Derek Winnert

Reviews

Just William *** (1940, Dicky Lupino, Fred Emery, Basil Radford, Amy Veness, Iris Hoey, Roddy McDowall, Norman Robinson, Peter Miles) – Classic Movie Review 11,862

Director Graham Cutts’s boisterous 1940 British comedy Just William is based on the beloved stories of Richmal Crompton, and stars Dicky Lupino, Fred Emery, Basil Radford, Amy Veness, Iris Hoey, Roddy McDowall, Norman Robinson, and […]

Jan, 19

The Rossiter Case ** (1951, Helen Shingler, Clement McCallin, Sheila Burrell, Frederick Leister, Stanley Baker) – Classic Movie Review 11,860

Francis Searle’s acceptable 1950 British black and white Hammer Films crime thriller film The Rossiter Case stars Clement McCallin as Peter Rossiter, who is charged with the murder of his mistress, his disabled wife’s sister […]

Jan, 19

The Root of All Evil * (1947, Phyllis Calvert, Michael Rennie, John McCallum) – Classic Movie Review 11,859

Writer-director Brock Williams’s 1947 Gainsborough Pictures studios drama The Root of All Evil stars Phyllis Calvert, who looks unhappy, miscast in a British Joan Crawford-style role as Jeckie Farnish, getting up to dirty business to […]

Jan, 19

Hungry Hill ** (1947, Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price, Cecil Parker, Michael Denison, Dermot Walsh, Jean Simmons, Eileen Herlie, Siobhan McKenna) – Classic Movie Review 11,858

Director Brian Desmond Hurst’s 1947 British film Hungry Hill [The Stranger Between] is based on the 1943 bestseller novel by Daphne du Maurier, and stars Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price, Cecil Parker, Michael Denison, Dermot Walsh, Jean […]

Jan, 18

Daybreak ** (1948, Ann Todd, Eric Portman, Maxwell Reed) – Classic Movie Review 11,857

Director Compton Bennett’s 1948 thriller Daybreak is based on the play Grim Fairy Tale by Monckton Hoffe, and stars Ann Todd, Eric Portman and Maxwell Reed. Daybreak is a bizarre British film noir with Portman […]

Jan, 18

Rosalie **** (1937, Eleanor Powell, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Ilona Massey, Reginald Owen, Edna May Oliver, Virginia Grey, George Zucco, Jerry Colonna, Billy Gilbert) – Classic Movie Review 11,856

Eleanor Powell dances, Nelson Eddy sings and Frank Morgan takes care of the comedy in the lavish 1937 MGM musical Rosalie. Director W S Van Dyke’s 1937 film Rosalie is an incredibly lavish and spectacular […]

Jan, 17

Babycakes ** (1989, Ricki Lake, Craig Sheffer) – Classic Movie Review 11,855

Director Paul Schneider’s 1989 comedy Babycakes is an entirely unnecessary but pleasantly cast and tasty remake for American TV of Percy Adlon’s 1985 German film Sugarbaby [Zuckerbaby], providing a big fat part for Ricki Lake […]

Jan, 17

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