Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "piano"

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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T **** (1953, Tommy Rettig, Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried) – Classic Movie Review 11,525

Bart (Tommy Rettig) is reluctantly learning the piano and dreams he is trapped at the surreal Terwilliker Institute, where his teacher is diabolical doctor Dr Terwilliker (Hans Conried). Director Roy Rowland’s 1953 Technicolor musical fantasy […]

Aug, 28

Sincerely Yours * (1955, Liberace, Joanne Dru, Dorothy Malone, Alex Nicol) – Classic Movie Review 11,433

After the 1955 flop Sincerely Yours, Warner Bros paid Liberace not to make a second movie. Director Gordon Douglas’s 1955 Warner Color film romantic music comedy Sincerely Yours stars Liberace as Tony Warrin, a Manhattan […]

Jul, 30

Fingers *** (1978, Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Jim Brown, Marian Seldes, Danny Aiello, Tanya Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 11,162

James Toback directs his own script about a quiet virtuoso pianist, Jimmy ‘Fingers’ Angelelli (Harvey Keitel), who gets sucked into becoming a ruthless debt collector enforcing payment of debts for his Italian mob-connected loan shark […]

May, 03

The Competition *** (1980, Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Lee Remick, Sam Wanamaker) – Classic Movie Review 10,980

Writer-director Joel Oliansky’s 1980 romance The Competition stars Richard Dreyfuss and Amy Irving as pianists who take part in a competition. It was nominated for two Oscars: Best Film Editing (David E Blewitt) and Best […]

Mar, 02

Benvenuta *** (1983, Fanny Ardant, Vittorio Gassman, Françoise Fabian, Mathieu Carrière) – Classic Movie Review 10,715

Belgian writer-director André Delvaux assembles a strong cast for the 1983 film Benvenuta, his skilful, stylish but finally puzzling romance about a film writer called François (Mathieu Carrière) who digs out a reclusive novelist called […]

Dec, 27

The Unsinkable Molly Brown *** (1964, Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley, Jack Kruschen, Hermione Baddeley, Martita Hunt) – Classic Movie Review 10,467

‘Can a girl find happiness with $20,000,000? YOU BET!’ Director Charles Walters’s 1964 Broadway show transfer The Unsinkable Molly Brown boasts Debbie Reynolds full of beans as the real-life mining-camp tomboy Molly Brown, who climbs […]

Oct, 27

A Tale of Springtime [Conte de printemps] **** (1990, Anne Teyssèdre, Hugues Quester, Florence Darel) – Classic Movie Review 9464

Writer-director Éric Rohmer’s subtle and appealing 1990 French film A Tale of Springtime [Conte de printemps] stars Anne Teyssèdre, Hugues Quester and Florence Darel. It is a typical but high level Rohmer film casting a […]

Mar, 05

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