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The Lawless Frontier ** (1934, John Wayne, Earl Dwire, Sheila Terry, Jack Rockwell, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Yakima Canutt) – Classic Movie Review 7134

Writer-director Robert N Bradbury’s 1934 The Lawless Frontier is a brisk, pacy, short and intriguing Lone Star/ Monogram studios B-movie Western, in which a pre-A-list stardom John Wayne plays John Tobin, who sets out to […]

Jun, 08

Tudor Rose [Nine Days a Queen] ** (1936, Nova Pilbeam, Cedric Hardwicke, John Mills, Felix Aylmer) – Classic Movie Review 7092

Director Robert Stevenson’s 1936 Gainsborough Pictures’ historical biopic Tudor Rose is the first film to tell the tragic tale of Lady Jane Grey, England’s queen for nine days in 1553 before she was executed by beheading for […]

May, 25

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo ** (1935, Ronald Colman, Joan Bennett, Colin Clive, Nigel Bruce) – Classic Movie Review 6865

An attractively smooth performance by the star Ronald Colman, the views of Monte Carlo and gaming details keep director Stephen Roberts’s lightweight 1935 piece intriguing and entertaining. Colman plays a Russian emigré prince who goes […]

Mar, 27

The Flame of New Orleans *** (1941, Marlene Dietrich, Bruce Cabot, Roland Young, Mischa Auer, Andy Devine) – Classic Movie Review 6746

Director René Clair’s 1941 romance stars the divine Marlene Dietrich, who enchants as Claire Ledeux, a beautiful New Orleans adventuress who is juggling two men. The Flame of New Orleans was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art […]

Feb, 27

Star Wars: The Last Jedi ** (2017, Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Carrie Fisher, Domhnall Gleeson, Laura Dern, Kelly Marie Tran) – Movie Review

Writer-director Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi is nominated for four Oscars and has earned a fortune ($1,311,425,821 by 28 January 2018) but it is a letdown and certainly comes complete with a full cargo […]

Feb, 18

Isle of Forgotten Sins [Monsoon] ** (1943, John Carradine, Gale Sondergaard, Sidney Toler, Frank Fenton) – Classic Movie Review 5731

Story writer/ director Edgar G Ulmer’s exotic but trashy 1943 movie tells a below-par, clichéd tale of a search for a sunken ship with a $3 million cargo of gold in the South Seas. However, […]

Jul, 08

World Without End *** (1956, Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Rod Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 3983

‘THE 26TH CENTURY! Sub-Human Monsters… Mammoth Tiger Spiders… Mole-Tunnel Cities… Futurific Women… in the Screen’s Mighty Science-Shocker!’ Writer-director Edward Bernds’s daft but enjoyable 1956 sci-fi movie World Without End tells the tale of a space […]

Jul, 05

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