James Ivory’s 1975 film The Wild Party is an interesting attempt to re-create the Fatty Arbuckle movie-scandal case. James Coco holds the attention as the 1920s comic Jolly Grimm, who holds a party that gets […]
Director Michael Anderson’s 1953 British comedy film Will Any Gentleman…? stars George Cole as a timid bank clerk called Henry Sterling, in this amusing enough adaptation of the popular 1950 stage farce by Vernon Sylvaine, who […]
Elia Kazan’s 1953 film Man on a Tightrope stars Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame and Cameron Mitchell, who are first rate in this moody tale of Czech circus folk trying to make a break […]
‘It is very difficult to see yourself as others see you… or to see yourself at all’ – Charles Bremer.’ The 1984 Australian erotic drama film Man of Flowers is a unique, moving film from […]
In the 1931 Western film Cimarron, Richard Dix plays Yancey Cravat, who is based on real-life lawyer and gunfighter Temple Houston – the son of Sam Houston, whom Dix plays here in Man of Conquest […]
Edward Arnold stars in the 1945 mystery thriller film sequel The Hidden Eye as a blind detective, who is asked to investigate with his seeing-eye dog after a number of mysterious murders are committed. Director […]
The 1953 Technicolor film Prince of Pirates stars John Derek as Prince Roland, who leads a revolt against his tyrannical brother, in this passable 16th-century European adventure. Naturally, Derek wins the day and fair maiden […]