Derek Winnert

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Freaks ***** (1932, Wallace Ford, Olga Baclanova, Leila Hyams, Roscoe Ates, Harry Earles, Daisy Earles, Henry Victor) – Classic Movie Review 2462

‘Gooba-gobble, gooba-gobble. We accept her. One of us, one of us.’ MGM production supervisor Irving Thalberg, a man of discernment who produced immaculately tasteful films like Romeo and Juliet, ordered something that ‘out-horrors Frankenstein’. And director […]

May, 08

The Greatest Show on Earth **** (1952, Betty Hutton, Charlton Heston, Gloria Grahame, James Stewart, Cornel Wilde, Dorothy Lamour) – Classic Movie Review 2456

Cecil B DeMille carried off the Best Picture Oscar for The Greatest Show on Earth (1952). Gloria Grahame had to let an elephant rest its foot an inch from her face.  Big, bigger, biggest seems […]

May, 06

The Valley of Gwangi **** (1969, James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson, Laurence Naismith) – Classic Movie Review 2434

Director James O’Connolly’s 1969 monster movie The Valley of Gwangi is a big treat for all fans of dinosaur movies. It features a huge T-Rex called Gwangi, so named from a Native American word meaning lizard. […]

Apr, 28

I’m No Angel **** (1933, Mae West, Cary Grant) – Classic Movie Review 1272

Director Wesley Ruggles’s immortal 1933 comedy stars the monumental Mae West at her peak in her third motion picture, playing Tira, a carnival performer romancing Jack Clayton (Cary Grant) as she sings five tunes, trains a […]

Jun, 01

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

Bringing Up Baby ***** (1938, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, May Robson, Fritz Feld) – Classic Film Review 1,229

Producer-director Howard Hawks’s 1938 classic film Bringing Up Baby is the quintessential 30s screwball comedy, providing a perfect showcase for the ultimate in polished zany performances from its all-time great stars Katharine Hepburn and Cary […]

May, 18

Octopussy *** (1983, Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Steven Berkoff, Vijay Amritraj, Kristina Wayborn, Kabir Bedi) – Classic Movie Review 698

Gizmos and gadgets take first place in the Roger Moore 1983 James Bond film Octopussy, but the humour is quite a lot of fun and there is plenty of action and adventure. Directed by John […]

Jan, 17

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