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Magnificent Obsession **** (1935, Irene Dunne, Robert Taylor, Ralph Morgan, Charles Butterworth) – Classic Movie Review 11,234

Universal’s 1935 black and white weepie romantic melodrama Magnificent Obsession is based on the 1929 novel by Lloyd C Douglas, and stars Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor. ‘She HATED Him in self-defence… because she hungered […]

May, 23

Blind Spot *** (1958, Robert MacKenzie, Delphi Lawrence, Gordon Jackson, Michael Caine) – Classic Movie Review 11,207

A blind American army officer, a mysterious death, a smuggling operation and a man called Johnny Brent (Michael Caine) who knows about the theft and murders… It’s the 1958 British black and white crime thriller […]

May, 14

The Face Behind the Mask [Behind the Mask] **** (1941, Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes, Don Beddoe) – Classic Movie Review 10,867

‘WHAT FIENDISH FURY TURNS MAN INTO MONSTER?’ Director Robert Florey’s 1941 Columbia Pictures black and white film noir crime thriller The Face Behind the Mask [Behind the Mask] stars Peter Lorre, who is on top […]

Feb, 02

The Road to Glory **** (1936, Fredric March, Warner Baxter, Lionel Barrymore, June Lang) – Classic Movie Review 9755

Director Howard Hawks’s impeccably made 1936 war drama The Road to Glory, based on the novel by Roland Dorgeles, follows a division of the French army as they struggle through the horrors of World War […]

May, 12

Music Is My Future [Music in Darkness] *** (1948, Mai Zetterling, Birger Malmsten, Olof Winnerstrand, Naima Wifstrand) – Classic Movie Review 9134

The 1948 Swedish film Music Is My Future [Musik I Mörker] [Music in Darkness] is the fourth film from master film-maker Ingmar Bergman. The screenplay is by Dagmar Edqvist, based on the novel by Dagmar […]

Dec, 07

The Milky Way [La Voie Lactée] **** (1969, Laurent Terzieff, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Edith Scob, Alain Cuny, Bernard Verley, Michel Piccoli, Pierre Clémenti) – Classic Movie Review 9084

Co-writer/ director Luis Buñuel brings the full force of his wit and irony to bear on his attack against Catholicism in his 1969 comedy drama The Milky Way [La Voie Lactée], which focuses on the […]

Nov, 21

Orphans of the Storm ***** (1921, Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Lucille La Verne) – Classic Movie Review 5218

Writer-producer-director D W Griffith’s 1921 big-budget ($1,000,000) historical romantic drama, based on the 1874 French play Les Deux Orphelines by Adolphe d’Ennery and Eugène Cormon, is the last of his series of really great silent epic films and […]

Mar, 29

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