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Elena and Her Men [Elena et les hommes] *** (1956, Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais, Mel Ferrer, Jean Richard, Magali Noël, Juliette Greco) – Classic Movie Review 6513

Writer-director Renoir’s artificial 1956 film with its broad send-up of Polish countess’s suitors such as French radical party candidate Général François Rollan (Jean Marais), dilettante Le comte Henri de Chevincourt (Mel Ferrer) and wealthy boot magnate Hector […]

Jan, 02

Madame de… [The Earrings of Madame de…] ***** (1953, Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica) – Classic Movie Review 6035

Co-writer/ director Max Ophüls brings all his sharp wit and visual elegance to bear on this enchanting 1953 French romantic melodrama, based on a novel by Louise de Vilmorin, which revolves around various adulterous love affairs […]

Sep, 19

The Snows of Kilimanjaro *** (1952, Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Hildegard Knef) – Classic Movie Review 5494

Director Henry King’s colourful 1952 American Technicolor romantic adventure film The Snows of Kilimanjaro is based on the 1936 short story by Ernest Hemingway, and stars Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward and Ava Gardner. Producer Darryl […]

May, 25

The Age of Innocence *** (1993, Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Miriam Margolyes) – Classic Movie Review 5,280

Martin Scorsese’s reverent, faithful film of Edith Wharton’s 1920 novel The Age of Innocence follows the fortunes of society lawyer Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis), engaged to May Welland (Winona Ryder) but drawn to Countess Olenska […]

Apr, 12

Castle Keep *** (1969, Burt Lancaster, Peter Falk, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Patrick O’Neal, Al Freeman Jnr, Scott Wilson, Tony Bill, Bruce Dern, Astrid Heeren, Michael Conrad) – Classic Movie Review 5045

In director Sydney Pollack’s odd but vital and intriguing 1969 World War Two wartime drama set in 1944, eight American soldiers led by a one-eyed Major Abraham Falconer (Burt Lancaster) and his Sergeant Orlando Rossi […]

Feb, 22

The Corpse Vanishes [The Case of the Missing Brides] **½ (1942, Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin) – Classic Movie Review 3734

Director Wallace Fox’s amusing 1942 horror movie stars Bela Lugosi as a crazed botanist called Dr George Lorenz, who kidnaps brides to revive his 80-year-old countess wife (Elizabeth Russell) to her former youthful and healthy state. With […]

May, 22

The Adventures of Quentin Durward **** (1955, Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall, Robert Morley, Ernest Thesiger, Alec Clunes, Marius Goring, Wilfrid Hyde White, George Cole) – Classic Movie Review 3655

Director Richard Thorpe 1955 British movie is a spirited, pacy, good-looking 15th-century action caper, in which Robert Taylor swashes a spirited buckle as Sir Walter Scott’s noble hero, Scottish knight Quentin Durward. Sent to France to […]

May, 03

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