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The Mystery of the Mary Celeste ** (1935, Béla Lugosi, Shirley Grey, Arthur Margetson, Edmund Willard, Dennis Hoey) – 2022 Classic Movie Review 12,167

Béla Lugosi goes crazy on the sailing ship Mary Celeste, as Hammer Film Productions solve The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935).  The 1935 British mystery film The Mystery of the Mary Celeste is one of […]

Jun, 11

The Lightship * (1985, Robert Duvall, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Badja Djola, Arliss Howard, William Forsythe) – Classic Movie Review 11,678

Director Jerzy Skolimowski’s 1985 American drama film The Lightship is a very odd, quite theatrical piece, about a trio of criminals led by Caspary (played by Robert Duvall in offbeat casting as a caricatured, though […]

Oct, 26

New Moon **** (1940, Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Mary Boland) – Classic Movie Review 11,319

‘The King and Queen of Song… gloriously together again… in a red-blooded romance… of moonlight and music… love and danger… buccaneers and beauties!’ Producer-director Robert Z Leonard’s 1940 MGM musical New Moon is based on […]

Jun, 18

Sin Takes a Holiday *** (1930, Constance Bennett, Kenneth MacKenna, Basil Rathbone) – Classic Movie Review 11,271

Director Paul L Stein’s 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy Sin Takes a Holiday stars Constance Bennett, Kenneth MacKenna and Basil Rathbone in brightly played performances. The fairly witty screenplay by Horace Jackson is based on […]

Jun, 04

Kidnapped *** (1971, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Jack Hawkins, Donald Pleasence, Lawrence Douglas, Gordon Jackson, Freddie Jones, Jack Watson, Vivien Heilbron) – Classic Movie Review 10,701

‘Robert Louis Stevenson’s Great Adventure Story… Now a Monumental Motion Picture!’ Director Delbert Mann’s 1971 British-made adventure Kidnapped is the fourth big movie attempt at the Robert Louis Stevenson tale of adventure and romance – […]

Dec, 23

Thunder Rock *** (1942, Michael Redgrave, James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Barbara Mullen ) – Classic Movie Review 10,533

‘Strange Emotions Stir the Pulse… when LOVE and PASSION clash in the world’s loneliest outpost!’ David Charleston (Michael Redgrave): ‘For all humanity I make one wish: let the people die off fast.’ Director Roy Boulting’s […]

Nov, 12

Gambling Ship ** (1933, Cary Grant, Benita Hume, Jack La Rue, Arthur Vinton, Roscoe Karns, Glenda Farrell) – Classic Movie Review 10,402

Directors Louis J Gasnier and Max Marcin’s slightly soggy 1933 mob tale Gambling Ship stars Cary Grant in one of his least known movies as retired gambling boss Ace Corbin, who is caught between warring […]

Oct, 11

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