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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

Mister Moses * (1965, Robert Mitchum, Carroll Baker, Ian Bannen, Alexander Knox, Raymond St Jacques) – Classic Movie Review 10,012

‘Joe Moses is his name… stealing Africa is his game!’ Director Ronald Neame’s badly dated 1965 adventure film Mister Moses is feeble if well-meaning Boys Own adventure stuff, with a quasi-Bible theme, reworking the story […]

Jul, 07

The Roots of Heaven ** (1958, Errol Flynn, Juliette Gréco, Trevor Howard, Eddie Albert, Orson Welles, Herbert Lom, Paul Lukas) – Classic Movie Review 8971

Director John Huston’s 1958 adventure drama The Roots of Heaven is a bumpy ride, in which the intelligent dialogue and messages (based on Romain Gary’s novel) take second place to mediocre adventure. It stars the […]

Oct, 09

Dumbo ** (2019, Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Alan Arkin) – Movie Review

What a dull and uninspired film director Tim Burton’s part-live-action, part-CGI remake of the magical 1941 Disney cartoon Dumbo is! The rusty gears crank up, but it never takes flight. To be fair, Burton was […]

Apr, 09

Journey Back to Oz *** (1972, voices of Liza Minnelli, Mickey Rooney, Milton Berle, Margaret Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 8332

Director Hal Sutherland’s 1972 full-length musical cartoon adventure Journey Back to Oz is exactly what the title says, with Liza Minnelli voicing her mother Judy Garland’s best-known role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, […]

Apr, 04

Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion ** (1965, Marshall Thompson, Betsy Drake, Richard Haydn) – Classic Movie Review 8213

Director Andrew Marton’s 1965 children’s and family comedy adventure movie Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion is the pilot for the 89 episode Sixties TV show Daktari (1966–1969), which was given a cinema release. Marshall Thompson stars […]

Mar, 07

Tarzan Goes to India ** (1962, Jock Mahoney, Leo Gordon, Mark Dana) – Classic Movie Review 8066

Producer Sy Weintraub took over the Tarzan franchise from Sol Lesser with Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure in 1959 and Tarzan the Magnificent (1960), and gave it a bright new look in colour, reviving the series, and now gives it […]

Jan, 27

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