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Kiss Them for Me ** (1957, Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, Leif Erickson, Ray Walston, Larry Blyden, Suzy Parker, Werner Klemperer) – Classic Movie Review 5878

Director Stanley Donen’s 1957 CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color comedy Kiss Them for Me stars Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, Leif Erickson, Ray Walston, Larry Blyden, Suzy Parker, and Werner Klemperer. Cary Grant, Ray Walston and Larry […]

Aug, 08

The Witches **** (1990, Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher) – Classic Movie Review 5869

‘As far as children are concerned, a witch is easily the most dangerous of all the living creatures on Earth.’ It is perhaps quite surprising to find Nicolas Roeg directing the 1990 film The Witches […]

Aug, 07

The Boogie Man Will Get You ***½ (1942, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Maxie Rosenbloom, Larry Parks) – Classic Movie Review 5642

‘From HORROR To HOWLS… FROM MAYHEM TO MERRIMENT!’ ‘IT’S A CHILLER-DILLER OF A MAYHEM-AND-MERRIMENT SHOW!’ Director Lew Landers’s 1944 comedy horror movie The Boogie Man Will Get You stars Boris Karloff as nutty Professor Nathaniel […]

Jun, 20

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff ** (1949, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff) – Classic Movie Review 5589

Director Charles T Barton’s 1955 comedy is a less lively Bud Abbott and Lou Costello movie series episode, with good support actors, a rather unexpected plot and few decent jokes. In this follow-up to the […]

Jun, 12

Hôtel du Nord ***** (1938, Annabella, Louis Jouvet, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Arletty) – Classic Movie Review 5271

Director Marcel Carné’s fine, poetic 1938 film study of life’s flotsam and jetsam in a tatty Paris hotel near the canal Saint-Martin is one of his finest films, with Arletty as Raymonde, a spirited prostitute […]

Apr, 09

Don’t Bother to Knock *** (1952, Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Donna Corcoran, Jeanne Cagney, Jim Backus, Lurene Tuttle, Elisha Cook Jr) – Classic Movie Review 5210

The 1952 film noir psychological mystery thriller stars Richard Widmark and Marilyn Monroe, who gives a remarkably convincing performance in a very difficult and peculiar role as a New York City hotel’s shy-seeming unhinged babysitter. […]

Mar, 28

Thoroughly Modern Millie **** (1967, Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, John Gavin, James Fox, Carol Channing, Beatrice Lillie) – Classic Movie Review 5158

Director George Roy Hill’s charming 1967 musical Thoroughly Modern Millie is a perfect vehicle for the thoroughly captivating Julie Andrews as the Twenties flapper Millie Dillmount. She discovers a new real chum in a sweet, innocent, […]

Mar, 15

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