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Bulldog Drummond Escapes *** (1937, Ray Milland, Guy Standing, Heather Angel, Reginald Denny, Porter Hall, Fay Holden, E E Clive) – Classic Movie Review 8,191

The amusing 1937 American mystery thriller film Bulldog Drummond Escapes stars Ray Milland as Captain Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond, who tries to save beautiful heiress Phyllis Clavering (Heather Angel) from a spy organisation. Paramount Pictures’ first […]

Mar, 02

The Return of Bulldog Drummond *** (1934, Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Joyce Kennedy, Claud Allister) – Classic Movie Review 8190

The treasurable Ralph Richardson makes a rousing Major Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Hugh Drummond in Sapper’s fascist tale of organising a black-shirted vigilante group of men from his former unit to end crime in Britain by removing wily […]

Mar, 02

Oliver the Eighth ** (1934, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Jack Barty) – Classic Movie Review 8186

Director Lloyd French’s 1934 comedy short Oliver the Eighth is, naturally enough, about Oliver, Oliver Hardy, that is, who answers a personal column ad to marry a wealthy widow called Mrs Fox (Mae Busch), who […]

Mar, 02

Rambling Rose **** (1991, Laura Dern, Robert Duvall, Diane Ladd) – Classic Movie Review 8115

Director Martha Coolidge’s 1991 drama Rambling Rose is one of those intelligent, bitter-sweet, sentimental, On Golden Pond-style films the Americans do so well, and actors in the US live for because they provide the Oscar-winning […]

Feb, 10

Tarzan Finds a Son! *** (1939, Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O’Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield) – Classic Movie Review 8053

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1939 jungle adventure Tarzan Finds a Son! is spirited stuff, shot in Florida. Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan return as Tarzan and Jane, who find an abandoned child (Johnny Sheffield), whose parents […]

Jan, 23

Red Sorghum [Hong gao liang] ***** (1988, Gong Li, Jiang Wen, Teng Rujun) – Classic Movie Review 7878

Director Zhang Yimou’s dazzlingly brilliant 1988 Red Sorghum [Hong gao liang] is a masterly epic drama from China that charts the life of a teenage bride (Gong Li), from her wedding in the 1930s up […]

Dec, 03

Kansas City *** (1996, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy, Dermot Mulroney, Steve Buscemi) – Classic Movie Review 7670

Producer-director Robert Altman’s tense, involving, tough-toned 1996 crime film Kansas City stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy, Dermot Mulroney and Steve Buscemi. In the screenplay by Altman and Frank Barhydt, a pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics […]

Oct, 16

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