Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "anthology film"

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Three Cases of Murder *** (1955, Alan Badel, Orson Welles, John Gregson, Elizabeth Sellars) – Classic Movie Review 10,047

Alan Badel and Orson Welles star in the 1955 British compendium crime drama movie Three Cases of Murder. The 1955 British compendium crime drama movie Three Cases of Murder offers three creepy yarns, three directors […]

Jul, 17

The Seven Deadly Sins [Les Sept Péchés Capitaux] * (1961) – Classic Movie Review 9874

In this 1961 black and white French remake of a classic 1952 portmanteau movie The Seven Deadly Sins [Les Sept Péchés Capitaux], an extraordinary gathering of prestigious French film-makers come together to contribute to this […]

Jun, 07

Roseland **** (1977, Teresa Wright, Lou Jacobi, Don De Natale, Christopher Walken, Joan Copeland, Lilia Skala, Geraldine Chaplin) – Classic Movie Review 9685

Merchant-Ivory’s 1977 three-part drama film Roseland is a subtle, poignant, slow-burning charmer, set in the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. It stars Teresa Wright, Lou Jacobi, Geraldine Chaplin, Christopher Walken, Joan Copeland, and Lilia Skala. Director […]

Apr, 28

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

O Henry’s Full House **** (1952, Charles Laughton, David Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Dale Robertson, Richard Widmark, Anne Baxter, Jean Peters, Gregory Ratoff, Fred Allen, Oscar Levant, Jeanne Crain, Farley Granger) – Classic Movie Review 7343

‘A dozen top stars – five famed directors – bring you the best stories of O. Henry!’ The 20th Century Fox studio’s compendium anthology film of five of O Henry’s most celebrated stories from his New […]

Jul, 26

The Yellow Rolls-Royce *** (1964, Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, Jeanne Moreau, Shirley MacLaine, George C Scott, Alain Delon, Omar Sharif) – Classic Movie Review 6471

Director Anthony Asquith’s super-sleek, plush, purring but featherweight 1964 portmanteau movie (anthology film) The Yellow Rolls-Royce follows the fortunes of three different owners of this Phantom II yellow Rolls-Royce from the Twenties to the Forties. […]

Dec, 25

Quartet **** (1948, Dirk Bogarde, Honor Blackman, Susan Shaw, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Jack Watling, Mai Zetterling, Nora Swinburne, Cecil Parker, George Cole) – Classic Movie Review 3180

In this 1948 British black and white compendium movie, Quartet, esteemed author W Somerset Maugham plays host and himself introduces each of four entertaining, superbly cast short films of his own stories, with four different […]

Dec, 22

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