Derek Winnert

Reviews

Borderland ** (1937, William Boyd, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Morris Ankrum) – Classic Movie Review 11,960

Director Nate Wyatt’s lightly entertaining 1937 Western film Borderland stars William Boyd again as Hopalong Cassidy, a ranger who goes undercover and infiltrates an outlaw gang of border bad guys to destroy it, in the […]

Feb, 25

In Old Mexico *** (1938, William Boyd, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Russell Hayden, Paul Sutton) – Classic Movie Review 11,959

Director Edward T Venturini’s 1938 Paramount Western film In Old Mexico finds William Boyd is back as black-clad cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy in this sequel to the previous year’s Borderland. The decent script, combining traditional […]

Feb, 25

In Our Time *** (1944, Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid, Nancy Coleman, Nazimova, Mary Boland) – Classic Movie Review 11,958

‘Their Love was all these things – It Was Daring! It Was Defiant! It Was Irrepressible! It Was Rapturous!’ Director Vincent Sherman’s 1944 Warner Bros black and white film In Our Time is a conscientious […]

Feb, 25

In Person ** (1935, Ginger Rogers, George Brent, Alan Mowbray, Grant Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 11,957

It is Ginger Rogers In Person (1935) but alas no Fred Astaire. Director William A Seiter’s 1935 RKO black and white comedy In Person is written by Allan Scott, based on a novel by Samuel […]

Feb, 25

The Painted Smile [Murder Can Be Deadly] ** (1962, Liz Fraser, Kenneth Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 11,956

A con artist (Liz Fraser) and her partner in crime, using their good looks for a confidence scam, fall foul of a London murderer-on-the-run (Kenneth Griffith) Director Lance Comfort’s 1962 British thriller film The Painted Smile [Murder Can […]

Feb, 25

Never a Dull Moment *** (1968, Dick Van Dyke, Edward G Robinson, Dorothy Provine, Henry Silva) – Classic Movie Review 11,955

Director Jerry Paris’s middling 1968 Walt Disney heist crime comedy film Never a Dull Moment stars Dick Van Dyke, Edward G Robinson, Dorothy Provine, Henry Silva, Slim Pickens and Jack Elam. Gangster-playing actor Jack Albany (Dick Van Dyke) is […]

Feb, 24

Never a Dull Moment ** (1950, Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Gigi Perreau, Natalie Wood) – Classic Movie Review 11,954

Director George Marshall’s 1950 RKO black and white comedy Never a Dull Moment stars Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Gigi Perreau, Natalie Wood. It is written by Lou Breslow and Doris Anderson, […]

Feb, 24

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