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Pay Day *** (1922, Charlie Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin) – Classic Movie Review 12,148

Pay Day (1922) is Charles Chaplin’s final two-reel short film, running just 21 minutes. Chaplin writes, directs and stars in the film, made by First National Pictures. Chaplin plays a bricklayer house construction labourer, a […]

May, 30

Without a Clue *** (1988, Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones, Lysette Anthony, Paul Freeman, Peter Cook, Nigel Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 10,902

Director Thom Eberhardt’s 1988 British comedy film Without a Clue is a neat twist on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Holmes and Watson characters and stars Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones, Lysette Anthony, Paul Freeman, Peter […]

Feb, 10

Plymouth Adventure ** (1952, Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson, Leo Genn) – Classic Movie Review 9398

Director Clarence Brown’s 1952 film Plymouth Adventure is MGM’s costly, sincere and well made but oddly unexciting slab of history about the Pilgrim Fathers’ voyage from Plymouth in 1620 on the Mayflower and their hardships […]

Feb, 17

Come Back, Little Sheba **** (1952, Shirley Booth, Burt Lancaster, Terry Moore) – Classic Movie Review 6445

In her film debut, Shirley Booth won the 1953 Best Actress Oscar and Golden Globe for her extraordinary performance (repeating her Tony award-winning stage role) in director Mann’s 1952 film version of William Inge’s famous […]

Dec, 20

L’éternel retour [Love Eternal] **** (1943, Jean Marais, Madeleine Sologne, Jean Murat) – Classic Movie Review 5830

Jean Delannoy directs this strangely forgotten and sadly neglected 1943 film adaptation of the Tristan and Iseult [Isolde] legend, set in a magnificent château in 1940s France. The film’s neglect is truly surprisingly since the screenplay […]

Jul, 30

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman ***½ (1947, Susan Hayward, Lee Bowman, Eddie Albert, Marsha Hunt) – Classic Movie Review 5500

Director Stuart Heisler’s effective 1947 melodrama stars Susan Hayward as fast-rising nightclub singer Angie Evans, who becomes a smashed-up woman and hits the bottle when her singing career goes flat, while her songwriter husband Ken […]

May, 26

Gay Purr-ee *** (1962, voices of Judy Garland, Robert Goulet, Hermione Gingold, Red Buttons, Mel Blanc, Paul Frees) – Classic Movie Review 5174

Director Abe Levitow’s 1962 animated feature of feline frolics is sweet and pleasant in the manner of Disney’s slightly better The AristoCats (1970) . The screenplay by Dorothy Jones, Chuck Jones and Ralph Wright tells […]

Mar, 18

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