Derek Winnert

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Laughing Anne ** (1953, Wendell Corey, Margaret Lockwood, Forrest Tucker, Ronald Shiner) – Classic Movie Review 10,361

Margaret Lockwood stars as the 1880s Parisian wicked lady nightclub singing star Laughing Anne. Joseph Conrad’s triangle tug-of-love short story tale of amour and death in Java, Between the Tides, gets an overblown, stilted dramatic […]

Sep, 29

Pot o’ Gold *** (1941, James Stewart, Paulette Goddard, Horace Heidt, Charles Winninger, Mary Gordon) – Classic Movie Review 10,244

Director George Marshall’s 1941 screwball comedy Pot o’ Gold [The Golden Hour] has the distinction of featuring James Stewart on the mouth-organ and performing ‘When Johnny Toots His Horn’ (written by Hy Heath and Fred Rose), which may […]

Aug, 30

Hard to Get ** (1938, Dick Powell, Olivia de Havilland, Charles Winninger) – Classic Movie Review 10,194

Director Ray Enright’s 1938 screwball romantic comedy Hard to Get stars Dick Powell, who gets one hit song (‘You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby’) to croon as Bill Davis, an architect working as a […]

Aug, 18

Cain and Mabel ** (1936, Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Allen Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 10,138

Marion Davies called for her previous co-star Clark Gable to support her again on the 1936 musical comedy film Cain and Mabel, and money was no object  – they literally raised the roof. Clark Gable […]

Aug, 06

Serenade ** (1956, Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sara Montiel, Vincent Price) – Classic Movie Review 9764

James M Cain’s dark and gritty 1937 thriller source novel Serenade is emasculated to produce a standard soapy Hollywood musical tale of a poor vineyard worker Damon Vincenti (Mario Lanza) rising to operatic success via […]

May, 14

Mammy *** (1930, Al Jolson, Lois Moran, Lowell Sherman, Louise Dresser, Hobart Bosworth) – Classic Movie Review 9534

Al Jolson stars as minstrel singer Al Fuller, in director Michael Curtiz’s sparky 1930 behind-the-scenes theatre musical Mammy, with a shooting, an Irving Berlin score and Louise Dresser all thrown in as Mammy. Jolson has […]

Mar, 20

Too Many Girls *** (1940, Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson, Ann Miller, Desi Arnaz, Eddie Bracken, Van Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 9529

George Abbott’s 1940 RKO musical comedy Too Many Girls is the movie where Lucille Ball first met Desi Arnaz on the set  – and he said ‘I love Lucy’. Gorgeous gals and gaiety are promised. […]

Mar, 19

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