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Fric-Frac **** (1939, Michel Simon, Fernandel, Arletty) – Classic Movie Review 11,501

Three of France’s best ever film players, Fernandel, Michel Simon and Arletty, star in directors Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara’s bright and funny 1939  French comedy film Fric-Frac about jewellery shop salesman Marcel (Fernandel) mixed […]

Aug, 21

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs **** (1960, Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden, Angela Lansbury, Shirley Knight) – Classic Movie Review 9667

William Inge’s renowned Pulitzer prize-winning play The Dark at the Top of the Stairs transfers to the screen in Delbert Mann’s good looking but vaguely unsatisfactory, rather stagey 1960 film production, lovingly adapted by screen-writing […]

Apr, 23

Tom, Dick and Harry **** (1941, Ginger Rogers, George Murphy, Alan Marshal, Burgess Meredith, Phil Silvers) – Classic Movie Review 9019

Director Garson Kanin’s 1941 RKO romantic comedy Tom, Dick and Harry stars Ginger Rogers as telephonist Janie, who has the opportunity to choose one of three eligible bachelors: humble car salesman Tom (George Murphy), rich […]

Oct, 25

Never Let Go **½ (1960, Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Elizabeth Sellars, Adam Faith, Carol White, Mervyn Johns) – Classic Movie Review 7788

‘A New Peter Sellers – Tough and Ruthless!’ as a London villain in John Guillermin’s 1960 crime drama Never Let Go. Director John Guillermin’s 1960 British black and white crime drama thriller film Never Let […]

Nov, 15

Seize the Day *** (1986, Robin Williams, Joseph Wiseman, Jerry Stiller, Glenne Headly, Tony Roberts, Jo Van Fleet, William Hickey, Eileen Heckart) – Classic Movie Review 7663

Director Fielder Cook’s 1986 drama Seize the Day stars Robin Williams, who is stupendous as a Tommy Wilhelm, man in the middle of a personal and business crisis as he reaches 40, in this rewarding, […]

Oct, 12

The Iceman Cometh **** (1973, Lee Marvin, Fredric March, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges, Bradford Dillman) – Classic Movie Review 7382

Director John Frankenheimer’s remarkable 1973 The Iceman Cometh, made for The American Film Theatre, is an extremely satisfactory filmed-theatre version of Eugene O’Neill’s classic drama set in a 1912 waterfront bar. Lee Marvin, having a […]

Aug, 01

Housewife * (1934, George Brent, Bette Davis, Ann Dvorak, John Halliday) – Classic Movie Review 6900

Director Alfred E Green’s shaky, corny and unconvincing 1934 melodrama of romantic rivalry stars Bette Davis as blonde bombshell advertising copywriter Patricia Berkeley, who tries to vamp her co-worker and old lover William ‘Bill’ Reynolds […]

Apr, 08

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