Derek Winnert

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The Great Lie **** (1941, Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor) – Classic Movie Review 2736

Director Edmund Goulding’s polished 1941 drama The Great Lie is another of the outstanding movies from the prime of Bette Davis, then reigning queen of the Warner Bros studio. The Great Lie is a great […]

Jul, 24

Fun in Acapulco ** (1963, Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress, Paul Lukas, Alejandro Rey, Elsa Cárdenas) – Classic Movie Review 2627

Director Richard Thorpe delivers a fair fun 1963 vehicle for Elvis Presley, who stars as Mike Windgren, a circus trapeze artist high-flyer with a fear of heights. So, with the help of little boy Raoul […]

Jun, 22

Annie Get Your Gun **** (1950, Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern) – Classic Movie Review 2618

The MGM studio, home of the musical, surprisingly lets down Irving Berlin’s great theatre show in a stagey, low-pizzazz movie version with the wrong star. However, director George Sidney’s 1950 movie is all very bright, […]

Jun, 19

The Circus **** (1928, Charles Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Allan Garcia) – Classic Movie Review 2534

Writer-producer-director-star Charles Chaplin’s 1928 silent movie is both funny and delightful. Once again he takes on his familiar persona as the Tramp, hiding out from the police in a circus, where he soon falls for […]

May, 30

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