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That’s My Wife **** (1929, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Aubrey) – Classic Movie Review 8572

‘There has been a serious misunderstanding in the Hardy family.’ Stan Laurel masquerades as Mrs Hardy to please Oliver Hardy’s rich uncle (William Courtwright) in director Lloyd French’s very inventive and funny 1929 two reeler […]

Jun, 09

Flying Elephants ** (1928, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Viola Richard) – Classic Movie Review 8513

‘6000 years ago all men were forced to marry or work on the rock pile – that’s why it was called the Stone Age.’ Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star as battling Stone Age cavemen […]

May, 29

Raise the Red Lantern [Da hong deng long gao gao gua] ***** (1991, Gong Li, Ma Jingwu, He Caifei) – Classic Movie Review 7879

Director Zhang Yimou’s 1991 Raise the Red Lantern [Da hong deng long gao gao gua] is a visually beautiful, exquisitely acted film set in Twenties China among the concubines of a rich clan leader, Chen Zuoqian, […]

Dec, 04

Studs Lonigan ** (1960, Christopher Knight, Frank Gorshin, Venetia Stevenson, Jack Nicholson, Dick Foran) – Classic Movie Review 7850

Christopher Knight stars in the 1960 drama Studs Lonigan as the title’s character Studs Lonigan, an Irish immigrant who adapts to life on the streets of Chicago and in the beds of various women in […]

Nov, 28

Return to Paradise ** (1953, Gary Cooper, Barry Jones, Roberta Haynes) – Classic Movie Review 7686

Director Mark Robson’s 1953 Return to Paradise stars Gary Cooper as Mr Morgan, a drifter sailor who lives in romantic bliss on the remote Pacific island of Matareva with island native Maeva (Roberta Haynes) in […]

Oct, 21

Tea for Two *** (1950, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, Eve Arden, Billy DeWolfe, S Z Sakall) – Classic Movie Review 7684

‘Everybody’s goin’ Gay with – Doris Day and Gordon MacRae.’ No, really? Director David Butler’s diverting 1950 Technicolor musical Tea for Two, a distant cousin to the Twenties show No, No, Nanette from which it […]

Oct, 20

The Golden Age of Comedy **** (1957, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Ben Turpin) – Classic Movie Review 7522

Producer-director Robert Youngson’s 1957 cinema feature The Golden Age of Comedy is his deservedly highly popular first trawl through the silent era archives. It is a hilarious compilation of classic scenes from silent comedy, featuring […]

Aug, 31

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