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Johnny Doesn’t Live Here Anymore *** (1944, Simone Simon, James Ellison, William Terry, Robert Mitchum) – Classic Movie Review 10,545

Director Joe May’s 1944 black-and-white wartime housing shortage comedy-romance Johnny Doesn’t Live Here Anymore [And So They Were Married] stars William Terry as the titular Johnny Moore, who joins the army, newly enlisted in the Marines. […]

Nov, 15

Malpertuis [The Legend of Doom House] **** (1971, Orson Welles, Susan Hampshire, Michel Bouquet, Mathieu Carrière, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Daniel Pilon, Walter Rilla) – Classic Movie Review 10,227

Director Harry Kümel’s 1971 film Malpertuis [The Legend of Doom House] stars the great Orson Welles as occultist Cassavius, who keeps characters from Greek mythology prisoner in his labyrinthine mansion called Malpertuis, in this weird […]

Aug, 26

So This Is Paris *** (1954, Tony Curtis, Gloria DeHaven, Gene Nelson, Corinne Calvet, Mara Corday, Paul Gilbert) – Classic Movie Review 9774

Director Richard Quine’s vibrant if messy and cheap-looking 1954 Technicolor musical So This Is Paris has a trio of Yankee sailors, Joe, Al and Davy (Tony Curtis, Gene Nelson and Paul Gilbert), on furlough chasing […]

May, 16

Enchanted Island * (1958, Dana Andrews, Jane Powell, Don Dubbins) – Classic Movie Review 8881

‘He dared to love a cannibal princess!’ Director Allan Dwan’s colourful 1958 action adventure drama Enchanted Island is a cheap and none too cheerful version of Herman Melville’s less famous novel Typee, though it is […]

Sep, 07

Morning Departure [Operation Disaster] **** (1950, John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Nigel Patrick, Lana Morris, Peter Hammond, Helen Cherry, James Hayter) – Classic Movie Review 8749

The British stalwart reserve and resolve in a crisis is examined in force in director Roy Ward Baker’s intense British classic 1950 real-life submarine naval drama Morning Departure [Operation Disaster]. John Mills stars as Lieutenant […]

Jul, 23

Dédée d’Anvers [Woman of Antwerp] ***** (1948, Simone Signoret, Marcello Pagliero, Bernard Blier, Marcel Dalio) – Classic Movie Review 8740

Simone Signoret makes her first big mark in French cinema with her role in director Yves Allégret’s 1948 Dédée d’Anvers [Woman of Antwerp] as the Antwerp hooker Dédée, who is enthralled by an Italian sailor, […]

Jul, 20

Zombies of Mora Tau [The Dead That Walk] ** (1957, Gregg Palmer, Allison Hayes, Autumn Russell) – Classic Movie Review 8582

‘TERROR ON THE AFRICAN VOODOO COAST.’ ‘In the darkness of an ancient world – on a shore that time has forgotten – there is a twilight zone between life and death. Here dwell those nameless […]

Jun, 12

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