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Topper ***** (1937, Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray, Eugene Pallette) – Classic Movie Review 3671

Norman Z McLeod directs the sparkling 1937 vintage supernatural fantasy comedy classic Topper brightly, expertly and quite delicately and delightfully, with the help of a delicious screenplay by Jack Jevne, Eric Hatch and Eddie Moran, […]

May, 07

Wagonmaster **** (1950, Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey Jr, Ward Bond, Jane Darwell) – Classic Movie Review 2353

Director John Ford prefers taking care of atmosphere, acting and moral issues to developing plot in his striking and engaging 1950 movie. Ford offers a beautifully poetic treatment of a traditional, much travelled Western situation – the perilous […]

Apr, 04

The King and I **** (1956, Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno) – Classic Movie Review 2193

Director Walter Lang’s much loved five-Oscar-winning 1956 film of the Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) all-time great stage triumph, based on Margaret Landon’s book Anna and the King of Siam, is hugely […]

Feb, 20

My Darling Clementine ***** (1946, Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature) – Classic Movie Review 2081

Director John Ford’s splendid 1946 back and white Western tells a fanciful version of the tale of the Gunfight at the OK Corral. Career-best portrayals by Henry Fonda as a thin-lipped, tough, resolute lawman Wyatt […]

Jan, 17

A Study in Scarlet *** (1933, Reginald Owen, Warburton Gamble, Anna May Wong, June Clyde, Alan Dinehart, John Warburton) – Classic Movie Review 1281

Director Edwin L Marin’s 1933 detective mystery thriller film A Study in Scarlet stars Reginald Owen and Warburton Gamble as master detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, who investigate a case of robbery and multiple murder […]

Jun, 02

Sherlock Holmes *** (1932, Clive Brook, Reginald Owen) – Classic Movie Review 1280

Director William K Howard’s 1932 thriller updates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories to the 1930s, in a screenplay by Bertram Milhauser based on the hit stage play Sherlock Holmes by William Gillette. Clive Brook stars as […]

Jun, 02

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