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- Yossi *** (2012, Ohad Knoller, Oz Zehavi, Lior Ashkenazi) – Classic Movie Review 13,260
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- Steamboat Round the Bend **** (1935, Will Rogers, Anne Shirley, Eugene Pallette) – Classic Movie Review 13,258
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Posts Tagged "jazz"
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Band of Thieves ** (1962, Acker Bilk, Jimmy Thompson, Jennifer Jayne) – Classic Movie Review 12,645
A band of ex-jailbirds get together to play jazz and commit crimes in the daft but mildly diverting 1962 musical crime film Band of Thieves starring clarinettist Acker Bilk. Director Peter Bezencenet’s 1962 British musical […]
King of Jazz **** (1930, Paul Whiteman, Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, Harry Barris) – Classic Movie Review 12,239
Bandleader Paul Whiteman’s rich, appealing and enjoyable 1930 early two-colour Technicolor musical revue film The King of Jazz boasts Bing Crosby and a batch of hit songs of the day. It dumps any narrative in favour […]
Let’s Get Lost *** (1988, director Bruce Weber) – Classic Movie Review 11,661
In 1987 fashion photographer Bruce Weber was still working on his first feature film Broken Noses (1987) when met the legendary jazz trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker and began filming him, intending to create a short […]
Birth of the Blues *** (1941, Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Brian Donlevy) – Classic Movie Review 11,328
‘Strike up the band, here comes happiness, in a merry medley of romance and rhythm’: Birth of the Blues (1941). Director Victor Schertzinger’s 1941 Paramount Pictures musical hit Birth of the Blues stars Bing Crosby, […]
Beat Girl *** (1960, David Farrar, Noëlle Adam, Christopher Lee, Gillian Hills, Adam Faith, Shirley Anne Field) – Classic Movie Review 10,416
Director Edmond T Gréville’s 1960 exploitation drama Beat Girl [Wild for Kicks] is a rare British teen picture from this late-50s, early 60s period, about a rebellious teenage girl (Gillian Hills) who resents her attractive, […]
The Gene Krupa Story **½ (1959, Sal Mineo, Susan Kohner, James Darren) – Classic Movie Review 9856
Director Don Weis’s 1959 black and white biographical music drama The Gene Krupa Story [Drum Crazy] stars Sal Mineo plays the famous jazz drummer Gene Krupa, whose use of alcohol and marijuana led to jail […]
Lady Sings the Blues **** (1972, Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor) – Classic Movie Review 9,634
Director Sidney J Furie’s 1972 musical drama film Lady Sings the Blues is Diana Ross’s finest hour in the movies, acting her socks off as the great but tragic blues singer Billie Holiday. The film’s […]