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Remorques [Stormy Waters] *** (1941, Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, Michèle Morgan) – Classic Movie Review 11,347

Remorques [Stormy Waters] (1941): ‘A tempestuous love story in the great French style.’ Director Jean Grémillon’s 1941 black and white French romantic drama Remorques [Stormy Waters] is a telling saga of amour-fou, centring on a […]

Jun, 27

Sweethearts **** (1938, Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger) – Classic Movie Review 11,321

‘Exquisite music, sparkling romance for the King and Queen of song!’ Director W S Van Dyke II’s 1938 MGM musical Sweethearts is based on the operetta by Victor Herbert, and stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson […]

Jun, 18

Hennessy *** (1975, Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Trevor Howard, Eric Porter, Peter Egan) – Classic Movie Review 10,731

Director Don Sharp’s controversial 1975 British topical action thriller Hennessy stars Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Trevor Howard, Eric Porter and Peter Egan. British soldiers kill Irish explosives man Niall Hennessy (Steiger)’s wife and […]

Dec, 31

Hedda *** (1975, Glenda Jackson, Timothy West, Peter Eyre, Jennie Linden, Patrick Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 10,730

Writer-director Trevor Nunn’s 1975 drama Hedda is a moderate, rather heavy-going, and uncinematic but beautifully acted film version of Jackson’s Royal Shakespeare Company stage performance as Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler. Nunn adapts it from the […]

Dec, 31

Bartleby *** (1970, Paul Scofield, John McEnery, Thorley Walters) – Classic Movie Review 10,391

Co-writer/ director Anthony Friedman’s 1970 British drama Bartleby offers a rare opportunity to see Paul Scofield on film as The Accountant, the sympathetic boss of a young accounting clerk called Bartleby (John McEnery) who rebels against […]

Oct, 08

Harlow ** (1965, Carol Lynley, Efrem Zimbalist Jr, Ginger Rogers, Barry Sullivan, Hurd Hatfield, Jack Kruschen) – Classic Movie Review 10,219

Director Alex Segal’s 1965 Hollywood biopic Harlow stars Carol Lynley and is a fast and fairly feisty biopic of the platinum blonde bombshell star Jean Harlow, filmed simultaneously with the much ritzier Carroll Baker-Angela Lansbury […]

Aug, 24

Harlow ** (1965, Carroll Baker, Red Buttons, Raf Vallone, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, Martin Balsam, Mike Connors, Leslie Nielsen) – Classic Movie Review 10,218

Director Gordon Douglas’s 1965 Thirties Hollywood biopic Harlow stars Carroll Baker, who is lively if hollow as the platinum blonde bombshell star Jean Harlow, in the Paramount Pictures studio’s plush though not nearly sensational enough […]

Aug, 24

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