Derek Winnert

Reviews

Black Hand *** (1950, Gene Kelly, J Carrol Naish, Teresa Celli) – Classic Movie Review 11,821

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1950 American film noir Black Hand stars Gene Kelly, J Carrol Naish and Teresa Celli. A young New York Italian guy, Johnny Columbo (Kelly), working with police detective Louis Lorelli (Naish), sets out to […]

Jan, 01

The Swordsman * (1948, Larry Parks, Ellen Drew, George Macready, Edgar Buchanan) – Classic Movie Review 11,820

Director Joseph H Lewis’s 1948 American Technicolor swashbuckler film The Swordsman is set in 18th-century Scotland, and stars Larry Parks, Ellen Drew, George Macready and Edgar Buchanan. The handsome son – swordsman Alexander MacArden (Parks) – and […]

Jan, 01

The Black Arrow [The Black Arrow Strikes] *** (1948, Louis Hayward, Janet Blair, George Macready, Edgar Buchanan) – Classic Movie Review 11,819

Director Gordon Douglas’s 1948 historical adventure film The Black Arrow [The Black Arrow Strikes] is based on the novel The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses by Robert Louis Stevenson, and stars Louis Hayward, […]

Jan, 01

Black Beauty *** (1994, Sean Bean, David Thewlis, Jim Carter, Peter Davison, Alun Armstrong, Peter McEnery, Eleanor Bron, Peter Cook) – Classic Movie Review 11,818

Writer-director Caroline Thompson’s 1994 film Black Beauty is a good-looking, lavish and entertaining version of the beloved Anna Sewell children’s yarn about a farmer who makes friends with a magnificent black colt. It stars Sean […]

Dec, 31

Black Beauty ** (1933, Esther Ralston, Alexander Kirkland, Hale Hamilton, Gavin Gordon, Don Alvarado, and George Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 11,817

After two silent versions in 1907 and 1921, director Phil Rosen’s 1933 black and white film Black Beauty is the first sound film of the beloved Anna Sewell children’s classic, written in 1877, about a […]

Dec, 31

Black Beauty *** (1971, Mark Lester, Walter Slezak, Ursula Glas, Patrick Mower, John Nettleton) – Classic Movie Review 11,816

The 1971 film version of the beloved Anna Sewell children’s classic Black Beauty stars Mark Lester, Walter Slezak, Ursula Glas, Patrick Mower, and John Nettleton. Wolf Mankowitz comes up with an appealing, faithful script for […]

Dec, 30

Black Bart [Black Bart, Highwayman] *** (1948, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Jeffrey Lynn) – Classic Movie Review 11,814

The 1948 Technicolor Western film Black Bart [Black Bart, Highwayman] tells the story of celebrated dancer Lola Montez (Yvonne De Carlo) falling for real-life bandit Charles E Boles, aka Black Bart (Dan Duryea), during her […]

Dec, 30

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