Derek Winnert

Reviews

Traveller’s Joy ** (1950, Googie Withers, John McCallum, Yolande Donlan, Maurice Denham, Geoffrey Summer, Dora Bryan, Anthony Forwood) – Classic Movie Review 11,004

Director Ralph Thomas’s 1950 black and white British comedy Traveller’s Joy is based on the hit London stage play by Arthur Macrae, and stars Googie Withers, John McCallum and Yolande Donlan. It is the last […]

Mar, 09

The Hidden City ** (1951, Johnny Sheffield, Sue England, Paul Guilfoyle) – Classic Movie Review 11,003

‘May the fleas of two thousand camels nest in your beard!’ – Raschid (Leon Belasco). Director Ford Beebe’s 1950 adventure The Hidden City [Bomba and the Hidden City] stars Johnny Sheffield, who is back for […]

Mar, 09

Treasure Hunt ** (1952, Jimmy Edwards, Martita Hunt, Athene Seyler, Naunton Wayne) – Classic Movie Review 11,002

Director John Paddy Carstairs’s 1952 black and white film Treasure Hunt is a madcap comedy with a gaggle of ageing relatives searching for their family’s nest-egg, which has mysteriously gone missing. It is based on […]

Mar, 08

Travelling North *** (1987, Leo McKern, Julia Blake, Graham Kennedy, Henri Szeps) – Classic Movie Review 11,001

Director Carl Schultz’s poignant and thoughtful 1987 comedy drama Travelling North stars Leo McKern, who returns to his native Australia to star as Frank, a curmudgeonly ex-communist who falls in love with elegant middle-aged divorcee […]

Mar, 08

Tovarich **** (1937, Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone) – Classic Movie Review 11,000

Director Anatole Litvak’s 1937 Warner Bros period screwball comedy Tovarich is written by Casey Robinson, based on a play by Jacques Déval and Robert E Sherwood (English version). It stars Claudette Colbert as the Grand […]

Mar, 08

Toothless ** (1997, Kirstie Alley, Lynn Redgrave, Dale Midkiff, Ross Malinger, Eileen Brennan, Melanie Mayron) – Classic Movie Review 10,999

The always likeable screen performer Kirstie Alley gives a spirited star comedy turn in director Melanie Mayron’s colourful, amusing 1997 Disney family film Toothless, providing pleasantly offbeat entertainment. When dentist Dr Katherine Lewis (Kirstie Alley) […]

Mar, 08

Tooth ** (2004, Yasmin Paige, Harry Enfield, Richard E Grant, Stephen Fry, Vinnie Jones, Rory Copus, Maisie Preston, Sally Phillips, Tim Dutton) – Classic Movie Review 10,998

Writer-director Edouard Nammour’s 2004 British family film Tooth features Yasmin Paige as the young tooth fairy who brings magic and riches back into the lives of everyone around her. This is a fairly toothsome, gleaming […]

Mar, 08

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