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Monsieur Vincent *** (1947, Pierre Fresnay, Aimé Clariond, Jean Debucourt, Lise Delamare, Gabrielle Dorziat, Pierre Dux) – Classic Movie Review 11,611

Popular and respected in its day, Maurice Cloche’s sincere and moving award-winning 1947 French film Monsieur Vincent tells episodically the story of Vincent de Paul, the 17th century priest, charity worker, social worker and saint, […]

Sep, 29

La Dérobade [Memoirs of a French Whore] ** (1979, Miou-Miou, Maria Schneider, Niels Arestrup) – Classic Movie Review 11,529

Director Daniel Duval’s 1979 French film La Dérobade [Memoirs of a French Whore] stars Miou-Miou, Daniel Duval, Maria Schneider and Niels Arestrup. Miou-Miou is outstanding in her César Award-winning, career-making role as bored 19-year-old suburban French girl […]

Aug, 29

A Soldier’s Tale ** (1989, Gabriel Byrne, Marianne Basler, Judge Reinhold, Paul Wyett) – Classic Movie Review 11,168

‘For one brief weekend, their love was all that mattered.’ Director Larry Parr’s conscientious, well-acted, low-key, touching little 1989 World War Two romantic drama A Soldier’s Tale is based on the novel by M K […]

May, 05

The Firefly *** (1937, Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, Warren William) – Classic Movie Review 11,153

Now you don’t get many singing spies: ‘Jeanette MacDonald Is The Luminous Singing Spy!’…  Director Robert Z Leonard’s 1937 black and white MGM musical The Firefly stars Jeanette MacDonald, who takes a rest from her […]

Apr, 30

International Settlement ** (1938, Dolores del Rio, George Sanders, June Lang, Dick Baldwin, Ruth Terry, John Carradine, Keye Luke) – Classic Movie Review 10,669

Director Eugene Forde’s 1938 black and white 20th Century Fox romantic adventure thriller International Settlement stars George Sanders as gun runner adventurer Del Forbes, who is catapulted into intrigue, danger and romance with French cabaret […]

Dec, 15

Le Dernier Milliardaire [The Last Billionaire] *** (1934, Max Dearly, Sinoël, Paul Ollivier, Renée Saint-Cyr, Marthe Mellot) – Classic Movie Review 10,612

The 1934 French comedy film Le Dernier Milliardaire [The Last Billionaire] is writer-director René Clair’s political satire about a bankrupt principality’s ruler, La Reine de Casinario (Marthe Mellot), who gets the world’s richest banker, Banco (Max […]

Dec, 01

Three Men and a Cradle [3 Hommes et un Couffin] **** (1985, Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, André Dussollier) – Classic Movie Review 10,043

Director Coline Serreau’s 1985 Three Men and a Cradle [Trois Hommes et un Couffin] stars Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah and André Dussollier as three high-living bachelors (Pierre, Michel, Jacques) who become the guardians of a […]

Jul, 15

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