Derek Winnert

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Valley of the Dolls *** (1967, Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate, Susan Hayward, Tony Scotti, Martin Milner) – Classic Movie Review 6316

Valley of the Dolls charts the rise and fall in show business of three young hopefuls – Anne Welles (Barbara Parkins), Jennifer North (Sharon Tate) and Neely O’Hara (Patty Duke). Director Mark Robson’s high camp […]

Nov, 26

Broadway Melody of 1940 **** (1940, Fred Astaire, George Murphy, Eleanor Powell, Frank Morgan) – Classic Movie Review 3627

Director Norman Taurog’s 1940 musical brings the series of four Broadway Melody movies to an end in great style with Fred Astaire and George Murphy kicking up a storm as Johnny Brett and King Shaw, […]

Apr, 27

Babes in Arms **** (1939, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Charles Winninger) – Classic Movie Review 3610

Director Busby Berkeley’s 1939 musical is a triumph for Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney in the first and most famous of their ‘let’s put on a show’ movies, in which the kids of broke performers stage […]

Apr, 24

The Entertainer ***** (1960, Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey, Joan Plowright, Alan Bates, Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field) – Classic Movie Review 2527

Director Tony Richardson’s superlative 1960 film version of one of John Osborne’s finest theatre plays The Entertainer has the enormous advantage of encouraging Laurence Olivier to record for posterity one of his greatest stage appearances – […]

May, 27

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