Derek Winnert

Reviews

Christmas Holiday **** (1944, Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 11,999

Squeaky-clean Deanna Durbin as a sleazy nightclub singer hostess? Gene Kelly as an Oedipally-afflicted psychotic killer? The 1944 crime film Christmas Holiday is based on W Somerset Maugham’s bestseller. Squeaky-clean Deanna Durbin as a sleazy […]

Mar, 11

The Lady Says No ** (1951, Joan Caulfield, David Niven, James Robertson Justice) – Classic Movie Review 11,995

Forgotten film The Lady Says No (1951). Forgotten star Joan Caulfield. Not too much to remember. Producer-director Frank Ross’s 1951 American comedy film The Lady Says No stars Joan Caulfield, David Niven and James Robertson Justice. […]

Mar, 09

Desert Command ** (1946, John Wayne, Ruth Hall, Jack Mulhall, Raymond Hatton, Francis X Bushman Jr, Noah Beery Jr, Lon Chaney Jr) – Classic Movie Review 11,994

The 1946 mystery action spy thriller Desert Command is directed by Armand Schaeffer and Colbert Clark, and stars Raymond Hatton as Renard, Francis X Bushman Jr as Schmidt, Jack Mulhall as Clancy, John Wayne as Tom Wayne, Ruth Hall […]

Mar, 09

Step Lively, Jeeves! *** (1937, Arthur Treacher, Patricia Ellis, Robert Kent, Alan Dinehart, George Givot, Helen Flint) – Classic Movie Review 11,993

Director Eugene Forde’s 1937 comedy Step Lively, Jeeves! stars Arthur Treacher, Patricia Ellis, Robert Kent, Alan Dinehart, George Givot and Helen Flint. The film is based on P G Wodehouse’s characters but not on any […]

Mar, 09

Mysterious Mr Moto ** (1938, Peter Lorre, Mary Maguire, Henry Wilcoxon, Erik Rhodes, Harold Huber, Leon Ames) – Classic Movie Review 11,992

Peter Lorre again stars as Mr Moto in director Norman Foster’s 1938 20th Century Fox thriller Mysterious Mr Moto, the fifth in a series of eight films. The film is from an original screenplay by […]

Mar, 09

Thank You, Jeeves! *** (1936, Arthur Treacher, David Niven, Virginia Field, Lester Matthews, Colin Tapley) – Classic Movie Review 11,989

Director Arthur Greville Collins’s 1936 20th Century Fox black and white comedy Thank You, Jeeves! stars Arthur Treacher and David Niven as Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. The film takes P G Wodehouse’s characters and the […]

Mar, 08

Mr Moto’s Last Warning ** (1939, Peter Lorre, Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Field, John Carradine, George Sanders, Joan Carroll, Robert Coote) – Classic Movie Review 11,988

Director Norman Foster’s 1939 20th Century Fox thriller Mr Moto’s Last Warning is the sixth movie in a series of eight films in Peter Lorre’s enjoyable casebook as Mr Moto. It also stars Ricardo Cortez, […]

Mar, 07

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