Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "actor"

Check out all of the posts tagged with "actor".

Laurel and Hardy’s Laughing 20’s **** (1965, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase) – Classic Movie Review 7525

Writer-producer-director Robert Youngson’s Laurel and Hardy’s Laughing 20’s is a delectable feature film compilation of primarily Laurel and Hardy shorts, with some of Stan and Ollie’s finest scenes from the silent era. There are delightful […]

Sep, 01

Tales of Manhattan *** (1942, Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Cesar Romero, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Edward G Robinson, Paul Robeson) – Classic Movie Review 7397

It is a game of spotting the stars in director Julien Duvivier’s 1942 portmanteau fantasy anthology film Tales of Manhattan that tells of the effect a new, custom-made formal tailcoat has as it changes hands (or […]

Aug, 04

The Oscar ** (1966, Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Tony Bennett, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Cotten, Ernest Borgnine, Jill St John, Edie Adams, Ed Begley, Walter Brennan, Broderick Crawford, James Dunn, Peter Lawford) – Classic Movie Review 7234

‘This is the story of…The Dreamers and The Schemers…The Hustlers and The Hopefuls…The Free-loaders and The Phonies…The Fakers and The Famous…All Fighting for the Highest Possible Award!!’ Director Russell Rouse’s 1966 backstage story movie The […]

Jun, 30

Aventure Malgache *** (1944, Paul Bonifas, Paul Clarus, Jean Dattas) – Classic Movie Review 7102

Alfred Hitchcock’s second British wartime propaganda short film in French Aventure Malgache (1944) was made immediately after Bon Voyage and was again filmed by him for the British Ministry of Information. Hitchcock recalled ‘It was […]

May, 27

It’s Love I’m After **** (1937, Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles) – Classic Movie Review 6904

Director Archie Mayo’s frothy 1937 Warner Bros screwball comedy stars the exciting, formidable vintage team of Bette Davis, Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland, and is based on the original story Gentlemen after Midnight by […]

Apr, 08

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story **** (2017, documentary) – Movie Review

Bombshell: A fascinating, ultimately sad story, hauntingly well told. Who knew it? The famous Hollywood movie star Hedy Lamarr was an under-appreciated genius inventor. Wow! Writer-director Alexandra Dean’s biographical, historical documentary tells a fascinating, moving, and ultimately sad […]

Mar, 08

Madhouse *** (1974, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Adrienne Corri, Natasha Pyne, Linda Hayden, Barry Dennen) – Classic Movie Review 6592

Director Jim Clark’s larky 1974 Amicus Pictures horror picture and murder whodunit Madhouse has three top horror stars of the era in Vincent Price as the flamboyant Paul Toombes, Peter Cushing as the cool Herbert […]

Jan, 22

Navigation

Please use the navigation to move within this section.