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Laughter in Paradise **** (1951, Alastair Sim, Fay Compton, George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, Guy Middleton) – Classic Movie Review 2625

Producer-director Mario Zampi’s delightful 1951 British comedy is a minor classic, enshrining one of Alastair Sim’s most treasurable performances as a henpecked thriller writer and providing eagerly grabbed showcases for showy turns by some of […]

Jun, 21

How to Marry a Millionaire **** (1953, Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall, William Powell) – Classic Movie Review 2612

Marilyn Monroe (as Pola Debevoise), Betty Grable (as Loco Dempsey) and Lauren Bacall (as Schatze Page) star as the shallow but sweet gold-diggers of 1953 in director Jean Negulesco’s entertaining smash comedy. The trio of […]

Jun, 17

Deadfall *** (1968, Michael Caine, Giovanna Ralli, Eric Portman, Nanette Newman) – Classic Movie Review 2421

Writer-director Bryan Forbes’s plush and alluring British 1968 French Riviera crime caper with dark psychological and sexual overtones is brought to life by capable character studies from Michael Caine, Eric Portman and Nanette Newman. The […]

Apr, 22

Pillow Talk **** (1959, Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter) – Classic Movie Review 1718

The 1959 film Pillow Talk sparked off Doris Day and Rock Hudson’s series of profitable hit comedy movies. They teamed for three films and this is the best of them. Day was Oscar nominated as […]

Sep, 29

The Grass Is Greener *** (1960, Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons, Robert Mitchum) – Classic Movie Review 1455

Producer-director Stanley Donen’s 1960 release is a stagey but pleasing and enjoyable, old-style sub-Noel Coward drawing-room comedy of marital infidelity along the lines of Private Lives as Cary Grant’s marriage to Deborah Kerr is threatened by Jean Simmons […]

Jul, 20

Blonde Venus **** (1932, Marlene Dietrich, Cary Grant) – Classic Movie Review 1274

Svengali-style producer-director Josef von Sternberg’s 1932 vintage romance provides a famous role for his protégé Marlene Dietrich as Helen Faraday, who works as the Blonde Venus chanteuse in smooth young millionaire playboy Nick Townsend’s nightclub. […]

Jun, 01

What Price Hollywood? **** (1932, Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 1127

Director George Cukor’s 1932 gleaming comedy treasure is a real vintage treat from the Thirties. It is based on a story by Adela Rogers St Johns, who came up with this idea first, but we […]

Apr, 20

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