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The Great Victor Herbert *** (1939, Walter Connolly, Allan Jones, Mary Martin, Susanna Foster, Lee Bowman) – Classic Movie Review 12,858

Paramount’s huge-fun 1939 musical biopic film The Great Victor Herbert stars Allan Jones, Mary Martin and Walter Connolly as the big-hearted, amazingly successful Irish-American songwriter Victor Herbert.  ‘HE TAUGHT THE WORLD TO SING OF LOVE! […]

Apr, 25

The Jolson Story **** (1946, Larry Parks as Jolson, Evelyn Keyes, William Demarest, Ludwig Donath, Tamara Shayne, Scotty Beckett) – Classic Movie Review 11,544

Larry Parks shot to stardom with his highly successful impersonation of the cantor’s son entertainer in the 1946 musical biopic The Jolson Story. Director Alfred E Green’s 1946 American musical biography film The Jolson Story […]

Sep, 02

The Dolly Sisters *** (1945, Betty Grable, John Payne, June Haver, S Z Sakall) – Classic Movie Review 11,045

‘They’re Beautiful…They’re Glamorous…They’re Scandalous…’ Director Irving Cummings’s 1945 American Technicolor biographical film The Dolly Sisters stars Betty Grable (as Jenny) who teams up with June Haver (as Rosie) in the fictionalised real-life story of the 1900s famed […]

Mar, 25

England Is Mine ***½ (2017, Jack Lowden, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jodie Comer) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ director Mark Gill’s portrait of Steven Morrissey and his early life in Seventies Manchester before he became famous as the lead singer of Eighties band The Smiths is a good and thoughtful film, perhaps a […]

Aug, 04

With a Song in My Heart **** (1952, Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne, Thelma Ritter, Robert Wagner) – Classic Movie Review 5499

A fabulous line-up of evergreen vintage songs lights up director Walter Lang’s sweet and sentimental 1952 musical biopic film account of the life of Jane Froman, who starts out as an aspiring songstress by landing […]

May, 25

Till the Clouds Roll By **** (1946, Robert Walker, Van Heflin, Lucille Bremer) – Classic Movie Review 3608

Director Richard Whorf’s striking 1946 MGM musical is a tribute to the composer/song-writer Jerome Kern, who is played by Robert Walker. The movie starts with the premiere of Show Boat and flashes back to Kern’s […]

Apr, 24

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