Derek Winnert

Reviews

His Double Life *** (1933, Roland Young, Lillian Gish, Montagu Love, Lumsden Hare) – Classic Movie Review 12,111

‘HE’S NOT HIMSELF!… Even his bride thinks he’s two other fellows…!’ Director Arthur Hopkins’s 1933 comedy-drama film His Double Life stars Roland Young and Lillian Gish, along with Montagu Love and Lumsden Hare. Arnold Bennett’s […]

May, 10

Molly and Me *** (1945, Monty Woolley, Gracie Fields, Roddy McDowall, Reginald Gardiner) – Classic Movie Review 12,110

Director Lewis Seiler’s 1945 20th Century Fox American comedy film Molly and Me stars Gracie Fields and Monty Woolley, reunited after their 1943 hit Holy Matrimony. The screenplay by Leonard Praskins is based on the […]

May, 10

Holy Matrimony **** (1943, Monty Woolley, Gracie Fields, Laird Cregar, Una O’Connor, Alan Mowbray, Melville Cooper, Franklin Pangborn, George Zucco, Eric Blore) – Classic Movie Review 12,109

The 1943 comedy film Holy Matrimony stars Monty Woolley and Gracie Fields in a smashing remake of 1933’s His Double Life. Director John Stahl’s 1943 20th Century Fox comedy film Holy Matrimony is a smashing […]

May, 09

Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air *** (1942, Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, John Sutton, Jack Holt, Dame May Whitty, George Barbier, Richard Haydn, Reginald Denny) – Classic Movie Review 12,108

Director William A Wellman’s 1942 20th Century Fox Technicolor film Thunder Birds was made as propaganda to boost American civilian morale, and stars Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, John Sutton, Jack Holt, Dame May Whitty, George […]

May, 08

Thunderbirds ** (1952, John Derek, John Barrymore Jr, Mona Freeman, Ward Bond, Gene Evans, Eileen Christy, Barton MacLane, Wally Cassell) – Classic Movie Review 12,107

Producer-director John H Auer’s 1952 Republic Pictures war film Thunderbirds stars John Derek, John Barrymore Jr, Mona Freeman, Ward Bond, Gene Evans, Eileen Christy, Barton MacLane, Wally Cassell. Thunderbirds is unexceptional World War Two airborne […]

May, 08

Backfire *** (1987, Karen Allen, Keith Carradine, Jeff Fahey, Bernie Casey, Dean Paul Martin, Dinah Manhoff) – Classic Movie Review 12,105

Director Gilbert Cates’s 1987 murderous love triangle mystery-thriller film Backfire stars Karen Allen, Keith Carradine and Jeff Fahey, along with Bernie Casey, Dean Paul Martin and Dinah Manhoff. Fahey plays a much troubled Vietnam war veteran called […]

May, 07

Drifters **** (1929, director John Grierson) – Classic Movie Review 12,104

‘The herring fishing has changed. It was once an idyll of brown sails and village harbours – its story now is an epic of steam and steel.’ Writer-producer-director John Grierson’s 1929 silent film Drifters for […]

May, 07

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