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Little Lord Fauntleroy **** (1936, Freddie Bartholomew, C Aubrey Smith, Mickey Rooney, Dolores Costello, Jessie Ralph, Guy Kibbee) – Classic Movie Review 5226

Producer David O Selznick and director John Cromwell’s lovingly crafted 1936 children’s film finds the perfect star in Freddie Bartholomew as little Cedric (‘Ceddie’), aka Little Lord Fauntleroy. It follows a once famous 1921 silent […]

Apr, 01

The Saint of Fort Washington *** (1993, Matt Dillon, Danny Glover, Rick Aviles, Nina Siemaszko, Ving Rhames, Joe Seneca) – Classic Movie Review 5134

Matt Dillon plays an emotionally disturbed, probably schizophrenic young man who is made homeless, then meets up with down-on-his-luck Vietnam vet Danny Glover at New York’s Fort Washington men’s homeless shelter, a harrowing place wracked […]

Mar, 11

If Lucy Fell *** (1996, Sarah Jessica Parker, Eric Schaeffer, Ben Stiller, Elle Macpherson, Scarlett Johansson) – Classic Movie Review 5003

Co-writer/ director/ star Eric Schaeffer’s 1996 romantic comedy drama can boast an impressive cast that includes Sarah Jessica Parker, Ben Stiller, Elle Macpherson, Eric Schaeffer, James Rebhorn (1948–2014), Robert John Burke, David Thornton, Bill Sage, […]

Feb, 20

Hold Your Man **** (1933, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin) – Classic Movie Review 4982

Rapier Thirties wit Anita Loos wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for director Sam Wood’s wisecracking, love-at-first-sight 1933 romantic comedy Hold Your Man about a crook and a moll especially for MGM’s great stars […]

Feb, 18

Taxi * (2004, Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Gisele Bündchen, Henry Simmons, Jennifer Esposito) – Classic Movie Review 4971

Queen Latifah teams up with US comedian Jimmy Fallon as a New York City taxi driver and the cop who helps her tackle a four-woman gang of gorgeous Brazilian bank robbers (Gisele Bündchen, Ana Cristina […]

Jan, 31

Sadie McKee ***½ (1934, Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Gene Raymond, Edward Arnold, Esther Ralston, Helen Ware) – Classic Movie Review 4951

MGM’s 1934 romantic film Sadie McKee stars Joan Crawford, who dominates this sleek and glossy soap opera, improbably cast as a luckless young lady. Bette Davis said: ‘She’s slept with every male star at MGM […]

Jan, 27

The Pursuit of Happiness **½ (1971, Michael Sarrazin, Barbara Hershey, Robert Klein, Ruth White, E G Marshall, Arthur Hill) – Classic Movie Review 4943

‘I don’t want to run anymore…’ Michael Sarrazin stars in the 1971 crime drama The Pursuit of Happiness as a radical young college student, William Popper, who is jailed for his part in a road accident in […]

Jan, 26

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