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Without Reservations ** (1946, Claudette Colbert, John Wayne) – Classic Movie Review 12,170

Director Mervyn LeRoy’s 1946 RKO Radio Pictures comedy Without Reservations stars Claudette Colbert and John Wayne, and is based on the novel Thanks, God! I’ll Take It From Here by Jane Allen and Mae Livingston. Claudette […]

Jun, 13

Johnny Doesn’t Live Here Anymore *** (1944, Simone Simon, James Ellison, William Terry, Robert Mitchum) – Classic Movie Review 10,545

Director Joe May’s 1944 black-and-white wartime housing shortage comedy-romance Johnny Doesn’t Live Here Anymore [And So They Were Married] stars William Terry as the titular Johnny Moore, who joins the army, newly enlisted in the Marines. […]

Nov, 15

‘Gung Ho!’: The Story of Carlson’s Makin Island Raiders ** (1943, Randolph Scott, Alan Curtis, Noah Beery Jr, J Carrol Naish, David Bruce, Robert Mitchum) – Classic Movie Review 9715

Director Ray Enright’s 1943 war movie Gung Ho! stars Randolph Scott as Colonel Thorwald, who leads a tough patriotic wartime propaganda action adventure about US Marines in the Pacific, based on the experiences of Lieutenant W […]

May, 04

Marine Raiders ** (1944, Pat O’Brien, Robert Ryan, Ruth Hussey) – Classic Movie Review 7383

Director Harold D Schuster’s 1944 RKO Radio Pictures release Marine Raiders is a minor but intriguing wartime action movie plus romantic drama, with the emphasis on the details of Second World War troop training. Pat O’Brien and […]

Aug, 01

Rebel *** (1985, Matt Dillon, Debra Byrne, Bryan Brown) – Classic Movie Review 7309

Co-writer/ director Michael Jenkins’s 1985 Australian movie Rebel stars Matt Dillon as the eponymous American Marine sergeant Rebel, a traumatised American deserter from World War Two, who, while recuperating from battle, falls for married Aussie nightclub songbird […]

Jul, 19

Back Street *** (1961, Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles) – Classic Movie Review 7,001

Susan Hayward stars in the glossy 1961 romantic drama film Back Street – the third and least Universal Pictures version of the Fannie Hurst soap opera novel – perhaps most notable for the frocks by […]

May, 04

Baby Blue Marine *** (1976, Jan-Michael Vincent, Glynnis O’Connor, Katherine Helmond, Dana Elcar, Bert Remsen, Bruce Kirby) – Classic Movie Review 6734

The 1976 drama film Baby Blue Marine stars Jan-Michael Vincent as a WW2 US Marine recruit sent home in a military surplus baby blue uniform after failing basic training, and takes on the war vet […]

Feb, 25

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