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King of Chinatown *** (1939, Anna May Wong, Anthony Quinn, J Carrol Naish, Akim Tamiroff, Sidney Toler, Philip Ahn) – Classic Movie Review 10,745

Director Nick Grinde’s 1939 black and white crime thriller King of Chinatown is an intriguingly written, fast-moving and atmospheric mob story that rattles along thanks to effective performances and tough action scenes. Akim Tamiroff stars […]

Jan, 03

Family Honeymoon **** (1948, Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Rita Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 10,665

Director Claude Binyon’s 1949 screwball comedy Family Honeymoon stars Claudette Colbert as widowed Katie, a new bride who brings the three kids from her previous marriage along on the honeymoon, perplexing new stepdaddy Grant Jordan […]

Dec, 13

Ellery Queen, Master Detective *** (1940, Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, James Burke, Michael Whalen, Marsha Hunt) – Classic Movie Review 10,501

Director Kurt Neumann’s entertaining 1940 crime thriller Ellery Queen, Master Detective stars Ralph Bellamy as Ellery Queen, Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter, and Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen, and is very loosely based on the […]

Nov, 05

Way Down East ** (1935, Rochelle Hudson, Henry Fonda, Slim Summerville) – Classic Movie Review 10,380

Director Henry King’s 1935 Way Down East is a mostly dull and soppy Fox Studio sound version remake of D W Griffith’s famous 1920 silent melodrama Way Down East about a done-wrong-by young woman called […]

Oct, 04

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple *** (2001, Glenn Close, Jena Malone, Bruce McGill) – Classic Movie Review 10,290

Director Jeremy Paul Kagan’s 2001 TV movie The Ballad of Lucy Whipple is a superior, pacy, gripping adventure about a mom, Arvella Whipple (Glenn Close), and her three children heading West after the death of […]

Sep, 10

For the Love of Ada ** (1972, Irene Handl, Wilfred Pickles, Barbara Mitchell, Jack Smethurst, Arthur English) – Classic Movie Review 10,015

Director Ronnie Baxter’s 1972 senior citizens comedy For the Love of Ada is a warm-hearted but fairly feeble TV spin-off film, which tries to open out an already fairly feeble TV series that entirely motors […]

Jul, 08

The Deep End of the Ocean ** (1999, Michelle Pfeiffer, Treat Williams, Whoopi Goldberg) – Classic Movie Review 9981

Director Ulu Grosbard’s 1999 true story child abduction drama The Deep End of the Ocean is based on the book Jacquelyn Mitchard, and stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Treat Williams and Whoopi Goldberg. Michelle Pfeiffer finds herself […]

Jun, 30

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