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Blaze *** (1989, Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Jerry Hardin, Gailard Sartain) – Classic Movie Review 6369

Writer-director Ron Shelton’s 1989 biographical drama stars Paul Newman as Earl Long, the stubborn and eccentric 1950s governor of Louisiana who brings his stripper girlfriend Blaze Starr (Lolita Davidovich) on to the hustings with him […]

Dec, 07

The Hurricane **** (1937, Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, C Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mitchell, Raymond Massey, John Carradine, Jerome Cowan) – Classic Movie Review 5,741

A wicked French colony Governor (Raymond Massey) and a typhoon strike the Polynesian Island of Manukura hard, in director John Ford’s rousing 1937 South Seas adventure movie The Hurricane, famed for its climactic special effects […]

Jul, 10

Rain *** (1932, Joan Crawford, Walter Huston, William Gargan) – Classic Movie Review 5339

The two richly enjoyable. extravagant star performances of Joan Crawford and Walter Huston are the main recommendation for Lewis Milestone’s 1932 quick remake for the Somerset Maugham short story Miss Thompson (later retitled Rain), a silent […]

Apr, 23

Possessed **** (1931, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Wallace Ford) – Classic Movie Review 5254

MGM’s 1931 hit romantic comedy drama film Possessed showcases the dream team of Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, who were a sensation, sizzling on screen. Director Clarence Brown’s 1931 hit drama Possessed showcases MGM’s ideal […]

Apr, 04

Count the Hours *** (1953, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Dolores Moran) – Classic Movie Review 5250

Macdonald Carey stars as a lawyer who battles to release migrant worker ranch hand George Braden (John Craven) from Death Row in director Don Siegel’s neat little 1953 suspense thriller support feature, running just 74 […]

Apr, 04

The Kissing Bandit ** (1948, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, J Carrol Naish) – Classic Movie Review 4717

Frank Sinatra stars as Ricardo, a Mexican bandit’s shy son from Boston, who wants to lead a quiet life back East, but whose family insist that he has to keep up his father’s renown for theft […]

Nov, 28

The Fall **** (2006, Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell) – Classic Movie Review 3829

Director Tarsem Singh’s astounding, wildly imaginative art movie stars Lee Pace as an injured stuntman in a 1920s Los Angeles hospital, who tells another patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a story about five […]

Jun, 09

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