Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "circus"

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Man on a Tightrope *** (1953, Fredric March, Cameron Mitchell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Grahame, Terry Moore, Richard Boone, Robert Beatty) – Classic Movie Review 12,036

Elia Kazan’s 1953 film Man on a Tightrope stars Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame and Cameron Mitchell, who are first rate in this moody tale of Czech circus folk trying to make a break […]

Mar, 30

Roselyne and the Lions [Roselyne et les lions] *** (1989, Isabelle Pasco, Gérard Sandoz, Philippe Clévenot, Günter Meisner) – Classic Movie Review 11,848

Director Jean-Jacques Beineix’s 1989 French film Roselyne and the Lions [Roselyne et les Lions] stars French actress and photographic model Isabelle Pasco, Gérard Sandoz, Philippe Clévenot, and Günter Meisner. Beineix (Diva, Betty Blue) directs an […]

Jan, 15

Tillie’s Punctured Romance **** (1928, W C Fields, Louise Fazenda, Chester Conklin, Mack Swain) – Classic Movie Review 11,461

Director A Edward Sutherland’s 1928 silent circus comedy film Tillie’s Punctured Romance stars W C Fields, Louise Fazenda, Chester Conklin and Mack Swain. Sadly, this film is presumed lost. W C Fields stars as a […]

Aug, 08

Spy Hunt [Panther’s Moon] *** (1950, Howard Duff, Marta Toren, Philip Friend, Robert Douglas, Philip Dorn, Walter Slezak) – Classic Movie Review 11,417

Director George Sherman’s 1950 Universal Pictures black and white espionage thriller Spy Hunt [Panther’s Moon] stars Howard Duff, Marta Toren [Märta Torén], Philip Friend, Robert Douglas, Philip Dorn and Walter Slezak. A spy hides microfilm […]

Jul, 23

Stop the World: I Want to Get Off *** (1966, Tony Tanner, Millicent Martin, Leila Croft) – Classic Movie Review 10,884

Director Philip Savile’s 1966 Stop the World: I Want to Get Off is a funny and appealing, if creaky old Technicolor film of Anthony Newley’s memorable swinging sixties, experimental avant-garde stage musical, set against a […]

Feb, 05

Ring of Fear ** (1954, Clyde Beatty, Pat O’Brien, Mickey Spillane) – Classic Movie Review 10,848

A circus is the setting for this odd 1954 suspense adventure Ring of Fear about a lunatic lovelorn ringmaster (Sean McClory) who, in a jealous rage, causes havoc in the big top with the help […]

Jan, 29

Billy Rose’s Jumbo *** (1962, Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Stephen Boyd, Martha Raye, Dean Jagger) – Classic Movie Review 10,156

Roll up, roll up for smashing performances from effervescent Doris Day (as travelling circus aerialist and trick rider Kitty Wonder), Jimmy Durante (as the circus’s gambling owner and clown Pop Wonder) and Martha Raye (as […]

Aug, 09

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