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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

Dead of Winter *** (1987, Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubes) – Classic Movie Review 7311

Director Arthur Penn’s enjoyable 1986 thriller Dead of Winter stars Mary Steenburgen (in one of three roles) as a struggling actress called Katie McGovern, who is lured by the promise of an audition and possible work […]

Jul, 19

The Actress *** (1953, Jean Simmons, Spencer Tracy, Teresa Wright, Anthony Perkins) – Classic Movie Review 7142

Actress Ruth Gordon turned her early life as a stage-struck Massachusetts teenager into a Broadway play, Years Ago, and now into a film, director George Cukor’s 1953 The Actress, for which she writes the screenplay. […]

Jun, 09

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

Breakfast for Two *** (1937, Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Glenda Farrell, Eric Blore, Donald Meek) – Classic Movie Review 6772

There is plenty of zing and sparkle, and there are lots of laughs too to be found in director Alfred Santell’s engaging, fast-paced 1937 romantic comedy, with its two stars Barbara Stanwyck and Herbert Marshall […]

Mar, 06

Fools for Scandal * (1938, Carole Lombard, Fernand Gravet, Ralph Bellamy, Allen Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 6755

Carole Lombard is uninspired in a rare flop movie for her. Director Mervyn LeRoy’s 1938 Warner Bros movie is an unexpectedly sad failure of a romantic comedy in which Fernand Gravey [Gravet] stars as a broke French […]

Mar, 01

The Killing of Sister George **** (1968, Beryl Reid, Susannah York, Coral Browne) – Classic Movie Review 6553

Director Robert Aldrich’s dark-toned 1969 lesbian drama features a splendid, career-best performance by Beryl Reid as June ‘George’ Buckridge, the ageing, bad-tempered, drunken lesbian actress whose imminent demise in a radio serial makes life hell […]

Jan, 13

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