Derek Winnert

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The Love Lottery ** (1954, David Niven, Peggy Cummins, Anne Vernon, Herbert Lom) – Classic Movie Review 8002

Director Charles Crichton’s 1953 The Love Lottery stars David Niven as adored Hollywood star film actor Rex Allerton – a babe magnet – who relocates to a remote Italian village where he is talked into being the […]

Jan, 12

Ma and Pa Kettle *** (1949, Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Esther Dale) – Classic Movie Review 7,235

Sweet character actors Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride get their chance for stardom in the 1949 American comedy film Ma and Pa Kettle when two of the characters from Betty MacDonald’s 1947 semi-fictional memoir book […]

Jun, 30

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines *** (1965, Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, Robert Morley, James Fox, Eric Sykes, Terry-Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 6279

Edwardian pioneer fliers compete in publisher Lord Rawnsley (Robert Morley)’s 1910 London-to-Paris air race in every kind of ramshackle contraption. Caddish Sir Percy Ware-Armitage (Terry-Thomas) is willing to cheat, upstanding guards officer Richard Mays (James Fox) keeps a stiff […]

Nov, 21

The Jackpot **** (1950, James Stewart, Barbara Hale, Natalie Wood, Tommy Rettig, James Gleason, Fred Clark, Alan Mowbray, Patricia Medina) – Classic Movie Review 5192

James Stewart is on his most entertaining, relaxed and appealing form in director Walter Lang’s extremely pleasing, little-known 1950 satirical comedy with the movie industry clearly enjoying taking sideswipes at its then enemy – radio! […]

Mar, 23

Chevalier * (2015, Vangelis Mourikis, Nikos Orphanos, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ director Athina Rachel Tsangari (scripting with Efthymis Filippou) gets her revenge on mankind with her vicious portrait of male rivalry, vanity and insecurity in this ambitious 2015 Greek deadpan comedy. On a fishing trip on […]

Jul, 26

Winchester ’73 ***** (1953, James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally) – Classic Movie Review 638

James Stewart stars in this landmark 1953 Western in which he plays Lin McAdam, whose marksmanship competition winner’s prize Winchester rifle is stolen at a contest by the runner-up next-in-line, Dutch Henry Brown (Stephen McNally). McAdam’s […]

Jan, 06

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