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Honeymoon in Bali *** (1939, Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Allan Jones, Akim Tamiroff) – Classic Movie Review 8962

Director Edward H Griffith’s 1939 Paramount Pictures screwball comedy music romance movie Honeymoon in Bali quickly reunites Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray, the stars of the same year’s hit Cafe Society, along with its director, […]

Oct, 03

The Crystal Ball *** (1943, Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Gladys George, Virginia Field, Cecil Kellaway, William Bendix, Ernest T ruex, Iris Adrian, Mary Fields) – Classic Movie Review 8943

Director Elliott Nugent’s playful 1943 Paramount picture The Crystal Ball is a likeably dizzy if underpowered comedy starring Paulette Goddard as Toni Gerard, a gal from Texas who loses out on a glamour contest (she […]

Sep, 27

That’s Life! ** (1986, Jack Lemmon, Julie Andrews, Sally Kellerman) – Classic Movie Review 8850

Director Blake Edwards looks at his own life in his 1986 comedy drama That’s Life! and casts Jack Lemmon in the semi-autobiographical Edwards role of Harvey Fairchild, an affluent hypochondriac architect reaching his 60th birthday, […]

Aug, 21

L’Atalante ***** (1934, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Michel Simon, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre) – Classic Movie Review 8656

Director Jean Vigo’s 1934 French classic L’Atalante was cut about by its original distributor Gaumont, but the 1991 restored reissue version confirms its reputation as an enchanting romantic, surrealist, poetic cinema milestone, balancing the realism […]

Jun, 29

The Wagons Roll at Night *** (1941, Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney, Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie, Sig Ruman, Cliff Clark) – Classic Movie Review 5526

In 1941 Warner Bros recycle yet another of their old scripts – this time Kid Galahad (1937) stripped of its boxing theme – as a vehicle for their tough-guy star Humphrey Bogart, who is hardly […]

May, 31

Roustabout **½ (1964, Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck, Sue Ann Langdon, Joan Freeman, Leif Erickson, Raquel Welch, Teri Garr) – Classic Movie Review 4697

Director John Rich’s 1964 musical is a colourful but routine vehicle for Elvis Presley, though it is notable as one the few times that he had the support of a major star – Barbara Stanwyck. […]

Nov, 25

Dr Terror’s House of Horrors *** (1965, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Donald Sutherland, Max Adrian, Roy Castle) – Classic Movie Review 3115

Peter Cushing stars in Dr Terror’s House of Horrors (1965) as a mysterious fortune teller called Dr Terror who reads the tarot cards to tell the future of five fellow passengers aboard a British train. […]

Nov, 30

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