Derek Winnert

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Rock, Pretty Baby! *** (1956, Sal Mineo, John Saxon, Luana Patten, Fay Wray, Shelley Fabares) – Classic Movie Review 9861

‘I’m the victim of the greatest social disease of our generation: parents.’ – Angelo Barrato (Sal Mineo). Director Richard Bartlett’s engaging 1956 American low-budget youth-oriented comedy musical movie Rock, Pretty Baby stars Sal Mineo, John […]

Jun, 03

Dancing in the Dark *** (1949, William Powell, Mark Stevens, Betsy Drake, Adolphe Menjou) – Classic Movie Review 9826

Director Irving Reis’s often vivacious, always appealing 1949 Technicolor musical comedy Dancing in the Dark is enlivened by William Powell’s polished performance as Emery Slade, a former silent star employed by studio boss Melville Crossman […]

May, 26

Dancing Co-Ed ** (1939, Lana Turner, Richard Carlson, Artie Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 9825

Precocious Lana Turner, then MGM’s new teenage sensation, aged 18 and making the most of her first starring role, dances and studies her way to success as Patty Marlow, the ambitious dancing co-ed of the […]

May, 26

Hidden City *** (1987, Charles Dance, Cassie Stuart, Bill Paterson) – Classic Movie Review 9747

Smoothie Charles Dance stars in Stephen Poliakoff’s first cinema film as writer-director, the 1987 British mystery thriller Hidden City, which is set round a south London building used as an interrogation centre in World War […]

May, 11

Au-delà des grilles [Le mura di Malapaga] [The Walls of Malapaga] **** (1949, Jean Gabin, Isa Miranda, Vera Talchi) – Classic Movie Review 9673

War-torn Italian slums in Genoa provide a stable background for director René Clément’s moving depiction of a tragic encounter between Pierre Arrignon (Jean Gabin), a French fugitive killer pursued by the law, and a frustrated […]

Apr, 24

The Last Time I Saw Archie ** (1961, Robert Mitchum, Jack Webb, Martha Hyer, France Nuyen) – Classic Movie Review 9588

Producer-director Jack Webb’s forgotten and neglected 1961 comedy The Last Time I Saw Archie stars Robert Mitchum as a real-life confidence trickster, Private Archie Hall, plying his trade at a US Forces base in the […]

Apr, 02

Magic Town **** (1947, James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith) – Classic Movie Review 9559

Director William A Wellman’s 1947 comedy Magic Town is an underrated pleasure. It describes the politician’s dream – a Magic Town that is a perfect mirror of American opinions. James Stewart stars as opinion pollster […]

Mar, 25

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