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Tillie’s Punctured Romance **** (1928, W C Fields, Louise Fazenda, Chester Conklin, Mack Swain) – Classic Movie Review 11,461

Director A Edward Sutherland’s 1928 silent circus comedy film Tillie’s Punctured Romance stars W C Fields, Louise Fazenda, Chester Conklin and Mack Swain. Sadly, this film is presumed lost. W C Fields stars as a […]

Aug, 08

Hide and Seek *** (1972, Peter Newby, Gary Kemp, Robin Askwith, Liz Fraser, Terence Morgan, David Lodge) – Classic Movie Review 11,411

Hide and Seek (1972) stars Robin Askwith as Fake Police Constable and Alan Lake as Fake Police Sergeant Lorrimer. Director David Eady’s 1972 entertaining, nostalgic British children’s drama Hide and Seek, made by Eady-Barnes Productions […]

Jul, 21

A Girl Must Live *** (1939, Margaret Lockwood, Renee Houston, Lilli Palmer) – Classic Movie Review 9336

After Bank Holiday (1938), director Carol Reed asked Margaret Lockwood back to star in his 1939 film A Girl Must Live, a romantic comedy about gold-digging showgirls romantically entangled with a rich lord. Young Earl of […]

Feb, 02

The Disappearance of Finbar *** (1996, Luke Griffin, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Sean Lawlor) – Classic Movie Review 8764

Co-writer/ director Sue Clayton’s 1996 drama The Disappearance of Finbar stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers in his first leading role as young Irishman Finbar Flynn, who vanishes, upsetting his friends. When he resurfaces in Sweden years […]

Jul, 27

The Fireball ** (1950, Mickey Rooney, Pat O’Brien, Beverly Tyler, Ralph Dumke, Milburn Stone, Marilyn Monroe) – Classic Movie Review 7599

‘Rooney Runs Riot on the Roller Raceways!’ Director Tay Garnett’s 1950 The Fireball stars Mickey Rooney as orphan Johnny Casar, who flees from Father O’Hara (Pat O’Brien)’s orphanage school, becomes a champion star on roller skates, […]

Sep, 20

Night Moves ***½ (1975, Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Edward Binns) – Classic Movie Review 6020

Director Arthur Penn’s dark-toned and unusually complex 1975 psychological thriller stars Gene Hackman as Los Angeles private detective Harry Moseby, who tracks a former Hollywood actress’s runaway teenage daughter (played by a very young Melanie […]

Sep, 13

The White Sheikh [Lo Sceicco Bianco] **** (1952, Alberto Sordi, Brunella Bovo, Leopoldo Trieste, Giulietta Masina) – Classic Movie Review 5510

This early Federico Fellini 1952 movie, his first as writer and sole director (after jointly filming 1951’s Lights of Variety), is an extremely eye-catching and highly diverting triumph. It focuses on a Rome honeymooning couple, Wanda […]

May, 27

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