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Royal Wedding [Wedding Bells] ***½ (1950, Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Sarah Churchill, Peter Lawford, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 3380

Director Stanley Donen’s tasty 1950 movie finds the MGM studios in the mood for cashing in the worldwide publicity and frenzy surrounding Queen Elizabeth’s wedding to Prince Philip with a cute musical with Fred Astaire and […]

Feb, 19

Indiscreet **** (1958, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker, David Kossoff, Phyllis Calvert, Megs Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 3083

Producer-director Stanley Donen’s 1958 British-made Technicolor romantic comedy Indiscreet is glitzy fluff, filmed where it is set in London. It finds the ideal star pairing in Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, who put polish on the piece. Grant plays […]

Nov, 23

Staircase ½ (1969, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison) – Classic Movie Review 2972

Producer-director Stanley Donen’s shameful 1969 effort is a ghastly, dated and embarrassing film version of Charles Dyer’s 1966 two-hander stage play. Two of the acting profession’s most celebrated heterosexual movie stars, Richard Burton and Rex […]

Oct, 10

Arabesque ***½ (1966, Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, Kieron Moore) – Classic Movie Review 2,912

Arabesque (1966) Stanley Donen’s 1966 film Arabesque tries to repeat the success of his Charade (1963) with another sleekly handsome romantic pair (Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren) thrown into another escapist Hitchcock-style thriller plot, with […]

Sep, 15

Charade ***** (1963, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, George Kennedy, James Coburn, Ned Glass) – Classic Movie Review 683

‘You can expect the unexpected.’ Director Stanley Donen’s 1963 gleaming gem of a stylish, effortless black comedy thriller Charade is graced with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn at their adorable and chic best. Their star […]

Jan, 12

Funny Face ***** (1957, Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 553

Director Stanley Donen’s colourful 1957 musical delight Funny Face stars the mighty Fred Astaire as Dick Avery, a fashion photographer who encounters the pertly cute Jo Stockton (Audrey Hepburn) at his fashion shoot at the […]

Dec, 20

Singin’ in the Rain ***** (1952, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor, Millard Mitchell, Jean Hagen, Rita Moreno, Cyd Charisse) – Classic Movie Review 6

Hooray for the 1952 triumph Singin’ in the Rain, most everybody’s favourite, all-time great musical, with treasurable songs, a brilliantly witty sense of humour, a vibrant insider’s sense of the cinema and a clutch of […]

Jun, 27

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