Derek Winnert

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Cobra *** (1925, Rudolph Valentino, Nita Naldi, Casson Ferguson, Gertrude Olmstead) – Classic Movie Review 10,203

The magnificent Rudolph Valentino stars in director Joseph Henabery’s 1925 silent classic drama Cobra as a down-at-heel Italian marquis, Count Rodrigo Torriani, who decides to ‘collect’ women (the cobras of the title), who fascinate him, […]

Aug, 20

Temptation *** (1946, Merle Oberon, George Brent, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas) Classic Movie Review 9918

Director Irving Pichel’s 1946 black and white film noir thriller Temptation stars Merle Oberon as bored housewife Ruby, an 1890s London shady lady who moves to Egypt and swaps her dull archaeologist husband Nigel Armine […]

Jun, 16

Susan Slade *** (1961, Troy Donahue, Dorothy McGuire, Connie Stevens) – Classic Movie Review 6821

Writer-producer-director Delmer Daves’s plush and effective coming-of-age weepie is based on Doris Hume’s novel The Sin of Susan Slade and centres on precocious Susan Slade (Connie Stevens), a teenage daughter who gets pregnant, after a […]

Mar, 18

The Girl from 10th Avenue *** (1935, Bette Davis, Ian Hunter, Colin Clive, Katherine Alexander, Alison Skipworth, John Eldredge, Phillip Reed) – Classic Movie Review 6301

Director Alfred E Green’s smart and amusing 1935 drama features excellent work from its star Bette Davis and nimble, fast-paced handling from the director, which help to lift this entertaining soap opera in which Davis […]

Nov, 24

The Trespasser *** (1929, Gloria Swanson, Robert Ames, Purnell Pratt, Henry B Walthall, Wally Albright) – Classic Movie Review 6296

Silent super-star Gloria Swanson earned an Academy Award nomination for her much talked-about 1929 talkie debut, written and directed by Edmund Goulding. It is advertised as ‘Her First ALL TALKING Picture’. It was first filmed as a silent, but […]

Nov, 23

Lady Windermere’s Fan *** (1925, May McAvoy, Ronald Colman, Irene Rich, Bert Lytell) – Classic Movie Review 6059

May McAvoy stars as Lady Windermere and Ronald Colman stars as Lord Darlington in Ernst Lubitsch’s 1925 silent version of Oscar Wilde’s classic 1892 play Lady Windermere’s Fan, which is happily available now on DVD. A non-speaking Oscar Wilde film […]

Oct, 05

The Fan *** (1949, Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders, Richard Greene) – Classic Movie Review 4,686

Madeleine Carroll is excellent as the scandalous middle-aged Mrs Erlynne in a smooth, civilised, well-dressed film of Oscar Wilde’s 1892 play Lady Windermere’s Fan in 1949 with the cut-down title of The Fan. Producer-director Otto […]

Nov, 23

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