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Le Plaisir [House of Pleasure] **** (1952, Claude Dauphin, Jean Galland, Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Renaud, Daniel Gélin, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon, Jean Gabin) – Classic Movie Review 11,789

Director Max Ophüls’s 1952 black and white French comedy-drama anthology film Le Plaisir [House of Pleasure] is his delightful adaptation of three short stories by Guy de Maupassant linked by the theme of pleasure. It […]

Dec, 14

The Best House in London * (1969, David Hemmings, Joanna Pettet, George Sanders) – Classic Movie Review 11,247

‘From top to bottom… it’s the best place in town!’ Director Philip Savile’s saucy 1969 British comedy film The Best House in London is a curious piece from the pen of Denis Norden, who must […]

May, 27

Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers **½ (1977, Robin Askwith, Nigel Davenport, George Layton, Robin Nedwell, Warren Mitchell, John le Mesurier, Edward Woodward, Irene Handl) – Classic Movie Review 9739

Leslie Thomas scripts from his own novel, but is the now iconic Seventies cast that is the making of the 1977 British army sex comedy Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers. Director Norman Cohen’s 1977 British army […]

May, 09

Lady Sings the Blues **** (1972, Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor) – Classic Movie Review 9,634

Director Sidney J Furie’s 1972 musical drama film Lady Sings the Blues is Diana Ross’s finest hour in the movies, acting her socks off as the great but tragic blues singer Billie Holiday. The film’s […]

Apr, 13

Lady Jane ** (1986, Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood) – Classic Movie Review 9620

Director Trevor Nunn’s 1986 Lady Jane is a pretty, though overlong (142 minutes) and slackly paced historical drama about the 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey (Helena Bonham Carter), Henry VIII’s niece, who was forced into marriage […]

Apr, 09

Lady L ** (1965, Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven, Peter Ustinov, Cecil Parker, Claude Dauphin, Philippe Noiret, Michel Piccoli, Marcel Dalio) – Classic Movie Review 9,615

Peter Ustinov’s tour-de-force 1965 comedy film Lady L follows the route of Louise Lendale (Sophia Loren) from poor laundress in a Paris brothel to English lady via a series of espionage-style misadventures. The 1965 comedy […]

Apr, 08

The Balcony *** (1963, Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, Lee Grant) – Classic Movie Review 9209

Director Joseph Strick’s 1963 satirical drama The Balcony is a strongly cast low-budget movie of the Jean Genet theatre shocker, with Shelley Winters as Madame Irma, the madam of a brothel, Peter Falk as her […]

Dec, 31

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