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Kismet *** (1944, Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, James Craig, Edward Arnold, Hugh Herbert, Joy Ann Page, Florence Bates, Harry Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 7749

The MGM studio’s wonderfully plush and luscious remake of the Edward Knoblock stage yarn is World War Two wartime escapism gone mad, with notable casting in Ronald Colman as the beggar king Hafiz and Jamilla […]

Nov, 03

If I Were King **** (1938, Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee, Ellen Drew, C V France, Heather Thatcher, Henry Wilcoxon, Sidney Toler)- Classic Movie Review 4762

Director Frank Lloyd’s exuberant 1938 historical adventure stars Ronald Colman as the knavish Paris philosopher-poet François Villon and Basil Rathbone as the shrewd French King Louis XI. Bot stars are excellent in Paramount’s sleek and […]

Dec, 05

The Vagabond King ** (1956, Oreste Kirkop, Kathryn Grayson, Rita Moreno, Cedric Hardwicke, Walter Hampden, Leslie Nielsen, William Prince, Jack Lord) – Classic Movie Review 4761

Maltese tenor Oreste Kirkop is tuneful and dashing in the 1956 operetta film The Vagabond King. Kathryn Grayson warbles ably as Catherine de Vaucelles and Walter Hampden is outstanding as a wily King Louis XI. […]

Dec, 05

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