Derek Winnert

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One Night in Lisbon *** (1941, Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Patricia Morison, Edmund Gwenn, Billie Burke, John Loder, Dame May Whitty) – Classic Movie Review 11,097

’36 hours of love!…’ Director Edward H Griffith’s 1941 Paramount Pictures black and white screwball comedy One Night in Lisbon is the welcome and enjoyable if uninspired fourth and penultimate paring of the delightful Madeleine […]

Apr, 14

Dear Octopus **** (1943, Margaret Lockwood, Michael Wilding, Celia Johnson, Roland Culver, Athene Seyler, Helen Haye, Frederick Leister) – Classic Movie Review 11,070

Director Harold French’s 1943 Gainsborough Pictures British black and white comedy drama film Dear Octopus [The Randolph Family] stars Margaret Lockwood and Michael Wilding, along with Celia Johnson, Roland Culver, Athene Seyler, Helen Haye and Frederick Leister. […]

Apr, 03

Diamond Horseshoe **** (1945, Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, Phil Silvers, Margaret Dumont, William Gaxton) – Classic Movie Review 11,044

Writer-director George Seaton’s 1945 Technicolor treat film Diamond Horseshoe [Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe] is based on the 1928 play The Barker by John Kenyon Nicholson, which has fun with Freudian psychoanalysis, and stars Betty Grable, […]

Mar, 25

Someone at the Door ** (1950, Michael Medwin, Garry Marsh, Yvonne Owen, Hugh Latimer, Danny Green) – Classic Movie Review 11,039

‘Let yourself in for a Big Laugh!’ Director Francis Searle’s 1950 British Hammer Films black and white comedy mystery thriller Someone at the Door stars Michael Medwin, Yvonne Owen, Garry Marsh, Hugh Latimer, Danny Green, […]

Mar, 23

Room to Let *** (1950, Jimmy Hanley, Valentine Dyall, Christine Silver) – Classic Movie Review 11,037

‘I do not like thee, Doctor Fell, The reason why – I cannot tell; But this I know, and know full well, I do not like thee, Doctor Fell.’ Hammer Films’ 1950 mystery thriller film […]

Mar, 22

Traveller’s Joy ** (1950, Googie Withers, John McCallum, Yolande Donlan, Maurice Denham, Geoffrey Summer, Dora Bryan, Anthony Forwood) – Classic Movie Review 11,004

Director Ralph Thomas’s 1950 black and white British comedy Traveller’s Joy is based on the hit London stage play by Arthur Macrae, and stars Googie Withers, John McCallum and Yolande Donlan. It is the last […]

Mar, 09

Treasure Hunt ** (1952, Jimmy Edwards, Martita Hunt, Athene Seyler, Naunton Wayne) – Classic Movie Review 11,002

Director John Paddy Carstairs’s 1952 black and white film Treasure Hunt is a madcap comedy with a gaggle of ageing relatives searching for their family’s nest-egg, which has mysteriously gone missing. It is based on […]

Mar, 08

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