Derek Winnert

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The Prince Who Was a Thief *** (1951, Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Everett Sloane, Peggie Castle, Donald Randolph, Jeff Corey, Betty Garde, Marvin Miller) – Classic Movie Review 4542

Director Rudolph Maté’s bright, lively and colourful 1951 swashbuckler movie The Prince Who Was a Thief is pure Hollywood escapist romantic adventure hokum, set against a backdrop of 13th-century Tangiers. The young Tony Curtis (already […]

Oct, 26

Sinbad the Sailor *** (1947, Douglas Fairbanks Jnr, Walter Slezak, Maureen O’Hara, Anthony Quinn, George Tobias, Jane Greer) – Classic Movie Review 3718

Douglas Fairbanks Jnr’s magically acrobatic performance as Sinbad in the kind of role his father Douglas Fairbanks Snr pioneered in silent movies is the chief delight of director Richard Wallace’s lavish Technicolorful 1947 RKO swashbuckling adventure […]

May, 19

Arabian Nights [Il fiore delle mille e una notte] **** (1974, Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Merli, Ines Pellegrini) – Classic Movie Review 3202

Co-writer/director Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1974 movie is the third and finest of his Trilogy of Life movies of mediaeval stories after The Decameron (1971) and The Canterbury Tales (1972), in which tales from Thousand and […]

Dec, 31

The Thief of Bagdad ***** (1940, Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez, Rex Ingram, John Justin) – Classic Movie Review 39

Remaking Douglas Fairbanks Sr’s 1924 silent movie classic, The Thief of Bagdad, producer Alexander Korda’s brilliantly thrilling and gorgeous 1940 Arabian Nights fantasy gem The Thief of Bagdad overflows with dazzling magic, eye-popping designs and […]

Jul, 10

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