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42nd Street ***** (1933, Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Una Merkel, Guy Kibbee, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers) – Classic Movie Review 3057

Director Lloyd Bacon’s 1933 movie virtually created, certainly established for all time the clichés of the backstage musical genre. Despite its great, venerable age, 42nd Street is still faster, funnier and brighter – and simply just […]

Nov, 14

So Big *** (1932, Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Dickie Moore, Bette Davis, Hardie Albright) – Classic Movie Review 2748

Director William A Wellman’s 1932 movie has the distinction of starring two great movie queens – Barbara Stanwyck, very much the star here, and Bette Davis, who catches the eye though she is cast in a […]

Jul, 29

Special Agent **½ (1935, Bette Davis, George Brent, Ricardo Cortez, Jack La Rue, Henry O’Neill) – Classic Movie Review 2746

Bette Davis and George Brent star in the brisk and capable 1935 crime drama film Special Agent, one of 13 movies they made together.  William Keighley directs this 1935 early Bette Davis star vehicle at […]

Jul, 28

In this Our Life *** (1942, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent, Charles Coburn, Frank Craven, Dennis Morgan) – Classic Movie Review 2,742

John Huston’s 1942 drama film In this Our Life stars Bette Davis, who is on the rampage again as an unscrupulous and devilish minx called Stanley Timberlake, who keeps stealing her sister’s men. Director John […]

Jul, 25

The Great Lie **** (1941, Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor) – Classic Movie Review 2736

Director Edmund Goulding’s polished 1941 drama The Great Lie is another of the outstanding movies from the prime of Bette Davis, then reigning queen of the Warner Bros studio. The Great Lie is a great […]

Jul, 24

Dark Victory ***** (1939, Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers) – Classic Movie Review 2,699

Get your box of hankies at the ready for director Edmund Goulding’s irresistible 1939 tearjerker film Dark Victory, starring Bette Davis as Judith Traherne, a wealthy young socialite who learns that she has an inoperable […]

Jul, 14

Jezebel ***** (1938, Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Margaret Lindsay, Fay Bainter, George Brent, Richard Cromwell, Donald Crisp) – Classic Movie Review 2698

Director William Wyler’s double Oscar-winning 1938 romantic drama Jezebel stars Bette Davis, who grabs one of the best chances of her glorious career by the scruff of its neck and triumphs. In many ways this is Davis […]

Jul, 14

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