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Spooks Run Wild *** (1941, Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall) – Classic Movie Review 5665

Director Phil Rosen’s spoofy 1941 horror comedy film stars a spooky Bela Lugosi as Nardo, the  owner of a creepy old mansion, who brings chills to the spines of the East Side Kids – Muggs […]

Jun, 25

The Gorilla ** (1939, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, Al Ritz, Anita Louise, Patsy Kelly, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Joseph Calleia , Edward Norris, Wally Vernon) – Classic Movie Review 5661

Despite all his fame and popularity, or because of it, Bela Lugosi often received star billing at Universal Pictures for what amounted to a supporting part, or dismissively loaned out to other studios. 20th Century […]

Jun, 25

Tammy and the Bachelor [Tammy] *** (1957, Debbie Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Leslie Nielsen, Mala Powers, Fay Wray, Sidney Blackmer, Mildred Natwick) – Classic Movie Review 5511

Debbie Reynolds (1932–2016) stars in the first, and by far the best of the four Tammy films, all loosely based on the stories by Cid Ricketts Sumner. Here the kind-hearted, plucky young riverboat heroine Tammy […]

May, 28

A Dark Song *** (2016, Steve Oram, Catherine Walker, Mark Huberman, Susan Loughnane) – Movie Review

Steve Oram and Catherine Walker star as the damaged occultist Mr Solomon and the determined, traumatised Sophia who hires him to spend months together in an isolated Welsh mansion to perform a dangerous ritual so she […]

Apr, 11

All These Women [För Att Inte Tala Om Alla Dessa Kvinnor] ** (1964, Jarl Kulle, Georg Funkquist, Bibi Andersson, Harriet Andersson, Eva Dahlbeck, Allan Edwall) – Classic Movie Review 4840

Apparently provoked by claims that he was a doom merchant, Ingmar Bergman comes up with this light-hearted and light-weight satirical comedy, and, funnily enough, it isn’t funny. Bergman’s first film in colour, it tells the tale […]

Jan, 03

Dragonwyck **** (1946, Gene Tierney, Vincent Price, Glenn Langan, Walter Huston, Anne Revere, Spring Byington, Harry Morgan, Jessica Tandy) – Classic Movie Review 4466

‘Dangerously, she dared to love!’ Gene Tierney stars as beautiful Connecticut farm girl Miranda Wells, in the 1946 period mystery thriller film Dragonwyck.  ‘Dangerously, she dared to love!’ Gene Tierney stars as beautiful Connecticut farm girl […]

Oct, 08

The Ghost Breakers **** (1940, Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Paul Lukas, Willie Best, Richard Carlson, Lloyd Corrigan, Anthony Quinn) – Classic Movie Review 4,428

The 1940 comedy thriller film The Ghost Breakers re-teams Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard for one of the best examples of the classic Hollywood horror comedy. Director George Marshall’s 1940 comedy thriller film The Ghost […]

Sep, 28

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