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Carefree **** (1938, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy, Luella Gear, Clarence Kolb, Jack Carson, Franklin Pangborn) – Classic Movie Review 2953

Director Mark Sandrich’s 1938 romantic comedy musical movie is Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers’s eighth film together and, though there is a lot of fun to be found here, sadly the high standard is now […]

Oct, 04

Vivacious Lady **** (1938, Ginger Rogers, James Stewart, Charles Coburn, Beulah Bondi, James Ellison) – Classic Movie Review 2709

Producer-director George Stevens’s expert and delightful 1938 comedy pairs James Stewart and Rogers effectively. The stars are perfectly cast and on their best form. Stewart plays young university professor Peter Morgan who takes a quick […]

Jul, 19

Hail the Conquering Hero ***** (1944, Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest, Raymond Walburn, Franklin Pangborn, Bill Edwards) – Classic Movie Review 2623

Writer-producer director Preston Sturges is seen here in 1944 on his finest satirical comedy drama form in one of his best movies. Sturges said that of all his films, it was ‘the one with the least […]

Jun, 21

Sullivan’s Travels ***** (1941, Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Porter Hall, Eric Blore) – Classic Movie Review 2593

As World War Two rages, writer-director Preston Sturges calls Hollywood to task for its frivolity in his brilliant 1941 serio-comic road movie. Sturges’s movie is a classic satire, still funny, relevant and worthwhile. Joel McCrea […]

Jun, 13

You Came Along *** (1945, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Cummings, Don DeFore, Charles Drake) – Classic Movie Review 2169

Director John Farrow’s sensitive 1945 release is an interesting and amusing but sometimes hard-to-take World War Two romantic comedy weepie plus wartime morale booster and American patriotic flag-waver. The 23-year-old Lizabeth Scott stars in her […]

Feb, 12

The Bank Dick ***** (1940, W C Fields, Grady Sutton, Franklin Pangborn, Shemp Howard) – Classic Movie Review 1271

The old sourpuss W C Fields invigorates the caustic vintage 1940 comedy The Bank Dick. He also wrote the nifty screenplay under the daft pen name of Mahatma Kane Jeeves. The ever-grouchy, hard-drinking old sourpuss W […]

May, 31

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