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Prince of Pirates ** (1953, John Derek, Barbara Rush, Carla Balenda, Whitfield Connor, Edgar Barrier, Robert Shayne, Harry Lauter, Don C Harvey) – Classic Movie Review 12,027

The 1953 Technicolor film Prince of Pirates stars John Derek as Prince Roland, who leads a revolt against his tyrannical brother, in this passable 16th-century European adventure. Naturally, Derek wins the day and fair maiden […]

Mar, 27

That Lady in Ermine ** (1948, Betty Grable, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Cesar Romero, Walter Abel, Reginald Gardiner, Virginia Campbell) – Classic Movie Review 11,774

Cluny Brown (1946) is the last film that Ernst Lubitsch completed before his death on 30 November 1947 at the age of 55. His final film, the American Technicolor musical film That Lady in Ermine […]

Dec, 08

Monte Carlo **** (1930, Jeanette MacDonald, Jack Buchanan, Claud Allister, Zasu Pitts) – Classic Movie Review 11,156

Producer-director Ernst Lubitsch’s 1930 Paramount Pictures black and white film Monte Carlo is a witty, delightful early talkie musical starring Jeanette MacDonald as Countess Helene Mara, who, though about to wed silly Duke Otto von […]

May, 01

Caravan * (1934, Charles Boyer, Loretta Young, Jean Parker) – Classic Movie Review 8695

Director Erik Charrell’s 1934 Caravan is a flop piece of musical romantic whimsy with a strained script and mediocre songs, and poor Charles Boyer struggling as Latzi, a Hungarian violinist trapped between Countess Wilma (Loretta […]

Jul, 11

Sei donne per l’assassino [Blood and Black Lace] **** (1964, Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner, Mary Arden) – Classic Movie Review 7817

For his 1964 film Sei Donne per Assassino [Blood and Black Lace], the Italian horror maestro director Mario Bava turns in a visually stylish but pretty dodgy and scarily grisly horror mystery thriller about a […]

Nov, 21

Ten Thousand Bedrooms ** (1957, Dean Martin, Eva Bartok, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Walter Slezak, Paul Henreid, Dewey Martin, Jules Munshin, Marcel Dalio, Evelyn Varden) – Classic Movie Review 6909

After their bust-up, Dean Martin stars for the first time without his long-term screen partner Jerry Lewis, in director Richard Thorpe’s meek and mild MGM 1957 musical comedy set in a Rome hotel. It is […]

Apr, 10

Knight without Armour **** (1937, Marlene Dietrich, Robert Donat, Irene Vanbrugh) – Classic Movie Review 6,634

Producer Alexander Korda comes up with the good idea of teaming Marlene Dietrich and Robert Donat shortly before World War Two with the lavishly atmospheric 1937 period thriller film Knight without Armour, based on James […]

Feb, 01

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