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The Perfect Woman *** (1949, Patricia Roc, Nigel Patrick, Stanley Holloway, Miles Malleson, Irene Handl, David Hurst) – Classic Movie Review 12,213

‘Designed for tired businessmen!’ THE PERFECT WOMAN (1949) is a robot! Director Bernard Knowles’s 1949 British comedy film The Perfect Woman stars Patricia Roc as Penelope Belman, the niece of scientist Professor Belman (Miles Malleson), […]

Jun, 30

Step Lively, Jeeves! *** (1937, Arthur Treacher, Patricia Ellis, Robert Kent, Alan Dinehart, George Givot, Helen Flint) – Classic Movie Review 11,993

Director Eugene Forde’s 1937 comedy Step Lively, Jeeves! stars Arthur Treacher, Patricia Ellis, Robert Kent, Alan Dinehart, George Givot and Helen Flint. The film is based on P G Wodehouse’s characters but not on any […]

Mar, 09
The Diary of a Chambermaid *** (1946, Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, Hurd Hatfield, Reginald Owen, Judith Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 8736

The Diary of a Chambermaid *** (1946, Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, Hurd Hatfield, Reginald Owen, Judith Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 8736

Jean Renoir’s 1946 Hollywood version of Octave Mirbeau’s bourgeois-knocking novel about a grasping chambermaid hovers uncertainly between burlesque and tragedy but gives the performers the eagerly grabbed chance for a field day of brio acting. […]

Jul, 20

Fancy Pants *** (1950, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabot) – Classic Movie Review 8244

Director George Marshall’s 1950 comedy Fancy Pants is a funny musical re-interpretation of the 1935 Ruggles of Red Gap, with the delicious, ideally paired two stars Bob Hope and Lucille Ball having bags of fun […]

Mar, 14

Ruggles of Red Gap **** (1935, Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, ZaSu Pitts, Roland Young) – Classic Movie Review 8243

Director Leo McCarey’s 1935 Ruggles of Red Gap is a bona fide classic Thirties comedy showcasing Charles Laughton’s definitive comic turn as the quintessential English butler/ valet Marmarduke Ruggles, lost in a poker game by […]

Mar, 14

Breakfast for Two *** (1937, Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Glenda Farrell, Eric Blore, Donald Meek) – Classic Movie Review 6772

There is plenty of zing and sparkle, and there are lots of laughs too to be found in director Alfred Santell’s engaging, fast-paced 1937 romantic comedy, with its two stars Barbara Stanwyck and Herbert Marshall […]

Mar, 06

Higher and Higher *** (1943, Michèle Morgan, Jack Haley, Frank Sinatra, Leon Errol) – Classic Movie Review 6587

Director Tim Whelan’s 1943 RKO movie is a pleasantly entertaining romantic musical comedy, based on the show by Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan. Nominated for two Oscars, it showcases Frank Sinatra’s first major role, though […]

Jan, 21

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