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Bachelor Mother **** (1939, Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn, E E Clive) – Classic Movie Review 6465

Director Garson Kanin’s beguiling 1939 comedy stars Ginger Rogers as the shopgirl Polly Parrish and David Niven as David Merlin, the son of the department store owner (Charles Coburn). The two are assumed to be […]

Dec, 24

In Name Only *** (1939, Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, Kay Francis, Charles Coburn, Helen Vinson) – Classic Movie Review 6155

Director John Cromwell’s 1939 drama stars Cary Grant as rich Alec Walker who falls for a young widowed artist, single mother Julie Eden (Carole Lombard), but there is one snag. His venomous, gold digging wife Maida […]

Oct, 30

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears [Moskva slezam ne verit] **** (1980, Vera Alentova, Aleksey Batalov, Irina Muravyova, Raisa Ryazanova) – Classic Movie Review 5617

Russian actor Alexey Batalov, best known for starring in the 1958 Cannes Palme d’Or winning film The Cranes Are Flying and the 1981 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar-winning movie Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, died in Moscow on […]

Jun, 16

Mad Cows (1999, Anna Friel, Joanna Lumley, Anna Massey) – Classic Movie Review 5536

Every woman wants to be wanted – just not by the Metropolitan police force. Anna Friel stars as unwed, lippy Aussie Maddy, who gets arrested and jailed after a mix-up over a packet of frozen […]

Jun, 02

A Touch of Love **** (1969, Sandy Dennis, Ian McKellen, Eleanor Bron) – Classic Movie Review 5004

Director Waris Hussein’s very special 1969 drama is adapted by Margaret Drabble from her once famous 1960s feminist novel The Millstone. Sandy Dennis plays Rosamund Stacey, a bookish young London PhD student, studying for her […]

Feb, 04

Born to Be Bad ** (1934, Loretta Young, Cary Grant, Marion Burns, Jackie Kelk, Henry Travers, Russell Hopton, Mary Forbes) – Classic Movie Review 4797

Loretta Young stars in the 1934 pre-Code drama film Born to Be Bad as Letty Strong, a skimpily clad unmarried mother who tries to seduce married millionaire ‘Mal’ Trevor (Cary Grant), The film got into […]

Dec, 18

You Can Count on Me **** (2000, Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, Rory Culkin, Jon Tenney, Gaby Hoffmann, Amy Ryan) – Classic Movie Review 4464

Writer-director Kenneth Lonergan’s 2000 film was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actress. It won the Sundance 2000 Grand Jury Prize and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, the New York Film […]

Oct, 07

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