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The Benson Murder Case *** (1930, William Powell, William ‘Stage’ Boyd, Eugene Pallette) – Classic Movie Review 11,311

Director Frank Tuttle’s 1930 American pre-Code crime mystery thriller film The Benson Murder Case, written by creator S S Van Dine and Bartlett Cormack, is the third of four films to star William Powell as […]

Jun, 15

Michael Shayne: Private Detective ***½ (1940, Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Valerie, Walter Abel) – Classic Movie Review 11,238

Lloyd Nolan stars as Brett Halliday’s wisecracking private detective Michael Shayne in the first of the actor’s seven 20th Century Fox support thrillers. Director Eugene Forde’s 1940 black and white mystery thriller Michael Shayne: Private […]

May, 24

The Magic of Lassie *** (1978, James Stewart, Alice Faye, Mickey Rooney, Pernell Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 11,230

Director Don Chaffey’s 1978 The Magic of Lassie is a tuneful but tame musical reworking of the 1943 family favourite Lassie Come Home, with a story in which trade baron Jamison (Pernell Roberts) reclaiming Lassie […]

May, 22

The Bonnie Parker Story **** (1958, Dorothy Provine, Jack Hogan, Richard Bakalyan, Joe Turkel) – Classic Movie Review 11,022

Director William Witney’s zesty 1958 black and white and Superama widescreen cult gangster thriller The Bonnie Parker Story is a low-budget predecessor of Bonnie and Clyde, with Dorothy Provine well cast and on great form […]

Mar, 14

Bomba on Panther Island ** (1949, Johnny Sheffield, Allene Roberts, Lita Baron) – Classic Movie Review 10,995

The 1949 Monogram Pictures black and white adventure film Bomba on Panther Island is written and directed by Ford Beebe and again stars Johnny Sheffield, who is back for the second entry in the 12-film Bomba the […]

Mar, 07

This Is My Life *** (1992, Julie Kavner, Samantha Mathis, Gaby Hoffmann, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher) – Classic Movie Review 10,907

Director Nora Ephron’s appealing and amusing 1992 comedy drama This Is My Life stars Julie Kavner, Samantha Mathis, Gaby Hoffmann, Carrie Fisher and Dan Aykroyd. Nora Ephron, the Oscar-nominated writer of Silkwood (1983), When Harry […]

Feb, 12

The Benny Goodman Story *** (1956, Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Berta Gersten) – Classic Movie Review 10,714

Steve Allen stars – quite impressively too – in writer-director Valentine Davies’s 1956 The Benny Goodman Story, a sentimental fictionalised musical around the career of Benny Goodman, the ace clarinet player from Chicago’s Jewish quarter, […]

Dec, 27

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