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Once Upon a Time *** (1944, Cary Grant, Janet Blair, James Gleason, Ted Donaldson) – Classic Movie Review 8404

Director Alexander Hall’s 1944 black and white satirical comedy Once Upon a Time stars Cary Grant as Jerry Flynn, a canny but cash-strapped theatre producer about to go bust, and story is about the hit […]

Apr, 27

Variety [Varieté] **** (1925, Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Lya De Putti) – Classic Movie Review 7642

Director Ewald André Dupont’s 1925 Variety [aka Varieté, or Jealousy or Vaudeville] is an exciting German classic silent melodrama of fierily aroused passion, with an impressive silent movie performance by Emil Jannings as angry, betrayed trapeze artist […]

Oct, 07

Trapeze *** (1956, Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida, Katy Jurado, Thomas Gomez, Sidney James) – Classic Movie Review 5709

The alluring stars Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida, the exciting trapeze stunts and the tasty circus atmosphere are the main attractions in the 1956 film Trapeze. ‘It happens there in mid-air…in all its […]

Jul, 04

State Fair *** (1933, Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, Lew Ayres, Sally Eilers) – Classic Movie Review 2195

Director Henry King’s likeable and appealing 1933 romantic comedy drama provides a pleasantly pungent odour of 30s Americana, based on Philip Strong’s novel, brought to life in vivid star performances. Janet Gaynor and Will Rogers […]

Feb, 21

Wings of Desire [Der Himmel über Berlin] ***** (1987, Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk) – Classic Movie Review 104

Following up his 1984 international art-house hit Paris, Texas, German director Wim Wenders’s Wings of Desire [Der Himmel über Berlin] is an acclaimed essay on modern-day spirituality, observing the inhabitants’ failings and painstaking progress in […]

Jul, 29

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