Derek Winnert

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Broadway Melody of 1936 **** (1935, Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor, June Knight, Sid Silvers, Buddy Ebsen, Vilma Ebsen, Una Merkel, Frances Langford) – Classic Movie Review 3625

It took MGM quite a while to come up with a sequel to their 1929 Best Picture Oscar-winning  box-office smash, The Broadway Melody, but here finally, six years later in 1935, it is. However, they […]

Apr, 27

42nd Street ***** (1933, Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Una Merkel, Guy Kibbee, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers) – Classic Movie Review 3057

Director Lloyd Bacon’s 1933 movie virtually created, certainly established for all time the clichés of the backstage musical genre. Despite its great, venerable age, 42nd Street is still faster, funnier and brighter – and simply just […]

Nov, 14

The Parent Trap *** (1961, Hayley Mills, Maureen O’Hara, Brian Keith) – Classic Movie Review 2862

Writer-director David Swift’s inventive and amusing 1961 Walt Disney live-action comedy-adventure The Parent Trap tells the story of twin sisters who meet for the first time on a summer holiday and decide to try to […]

Aug, 29

The Kentuckian **** (1955, Burt Lancaster, Diana Lynn, Dianne Foster, Walter Matthau, John McIntire, Una Merkel, John Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 356

In his only film as sole director, Burt Lancaster also stars in this enjoyable 1955 Western, made for his company Hecht-Hill- Lancaster, with his producer partners Harold Hecht and James Hill. Sadly it had an […]

Nov, 03

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