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West of Broadway ** (1931, John Gilbert, El Brendel, Lois Moran, Madge Evans, Ralph Bellamy, Frank Conroy) – Classic Movie Review 12,216

Director Harry Beaumont’s 1931 comedy romantic drama film West of Broadway stars John Gilbert as Chicago alcoholic millionaire Jerry Stevens, who has at least one drink too many and wakes up to a bride called […]

Jul, 04

The Man Who Wouldn’t Die *** (1942, Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Henry Wilcoxon, Helene Reynolds, Richard Derr, Paul Harvey, Olin Howland, Billy Bevan) – Classic Movie Review 12,151

‘An Empty Grave… A Cunning, Gunning Ghost… And Michael Shayne!’ Director Herbert I Leeds’s eerie and atmospheric 1942 noir mystery thriller film The Man Who Wouldn’t Die again stars Lloyd Nolan, who is excellent in […]

May, 31

After Office Hours *** (1935, Clark Gable, Constance Bennett, Stuart Erwin, Billie Burke) – Classic Movie Review 11,569

Robert Z Leonard directs the satisfyingly complicated 1935 MGM crime thriller After Office Hours. Clark Gable and Constance Bennett carry a sharply penned piece from the writer of Citizen Kane. King of Hollywood Clark Gable […]

Sep, 12

Tillie’s Punctured Romance **** (1914, Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Charles Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 11,462

Tillie’s Punctured Romance (1914) is notable as the first feature-length comedy in all of cinema. Producer-director Mack Sennett threw everything he had into the movies’ first feature-length silent comedy, the 1914 Tillie’s Punctured Romance, in […]

Aug, 08

Michael Shayne: Private Detective ***½ (1940, Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Valerie, Walter Abel) – Classic Movie Review 11,238

Lloyd Nolan stars as Brett Halliday’s wisecracking private detective Michael Shayne in the first of the actor’s seven 20th Century Fox support thrillers. Director Eugene Forde’s 1940 black and white mystery thriller Michael Shayne: Private […]

May, 24

Black Widow **** (1987, Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey, Dennis Hopper, Nicol Williamson) – Classic Movie Review 9583

Director Bob Rafelson’s excellent, steamy 1986 thriller Black Widow stars Debra Winger as a smart woman federal agent obsessively tracking down a gold-digging murderess (Theresa Russell) who marries wealthy men and then kills them to inherit […]

Apr, 01

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing *** (1955, Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger) – Classic Movie Review 9020

The 1955 love triangle thriller The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing is an atmospheric evocation of a 1906 New York murder scandal. Marilyn Monroe turned the film down and was put on suspension before […]

Oct, 25

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