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Fools Rush In ** (1949, Sally Ann Howes, Nora Swinburne, Guy Rolfe) – Classic Movie Review 10,899

Director John Paddy Carstairs’s 1949 British black and white wedding comedy Fools Rush In stars Sally Ann Howes, Guy Rolfe and Nora Swinburne. Sally Ann Howes is the angel who fears to tread on the day […]

Feb, 10

The Man Who Finally Died ** (1963, Stanley Baker, Peter Cushing, Mai Zetterling, Nigel Green, Alfred Burke, Eric Portman, Georgina Ward) – Classic Movie Review 10,834

The very Welsh Stanley Baker stars as Joe Newman, who goes back to his German roots to search in Bavaria for information about what became of his father in the Second World War and is […]

Jan, 26

For Richer, for Poorer [Father, Son and the Mistress] ** (1992, Jack Lemmon, Talia Shire, Jonathan Silverman, Joanna Gleason, Madeline Kahn) – Classic Movie Review 10,383

A contrived situation, a feeble script? Just call for comedy master Jack Lemmon to bail it out. Director Jay Sandrich’s 1992 TV movie For Richer, for Poorer [Father, Son and the Mistress] stars Jack Lemmon, […]

Oct, 04

Rita, Sue and Bob Too * (1987, Siobhan Finneran, Michelle Holmes, George Costigan) – Classic Movie Review 9997

Director Alan Clarke’s 1987 drama Rita, Sue and Bob Too is an unattractive sex comedy about two Bradford schoolgirls, Rita and Sue (Siobhan Finneran, Michelle Holmes), who fall for and have a sexual fling with […]

Jul, 04

The Littlest Rebel *** (1935, Shirley Temple, John Boles, Jack Holt, Karen Morley, Bill Robinson, Guinn Williams) – Classic Movie Review 9354

For director David Butler’s 1935 family comedy drama The Littlest Rebel, 20th Century Fox put their feisty little seven-year-old star Shirley Temple in another opulent American Civil War melodrama (after The Little Colonel rang the […]

Feb, 07

Simba *** (1955, Dirk Bogarde, Donald Sinden, Virginia McKenna, Earl Cameron, Basil Sydney) – Classic Movie Review 8820

Director Brian Desmond Hurst’s 1955 adventure drama Simba is a surprisingly effective, tough and well-made Rank studios film about a British family of settlers in East Africa besieged by Kenya’s Mau Mau terrorists. The British […]

Aug, 11

Our Wife **** (1931, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Babe London, Ben Turpin) – Classic Movie Review 8781

‘Mr Hardy was making big preparations to get married – Mr Laurel was taking a bath too.‘ Director James W Horne’s 1931 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy comedy Our Wife is a consistently funny and […]

Jul, 31

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