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Young Dr Kildare *** (1938, Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Lynne Carver) – Classic Movie Review 11,299

Director Harold S Bucquet’s 1938 black and white MGM hospital drama film Young Dr Kildare stars Lew Ayres as idealistic, medical intern Dr James Kildare, who benefits from the counsel of experienced mentor Dr Leonard […]

Jun, 12

Follow a Star ** (1959, Norman Wisdom, June Laverick, Jerry Desmonde, Hattie Jacques, John le Mesurier, Richard Wattis, Fenella Fielding, Ron Moody) – Classic Movie Review 11,218

Director Robert Asher’s 1959 British black and white comedy Follow a Star stars Norman Wisdom as Norman Truscott, a meek and mild tailor/ wannabee singer, employed by croaky crooner Vernon Carew (Jerry Desmonde) to sing […]

May, 18

Dirty Little Billy *** (1972, Michael J Pollard, Richard Evans, Lee Purcell) – Classic Movie Review 11,183

Director Stan Dragoti’s 1972 film Dirty Little Billy is a hard-nosed, darkly comedic revisionist Western vehicle for briefly-popular Michael J Pollard (C W Moss in Bonnie and Clyde, a coincidence since this film is written […]

May, 08

Flipper’s New Adventure *** (1964, Luke Halpin, Pamela Franklin, Helen Cherry, Tom Helmore, Francesca Annis) – Classic Movie Review 10,970

‘Here comes Flipper the fearless… he’s back with some brand new friends, new fun, new thrills, as he tackles a band of desperate pirates!’ Director Leon Benson’s family adventure film Flipper’s New Adventure [Flipper and […]

Feb, 27

Home Before Dark *** (1958, Jean Simmons, Dan O’Herlihy, Rhonda Fleming, Efrem Zimbalist Jr) – Classic Movie Review 10,571

Rhonda Fleming called Mervyn LeRoy’s 1958 drama film Home Before Dark her favourite role, saying: ‘It was a marvellous stretch’. Jean Simmons, Dan O’Herlihy and Efrem Zimbalist Jr also star. It is written by Eileen […]

Nov, 20

The Mandarin Mystery *½ (1936, Eddie Quillan, Charlotte Henry, Rita La Roy, Wade Boteler, Franklin Pangborn) – Classic Movie Review 10,500

Director Ralph Staub’s 1936 Republic Pictures crime thriller The Mandarin Mystery stars Eddie Quillan, who takes over Donald Cook in The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935) as an unconvincing Ellery Queen in a confused, unsatisfactory second […]

Nov, 04

The Great Caruso *** (1951, Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten) – Classic Movie Review 10,217

MGM’s 1951 Technicolor musical drama The Great Caruso stars Mario Lanza in a quasi-biopic that depicts the life of the great Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) in typically distorted Hollywood fashion. Director Richard Thorpe’s […]

Aug, 24

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