Derek Winnert

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Ned Kelly ** (1970, Mick Jagger, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Mark McManus, Frank Thring, Ken Goodlet, Bruce Barry) – Classic Movie Review 8351

British director Tony Richardson took a miscast Mick Jagger Down Under for his 1970 true story adventure film Ned Kelly, a thoughtful if misguided action biopic of the legendary 19th-century Aussie outback outlaw Ned Kelly […]

Apr, 10

Joseph Andrews ** (1977, Ann-Margret, Peter Firth, Michael Hordern, Beryl Reid, Jim Dale, Peter Bull, John Gielgud, Hugh Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 8331

Director Tony Richardson re-enters Tom Jones country (the scene of his 1963 movie triumph) for this romping and rollicking farcical tale of a lusty servant Joseph Andrews (Peter Firth) in the 18th century. Ann-Margret stars […]

Apr, 03

Johnny Trouble *** (1957, Ethel Barrymore, Cecil Kellaway, Stuart Whitman, Carolyn Jones, Edd Byrnes) – Classic Movie Review 8328

Director John H Auer’s 1957 Warner Bros black and white romantic drama Johnny Trouble stars lovely old Ethel Barrymore (aged 77) as Katherine Chandler, who desperately searches for her lost errant grandson, Johnny Chandler, nicknamed […]

Apr, 02

Kipps [The Remarkable Mr Kipps] ***½ (1941, Michael Redgrave, Phyllis Calvert, Diana Wynyard) – Classic Movie Review 1836

Director Carol Reed’s 1941 vintage film Kipps [The Remarkable Mr Kipps] stars an ideally cast Michael Redgrave, who does wonders with the role of H G Wells’s draper’s assistant and apprentice Mr Arthur Kipps. He […]

Nov, 12

Dumbo **** (1941, voices of Sterling Holloway, Edward Brophy, James Baskett) – Classic Movie Review 1253

Walt Disney’s simple, charming, beautifully animated 1941 cartoon Dumbo, made in hand-painted images and filmed in gorgeous Technicolor, tells the magical tale of a flying baby elephant with big ears, who learns to fly using […]

May, 26

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