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Mayerling *** (1968, Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason, Ava Gardner, James Robertson Justice, Genevieve Page) – Classic Movie Review 8477

Director Terence Young’s 1968 Mayerling is the third movie version (after 1936’s Mayerling and 1940’s Sarajevo) of the story from Claude Anet’s novel about the 19th-century misalliance of the Austrian Crown Prince, Archduke Rudolf. Mayerling […]

May, 17

Sixty Glorious Years [Queen of Destiny] *** (1938, Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook, C Aubrey Smith, Felix Aylmer) – Classic Movie Review 8036

Director Herbert Wilcox’s colourful 1938 royal historical drama sequel Sixty Glorious Years [Queen of Destiny] stars Dame Anna Neagle as Queen Victoria again in the gorgeously photographed Technicolor follow-up to the 1937 black-and-white hit Victoria the […]

Jan, 20

North West Frontier [Flame Over India] **** (1959, Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom, Ursula Jeans, Wilfrid Hyde White, I S Johar, Eugene Deckers, Ian Hunter) – Classic Movie Review 7762

Director J Lee Thompson’s 1959 British adventure North West Frontier [Flame Over India] stars Kenneth More as dashing, British army hero Captain William Charles Willoughby Scott, who is asked to take away an Indian Hindu […]

Nov, 08

Princess of the Nile ** (1954, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Dona Drake) – Classic Movie Review 7592

‘Shalimar THE FLAME THAT IGNITED EGYPT!’ With a silly story and unimaginative handling, director Harmon Jones’s amusingly campy 1954 adventure Princess of the Nile is little more than a brainless escapist adventure that never for […]

Sep, 18

The Fighting Prince of Donegal *** (1966, Peter McEnery, Susan Hampshire, Tom Adams, Gordon Jackson, Andrew Keir) – Classic Movie Review 7560

Director Michael O’Herlihy’s 1966 The Fighting Prince of Donegal stars Peter McEnery as the peace-loving but brash young rebel Irishman Hugh O’Donnell, who inherits the title of Prince of Donegal. He is kidnapped and jailed by […]

Sep, 12

Alexander Nevsky [Aleksandr Nevskiy] **** (1938, Nikolay Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov, Andrei Abrikosov) – Classic Movie Review 7470

The great Russian director Sergei M Eisenstein is on top, brilliant form in this remarkable 1938 Soviet historical epic (set in 1242) that climaxes in Prince Alexander Nevsky (Nikolay Cherkasov), the saint and soldier of […]

Aug, 19

The Thief of Baghdad *** (1978, Roddy McDowall, Kabir Bedi, Peter Ustinov, Terence Stamp, Frank Finlay) – Classic Movie Review 7327

Director Clive Donner’s 1978 fourth movie version of The Thief of Baghdad is good looking and very acceptable, enlivened with some amusing performances, particularly from Peter Ustinov. It is an amiable retelling of the classic […]

Jul, 22

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