Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "mistaken identity"

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Cairo *** (1942, Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Young, Ethel Waters, Reginald Owen, Grant Mitchell, Lionel Atwill, Eduardo Ciannelli, Dooley Wilson, Dennis Hoey, Mona Barrie) – Classic Movie Review 8205

Director W S Van Dyke II’s 1942 movie Cairo is a spy comedy, though MGM advertised it as a ‘BIG ROMANCE WITH MUSIC’. It stars Robert Young as an American news reporter called Homer Smith […]

Mar, 06

The Private Life of Don Juan ** (1934, Douglas Fairbanks, Merle Oberon, Binnie Barnes, Joan Gardner, Benita Hume, Melville Cooper, Athene Seyler ) – Classic Movie Review 8159

Director Alexander Korda’s 1934 romantic comedy The Private Life of Don Juan stars Douglas Fairbanks Sr as an aging Don Juan, who, weary of love, retires by faking his funeral until he has to prove […]

Feb, 20

They Made Me a Criminal *** (1939, John Garfield, Claude Rains, May Robson, Gloria Dickson, The Dead End Kids) – Classic Movie Review 7859

Warner Bros put their big star John Garfield in the 1939 drama They Made Me a Criminal, a remake of 1933’s The Life of Jimmy Dolan, as Johnnie, a boxer on the run from the […]

Nov, 30

A Midsummer Night’s Dream *** (1985, Lindsay Kemp, Manuela Vargas, Jack Birkett, François Testory, David Meyer, Neil Caplan, Michael Matou, David Haughton) – Classic Movie Review 7838

Lindsay Kemp’s Company brings its London stage production of the William Shakespeare play to the screen with colourful success in director Celestino Coronada’s 1985 Spanish-UK TV movie A Midsummer Night’s Dream. As Puck (Lindsay Kemp) […]

Nov, 27

A Midsummer Night’s Dream *** (1968, Derek Godfrey, Barbara Jefford, Nicholas Selby, David Warner, Diana Rigg, Ian Richardson, Judi Dench, Ian Holm) – Classic Movie Review 7837

The Royal Shakespeare Company brings its Peter Hall-directed London stage production of the ever-popular William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the screen with practised success and delightful performances from a tip-top Sixties cast, […]

Nov, 27

Things Change **** (1988, Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky, J J Johnston, Ricky Jay) – Classic Movie Review 7831

Director David Mamet’s 1988 crime comedy drama Things Change is his intelligent and literate follow-up to his 1987 debut as director, House of Games. It is written by Mamet and Shel Silverstein. It is a strangely old-fashioned gangster […]

Nov, 25

Klondike Annie *** (1936, Mae West, Victor McLaglen, Phillip Reed) – Classic Movie Review 7503

Director Raoul Walsh’s 1936 musical comedy Western is Mae West’s sixth movie vehicle from the time of her unexpected huge stardom. The screenplay is by the star, based on her play Frisco Kate by Mae […]

Aug, 27

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