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Wee Willie Winkie **** (1937, Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C Aubrey Smith, June Lang) – Classic Movie Review 9282

Rudyard Kipling’s story about a little boy in 19th-century India is adapted as a vehicle for Shirley Temple in director John Ford’s 1937 adventure Wee Willie Winkie. Kipling wrote about Percival Williams, but Temple plays […]

Jan, 20

Little Dorrit **** (1987, Derek Jacobi, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Sarah Pickering,) – Classic Movie Review 9263

Director Christine Edzard’s rich 1987 film Little Dorrit is a deservedly praised, huge-canvas two-part film of Charles Dickens’s romantic drama/ social satire about good Samaritan Arthur Clennam (Derek Jacobi), who returns to England after 20 […]

Jan, 15

Waco ** (1966, Howard Keel, Jane Russell, Brian Donlevy, Wendell Corey, John Smith, Terry Moore) – Classic Movie Review 9256

‘Ain’t much wind to speak of, so the stink can’t be blowing in from the stables!’ – Waco Director R G Springsteen’s 1966 Western film Waco stars Howard Keel as tough gunfighter cowboy Waco, who […]

Jan, 13

Saint Joan *** (1957, Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark, Richard Todd, Anton Walbrook, Felix Aylmer, John Gielgud) – Classic Movie Review 9255

Producer-director Otto Preminger’s 1957 biographical drama Saint Joan stars Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark, Richard Todd, Anton Walbrook, Felix Aylmer and John Gielgud. Despite this strong cast, it was always going to be a tricky task […]

Jan, 12

Trottie True [The Gay Lady] *** (1949, Jean Kent, James Donald, Hugh Sinclair, Bill Owen, Andrew Crawford) – Classic Movie Review 9217

‘Don’t Miss This Miss… from her WINK to her MINK… this lady was GAY!’ Director Brian Desmond Hurst’s sentimental, entertaining and campy 1949 Edwardian era rags to riches musical romantic comedy Trottie True [The Gay […]

Jan, 02

Trooper Hook *** (1957, Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Earl Holliman) – Classic Movie Review 9215

Director Charles Marquis Warren’s 1957 star-powered black and white action Western film Trooper Hook stars veteran stalwarts Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea. McCrea plays Sergeant Clovis Hook, who escorts Cora Sutliff (Stanwyck) and her half-breed […]

Jan, 02

Little Nellie Kelly ** (1940, Judy Garland, George Murphy, Charles Winninger) – Classic Movie Review 9202

Director Norman Taurog’s 1940 MGM black and white family musical comedy Little Nellie Kelly is a forgotten, or at any rate overlooked, Judy Garland movie, although it was a hit at the time, earning MGM […]

Dec, 29

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