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Cain and Mabel ** (1936, Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Allen Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 10,138

Marion Davies called for her previous co-star Clark Gable to support her again on the 1936 musical comedy film Cain and Mabel, and money was no object  – they literally raised the roof. Clark Gable […]

Aug, 06

Star in the Dust ** (1956, John Agar, Mamie Van Doren, Richard Boone, Coleen Gray, Leif Erickson, James Gleason) – Classic Movie Review 10,106

Director Charles F Haas’s 1956 Western film Star in the Dust stars John Agar as Sheriff Bill Jorden, who finds a bunch of trouble when he is about to supervise the hanging of no-good killer […]

Jul, 30

Hear My Song **** (1991, Ned Beatty, Adrian Dunbar, Shirley Anne Field, Tara Fitzgerald, William Hootkins, Harold Berens, David McCallum, James Nesbitt, Brian Flanagan) – Classic Movie Review 9937

First-time director and co-writer Peter Chelsom’s 1991 Hear My Song stars Ned Beatty as infamous Irish singer Josef Locke, who is hiding in Ireland from the law, Jim Abbott (David McCallum), who want him for […]

Jun, 20

Easy to Wed *** (1946, Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 9893

You must remember this? Socialite brings libel case against a newspaper editor who can’t marry until he gets a reporter buddy to compromise her. Director Edward Buzzell’s 1946 Easy to Wed is MGM’s glossy, popular Technicolor […]

Jun, 11

Du Barry Was a Lady *** (1943, Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly, Virginia O’Brien, Zero Mostel, Tommy Dorsey) – Classic Movie Review 9892

Cole Porter’s 1939 hit stage show with Ethel Merman and Bert Lahr is less satisfactorily cast with non-singing comedians Lucille Ball and Red Skelton for director Roy Del Ruth’s vigorous and amusing 1943 MGM film […]

Jun, 11

The Daltons Ride Again ** (1945, Alan Curtis, Lon Chaney Jr, Kent Taylor, Noah Beery Jr, Martha O’Driscoll, Thomas Gomez) – Classic Movie Review 9814

Director Ray Taylor’s 1945 Universal Pictures black and white Western double feature film The Daltons Ride Again stars Alan Curtis, Kent Taylor, Lon Chaney Jr and Noah Beery Jr as the four Dalton outlaw brothers. […]

May, 24

Rose of Washington Square **** (1939, Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Al Jolson, William Frawley, Joyce Compton) – Classic Movie Review 9726

Director Gregory Ratoff’s 1939 black and white musical Rose of Washington Square stars Alice Faye, who grabs one of her best chances as Rose Sargent, a 1920s New York singer trying to perform a difficult […]

May, 07

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