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Consolation Marriage [Married in Haste] *** (1931, Irene Dunne, Pat O’Brien, John Halliday, Matt Moore, Myrna Loy) – Classic Movie Review 12,258
Director Paul Sloane’s 1931 romantic drama Consolation Marriage [Married in Haste] stars Irene Dunne, Pat O’Brien, John Halliday, Matt Moore, and Myrna Loy. Abandoned Manhattan lonelyhearts Mary Brown (Irene Dunne) and Steve Porter (Pat O’Brien) […]
The Wedding Banquet [Xi yan] *** (1993, Winston Chao, Mitchell Lichtenstein, May Chin, Ah-Lei Gua, Sihung Lung) – Classic Movie Review 10,761
Co-writer/ director Ang Lee’s 1993 comedy drama The Wedding Banquet [Xi yan] is a funny, touching, carefully observed little film with strong performances. Ang based the first half of his movie on the true story […]
A Touch of Larceny *** (1960, James Mason, George Sanders, Vera Miles) – Classic Movie Review 10,755
‘Meet the man with the hilarious plan to hoax the whole world out of a cool million… and coax a one-in-a-million girl into his arms!’ Director Guy Hamilton’s 1960 A Touch of Larceny stars James […]
The Golden Arrow ** (1936, Bette Davis, George Brent, Eugene Pallette, Dick Foran, Carol Hughes, Catherine Doucet, Craig Reynolds, Hobart Cavanaugh, Henry O’Neill, Ivan Lebedeff) – Classic Movie Review 10,095
Director Alfred E Green’s 1936 The Golden Arrow finds Bette Davis cast once again opposite George Brent, this time in a would-be frothy screwball comedy as a restaurant cafeteria cashier hired by a cosmetics firm’s […]
The Lady Is Willing *** (1942, Marlene Dietrich, Fred MacMurray, Aline MacMahon, Stanley Ridges, Arline Judge) – Classic Movie Review 9619
Director Mitchell Leisen’s 1942 The Lady Is Willing is a frothy, mostly appealing, Forties-period romantic comedy in which an eccentric Broadway showgirl, Elizabeth Madden (the incomparable Marlene Dietrich effectively cast against type), is so desperate […]
The Linguini Incident (1991, Rosanna Arquette, David Bowie, Eszter Balint) – Classic Movie Review 8933
Co-writer/ director Richard Shepard’s 1991 movie The Linguini Incident tries hard to be a freewheeling, chic comedy in the style of Desperately Seeking Susan. But, despite being bizarre, energetic and sometimes even inventive, it just […]
Docteur Popaul [Scoundrel in White] [High Heels] ** (1972, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Mia Farrow, Laura Antonelli, Daniel Lecourtois) – Classic Movie Review 8762
Director Claude Chabrol’s 1972 black comedy Docteur Popaul [Scoundrel in White] [High Heels] stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as a medic called Dr Paul Simay, who marries the plain, handicapped Christine Dupont (Mia Farrow), takes over her […]