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The Ghoul *** (1933, Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, Ralph Richardson, Kathleen Harrison, Cedric Hardwicke) – Classic Movie Review 2905

Director T Hayes Hunter’s 1933 horror movie The Ghoul finds Boris Karloff returning in triumph to Britain after Frankenstein (1931) turned him into a star in Hollywood. He gives a rousing turn as the misguided […]

Sep, 12

The Pickwick Papers **** (1952, James Hayter, James Donald, Nigel Patrick, Donald Wolfit, Hermione Gingold, Kathleen Harrison, Alexander Gauge, Joyce Grenfell, Harry Fowler) – Classic Movie Review 2796

Writer-director Noel Langley conscientiously works Charles Dickens’s novel over as a jolly 1952 British comedy film. It offers a big fat star part as Mr Pickwick that might have been tailor-made in the first place […]

Aug, 09

Kipps [The Remarkable Mr Kipps] ***½ (1941, Michael Redgrave, Phyllis Calvert, Diana Wynyard) – Classic Movie Review 1836

Director Carol Reed’s 1941 vintage film Kipps [The Remarkable Mr Kipps] stars an ideally cast Michael Redgrave, who does wonders with the role of H G Wells’s draper’s assistant and apprentice Mr Arthur Kipps. He […]

Nov, 12

Scrooge [A Christmas Carol] ***** (1951, Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, George Cole, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley) – Classic Movie Review 552

‘I believe the world is becoming a very hard and cruel place.’ – Scrooge. Director Brian Desmond Hurst’s 1951 seasonal delight Scrooge [A Christmas Carol] is the simply best movie version of the Charles Dickens classic […]

Dec, 20

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