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The Sellout **½ (1952, Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Audrey Totter, Paula Raymond, Thomas Gomez, Everett Sloane, Cameron Mitchell, Karl Malden) – Classic Movie Review 12,056

MGM’s 1952 crime film noir The Sellout stars Walter Pidgeon as a big-city newspaper editor who digs the dirt on a corrupt small-town sheriff and finds his life threatened. Audrey Totter also stars notably as […]

Apr, 11

Scandal Sheet *** (1931, George Bancroft, Kay Francis, Clive Brook, Regis Toomey) – Classic Movie Review 11,912

‘Editor’s wife caught in love nest raid’. ‘Drunk with the power of his ruthless press he blasted hopes and blighted homes… till fate stamped out his only spark of love.’ Director John Cromwell’s 1931 Paramount […]

Feb, 07

After Office Hours *** (1935, Clark Gable, Constance Bennett, Stuart Erwin, Billie Burke) – Classic Movie Review 11,569

Robert Z Leonard directs the satisfyingly complicated 1935 MGM crime thriller After Office Hours. Clark Gable and Constance Bennett carry a sharply penned piece from the writer of Citizen Kane. King of Hollywood Clark Gable […]

Sep, 12

The Day the Earth Caught Fire **** (1961, Edward Judd, Janet Munro, Leo McKern) – Classic Movie Review 3642

‘THE PICTURE THAT GIVES YOU A FRONT SEAT TO THE MOST JOLTING EVENTS OF TOMORROW…TODAY! ‘ Co-writer/director Val Guest’s ambitious 1961 apocalyptic British science fiction disaster drama is commendably exciting and briskly paced as well […]

May, 01

Cimarron **** (1931, Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Edna May Oliver) – Classic Movie Review 2,326

Richard Dix was Oscar nominated as Best Actor in 1931 as Yancey Cravat in RKO’s Best Picture winner Cimarron, based on the popular novel by Edna Ferber.  Director Wesley Ruggles’s creaky but still rewarding 1931 […]

Mar, 29

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