Derek Winnert

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The Ten Commandments **** (1923, Theodore Roberts, Richard Dix, Rod La Rocque, Charles de Roche, Estelle Taylor, Edythe Chapman, Leatrice Joy, Nita Naldi, Agnes Ayres) – Classic Movie Review 12,236

Director Cecil B DeMille’s sprawling 1923 silent biblical epic The Ten Commandments is told in two distinct parts. The first half follows the story of Moses from the bull-rushes to the presentation of the Ten […]

Jul, 18

Way Down East ***** (1920, Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Lowell Sherman) – Classic Movie Review 9449

Producer-director D W Griffith’s 1920 heart-tugging black and white silent romantic drama Way Down East stars Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess and Lowell Sherman, and is based on a play by Lottie Blair Parker and William […]

Mar, 01

Tarzan of the Apes *** (1918, Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey, True Boardman) – Classic Movie Review 8088

Tarzan author Edgar Rice Burroughs sold the film rights of his original novel Tarzan of the Apes to the National Film Corporation on 6 June 1916 for a record $5,000 cash advance on royalties, $50,000 in company […]

Feb, 02

Angora Love **** (1929, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Harry Bernard) – Classic Movie Review 7595

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy upset their suspicious landlord (Edgar Kennedy) and another house-guest (Charlie Hall) when they hide a stray goat in their ‘no pets’ lodgings after they hear that the pet-shop owner thinks that […]

Sep, 18

Futtock’s End *** (1969, Ronnie Barker, Michael Hordern, Roger Livesey ) – Classic Movie Review 4177

Producer-director Bob Kellett’s fairly inventive and entertaining 1969 mini-feature film is a sound effects only ‘silent’ comedy. Uniquely talented British funnyman Ronnie Barker writes it as vehicle for himself, and it sees him starring as General […]

Aug, 15

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