Derek Winnert

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College Humor *** (1933, Bing Crosby, Mary Carlisle, Jack Oakie, Richard Arlen, George Burns, Gracie Allen) – Classic Movie Review 7387

American actress, singer, and dancer Mary Carlisle (born Gwendolyn Witter on 3 February 1914 and died at 104 on 1 August 2018) starred in several Thirties Hollywood films, after being one of 15 young actresses selected as a […]

Aug, 02

Tall Story *** (1960, Anthony Perkins, Jane Fonda, Ray Walston, Anne Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 7273

‘SUCH FUN! That college girl who can’t help lovin’ tall boys!…’ Jane Fonda makes her film debut as cheerleader June Ryder, a new student at Custer College, paired in love with nervy science major Ray […]

Jul, 10

Mother Is a Freshman ** (1949, Loretta Young, Van Johnson, Rudy Vallee, Barbara Lawrence, Betty Lynn, Robert Arthur) – Classic Movie Review 7247

Director Lloyd Bacon’s gently amusing 1948 20th Century Fox comedy Mother Is a Freshman stars Loretta Young as a widowed mother who gets a scholarship left to her in a will, and so she and […]

Jul, 04

Back to School * (1986, Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young) – Classic Movie Review 7073

Director Alan Metter’s unpleasing 1986 comedy is a shoddy, obvious and unfunny vehicle for an unappealing star in Rodney Dangerfield, who plays Thornton Melon, an uncouth middle-aged millionaire signing up as a college freshman to […]

May, 20

Life of the Party * (2018, Melissa McCarthy, Debby Ryan, Gillian Jacobs, Jessie Ennis) – Movie Review

Melissa McCarthy stars in Life of the Party (2018) as hearty middle-aged mother Deanna, whose husband (Matt Walsh) suddenly calmly announces he’s got a newer model, the attractive realtor (Julie Bower), and is divorcing Deanna […]

May, 18

Truth or Dare * (2018, Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey, Violett Beane, Sophia Ali, Landon Liboiron, Nolan Gerard Funk, Sam Lerner) – Movie Review

The truth is that the teen supernatural horror slasher flick movie Truth Or Dare is ridiculous, nonsensical, unconvincing and just no good. A dull and dreary group of American college students get together to play […]

Apr, 14

Bathing Beauty **** (1944, Red Skelton, Esther Williams, Basil Rathbone, Jean Porter, Bill Goodwin, Nana Bryant, Xavier Cugat, Harry James) – Classic Movie Review 6,591

The Forties silver screen Bathing Beauty could only be Esther Williams, and here she is in all her Technicolor glory in MGM’s deliciously kitsch and richly entertaining 1944 musical movie. The Forties silver screen Bathing […]

Jan, 22

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