Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "ballerina"

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Give a Girl a Break *** (1953, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Debbie Reynolds, Bob Fosse, Kurt Kasznar, Helen Wood) – Classic Movie Review 9987

Director Stanley Donen’s 1953 MGM ‘Breezy, Teasy Color by TECHNICOLOR Musical’ film Give a Girl a Break stars doughty dames Debbie Reynolds, Marge Champion and Helen Wood, each with their own champion, who vie for […]

Jul, 01

Midnight in St Petersberg *** (1996, Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Michael Sarrazin, Michelle Burke, Michael Gambon) – Classic Movie Review 9839

Michael Caine returns for the fifth and final time as one-time British secret agent Harry Palmer, in the 1996 made-for-TV thriller Midnight in St Petersburg, the sequel to Bullet to Beijing, released the year before, […]

May, 29

The Awful Dr Orloff [Gritos en la noche] *** (1962, Conrado San Martín, Diana Lorys, Howard Vernon, Ricardo Valle) – Classic Movie Review 9710

Writer-director Jesús Franco’s 1962 Spanish horror movie The Awful Dr Orloff [Gritos en la noche] stars Howard Vernon as Dr Orloff. He is a mad doctor who kidnaps beautiful women to operate on them and […]

May, 03

Girl **** (2018, Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart) – Movie Review

Victor Polster is sensational as the 15-year-old Lara, born in the body of a boy, who dreams of becoming a ballerina, in co-writer/ director Lukas Dhont’s Girl (2018). You could put this another way, Victor Polster is sensational as […]

Oct, 14

Summer Interlude [Sommarlek] [Illicit Interlude] **** (1951, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten, Alf Kjellin) – Classic Movie Review 7354

Co-writer/ director Ingmar Bergman’s early lyrical, delicate and sensuous 1951 black and white film Summer Interlude (Sommarlek) hauntingly recalls the bitter-sweet memories of a prima ballerina’s tender first love affair at the age of 15. Bergman […]

Jul, 27

Days of Glory *** (1944, Gregory Peck, Tamara Toumanova, Alan Reed) – Classic Movie Review 6126

Director Jacques Tourneur’s 1944 movie is memorable mostly for one thing, as Gregory Peck and Tamara Toumanova both make their first screen appearances in this heartfelt, convincingly handled wartime story about plucky Russian guerrillas plotting […]

Oct, 22

Waterloo Bridge **** (1940, Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson) – Classic Movie Review 5422

Director Mervyn LeRoy’s 1940 vintage black and white MGM romance Waterloo Bridge is a sweet, tear-jerking winner, although it cries out for Technicolor when Joseph Ruttenberg shoots it in black and white. Though Vivien Leigh […]

May, 08

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