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Agatha *** (1979, Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton) – Classic Movie Review 10,936

Director Michael Apted’s 1979 imaginative British biopic Agatha is based on a film story by Kathleen Tynan, and stars Vanessa Redgrave, Dustin Hoffman and Timothy Dalton. It is helpfully advertised as ‘a fictional solution to […]

Feb, 19

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay *** (1944, Gail Russell, Diana Lynn, Charles Ruggles, Dorothy Gish) – Classic Movie Review 10,104

‘FROM THE GAY BEST-SELLER THAT STOLE AMERICA’S HEART!’ Director Lewis Allen’s popular 1944 episodic comedy drama Our Hearts Were Young and Gay stars Gail Russell and Diana Lynn, who give sparky turns as best pals trawling […]

Jul, 29

45 Minutes from Hollywood *** (1926, Glenn Tryon, Theda Bara, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy) Classic Movie Review 10,051

Director Fred Guiol’s 1926 two-reel silent film 45 Minutes from Hollywood stars Glenn Tryon as Orville but it is remembered as the second time Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy appear in the same film – […]

Jul, 17

The Lucky Dog *** (1921, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Florence Gilbert) – Classic Movie Review 10,041

Writer-director Jess Robbins’s 1921 silent black and white short film The Lucky Dog makes screen history as the first film with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, though not as a comedy duo, but appearing in […]

Jul, 15

The Sun Also Rises *** (1957, Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Errol Flynn, Eddie Albert, Robert Evans, Juliette Greco) – Classic Movie Review 10,000

A fine cast distinguishes director Henry King’s 1957 film The Sun Also Rises, 20th Century Fox’s CinemaScope, Deluxe Color version of Ernest Hemingway’s story of a ‘lost generation’ of 1920’s American ex-patriates living in Paris. […]

Jul, 04

Should Married Men Go Home? *** (1928, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Kay Deslys, Edna Marion, Viola Richard) – Classic Movie Review 9724

‘Question: What is the surest way to keep a husband home? Answer: Break both his legs.’ Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy leave their wives to go golfing, chased off by Mrs Hardy (Kay Deslys) after […]

May, 06

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

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