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Singapore *** (1947, Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Roland Culver, Richard Haydn, Spring Byington, Thomas Gomez, Porter Hall) – Classic Movie Review 7270

Director John Brahm’s 1947 action, adventure, crime romantic thriller Singapore stars Ava Gardner as gorgeous old flame Linda, now married to stuffy rich planter Michael Van Layden (Roland Culver), who comes back into the life of carefree pearl […]

Jul, 09

South of Pago Pago ** (1940, Victor McLaglen, Jon Hall, Frances Farmer) – Classic Movie Review 7239

‘Greed and lust threaten a tropical paradise.’ Director Alfred E Green’s desperately daft and dated 1940 romantic adventure South of Pago Pago stars Victor McLaglen as Bucko Larson, who leads his band of ruthless pirates […]

Jul, 01

Desire **** (1936, Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, John Halliday, William Frawley, Akim Tamiroff, Alan Mowbray) – Classic Movie Review 5409

‘LOVE WAS HER PRECIOUS LOOT!’ Marlene Dietrich stars in the 1936 American film Desire as cultivated sultry European gem thief Madeleine de Beaupré and she is paired with Gary Cooper as simple, down-home American automobile […]

May, 07

Captain Kidd *** (1945, Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, Reginald Owen, John Carradine, Gilbert Roland, Sheldon Leonard, Henry Daniell, John Qualen) – Classic Movie Review 4.803

Director Rowland V Lee’s lively if slack and unhistorical 1945 adventure movie Captain Kidd has the great virtue of starring the incomparable Charles Laughton as the mischievous pirate captain. He enjoys a fine old time […]

Dec, 21

She Gods of Shark Reef * (1958, Bill Cord, Don Durant, Lisa Montell, Jeanne Gerson, Ed Nelson) – Classic Movie Review 3985

Director Roger Corman’s slack 1958 B-movie adventure thriller, filmed on location in Kaua’i back to back with Naked Paradise [Thunder over Hawaii] in 1956, is one of his weakest and worst. Don Durant stars as young criminal Jim who stows away on his brother Chris’s (Bill Cord) […]

Jul, 08

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