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Till the Clouds Roll By **** (1946, Robert Walker, Van Heflin, Lucille Bremer) – Classic Movie Review 3608

Director Richard Whorf’s striking 1946 MGM musical is a tribute to the composer/song-writer Jerome Kern, who is played by Robert Walker. The movie starts with the premiere of Show Boat and flashes back to Kern’s […]

Apr, 24

Show Boat ***** (1936, Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, Charles Winninger, Hattie McDaniel) – Classic Movie Review 3044

Director James Whale’s 1936 movie is the superb second version of the classic Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical, based on Edna Ferber’s novel about the lives and loves of Mississippi river folk at the turn-of-the-last-century. […]

Nov, 08

Roberta **** (1935, Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Helen Westley) – Classic Movie Review 2250

Director William A Seiter’s 1935 musical marvel stars Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott and Helen Westley as Roberta. Dunne causes a stir in a gracious performance in one of her best roles […]

Mar, 09

Show Boat ***** (1951, Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner) – Classic Movie Review 1136

In 1951 the MGM studio uses the excuse of colour and widescreen to remake James Whale’s superb 1936 black and white film of the vintage Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical about turn-of-the-last-century Mississippi river folk. […]

Apr, 22

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