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The Love Match *** (1955, Arthur Askey, Glenn Melvyn, Thora Hird, Shirley Eaton, James Kenney, Robb Wilton) – Classic Movie Review 3259

Director David Paltenghi’s boisterous, lovely old 1955 comedy stars Arthur Askey and Glenn Melvyn as Bill Brown and Wally Binns, two English North-country football-loving railway workers. They get up to their ears in trouble after racing […]

Jan, 12

Simon and Laura *** (1955, Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Ian Carmichael, Muriel Pavlow, Maurice Denham, Thora Hird) – Classic Movie Review 2710

Director Muriel Box’s bubbly  and spirited 1955 British comedy provides a cute vehicle for lovely stars Kay Kendall and Peter Finch as married couple Simon and Laura Foster. It is a Rank Organisation film produced […]

Jul, 16

The Entertainer ***** (1960, Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey, Joan Plowright, Alan Bates, Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field) – Classic Movie Review 2527

Director Tony Richardson’s superlative 1960 film version of one of John Osborne’s finest theatre plays The Entertainer has the enormous advantage of encouraging Laurence Olivier to record for posterity one of his greatest stage appearances – […]

May, 27

A Kind of Loving **** (1962, Alan Bates, June Ritchie, Thora Hird) – Classic Movie Review 1482

‘You know, it’s a funny feeling. Sometimes I really fancy her, and the next day I can hardly stand the sight of her.’ – Vic Brown (Alan Bates). Director John Schlesinger’s gifted 1962 film A […]

Jul, 27

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