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Mr Skeffington ***** (1944, Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, Richard Waring) – Classic Movie Review 2700

The 1944 American drama film Mr Skeffington stars Bette Davis as a selfish, vain and bitchy woman who marries Jewish financier Job Skeffington (Claude Rains) only to save her brother from going to prison. Director […]

Jul, 14

The Greatest Story Ever Told **** (1965, Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Charlton Heston) – Classic Movie Review 2,457

George Stevens’s 1965 biblical epic film The Greatest Story Ever Told stars Max von Sydow, who brings his much needed dignity and nobility to his portrayal of Jesus Christ in this story of his life. […]

May, 06

The Wolf Man **** (1941, Lon Chaney Jr, Claude Rains, Warren William, Bela Lugosi) – Classic Movie Review 1928

Director George Waggner’s 1941 classic Universal Studios horror movie stars Lon Chaney Jnr as The Wolf Man, Lawrence Stewart Talbot, who turns into a werewolf (with the help of Jack Pierce’s outstanding makeup) when a […]

Dec, 07

Mr Smith Goes to Washington ***** (1939, James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, Eugene Pallette, Beulah Bondi) – Classic Movie Review 1224

Legendary director Frank Capra’s perfectly honed, much-loved 1939 classic Mr Smith Goes to Washington is a politically-minded comedy drama follow-up to his triumphant 1936 Gary Cooper movie Mr Deeds Goes to Town. Mr Smith centres […]

May, 17

The Invisible Man ***** (1933, Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Henry Travers, E E Clive, Una O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 778

The Invisible Man (1933) is one of the great Universal horror movies. Claude Rains became an overnight star as scientist Dr Jack Griffin, who invents an invisibility serum and turns himself invisible, but then terrorises […]

Jan, 31

Now, Voyager ***** (1942, Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains) – Classic Movie Review 636

Double Oscar-winner Bette Davis stars in one of her most famous roles as plain, over-weight Boston spinster Charlotte Vale, repressed and dominated by her wealthy mother Mrs Henry Vale (Gladys Cooper). Paying the proverbial ugly […]

Jan, 06

Phantom of the Opera **** (1943, Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains) – Classic Movie Review 388

Universal studios light comedy specialist Arthur Lubin turns his hand to the screen’s classic of terror in 1943. And he makes a neat job of directing this incredibly beautiful, extremely opulent version of the 1925 […]

Nov, 10

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