Derek Winnert

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The Loves of Joanna Godden *** (1947, Googie Withers, Jean Kent, John McCallum, Derek Bond, Chips Rafferty) – Classic Movie Review 7088

Director Charles Frend’s nicely done but mild 1947 Ealing Studios romantic drama, taken from Sheila Kaye-Smith’s novel Joanna Godden, is set in England in the Edwardian period. It is Romney Marsh, between Kent and Sussex, in 1905. […]

May, 23

Dr Syn *** (1937, George Arliss, Margaret Lockwood, John Loder, Roy Emerton, Graham Moffatt) – Classic Movie Review 6624

George Arliss’s last movie sees him as Dr Syn, the 18th-century vicar of Dymchurch, Kent, by day but moonlighting as the notorious pirate Captain Clegg by night. Old-style actor Arliss gives an antique barnstorming performance […]

Jan, 30

Thursday’s Children **** (1954, dir Lindsay Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 1411

Director Lindsay Anderson’s rousing 21-minute 1954 British short documentary film about the education of deaf children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent, won the Academy Award in 1955 for Best Documentary Short Subject. […]

Jul, 09

A Canterbury Tale **** (1944, Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet) – Classic Movie Review 603

Writer-producer-director Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s extraordinary 1944 wartime film tells an extremely mysterious and engaging story about a British tank soldier called Peter Gibbs (Dennis Price in his debut), an American Army sergeant (John Sweet) […]

Dec, 31

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