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Madame X ** (1965, Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban, Constance Bennett, Burgess Meredith, Keir Dullea) – Classic Movie Review 6817
Lana Turner stars in the seventh film version of the old theatrical chestnut based on the ancient Alexandre Bisson play about Holly Parker, a wealthy woman on trial for murder who is defended by an […]
Love Before Breakfast *** (1936, Carole Lombard, Preston Foster, Cesar Romero) – Classic Movie Review 6756
Director Walter Lang’s 1936 movie is a frothy enough comedy romance vehicle for Carole Lombard as Kay Colby, a much-courted social butterfly. Based on Faith Baldwin’s novel Spinster Dinner, there are no surprises in the […]
The Yellow Rolls-Royce *** (1964, Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, Jeanne Moreau, Shirley MacLaine, George C Scott, Alain Delon, Omar Sharif) – Classic Movie Review 6471
Director Anthony Asquith’s super-sleek, plush, purring but featherweight 1964 portmanteau movie (anthology film) The Yellow Rolls-Royce follows the fortunes of three different owners of this Phantom II yellow Rolls-Royce from the Twenties to the Forties. […]
BUtterfield 8 ** (1960, Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill, Mildred Dunnock) – Classic Movie Review 6417
Elizabeth Taylor won the 1961 Best Actress Oscar as Gloria Wandrous, a beautiful New York fashion model and classy call girl with problems, in director Daniel Mann’s 1960 drama based on the novel by John […]
My Man Godfrey ***** (1936, William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Eugene Pallette, Gail Patrick, Mischa Auer, Franklin Pangborn, Alan Mowbray) – Classic Movie Review 6315
Co-writer/ co-producer/ director Gregory La Cava’s wonderful, totally spiffing 1936 classic screwball comedy My Man Godfrey stars William Powell as the Great Depression down-on-his-luck socialite Godfrey, who is taken on as gentleman-butler by a wacky […]
The Mating Season *** (1951, Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins, Thelma Ritter, Jan Sterling) – Classic Movie Review 5707
Director Mitchell Leisen’s 1951 comedy stars Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins and Thelma Ritter. Irritatingly dull performances from leads Lund and Tierney nearly sink a comedy story of the working-class boy named Val McNulty […]
Susan and God **** (1940, Joan Crawford, Fredric March, Ruth Hussey, John Carroll, Rita Hayworth, Nigel Bruce, Bruce Cabot) – Classic Movie Review 5655
Joan Crawford takes over Gertrude Lawrence’s stage role of Susan, the gay Mrs Trexel (of the UK title), for director George Cukor’s 1940 comedy-drama movie based on Rachel Crothers’s celebrated 1937 stage play Susan and […]