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Dreyfus [The Dreyfus Case] *** (1931, Cedric Hardwicke, George Merritt, Charles Carson, Sam Livesey, Garry Marsh, Randle Ayrton, George Zucco) – Classic Movie Review 6142
Cedric Hardwicke stars as the real-life French-Jewish officer Captain Alfred Dreyfus, who is accused and convicted of spying in 1890s France, after German staff had forged evidence to convict him, ending up doing life on […]
Star! **** (1968, Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig, Daniel Massey, Robert Reed, Bruce Forsyth, Beryl Reid) – Classic Movie Review 5937
Julie Andrews is ideally cast and absolutely fabulous in director Robert Wise’s stylish, thoroughly enjoyable 1968 musical biopic of Thirties British revue star and stage performer Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952). The film was nominated for seven Oscars, winning none. It […]
Sweet Dreams **** (1985, Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth) – Classic Movie Review 5181
Jessica Lange gives one of her best performances as Fifties country singer Patsy Cline in the extremely well-acted, superior biopic Sweet Dreams (1985). Director Karel Reisz’s 1985 biopic Sweet Dreams stars the highly estimable Jessica […]
It Should Happen to You ***** (1954, Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford) – Classic Movie Review 5092
Director George Cukor’s 1954 classic comedy stars Judy Holliday as model girl Gladys Glover, who spends $1,000 to advertise herself on a giant New York billboard in her desperate big to get famous – even […]
Blood and Sand **** (1941, Tyrone Power, Rita Hayworth, Linda Darnell, Nazimova, J Carrol Naish, John Carradine, Anthony Quinn, Laird Cregar) – Classic Movie Review 2997
Director Rouben Mamoulian remakes the famous 1922 Rudolph Valentino silent classic in this fascinating and colourful if less extravagant 1941 version of the Vicente Blasco Ibáñez novel about a poor illiterate peasant boy Juan Gallardo […]
Fame ***** (1980, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Gene Anthony Ray) – Classic Movie Review 2461
Director Alan Parker’s stupendous double-Oscar-winning 1980 musical-drama film Fame spawned the popular 1980s TV series and spin-off, a stage show that has played all over the world since 1988 when it premiered at the Coconut Playhouse […]
Queen of the Damned *** (2002, Stuart Townsend, Aaliyah) – Classic Movie Review 1787
Director Michael Rymer’s richly enjoyable 2002 horror thriller stars Stuart Townsend as the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, taking over from Tom Cruise in this sequel to Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994). Lestat arises from […]