Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "mistaken identity"

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The Pilgrim *** (1923, Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Sydney Chaplin, Mack Swain, Loyal Underwood, Dean Riesner, Charles Reisner) – Classic Movie Review 11,754

Charles Chaplin’s 1923 four-reel silent comedy film The Pilgrim stars Chaplin as The Pilgrim, an escaped convict who snatches a swimming minister’s clothes to replace his prison uniform. Writer/ producer/ director Charles Chaplin’s 1923 four-reel […]

Nov, 29

Neptune’s Daughter *** (1949, Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalbán, Betty Garrett, Keenan Wynn, Xavier Cugat, Mel Blanc) – Classic Movie Review 11,508

Director Edward Buzzell’s 1949 Technicolor musical romantic comedy film Neptune’s Daughter is a pleasing MGM Esther Williams aquatic musical, memorable for the Oscar-winning song, ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ (Frank Loesser), sung by Esther Williams and […]

Aug, 23

The Square Peg ** (1958, Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, Edward Chapman) – Classic Movie Review 11,431

Director John Paddy Carstairs’s 1958 British Rank Organisation black and white war comedy film The Square Peg stars Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman and Honor Blackman. In the original screenplay by Jack Davies, Henry Blyth, Eddie […]

Jul, 29

The Duke Wore Jeans ** (1958, Tommy Steele, June Laverick, Michael Medwin, Alan Wheatley, Eric Pohlmann, Noel Hood) – Classic Movie Review 11,220

Director Gerald Thomas’s 1958 black and white musical comedy The Duke Wore Jeans is produced by Peter Rogers, is written by Norman Hudis, and stars Tommy Steele and June Laverick. The Carry On writer-producer-director team […]

May, 18

Scoop ** (1987, Michael Maloney, Michael Hordern, Robert Eddison, Donald Pleasence, Denholm Elliott, Herbert Lom, Nicola Pagett) – Classic Movie Review 10,177

Director Gavin Millar’s 1987 TV movie Scoop is a much-heralded, £2.5 million London Weekend Television (LWT) production of Evelyn Waugh’s brilliant, mischievous Fleet Street satire, adapted by William Boyd, about nature columnist William Boot (Michael […]

Aug, 14

Ever Since Eve * (1937, Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery, Frank McHugh, Patsy Kelly, Allen Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 10,140

In 1937, the 40-year-old Marion Davies filmed her last movie, director Lloyd Bacon’s screwball romantic comedy Ever Since Eve, in which she plays an attractive young woman fed up having to quit job after job […]

Aug, 06

Convict 99 *** (1938, Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Basil Radford, Googie Withers) – Classic Movie Review 8391

Will Hay gets to do his priceless tatty teacher turn again as disgraced school master Dr Benjamin Twist, in director Marcel Varnel’s pleasant and mildly amusing 1938 vintage British black and white comedy Convict 99, […]

Apr, 23

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