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The Passing of the Third Floor Back **** (1935, Conrad Veidt, Anna Lee, Rene Ray, Frank Cellier) – Classic Movie Review 12,921

A Stranger works to redeem the inhabitants of a London boarding house, in Austrian director Berthold Viertel’s fascinating 1935 British drama film The Passing of the Third Floor Back, starring Conrad Veidt, Anna Lee, Rene […]

Jun, 06

Céleste *** (1980, Eva Mattes, Jürgen Arndt, Norbert Wartha, Wolf Euba) – Classic Movie Review 11,853

Percy Adlon’s fascinating 1981 German film Céleste tells the story of the final years of the French gay writer Marcel Proust (Jürgen Arndt) through the eyes of his housekeeper.  Writer-director Percy Adlon’s fascinating 1981 German […]

Jan, 17

The Courtneys of Curzon Street ** (1947, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding) – Classic Movie Review 11,791

Director Herbert Wilcox’s 1947 British drama film The Courtneys of Curzon Street [The Courtney Affair] stars the winning team of Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding, is one of the all-time most seen British films, with 15,900,000 cinema tickets […]

Dec, 15

That Funny Feeling ** (1965, Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin, Donald O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 11,759

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1965 romantic comedy That Funny Feeling stars Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin and Donald O’Connor. Unfortunately, unfunny feelings arise from this re-pairing of Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin simply because the wit and […]

Dec, 01

My Dear Miss Aldrich *** (1937, Edna May Oliver, Maureen O’Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon) – Classic Movie Review 11,262

‘The Season’s Gayest Love Story!’ A young, attractive Nebraska newspaper heiress, Miss Martha Aldrich (Maureen O’Sullivan), repeatedly clashes with the stubborn managing editor (Walter Pidgeon) of the New York paper she has inherited. His attitude […]

Jun, 02

Tovarich **** (1937, Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone) – Classic Movie Review 11,000

Director Anatole Litvak’s 1937 Warner Bros period screwball comedy Tovarich is written by Casey Robinson, based on a play by Jacques Déval and Robert E Sherwood (English version). It stars Claudette Colbert as the Grand […]

Mar, 08

The Maids ** (1975, Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant, Mark Burns) – Classic Movie Review 9561

Glenda Jackson and Susannah York enjoy an unusual opportunity chewing up Jean Genet’s strange dialogue in director Christopher Miles’s powerful 1975 film version of his flamboyant play The Maids. Black humour lightens up a dark […]

Mar, 25

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