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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

Diane ** (1956, Lana Turner, Pedro Armendáriz, Roger Moore, Cedric Hardwicke, Henry Daniell, Marisa Pavan, Torin Thatcher, Taina Elg) – Classic Movie Review 6702

Christopher Isherwood, the esteemed British author of Goodbye to Berlin, had a bumpy ride as a screenwriter in Hollywood, though he was very thankful for it because it paid many of his bills. Director David […]

Feb, 17

Fright Night **** (1985, Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Roddy McDowall) – Classic Movie Review 6092

Chris Sarandon has apparently been taking lessons in smooth, polished bloodsucking from Christopher Lee for his performance as bloodsucker Jerry Dandrige, in this rousing, exceptionally good-humoured 1985 horror movie from writer-director Tom Holland. William Ragsdale plays […]

Oct, 14

Ride the Wild Surf ** (1964, Fabian Forte, Tab Hunter, Peter Brown, Shelley Fabares, Barbara Eden) – Classic Movie Review 5963

Sixties heartthrobs Fabian Forte, Tab Hunter and Peter Brown ride the Hawaiian surf and romance lovelies Shelley Fabares, Barbara Eden and Susan Hart, in director Don Taylor’s frothy and flaky 1964 Ride the Wild Surf, […]

Aug, 24

Riff-Raff [Riffraff] *** (1947, Pat O’Brien, Anne Jeffreys, Walter Slezak) – Classic Movie Review 4999

Pat O’Brien stars as a conman who gets a map to a Panama oilfield and has to fend off the bad guys who are after it, in the 1947 adventure movie Riff-Raff [Riffraff]. Pat O’Brien […]

Feb, 06

I Love You, Man ***½ (2009, Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Jaime Pressly, Jon Favreau, Jane Curtin, J K Simmons, Andy Samberg) – Classic Movie Review 4340

Co-writer/ director John Hamburg’s highly amusing and likeable 2006 comedy has a good script but it is largely motored by the appealing performances from odd couple Paul Rudd and Jason Segel. Apart from the rude words and […]

Sep, 11

Three Strangers *** (1946, Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Lorre) – Classic Movie Review 3883

Director Jean Negulesco’s forgotten 1946 film noir crime drama Three Strangers is very welcome as one of the nine pairings of the great screen team of Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. Also starring Geraldine Fitzgerald, […]

Jun, 19

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