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The Happiest Millionaire *** (1967, Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, Greer Garson, John Davidson, Gladys Cooper, Lesley Ann Warren, Geraldine Page, Hermione Baddeley) – Classic Movie Review 8532

Director Norman Tokar’s 1967 The Happiest Millionaire is the last live-action film supervised personally as producer by Walt Disney (uncredited), though Bill Anderson is credited producer. It is a large-scale musical, with a modern-day Romeo […]

Jun, 01

The Girl from Missouri **** (1934, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Franchot Tone, Lewis Stone, Alan Mowbray, Patsy Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 7196

Anita Loos from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes helps to provide the sparkling, witty original screenplay (with John Emerson) for director Jack Conway’s entertaining Jean Harlow 1934 screwball comedy film vehicle The Girl from Missouri about Eadie Chapman, […]

Jun, 20

Ten Thousand Bedrooms ** (1957, Dean Martin, Eva Bartok, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Walter Slezak, Paul Henreid, Dewey Martin, Jules Munshin, Marcel Dalio, Evelyn Varden) – Classic Movie Review 6909

After their bust-up, Dean Martin stars for the first time without his long-term screen partner Jerry Lewis, in director Richard Thorpe’s meek and mild MGM 1957 musical comedy set in a Rome hotel. It is […]

Apr, 10

You Belong to Me [Good Morning, Doctor] **½ (1941, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Edgar Buchanan) – Classic Movie Review 6773

Director Wesley Ruggles’s 1941 romantic comedy You Belong to Me stars the perfectly paired Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda once again after their success in The Lady Eve (1941). It is also known as Good […]

Mar, 06

Bikini Beach ** (1964, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Martha Hyer, Don Rickles, Harvey Lembeck, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 6216

In 1964, American International Pictures released Bikini Beach, the third of its Beach Party movies with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. It is co-written and directed by William Asher. How is this for blatant advertising: ‘It’s where the […]

Nov, 09

One Body Too Many ** (1944, Jack Haley, Bela Lugosi, Jean Parker, Blanche Yurka, Lyle Talbot, Douglas Fowley, Bernard Nedell) – Classic Movie Review 6138

‘A shudder a second! A laugh a minute! YOU’LL DIE SCREAMING WITH LAUGHTER! Bela Lugosi is a welcome presence as the butler Merkil in the 1944 comedy-mystery film One Body Too Many. ‘A shudder a […]

Oct, 24

Our Dancing Daughters **** (1928, Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown, Anita Page, Nils Asther, Dorothy Sebastian) – Classic Movie Review 5953

After a series of small roles between 1925 and 1928, Joan Crawford was elevated to star status overnight as fun-loving socialite Diana Medford in director Harry Beaumont’s 1928 Our Dancing Daughters. Crawford is ideally cast as […]

Aug, 22

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