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The Littlest Rebel *** (1935, Shirley Temple, John Boles, Jack Holt, Karen Morley, Bill Robinson, Guinn Williams) – Classic Movie Review 9354

For director David Butler’s 1935 family comedy drama The Littlest Rebel, 20th Century Fox put their feisty little seven-year-old star Shirley Temple in another opulent American Civil War melodrama (after The Little Colonel rang the […]

Feb, 07

The Prince of Thieves ** (1948, Jon Hall, Patricia Morison, Adele Jergens) –  Classic Movie Review 6001

Director Howard Bretherton’s 1948 Columbia Pictures’ Robin Hood film is a pleasantly acceptable adventure as a young person’s time-passer. Jon Hall stars as a roguish Robin Hood, who ensures that the Lady Christabel (Adele Jergens) […]

Aug, 29

Mister Roberts ***** (1955, Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon) – Classic Movie Review 5,882

Henry Fonda re-creates his Broadway role as the war-mongering officer Lieutenant Roberts aboard a World War Two cargo ship battling with tyrannical ship’s captain Captain Morton (James Cagney), in the 1955 comedy drama film Mr […]

Aug, 08

Atlas * (1961, Michael Forest, Frank Wolff, Barboura Morris) – Classic Movie Review 4816

Michael Forest stars as the wrestler hero Atlas, who fights the evil king Praximedes (Frank Wolff), the power-crazed tyrannical ruler of Seronikos, for the hand of his mistress Candia (Barboura Morris). Handsome muscleman Michael Forest, […]

Dec, 29

Cobra Woman **** (1944, Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu, Lon Chaney Jnr, Edgar Barrier) – Classic Movie Review 3204

‘TOLLEA! TEMPTRESS OF TERROR’ Director Robert Siodmak’s uber-colourful 1944 South Seas adventure Cobra Woman is revered as a legendary camp classic. Hollywood Babylon book author Kenneth Anger called it his favourite film. Cobra Woman re-teams Maria […]

Dec, 31

Robin Hood ***** (1922, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Enid Bennett, Wallace Beery, Alan Hale Sr) – Classic Movie Review 1792

Douglas Fairbanks Sr stars in one of his most famous and iconic roles as the king’s favoured knight The Earl of Huntingdon, who becomes the outlaw Robin Hood to protect the oppressed English people from the […]

Nov, 01

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