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Once More, My Darling *** (1949, Robert Montgomery, Ann Blyth, Jane Cowl) – Classic Movie Review 11,720

Director Robert Montgomery’s 1949 film Once More, My Darling is a charming, well-acted screwball romantic comedy about a cute young socialite Marita Connell (Ann Blyth) with stolen Nazi gems, who is wooed by high-powered attorney Collier […]

Nov, 12

Footsteps in the Dark *** (1941, Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Hale, Lee Patrick) – Classic Movie Review 11,642

Director Lloyd Bacon’s 1941 Footsteps in the Dark is a lively Forties comedy thriller, with Flynn cast against type in suit and bow-tie (looking a bit stiff and odd) as Francis Warren, an investment adviser […]

Oct, 11

Fric-Frac **** (1939, Michel Simon, Fernandel, Arletty) – Classic Movie Review 11,501

Three of France’s best ever film players, Fernandel, Michel Simon and Arletty, star in directors Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara’s bright and funny 1939  French comedy film Fric-Frac about jewellery shop salesman Marcel (Fernandel) mixed […]

Aug, 21

Raffles **** (1930, Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, David Torrence, Bramwell Fletcher, Alison Skipworth) – Classic Movie Review 9,526

Ronald Colman’s suave charisma is perfect for E W Hornung’s cricketer and amateur cracksman A J Raffles in the crisp, fast moving and very entertaining 1930 first talkie version of the perennially popular crime mystery […]

Mar, 18

A Fine Pair [Ruba al prossimo tuo] ** (1968, Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Tomas Milian) – Classic Movie Review 8819

Director Francesco Maselli’s below-par 1968 Swinging Sixties Italian comedy thriller A Fine Pair [Ruba al prossimo tuo] stars Rock Hudson and Claudia Cardinale, reunited from Blindfold (1966), who make a fine pair as a married […]

Aug, 11

Enter Arsène Lupin *** (1944, Charles Korvin, Ella Raines, J Carrol Naish, Gale Sondergaard, George Dolenz, Miles Mander, Leyland Hodgson) – Classic Movie Review 8678

Director Ford Beebe’s likeable and entertaining 1944 Universal Pictures black and white crime drama/ film noir thriller Enter Arsène Lupin stars Charles Korvin as the sophisticated Gallic gentleman jewel thief Arsène Lupin. Ella Raines is his […]

Jul, 05

Arsène Lupin Returns *** (1938, Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Warren William, John Halliday, Nat Pendleton, Monty Woolley, George Zucco) – Classic Movie Review 8677

Director George Fitzmaurice’s 1938 Arsène Lupin Returns is the welcome sequel to the 1932 MGM hit Arsène Lupin. And, yes, happily Arsène Lupin Returns, but alas John and Lionel Barrymore do not return for this […]

Jul, 05

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