Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Brief Moment ** (1933, Carole Lombard, Gene Raymond, Donald Cook, Monroe Owsley, Arthur Hohl) –  Classic Movie Review 6760

Director David Burton’s 1933 American pre-Code drama film Brief Moment stars Carole Lombard and Gene Raymond, and is based on the play by S N Behrman. The Depression Era story has a heavily laid-on moral about using your gifts and abilities, whether […]

Mar, 04 · in Reviews

The Princess Comes Across **** (1936, Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Douglass Dumbrille) – Classic Movie Review 6,759

Paramount Pictures’ stupendous 1936 romantic comedy mystery movie The Princess Comes Across again stars the hit pair of Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray on their best form. Director William K Howard’s stupendous 1936 Paramount Pictures’ […]

Mar, 03 · in Reviews

The Gay Bride * (1934, Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, Zasu Pitts) – Classic Movie Review 6,758

MGM’s 1934 crime and romantic comedy film The Gay Bride stars Carole Lombard in the kind of role she was great in as gold-digging chorus girl. Director Jack Conway’s 1934 MGM crime and romantic comedy […]

Mar, 02

Red Sparrow *** (2018, Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Jeremy Irons, Ciarán Hinds, Joely Richardson) – Movie Review

Jennifer Lawrence holds the screen but is hard stretched to convince as a Russian ballerina turned spy in Red Sparrow. Jennifer Lawrence holds the screen but is hard stretched to convince as Dominika Egorova, a Russian […]

Mar, 02

Hands Across the Table **** (1935, Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy) – Classic Movie Review 6757

Director Mitchell Leisen’s delightful hit 1935 romantic comedy stars Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray, who fizzle like firecrackers and the film’s success was a big boost for their careers and that of talented Leisen. The […]

Mar, 02

Love Before Breakfast *** (1936, Carole Lombard, Preston Foster, Cesar Romero) – Classic Movie Review 6756

Director Walter Lang’s 1936 movie is a frothy enough comedy romance vehicle for Carole Lombard as Kay Colby, a much-courted social butterfly. Based on Faith Baldwin’s novel Spinster Dinner, there are no surprises in the […]

Mar, 01

Fools for Scandal * (1938, Carole Lombard, Fernand Gravet, Ralph Bellamy, Allen Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 6755

Carole Lombard is uninspired in a rare flop movie for her. Director Mervyn LeRoy’s 1938 Warner Bros movie is an unexpectedly sad failure of a romantic comedy in which Fernand Gravey [Gravet] stars as a broke French […]

Mar, 01

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