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Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt **** (1940, Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Graham Moffatt, Phyllis Calvert, Moore Marriott) – Classic Movie Review 9290

Director Walter Forde’s 1940 drag comedy Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a fast-moving, high-spirited and funny reworking of the classic Brandon Thomas stage farce Charley’s Aunt to suit the talents of Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Graham […]

Jan, 22

Four Daughters **** (1938, Claude Rains, John Garfield, Jeffrey Lynn, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Gale Page, May Robson) – Classic Movie Review 6084

Director Michael Curtiz’s 1938 movie tells the sentimental but highly appealing soap-opera story of romance for four early adult sisters in a small American town. It was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best […]

Oct, 11

Bedtime for Bonzo *** (1951, Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Peggy) – Classic Movie Review 5660

Director Frederick de Cordova’s 1951 farcical comedy Bedtime for Bonzo has a lot to answer for as the film that convinced its star Ronald Reagan to go into politics. For here is the infamous daft […]

Jun, 24

Girl Crazy **** (1943, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Gil Stratton) – Classic Movie Review 3607

Mickey Rooney stars as a rich party boy called Danny Churchill Jr, who gets packed off by his dad (Henry O’Neill) to an all-male college way out West to stop him being girl crazy. But, once there, […]

Apr, 24

Malice *** (1993, Bill Pullman, Nicole Kidman, Alec Baldwin) – Classic Movie Review 1509

Director Harold Becker’s 1993 thriller is a compulsively preposterous, bizarre and artificial suspense mystery movie, in which Bill Pullman and Nicole Kidman star as New England college dean Andy and his lovely younger wife Tracy, Andy’s former pupil who […]

Aug, 02

A Chump at Oxford **** (1940, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Peter Cushing) – Classic Movie Review 965

Director Alfred J Goulding’s 1940 movie A Chump at Oxford is a thoroughly likeable, appealing and enjoyable vintage comedy from movie greats Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, even if it is arguably maybe a mere fraction less […]

Mar, 22

Dean Spanley **** (2008, Peter O’Toole, Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Judy Parfitt, Art Malik) – Classic Movie Review 533

In 2008 Peter O’Toole gave an adorable performance in the British comedy drama film Dean Spanley as a crusty old Edwardian England dad, Fisk Senior, who has little time or affection for his son, Fisk […]

Dec, 16

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