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The Enchanted Cottage **** (1945, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall, Mildred Natwick) – Classic Movie Review 12,354

Its star Robert Young said the 1945 romantic fantasy film The Enchanted Cottage is ‘the best love story that’s ever been written. It was one of those films I hated to see end. It was such […]

Nov, 29

Wives and Lovers *** (1963, Janet Leigh, Van Johnson, Shelley Winters, Martha Hyer) – Classic Movie Review 12,163

Good stars Janet Leigh, Van Johnson and Shelley Winters enliven the offbeat Sixties sex comedy Wives and Lovers (1963). Director John Rich’s 1963 Hal Wallis Productions/ Paramount Pictures black and white comedy film Wives and […]

Jun, 07

The Late George Apley *** (1947, Ronald Colman, Edna Best, Vanessa Brown, Richard Haydn, Peggy Cummins) – Classic Movie Review 11,982

Joseph L Mankiewicz’s 1947 comedy romance film The Late George Apley stars Ronald Colman, Edna Best and Peggy Cummins, and is based on John P Marquand’s hit novel and play. Director Joseph L Mankiewicz’s 1947 […]

Mar, 05

Ever in My Heart **** (1933, Barbara Stanwyck, Otto Kruger, Ralph Bellamy) – Classic Movie Review 9652

Director Archie Mayo’s 1933 romantic drama Ever in My Heart finds Barbara Stanwyck on top tragic form as Mary Archer, who marries foreign – German! – academic Hugo Wilbrandt (Otto Kruger) pre-World War One. Hugo […]

Apr, 19

The Lighthouse *** (2019, Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe) – Movie Review

Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe are both tremendous under very difficult circumstances in perfectly judged performances as lighthouse keepers Thomas Howard and Thomas Wake going crazy while living and working on a remote New England […]

Jan, 31

Mourning Becomes Electra ** (1947, Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katina Paxinou, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Coleman, Leo Genn, Henry Hull) – Classic Movie Review 7263

Ah, yes, ‘Mother and Daughter Loving the Same Man!’ That idea could make an American romcom or it could be a Greek tragedy. Certainly here we don’t see the funny side of it. Writer/ producer/ […]

Jul, 07

Come to the Stable *** (1949, Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, Elsa Lanchester, Thomas Gomez, Dooley Wilson, Regis Toomey) – Classic Movie Review 7249

Director Henry Koster’s 1949 true story comedy drama Come to the Stable stars Loretta Young and Celeste Holm as French nuns Sister Margaret and Sister Scholastica, who arrive and set out win the hearts and help of […]

Jul, 05

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