Derek Winnert

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Mimi ** (1935, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Gertrude Lawrence, Diana Napier) – Classic Movie Review 12,733

The well-heeled 1935 British romantic film Mimi is based on Henri Murger’s 1851 novel La Vie de Bohème, and stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Gertrude Lawrence. Director Paul L Stein’s 1935 British black and white […]

Nov, 30

Escape Me Never (1947, Errol Flynn, Ida Lupino, Eleanor Parker, Gig Young) – Classic Movie Review 12,409

Warner Bros’ embarrassing, quite ghastly 1947 American romantic melodrama film Escape Me Never is set in Venice at the turn of the 20th century, and stars Errol Flynn, Ida Lupino, Eleanor Parker and Gig Young. […]

Jan, 24

Whistling in the Dark *** (1941, Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford, Virginia Grey, Eve Arden, Rags Ragland, Lloyd Corrigan) – Classic Movie Review 12,349

The 1941 film Whistling in the Dark is a modest, amusing comedy mystery thriller vehicle for the dizzy comic Red Skelton as Wally Benton, a radio murder mystery show star called The Fox.  Director S […]

Nov, 27

The Common Touch *** (1941, Geoffrey Hibbert, Greta Gynt, Raymond Lovell, Harry Welchman, Joyce Howard) Classic Movie Review 12,339

Director John Baxter’s sentimental, well-meaning 1941 British melodrama film The Common Touch is a remake of his 1933 film Doss House and stars Geoffrey Hibbert, Greta Gynt, Raymond Lovell, Harry Welchman, and Joyce Howard. It is about […]

Oct, 28

The Diary of Anne Frank *** (1980, Melissa Gilbert, Maximilian Schell, Joan Plowright, Doris Roberts, James Coco, Scott Jacoby, Clive Revill) – Classic Movie Review 12,332

Melissa Gilbert is excellent as Anne Frank in director Boris Sagal’s strongly cast, stalwart, moving 1980 TV movie remake of the 1959 feature film The Diary of Anne Frank. It re-tells the real-life story of […]

Oct, 20

The Cry of the Owl *** (2009, Paddy Considine, Julia Stiles, Karl Pruner, James Gilbert, Caroline Dhavernas) – Classic Movie Review 12,235

Director Jamie Thraves’s 2009 psychological crime thriller film The Cry of the Owl is a really rather satisfactory English language remake of Claude Chabrol’s 1987 French film Le Crie du Hibou, adapting Patricia Highsmith’s 1962 […]

Jul, 17

The Boy Cried Murder ** (1966, Fraser MacIntosh, Veronica Hurst, Phil Brown) – Classic Movie Review 12,089

The 1966 thriller film The Boy Cried Murder is a remake of the much admired 1949 film The Window, based on Cornell Woolrich’s novelette. Former child actor turned director George P Breakston’s uninspired 1966 British/ […]

Apr, 29

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