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Charlie Chan in Shanghai *** (1935, Warner Oland, Irene Hervey, Russell Hicks, Keye Luke, Halliwell Hobbes, Jon Hall) – Classic Movie Review 8692

Director James Tinling’s 1935 Charlie Chan in Shanghai is the ninth Charlie Chan film produced by 20th Century Fox with the title character played by Warner Oland. Charlie Chan heads for Shanghai on the request of the US […]

Jul, 11

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo ** (1937, Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Virginia Field) – Classic Movie Review 8689

Alas, director Eugene Forde’s 1938 thriller Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo is Warner Oland’s last Chan adventure, and it is hard to get excited about its plot concerning missing metallurgic bonds while Chan is on […]

Jul, 09

Charlie Chan at the Race Track *** (1936, Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Helen Wood) – Classic Movie Review 8688

‘Oh gee, Pop, when are we going to arrest somebody?’ asks Charlie Chan (Warner Oland)’s jumping-jack Number One Son, Lee Chan (Keye Luke). Has a prize horse kicked to death its rich owner just before […]

Jul, 09

County Hospital *** (1932, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Billy Gilbert, May Wallace, William Austin) – Classic Movie Review 8571

‘Mr Hardy fell on his leg and was laid up for two months. Mr Laurel fell on his head and hadn’t felt better in years.’ Director James Parrott’s 1932 Hal Roach Studios black and white […]

Jun, 09

Lepke *** (1975, Tony Curtis, Anjanette Comer, Michael Callan) – Classic Movie Review 8556

Director Menahem Golan’s 1974 true crime Israeli-American film Lepke is a typically Seventies violent gangster movie in the Thirties Warner Bros-style, with an inspired performance by Tony Curtis, cast against type, giving an interesting account […]

Jun, 05

Johnny Dangerously *** (1984, Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Boyle, Griffin Dunne, Richard Dimitri, Glynnis O’Connor, Dom DeLuise, Ray Walston, Danny DeVito) – Classic Movie Review 8406

Director Amy Heckerling’s 1984 comedy Johnny Dangerously stars Michael Keaton, who leads an amiable cast in a Thirties gangster spoof that falls slightly short of the target but still is amusing a lot of the […]

Apr, 28

The Day of the Locust *** (1975, Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, William Atherton, Burgess Meredith) – Classic Movie Review 8308

Director John Schlesinger’s 1975 drama The Day of the Locust stars William Atherton as Tod Hackett, an art director in the Hollywood of the 1930s who is heading for a nervous breakdown because of all […]

Mar, 29

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