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The Delinquents * (1989, Kylie Minogue, Charlie Schlatter, Bruno Lawrence) – Classic Movie Review 9789

Director Chris Thomson’s 1989 romantic drama The Delinquents stars Kylie Minogue, who strips off, uses a four-letter word and does a bit of acting in her ill-fated movie début as Lola, an Australian teenager hot […]

May, 19

Play It As It Lays ** (1972, Tuesday Weld, Anthony Perkins, Tammy Grimes, Adam Roarke) – Classic Movie Review 7795

Director Frank Perry’s 1972 interesting and sincere but depressing and ultimately disappointing drama Play It As It Lays is based on Joan Didion’s novel, and stars Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld and Tammy Grimes. Deception, divorce, […]

Nov, 16

Beyond the Forest *** (1949, Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman) – Classic Movie Review 7664

Director King Vidor’s trashy 1949 film noir romantic drama Beyond the Forest stars a weirdly posturing, unattractive looking, black-wigged Bette Davis, and she is far from her best as Rosa Moline, a 1940s-style American Madame […]

Oct, 12

Blue Denim [Blue Jeans] *** (1959, Carol Lynley, Brandon De Wilde, Macdonald Carey, Marsha Hunt, Vaughn Taylor, Warren Berlinger) – Classic Movie Review 7623

Director Philip Dunne’s 1959 drama Blue Denim [Blue Jeans in GB] is a still-fresh-seeming pioneering film on the theme of teenage pregnancy and abortion, and the actors and director Dunne keep it well ahead of […]

Sep, 29

The Carey Treatment *** (1972, James Coburn, Jennifer O’Neill, Pat Hingle, Skye Aubrey, Dan O’Herlihy, Elizabeth Allen) – Classic Movie Review 7117

Oh doctor, I’m in trouble… Blake Edwards’s 1972 crime thriller The Carey Treatment got the MGM studio treatment. It was heavily cut and re-edited in post production, infuriating the director, who sued. Director Blake Edwards’s […]

Jun, 04

Chance at Heaven *** (1933, Joel McCrea, Ginger Rogers, Marian Nixon, Andy Devine, Lucien Littlefield) – Classic Movie Review 6720

The entertaining 1933 American Pre-Code romantic drama film Chance at Heaven stars Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea in enjoyable performances.  Director William A Seiter’s far-fetched but thoroughly entertaining 1933 American Pre-Code romantic drama Chance at […]

Feb, 22

Valley of the Dolls *** (1967, Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate, Susan Hayward, Tony Scotti, Martin Milner) – Classic Movie Review 6316

Valley of the Dolls charts the rise and fall in show business of three young hopefuls – Anne Welles (Barbara Parkins), Jennifer North (Sharon Tate) and Neely O’Hara (Patty Duke). Director Mark Robson’s high camp […]

Nov, 26

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