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The Age of Innocence ** (1934, Irene Dunne, John Boles, Lionel Atwill, Laura Hope Crews, Helen Westley, Julie Haydon) – Classic Movie Review 12,527

RKO’s 1934 film The Age of Innocence is an intriguing but rather unpersuasive Victorian romantic melodrama taken from Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer prize-winning classic 1920 novel, remade by Martin Scorsese in 1993. Director Philip Moeller’s 1934 […]

Jun, 02

The Arnelo Affair *** (1947, George Murphy, Frances Gifford, John Hodiak, Eve Arden, Dean Stockwell, Warner Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 12,380

Writer-director Arch Oboler’s entertaining 1947 MGM black and white film The Arnelo Affair stars George Murphy, Frances Gifford, John Hodiak, Dean Stockwell, and Eve Arden. The Arnelo Affair is a more than acceptable film noir […]

Jan, 04

Take Her, She’s Mine ** (1963, James Stewart, Sandra Dee) – Classic Movie Review 11,729

James Stewart is the main asset of the 1963 comical movie Take Her, She’s Mine. Director Henry Koster’s 1963 20th Century Fox American comedy film Take Her, She’s Mine is based on the 1961 Broadway […]

Nov, 17

Never Steal Anything Small ** (1959, James Cagney, Shirley Jones, Roger Smith, Cara Williams) – Classic Movie Review 11,638

Director Charles Lederer’s 1959 American CinemaScope comedy-drama musical film Never Steal Anything Small stars James Cagney as Jake Macllaney, a corrupt dockers’ union leader who will stop at nothing to be re-elected, and lusts after Linda Cabot (Shirley […]

Oct, 10

The People Against O’Hara **** (1951, Spencer Tracy, Pat O’Brien, Diana Lynn, James Arness, John Hodiak, Eduardo Ciannelli) – Classic Movie Review 8994

Director John Sturges’s 1951 film noir crime drama The People Against O’Hara stars Spencer Tracy as James Curtayne, an over-the-hill lawyer with a drink problem who, though more or less retired, gets back in the […]

Oct, 19

…and justice for all **** (1979, Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe, Lee Strasberg, Christine Lahti, Sam Levene, Jeffrey Tambor) – Classic Movie Review 8,797

The ironic title of Norman Jewison’s 1979 crime thriller And Justice for All hides a wildly funny and despairing film that shows the US legal system in the worst possible light. It was nominated for […]

Aug, 05

A Short Film About Killing [Krótki film o zabijaniu] **** (1988, Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz) – Classic Movie Review 8443

Filmed in autumnal hues, with unsettling camera shots and jump cuts to disturbing images, Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski’s thought-provoking 1988 crime drama A Short Film About Killing [Krótki film o zabijaniu] is the deeply troubling […]

May, 07

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