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Lazybones ** (1935, Ian Hunter, Claire Luce, Bernard Nedell, Michael Shepley, Miles Malleson) – Classic Movie Review 7958

Director Michael Powell’s quickly made 1935 British black and white quota quickie comedy Lazybones is based on a forgotten play by Ernest Denny. The dependable Ian Hunter stars as Sir Reginald Ford, known as Lazybones, […]

Dec, 30

Bloodline * (1979, Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Irene Papas, Romy Schneider, Omar Sharif, Gert Fröbe) – Classic Movie Review 7779

Audrey Hepburn was lured back to the screen after a three-year gap following Robin and Marian  1976) for director Terence Young’s thoroughly disappointing 1979 film version of Sidney Sheldon’s best-selling thriller Bloodline. She plays Elizabeth […]

Nov, 12

Tea for Two *** (1950, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, Eve Arden, Billy DeWolfe, S Z Sakall) – Classic Movie Review 7684

‘Everybody’s goin’ Gay with – Doris Day and Gordon MacRae.’ No, really? Director David Butler’s diverting 1950 Technicolor musical Tea for Two, a distant cousin to the Twenties show No, No, Nanette from which it […]

Oct, 20

Double Trouble * (1967, Elvis Presley, Annette Day, John Williams, Chips Rafferty, Norman Rossington) – Classic Movie Review 6260

Director Norman Taurog’s 1967 crime comedy musical is a harmless but really rather ghastly showcase for Elvis Presley, one of his weakest films. Chips Rafferty and Norman Rossington co-star as bumbling gem crooks pursuing rock singer […]

Nov, 15

The Bride Came C.O.D. *** (1941, James Cagney, Bette Davis, Stuart Erwin) – Classic Movie Review 5939

The breezy and likeable 1941 romantic comedy film The Bride Came C.O.D. re-unites James Cagney and Bette Davis after their 1934 Jimmy the Gent, though it was publicised as their ‘first screen pairing’ Director William […]

Aug, 19

Dance, Fools, Dance *** (1931, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Lester Vail, William Bakewell, Cliff Edwards) – Classic Movie Review 5784

Joan Crawford picked Clark Gable as her leading man for Dance, Fools, Dance in 1931 because she found him attractive and, though both married, they immediately became lovers and remained friends for the rest of […]

Jul, 18

She Couldn’t Say No [Beautiful but Dangerous] ** (1954, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Arthur Hunnicutt, Edgar Buchanan) – Classic Movie Review 5712

Director Lloyd Bacon’s 1954 interesting but misfiring would-be comedy is set in a town symbolically called Progress, Arkansas, where a beautiful millionairess called Corby Lane (Jean Simmons) goes home to the place she was brought […]

Jul, 04

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