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Murder with Mirrors *** (1985, Helen Hayes, Bette Davis, John Mills, Leo McKern, Dorothy Tutin, Tim Roth) – Classic Movie Review 9653

Veteran stars Helen Hayes (aged 85) and Bette Davis (aged 77 and returning to filming after a serious stroke that impaired her appearance and mobility) make their first appearance together in director Dick Lowry’s 1985 […]

Apr, 19

Any Old Port! ** (1932, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Walter Long, Jacqueline Wells) – Classic Movie Review 7548

‘In port – Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy were just home from a whaling voyage – Mr Hardy shipped as head harpooner; Mr Laurel went along as bait.’ Director James W Horne’s mild 1932 two-reeler […]

Sep, 06

The Happy Ending *** (1969, Jean Simmons, John Forsythe, Shirley Jones, Lloyd Bridges, Dick Shawn, Nanette Fabray, Bobby Darin, Tina Louise, Teresa Wright) – Classic Movie Review 7426

Writer-producer-director Richard Brooks’s 1969 drama The Happy Ending stars Jean Simmons as a middle-aged American woman who looks back on a long, unhappy marriage as she walks out on her husband and family in order […]

Aug, 11

Les Portes de la Nuit **** (1946, Pierre Brasseur, Yves Montand, Nathalie Nattier, Serge Reggiani) – Classic Movie Review 5268

Marcel Carné’s gorgeously atmospheric 1946 French semi-classic film tells a typically doomed love story and is set in the nocturnal, winter Paris of the immediate post-war period. Yves Montand and Raymond Bussières play buddies who […]

Apr, 07

Le Beau Serge [Bitter Reunion] **** (1958, Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Michèle Méritz) – Classic Movie Review 3553

The 28-year-old film critic Claude Chabrol made his leap onto the screen as writer-director of this influential 1958 first film which had the distinction of being the very movie that set off the French Nouvelle […]

Apr, 10

Last Train from Gun Hill **** (1959, Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones, Earl Holliman, Brian G Hutton, Brad Dexter) – Classic Movie Review 3,409

The brilliant 1959 Western film Last Train from Gun Hill comes from the star, director and producer of Gunfight at the OK Corral. Kirk Douglas stars as Marshal Matt Morgan, determined to bring his wife’s […]

Feb, 25

Old Acquaintance **** (1943, Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, Gig Young) – Classic Movie Review 2,696

The polished 1943 comedy romantic drama film Old Acquaintance stars Bette Davis as Kit Marlowe and Miriam Hopkins as the bitchy Millie Drake. Davis said: ‘Miriam was her usual self. Director Vincent Sherman said he […]

Jul, 13

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