Derek Winnert

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Three Smart Girls *** (1936, Deanna Durbin, Barbara Read, Nan Grey, Binnie Barnes, Charles Winninger, Alice Brady, Ray Milland) – Classic Movie Review 10,702

Three sisters try to reunite their estranged parents (Charles Winninger and Nella Walker) when their father wants to wed a trampy money-grabber in Universal’s thin but popular 1936 black and white drama Three Smart Girls, […]

Dec, 24

Inserts ** (1975, Richard Dreyfuss, Jessica Harper, Veronica Cartwright, Bob Hoskins, Stephen Davies) – Classic Movie Review 10,045

John Byrum’s 1975 daring comedy drama Inserts is ‘an erotic adventure in sex and cinema’ and stars Richard Dreyfuss, Jessica Harper, Veronica Cartwright, Bob Hoskins and Stephen Davies. It was a critical and commercial failure, […]

Jul, 16

The Florodora Girl *** (1930, Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray, Walter Catlett) – Classic Movie Review 7954

The one-time ‘Queen of the Screen’ Marion Davies stars as New York chorus girl Daisy Dell the Florodora Girl, in the Gay Nineties – the 1890s, that is. Daisy’s married friends encourage her to reject her life […]

Dec, 29

The Young in Heart **** (1938, Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Paulette Goddard, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Minnie Dupree) – Classic Movie Review 7476

Director Richard Wallace’s 1938 The Young in Heart is a lovely, warm and very funny, typically Thirties-style screwball comedy about a family of likeable rogues, in this case loveable rogues. It is written by Paul […]

Aug, 20

Thunder in the City ** (1937, Edward G Robinson, Luli Deste, Ralph Richardson, Nigel Bruce) – Classic Movie Review 7377

Director Marion Gering’s 1937 Thunder in the City brought Edward G Robinson to Britain for this dated crime comedy drama about a British aristocrat, The Duke (Nigel Bruce), who inveigles a pushy American business publicist, Dan Armstrong (Robinson), […]

Jul, 30

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo ** (1935, Ronald Colman, Joan Bennett, Colin Clive, Nigel Bruce) – Classic Movie Review 6865

An attractively smooth performance by the star Ronald Colman, the views of Monte Carlo and gaming details keep director Stephen Roberts’s lightweight 1935 piece intriguing and entertaining. Colman plays a Russian emigré prince who goes […]

Mar, 27

The Gay Bride * (1934, Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, Zasu Pitts) – Classic Movie Review 6,758

MGM’s 1934 crime and romantic comedy film The Gay Bride stars Carole Lombard in the kind of role she was great in as gold-digging chorus girl. Director Jack Conway’s 1934 MGM crime and romantic comedy […]

Mar, 02

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