1994 comedy stars John Larroquette as Rich Industries’ top executive Laurence Van Dough, who plots to try to separate the world’s richest boy Richie Rich (Macaulay Culkin, aged 14) from his […]

Jul, 16

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