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Flaxy Martin *** (1949, Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone) – Classic Movie Review 7,551

The solid 1948 Warner Bros film noir gangster movie Flaxy Martin stars Virginia Mayo as the gold-digging showgirl Flaxy Martin, and Zachary Scott as the honest young lawyer who falls for and protects her.  Director […]

Sep, 08

Double or Nothing *** (1937, Bing Crosby, Mary Carlisle, Martha Raye, Andy Devine, William Frawley, Benny Baker) – Classic Movie Review 7389

Director Theodore Reed’s 1937 Paramount Pictures black and white comedy musical Double or Nothing re-teams Bing Crosby and Mary Carlisle after College Humor (1933), and also stars Martha Raye, Andy Devine, William Frawley and Benny Baker. […]

Aug, 02

Romance in Manhattan *** (1935, Francis Lederer, Ginger Rogers, Arthur Hohl) – Classic Movie Review 6959

Director Stephen Roberts’s 1935 comedy/romance film is the Green Card of its day in its story that has a hapless foreigner, Karel Novak (Francis Lederer), a naive Czech immigrant, who arrives at Ellis Island in New […]

Apr, 23

The Wilby Conspiracy ** (1975, Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson, Prunella Gee, Saeed Jaffrey, Persis Khambatta, Rutger Hauer ) – Classic Movie Review 6939

Director Ralph Nelson’s 1975 British movie stars Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine, who are off their usual beat in this largely creaky and unpersuasive but commendably well-meaning and action-packed political thriller, set in East Africa. […]

Apr, 18

All of Me *** (1984, Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant) – Classic Movie Review 6897

Director Carl Reiner’s enjoyable 1984 comedy stars a hilarious Steve Martin, who gives all of himself in this welcome crazy comedy about Roger Cobb (Martin), a nice lawyer whose body is taken over by the […]

Apr, 08

True Confession **** (1937, Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore, Una Merkel, Porter Hall, Edgar Kennedy, Lynne Overman) – Classic Movie Review 6,754

Great classic Thirties screwball comedy stuff, the 1937 film True Confession is vintage Carole Lombard, teamed again with Fred MacMurray. Director Wesley Ruggles’s extremely entertaining 1937 screwball comedy is Carole Lombard’s fourth movie with Fred […]

Mar, 01

Music Box **** (1989, Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest) – Classic Movie Review 6666

Director Constantin Costa-Gavras’s 1989 thriller Music Box stars Jessica Lange as successful  American attorney Ann Talbot, who is shocked and devastated when her loving, hardworking, patriotic Hungarian immigrant father Mike Laszlo (Armin Mueller-Stahl) is accused […]

Feb, 09

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