Derek Winnert

Reviews

Sin Takes a Holiday *** (1930, Constance Bennett, Kenneth MacKenna, Basil Rathbone) – Classic Movie Review 11,271

Director Paul L Stein’s 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy Sin Takes a Holiday stars Constance Bennett, Kenneth MacKenna and Basil Rathbone in brightly played performances. The fairly witty screenplay by Horace Jackson is based on […]

Jun, 04

Vice Squad [The Girl in Room 17] ** (1953, Edward G Robinson, Paulette Goddard, K T Stevens, Porter Hall, Joan Vohs) – Classic Movie Review 11,270

Director Arnold Laven’s efficient and gripping 1953 documentary-style black and white film noir police procedural cop thriller Vice Squad [The Girl in Room 17] is a neat example of the genre then in vogue, and […]

Jun, 04

The Vanquished ** (1953, John Payne, Jan Sterling, Coleen Gray, Lyle Bettger) – Classic Movie Review 11,269

John Payne stars as Rockwell Grayson, a Confederate soldier who is freed after the American Civil War and returns home, and finds he has to defeat the town crooks, led by patriarch Roger Hale (Lyle […]

Jun, 04

Vanity Fair ** (1932, Myrna Loy, Conway Tearle, Barbara Kent, Montagu Love, Anthony Bushell) – Classic Movie Review 11,268

Myrna Loy appears in her first starring role in director Chester M Franklin’s 1932 black and white romantic drama Vanity Fair, an early sound ‘modern version’ adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s famous 1848 classic novel. […]

Jun, 04

Vanya on 42nd Street **** (1994, Wallace Shawn, Julianne Moore, Jerry Mayer, Phoebe Brand, George Gaynes) – Classic Movie Review 11,267

Director Louis Malle’s 1994 American film Vanya on 42nd Street, written by Andre Gregory and starring Wallace Shawn and Julianne Moore, is an intimate, interpretive performance of the 1899 play Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov […]

Jun, 03

Little Monsters *** (1989, Fred Savage, Howie Mandel, Daniel Stern) – Classic Movie Review 11,266

Director Richard Alan Greenberg’s 1989 children’s comedy adventure Little Monsters is a cute and cheerful junior monster romp about a teenager called Brian Stevenson (Fred Savage from The Wonder Years), who traps the little monster […]

Jun, 03

Special Agent ** (1949, William Eythe, Kasey Rogers, George Reeves, Paul Valentine) – Classic Movie Review 11,265

Director William C Thomas’s standard issue 1949 black and white thriller Special Agent stars William Eythe as Railway Special Agent Johnny Douglas, who battles train payroll sibling thieves Paul and Edmond Devereaux (George Reeves, Paul […]

Jun, 03

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