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The Ceremony ** (1963, Laurence Harvey, Sarah Miles, Robert Walker Jr) – Classic Movie Review 9395

Robert Walker Jr started his film career with strong roles in The Hook (1963) and The Ceremony (1963), for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male as Laurence Harvey’s […]

Feb, 16

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse * (1962, Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer) – Classic Movie Review 9301

Director Vincente Minnelli comes a cropper with this stilted 1962 remake of the 1921 Rudolph Valentino silent classic The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The good star cast of Glenn Ford (as Julio Desnoyers), Ingrid […]

Jan, 25

Little Men ** (1940, Kay Francis, Jack Oakie, George Bancroft, Jimmy Lydon) – Classic Movie Review 9205

Director Norman Z McLeod’s 1940 Little Men is a quick, well-produced remake of Phil Rosen’s 1935 film Little Men, and is marginally better, with Kay Francis starring as Jo March, the main character in Louisa […]

Dec, 30

The Florodora Girl *** (1930, Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray, Walter Catlett) – Classic Movie Review 7954

The one-time ‘Queen of the Screen’ Marion Davies stars as New York chorus girl Daisy Dell the Florodora Girl, in the Gay Nineties – the 1890s, that is. Daisy’s married friends encourage her to reject her life […]

Dec, 29

A Tale of Two Cities ***** (1935, Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Basil Rathbone) – Classic Movie Review 6936

Director Jack Conway’s 1935 historical romantic drama A Tale of Two Cities stars an ideally cast Ronald Colman, who is noble and stirring as alcoholic English lawyer Sydney Carton, who sacrifices himself to save his former […]

Apr, 17

The Dawn Patrol **** (1930, Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Neil Hamilton, William Janney) – Classic Movie Review 4746

Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks Jr star as British World War One ace fliers Dick Courtney and Douglas Scott, who defy their Royal Flying Corps air force bosses to settle their score with the German Hun. […]

Dec, 04

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