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The Squeaker *** (1937, Edmund Lowe, Sebastian Shaw, Ann Todd, Tamara Desni, Robert Newton, Allan Jeayes, Alastair Sim) – Classic Movie Review 11,428

The venerable vintage 1937 British crime thriller The Squeaker is based on Edgar Wallace’s famous novel and play. Director William K Howard’s venerable vintage 1937 British crime thriller The Squeaker [Murder on Diamond Row] is […]

Jul, 28

Ali Baba et les 40 Voleurs [Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves] *** (1954, Fernandel, Samia Gamal, Dieter Borsche, Henri Vilbert) – Classic Movie Review 8674

Director Jacques Becker’s 1954 Eastmancolor French comedy fantasy romance film Ali Baba et les 40 Voleurs [Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves] stars lovely old Fernandel, who is inspired casting as Ali Baba. His rich oriental […]

Jul, 04

The 3 Penny Opera [Die 3 Groschen-Oper] ****(1931, Rudolf Forster, Lotte Lenya, Carola Neher, Fritz Rasp, Reinhold Schünzel, Valeska Gert) – Classic Movie Review 7920

The 3 Penny Opera [Die 3 Groschen-Oper] is the adaptation by Bertolt Brecht (story) and Kurt Weill (music) of John Gay’s opera The Beggar’s Opera, in which dashing gentleman thief Mack the Knife (aka Mackie […]

Dec, 18

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves *** (1944, Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Turhan Bey, Kurt Katch, Frank Puglia, Andy Devine) – Classic Movie Review 3205

Universal Pictures studio’s lavish, Technicolor-full exotic wartime fairy tale is daft but pacey and jolly, and very popular in its day thanks to the allure of the Jon Hall-Maria Montez duo. It was meant to […]

Dec, 31

Home Alone 3 ** (1997, Alex D Linz, Olek Krupa, Rya Kihlstedt, Lenny von Dohlen) – Classic Movie Review 2859

The whole of the original Home Alone team is absent for director Raja Gosnell’s third, unrelated 1997 episode. This time a different lad, eight-year-old Alex Pruitt (Alex D Linz), is (again improbably) left abandoned at home alone […]

Aug, 29

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