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My Dear Miss Aldrich *** (1937, Edna May Oliver, Maureen O’Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon) – Classic Movie Review 11,262

‘The Season’s Gayest Love Story!’ A young, attractive Nebraska newspaper heiress, Miss Martha Aldrich (Maureen O’Sullivan), repeatedly clashes with the stubborn managing editor (Walter Pidgeon) of the New York paper she has inherited. His attitude […]

Jun, 02

Before the Revolution [Prima della Rivoluzione] **** (1964, Adriana Asti, Francesco Barilli, Allen Midgette) – Classic Movie Review 10,790

The 1964 black and white romantic and political drama film Before the Revolution [Prima della Rivoluzione] is an early tour-de-force by the young writer-director Bernardo Bertolucci. It demonstrates his cinematic brilliance, mixing the political with […]

Jan, 14

Adam Had Four Sons *** (1941, Ingrid Bergman, Warner Baxter, Susan Hayward) – Classic Movie Review 10,535

Director Gregory Ratoff’s 1941 black and white Columbia Pictures family saga film Adam Had Four Sons is a classy romantic melodrama that switches from humour to tears, and from seduction to betrayal within moments. Warner […]

Nov, 13

Stevie **** (1978, Glenda Jackson, Mona Washbourne, Trevor Howard, Alec McCowen) – Classic Movie Review 10,022

The 1978 drama film Stevie is a beautiful, supremely moving character-driven portrait of the British poet Stevie Smith (Glenda Jackson) and of her simple, loving relationship with the ‘lion aunt’ (Mona Washbourne).  Director Robert Enders’s […]

Jul, 09

The Song of Songs *** (1933, Marlene Dietrich, Brian Aherne, Lionel Atwill) – Classic Movie Review 8831

Marlene Dietrich, finally separated by her Paramount Pictures studio from her Svengali director Josef Von Sternberg after a string of hits, fares only modestly with the highly respected director Rouben Mamoulian in the 1933 love […]

Aug, 15

Mary Poppins Returns ** (2018, Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters) – Movie Review

So it turns out that Mary Poppins can turn back time, and that’s what Disney can do too in this out-of-its-time sequel to Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins Returns is, as the title implies, supposed to […]

Jan, 10

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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