Derek Winnert

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The Blue Veil *** (1951, Jane Wyman, Charles Laughton, Joan Blondell, Richard Carlson, Agnes Moorehead) – Classic Movie Review 12,464

Curtis Bernhardt’s 1951 black and white tear-jerker film The Blue Veil is based on a story by François Campaux, and stars Jane Wyman, Charles Laughton, Joan Blondell. ‘Who is the real Mother of this Child? […]

Mar, 31

Teenage Kicks ***½ (2016, Miles Szanto, Daniel Webber) – Classic Movie Review 12,463

Craig Boreham’s searing 2016 Australian drama film Teenage Kicks stars Miles Szanto as dazed and confused late-teenager Mik Varga, the son of Hungarian immigrants to Australia, whose world is rocked by the sudden death of […]

Mar, 29

House of Horrors *** (1946, Martin Kosleck, Rondo Hatton, Robert Lowery, Virginia Grey, Bill Goodwin, Alan Napier) – Classic Movie Review 12,461

Universal Pictures’ 1946 black and white cult horror film House of Horrors stars Rondo Hatton as a madman named The Creeper. It is also known as Joan Medford Is Missing.  Director Jean Yarbrough’s 1946 Universal […]

Mar, 27

Across to Singapore *** (1928, Ramon Novarro, Joan Crawford, Ernest Torrence.) – Classic Movie Review 12,460

MGM’s 1928 silent sea-going romantic drama film Across to Singapore stars Ramon Novarro, Joan Crawford and Ernest Torrence. It offers plenty of high emotion, high adventure, high spirits and of course romance.  ‘A Romance full […]

Mar, 27

Undercover [Underground Guerrillas] ** (1943, John Clements, Mary Morris, Stephen Murray, Tom Walls, Michael Wilding, Godfrey Tearle, Stanley Baker) – Classic Movie Review 12,449

Ealing Studios’ 1943 British war film Undercover [Underground Guerrillas] stars John Clements, Mary Morris, Stephen Murray, Tom Walls, Michael Wilding, and a 15-year-old Stanley Baker. Its story is about a guerrilla movement in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia.  […]

Mar, 18

The Jayne Mansfield Story ** (1980, Loni Anderson, Arnold Schwarzenegger) – Classic Movie Review 12,387

Director Dick Lowry’s 1980 American made-for-television biographical drama film The Jayne Mansfield Story stars Loni Anderson as the girl who couldn’t help being compared with Marilyn Monroe. But her co-star is a bigger name now than even the […]

Jan, 10

Hold That Ghost *** (1941, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Joan Davis, Richard Carlson, Andrews Sisters, Evelyn Ankers, Shemp Howard, Ted Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 12,335

Director Arthur Lubin’s 1941 Universal Pictures black and white haunted house slapstick comedy Hold That Ghost stars Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in what is perhaps their liveliest frolic. They are ably supported by Joan […]

Oct, 23

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