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The Trespasser *** (1929, Gloria Swanson, Robert Ames, Purnell Pratt, Henry B Walthall, Wally Albright) – Classic Movie Review 6296

Silent super-star Gloria Swanson earned an Academy Award nomination for her much talked-about 1929 talkie debut, written and directed by Edmund Goulding. It is advertised as ‘Her First ALL TALKING Picture’. It was first filmed as a silent, but […]

Nov, 23

The Gilded Lily *** (1935, Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, C Aubrey Smith) – Classic Movie Review 5475

Claudette Colbert stars in writer/ director Wesley Ruggles’s amusing 1935 American screwball romantic comedy film The Gilded Lily as Marilyn David, a New York stenographer/ typist who dithers romantically. She is unable to make up […]

May, 18

Thoroughly Modern Millie **** (1967, Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, John Gavin, James Fox, Carol Channing, Beatrice Lillie) – Classic Movie Review 5158

Director George Roy Hill’s charming 1967 musical Thoroughly Modern Millie is a perfect vehicle for the thoroughly captivating Julie Andrews as the Twenties flapper Millie Dillmount. She discovers a new real chum in a sweet, innocent, […]

Mar, 15

The Suspect **** (1944, Charles Laughton, Ella Raines, Molly Lamont, Dean Harens, Stanley C Ridges) – Classic Movie Review 2281

Director Robert Siodmak’s striking and suspenseful 1944 thriller stars Charles Laughton as unhappily married, henpecked tobacconist Philip Marshall, who is pushed to the edge under the torment of persistent nagging by his nasty wife Cora […]

Mar, 18

Pulp **** (1972, Michael Caine, Mickey Rooney, Lizabeth Scott, Lionel Stander, Dennis Price) – Classic Movie Review 2164

Writer-director Mike Hodges’s acclaimed 1972 cult movie is a jokey homage to or send-up of the film noir genre. It stars Michael Caine as a seedy writer of sleazy pulp fiction novels called Mickey King, who […]

Feb, 10

The Gambler *** (1997, Michael Gambon, Jodhi May, Polly Walker, Dominic West, Luise Rainer) – Classic Movie Review 2027

Director Károly Makk’s 1997 film adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s classic novella The Gambler stars Michael Gambon as the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jodhi May, Polly Walker and Dominic West as the obsessively addicted gambler Alexei. Its fresh take […]

Dec, 31

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