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Jezebel ***** (1938, Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Margaret Lindsay, Fay Bainter, George Brent, Richard Cromwell, Donald Crisp) – Classic Movie Review 2698

Director William Wyler’s double Oscar-winning 1938 romantic drama Jezebel stars Bette Davis, who grabs one of the best chances of her glorious career by the scruff of its neck and triumphs. In many ways this is Davis […]

Jul, 14

Old Acquaintance **** (1943, Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, Gig Young) – Classic Movie Review 2,696

The polished 1943 comedy romantic drama film Old Acquaintance stars Bette Davis as Kit Marlowe and Miriam Hopkins as the bitchy Millie Drake. Davis said: ‘Miriam was her usual self. Director Vincent Sherman said he […]

Jul, 13

The Old Maid ***** (1939, Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent, Jane Bryan) – Classic Movie Review 2695

Director Edmund Goulding’s weepie 1939 drama is a triumph for Bette Davis, who stars as the sweet Charlotte Lovell, whose illegitimate daughter Tina (Jane Bryan) is raised by her rotten, selfish cousin Delia Lovell (Miriam […]

Jul, 13

Trouble in Paradise ***** (1932, Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall) – Classic Movie Review 1989

Based on László Aladár’s play The Honest Finder, producer-director Ernst Lubitsch’s 1932 sophisticated comedy Trouble in Paradise is a masterclass in just how to be both brilliantly clever and hilariously witty. Herbert Marshall and Miriam Hopkins […]

Dec, 22

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ***** (1931, Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart) – Classic Movie Review 779

The 1931 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the first horror movie to win an Academy Award and the first film to be screened at the world’s first film festival. Fredric March won the 1932 […]

Jan, 31

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