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Black Gold *** (1947, Anthony Quinn, Katherine DeMille) – Classic Movie Review 11,824

Director Phil Karlson’s 1947 American Cinecolor drama film Black Gold stars Anthony Quinn and Katherine DeMille, and is based on a story by Caryl Coleman. It was then Monogram Pictures’ most expensive film, their first […]

Jan, 03

Hot to Trot (1988, Bobcat Goldthwait, Dabney Coleman, John Candy (voice), Virginia Madsen) – Classic Movie Review 10,949

Director Michael Dinner’s 1988 Hot To Trot is a return to that awful old comedy idea about a talking horse and it predictably produces no laughs (or is that neigh laughs?). John Candy voices Don, […]

Feb, 22

The Lemon Drop Kid *** (1951, Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, William Frawley) – Classic Movie Review 8705

Director Sidney Lanfield’s pleasing 1951 black and white comedy stars Bob Hope as New York City swindler Sidney Milburn, aka The Lemon Drop Kid, a race-track tout who owes big bucks to a gangster crook […]

Jul, 14

Dry Rot *** (1956, Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix, Sidney James, Peggy Mount, Michael Shepley, Heather Sears, Joan Sims) – Classic Movie Review 8334

Director Maurice Elvey’s 1956 British black and white comedy movie Dry Rot gallops along at a fair whip and stays the course, but, alas, fails to get to the winning post first, being a bit […]

Apr, 05

Bite the Bullet **** (1975, Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn, Ben Johnson, Ian Bannen, Jan-Michael Vincent) – Classic Movie Review 6736

Writer-producer-director Richard Brooks’s 1975 action adventure stars Gene Hackman (as Sam Clayton), Candice Bergen (as Miss Jones), James Coburn (as Luke Matthews), Ben Johnson (as Mister), Ian Bannen (as the Englishman Sir Harry Norfolk) and Jan-Michael […]

Feb, 26

The Last Time I Saw Paris **½ (1954, Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Roger Moore, Donna Reed, Eva Gabor) – Classic Movie Review 6412

F Scott Fitzgerald’s 1931 semi-autobiographical short story of Americans in Paris, Babylon Revisited, makes a loose starting point basis for an interesting though shaky 1954 movie under Richard Brooks’s direction. Its setting is shifted from […]

Dec, 15

The Rocking Horse Winner ***½ (1949, John Mills, Valerie Hobson, John Howard Davies, Ronald Squire, Hugh Sinclair) – Classic Movie Review 5138

The  1949 fantasy film The Rocking Horse Winner adapts a D H Lawrence short story about a young boy who can accurately pick winners in horse races. It stars John Mills, who also produces, Valerie Hobson, John […]

Mar, 11

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