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The Cat and the Canary **** (1939, Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Gale Sondergaard, George Zucco) – Classic Movie Review 4,426

Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard star in the funny, though still scary 1939 remake of the spooky house thriller The Cat and the Canary  Director Elliott Nugent remakes director Paul Leni’s famed 1927 silent classic […]

Sep, 28

The Cat and the Canary **** (1927, Creighton Hale, Laura La Plante, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall, Flora Finch, Gertrude Astor, Lucien Littlefield) – Classic Movie Review 4425

Director Paul Leni’s famed 1927 Universal Studios silent version of John Willard’s long-running stage play stars Creighton Hale, Laura La Plante, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall, Flora Finch, Gertrude Astor and Lucien Littlefield. Robert F Hill, Alfred […]

Sep, 27

Lady in a Cage **** (1964, Olivia de Havilland, James Caan, Ann Sothern, Jeff Corey, Jennifer Billingsley, Rafael Campos, Scatman Crothers) – Classic Movie Review 4008

Director Walter Grauman’s excellent 1964 thriller is tough, gripping and scary. It finds Olivia de Havilland well cast and on good form as Mrs Cornelia Hilyard, a wealthy widowed invalid authoress trapped a dozen feet short […]

Jul, 12

Cries & Whispers [Viskningar och rop] ***** (1972, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann, Kari Sylwan) – Classic Movie Review 3933

Producer-writer-director Ingmar Bergman’s haunting and shattering 1972 Swedish movie represents the quintessence of Bergman’s art, with three of his best, most famous players all at their peak, while Kari Sylwan is equally memorable. And there is […]

Jun, 27

The Lost Moment *** (1947, Robert Cummings, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead) – Classic Movie Review 3892

The 1947 film noir-style romantic drama The Lost Moment is an attractively atmospheric oddity, based on Henry James’s 1888 novella The Aspern Papers. It greatly alters the characters and adds schizophrenia, a murder and a […]

Jun, 20

The Bat *** (1959, Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon) – Classic Movie Review 3591

The right stars in Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead crank up writer-director Crane Wilbur’s creaky 1959 version of the maniac-in-the-mansion stage chiller play The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Price plays Dr Malcolm Wells. Moorehead plays […]

Apr, 19

Kika **** (1993, Verónica Forqué, Peter Coyote, Victoria Abril, Àlex Casanovas, Rossy de Palma, Francisca Caballero) – Classic Movie Review 3569

Writer-director Pedro Almodóvar’s biting 1993 black comedy is a typically savage, no-holds-barred assault on modern media culture. More focused and controlled than his early work in the Eighties, this is lit up by Victoria Abril’s powerhouse turn as […]

Apr, 16

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