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‘STORY OF AN AMORAL WOMAN!’ The great Vera Ralston stars as sultry, amoral go-getter Violet Barton in the entertaining little 1950 Republic Pictures studios black and white Western film Surrender, expertly directed by cult favourite […]
Director George Marshall’s 1954 Technicolor 3D comedy film Money from Home stars Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and is based on a story by Damon Runyon. Dean Martin is his usual free-wheeling, eyebrow-raising self as […]
‘HE WAS ON THE LEVEL WITH EVERY TWO-TIMER ON BROADWAY… BUT HE COULDN’T PLAY STRAIGHT WITH A WOMAN!’ Director Edward Ludwig’s 1937 black and white American drama film Her Husband Lies is based on the […]
Director Robert Florey’s 1933 Warner Bros American pre-Code melodrama film The House on 56th Street stars Kay Francis as Peggy Martin Van Tyle aka Peggy Stone, a wronged woman sent to prison for 20 years […]
The 1956 Italian comedy-drama film The Montecarlo Story [Montecarlo] is the German-born Marlene Dietrich’s sole Italian movie. Writer-director Samuel A Taylor’s resolute 1956 bid to revive the style of Thirties sophisticated comedy stars Marlene Dietrich, […]
Director Frank Tuttle’s 1942 crime drama Lucky Jordan is a shaky, unexciting vehicle for Alan Ladd as New York gangster Lucky Jordan, an artful dodger, crook and gambler. He is drafted into the army, deserts, and […]
20th Century Fox’s 1941 film Week-End in Havana is a highly engaging Forties wartime musical, with Alice Faye and Carmen Miranda on top singing form. It is 81 minutes of Technicolor escapist bliss. Director Walter […]