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Texas Terror ** (1935, John Wayne, Lucile Browne, LeRoy Mason, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes) – Classic Movie Review 9224

Writer-director Robert Bradbury’s 1935 Texas Terror stars a very young-looking John Wayne as Sheriff John Higgins, a lawman turned prospector who finds the real bad guy (LeRoy Mason) after it turns out he was falsely […]

Jan, 04

Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land ** (1952, Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Greene, Jean Willes, Lester Matthews) – Classic Movie Review 7700

Director Lew Landers’s 1952 adventure Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land is another in Columbia Pictures’ 16-film Jungle Jim series (1948-55), starring Johnny Weissmuller who had retired after 16 years as the screen’s most famous […]

Oct, 24

Lawless Range *** (1935, John Wayne, Sheila Bromley, Frank McGlynn Jr) – Classic Movie Review 7129

John Wayne returns to playing a singing cowboy again in Lawless Range after his one shot as Singin’ Sandy in Riders of Destiny (1933) and he appears to sing in this one, though in fact of course […]

Jun, 07

Champagne Charlie **** (1944, Tommy Trinder, Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren, Austin Trevor, Jean Kent, Guy Middleton, Frederick Piper, Harry Fowler) – Classic Movie Review 7080

Director Alberto Cavalcanti’s 1944 British comedy Champagne Charlie is lit up by its genius in providing perfect roles for Ealing Studios’ resident London comedians Trinder and Holloway in an original screenplay tale of rival music-hall singers […]

May, 22

The Brain from Planet Arous **½ (1957, John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Robert Fuller) – Classic Movie Review 4347

Nathan Juran’s so-terrible-it’s-fun movie The Brain from Planet Arous is bizarrely amusing virtually throughout, with acting and effects to match. It has survived years of terrible reviews to become a cult classic. It is silly […]

Sep, 11

Wolfen *** (1981, Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos) – Classic Movie Review 4095

Co-writer/ director Michael Wadleigh’s 1981 modern-Gothic horror thriller stars Albert Finney as Dewey Wilson, a New York city cop who investigates a bizarre chain of brutal murders, where it seems the victims were killed by animals. But he […]

Jul, 28

Carefree **** (1938, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy, Luella Gear, Clarence Kolb, Jack Carson, Franklin Pangborn) – Classic Movie Review 2953

Director Mark Sandrich’s 1938 romantic comedy musical movie is Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers’s eighth film together and, though there is a lot of fun to be found here, sadly the high standard is now […]

Oct, 04

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