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Crisis *** (1950, Cary Grant, José Ferrer, Ramon Novarro, Antonio Moreno, Signe Hasso, Paula Raymond, Leon Ames, Gilbert Roland) – Classic Movie Review 3,090

The intriguing 1950 thriller film Crisis stars Cary Grant as a renowned American neurosurgeon compelled to try to save the life of a dying South American leader (José Ferrer) with a brain tumour. Writer-director Richard […]

Nov, 24

Murders in the Rue Morgue **** (1932, Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Bert Roach, Brandon Hurst) – Classic Movie Review 2681

Director Robert Florey’s vintage 1932 Universal Studios horror movie stars the studio’s great horror icon Bela Lugosi as a mad doctor called Dr Mirakle. After Dracula, Dr Mirakle is one of Lugosi’s most important and […]

Jul, 09

Meet Me in St Louis ***** (1944, Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Leon Ames, Mary Astor) – Classic Movie Review 1119

Director Vincente Minnelli’s nostalgic, warm-hearted, colourful classic MGM musical Meet Me in St Louis is based on novelist Sally Benson’s family 1944 saga, which is set in St Louis in 1903 just before the Louisiana Purchase […]

Apr, 19

Lady in the Lake **** (1946, Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, Leon Ames, Jayne Meadows) – Classic Movie Review 746

This splendidly gimmicky 1946 murder mystery film noir classic Lady in the Lake is directed by its star Robert Montgomery in his directorial debut, and is based on Raymond Chandler’s renowned hardboiled 1943 detective novel The […]

Jan, 25

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