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The Best House in London * (1969, David Hemmings, Joanna Pettet, George Sanders) – Classic Movie Review 11,247

‘From top to bottom… it’s the best place in town!’ Director Philip Savile’s saucy 1969 British comedy film The Best House in London is a curious piece from the pen of Denis Norden, who must […]

May, 27

Best Friends *** (1982, Burt Reynolds, Goldie Hawn, Jessica Tandy) – Classic Movie Review 11,246

Director Norman Jewison’s 1982 comedy Best Friends is a lively vehicle for Burt Reynolds and Goldie Hawn as Richard and Paula, successful writing and living partners, who after five years make the mistake of marrying […]

May, 27

One-Way Ticket *** (1935, Lloyd Nolan, Peggy Conklin, Walter Connolly) – Classic Movie Review 11,236

‘SIRENS SHRIEKED THEIR SONG OF LOVE!’ Director Herbert Biberman’s 1935 Columbia Pictures black and white B-movie romantic crime melodrama One-Way Ticket is based on a novel by Ethel Turner, and stars Lloyd Nolan, Peggy Conklin […]

May, 24

The Magnificent Matador [The Brave and the Beautiful] ** (1955, Maureen O’Hara, Anthony Quinn, Manuel Rojas, Richard Denning, Thomas Gomez, Lola Albright) – Classic Movie Review 11,235

Director Budd Boetticher’s 1955 romantic drama The Magnificent Matador [The Brave and the Beautiful] stars Anthony Quinn as Luís Santos, the star bullfighter coming to the end of his career and putting a young lad […]

May, 23

Magnificent Obsession **** (1935, Irene Dunne, Robert Taylor, Ralph Morgan, Charles Butterworth) – Classic Movie Review 11,234

Universal’s 1935 black and white weepie romantic melodrama Magnificent Obsession is based on the 1929 novel by Lloyd C Douglas, and stars Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor. ‘She HATED Him in self-defence… because she hungered […]

May, 23

The Main Attraction * (1962, Pat Boone, Nancy Kwan, Mai Zetterling, Kieron Moore, Yvonne Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 11,233

‘He’s In Trouble With That “Suzie Wong” Girl’ Director Daniel Petrie’s 1962 romance The Main Attraction stars clean-cut Pat Boone, in an unlikely piece of casting, as a sexy young American singer called Eddie, a […]

May, 23

Sammy Going South [A Boy Ten Feet Tall] *** (1963, Edward G Robinson, Fergus McClelland, Constance Cummings) – Classic Movie Review 11,232

‘Incredible Adventure in a Land That Knows a Thousand Dangers!’ Director Alexander Mackendrick’s 1963 adventure Sammy Going South [A Boy Ten Feet Tall] is based on the novel by W H Canaway and is a heartwarming […]

May, 22

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