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Tarzan the Magnificent *** (1960, Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, Betta St John) – Classic Movie Review 8051

Gordon Scott (born Gordon Werschkul in Portland, Oregon) made three Tarzan movies for producer Sol Lesser, which are viewed as run-of-the mill: Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle, Tarzan and the Lost Safari and Tarzan’s Fight for Life. But his […]

Jan, 23

No Down Payment *** (1957, Joanne Woodward, Sheree North, Tony Randall, Jeffrey Hunter, Cameron Mitchell, Patricia Owens, Barbara Rush, Pat Hingle, Robert H Harris) – Classic Movie Review 7900

Director Martin Ritt’s 1957 drama No Down Payment is based on the novel by John McPartland and offers a peek into the lives of the residents of the Sunrise Hills suburbs in a southern California […]

Dec, 11

Inventing the Abbotts *** (1997, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Will Patton, Kathy Baker) – Classic Movie Review 7588

Director Pat O’Connor’s amusing, offbeat 1997 romantic drama Inventing the Abbotts is packed full of entertaining, oddball characters, well played by a talented ensemble cast. It is written by Ken Hison, based on a story by […]

Sep, 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

The Cobweb *** (1955, Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, Lillian Gish, Gloria Grahame, John Kerr, Susan Strasberg, Oscar Levant, Tommy Rettig, Paul Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 6310

Director Vincente Minnelli’s 1955 high-class soap opera from clever people who should have known better is campy and amusingly overheated. The Cobweb is set in an exclusive psychiatric clinic, where the patients clash with the […]

Nov, 25

Nightmare Alley **** (1947, Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker, Taylor Holmes, Mike Mazurki, Ian Keith) – Classic Movie Review 6128

Director Edmund Goulding’s haunting 1947 black and white film noir thriller Nightmare Alley is based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham. It stars Tyrone Power as Stanton ‘Stan’ Carlisle, who becomes a carnival barker […]

Oct, 23

Chained *** (1934, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Otto Kruger, Stuart Erwin, Una O’Connor, Akim Tamiroff Marjorie Gateson, Lee Phelps, Ward Bond) – 4949

Sexy superstars Joan Crawford and Clark Gable reunite to sizzle under director Clarence Brown’s delicate touch in this 1934 story of Diane Lovering (Crawford)’s love for rich Argentinean rancher Mike Bradley (Gable). Her love affair is […]

Jan, 27

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