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Three Daring Daughters [The Birds and the Bees] *** (1948, Jeanette MacDonald, José Iturbi, Jane Powell, Edward Arnold, Harry Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 11,362

Director Fred M Wilcox’s 1948 musical comedy Three Daring Daughters [The Birds and the Bees] stars Jeanette MacDonald, José Iturbi, Jane Powell, Edward Arnold and Harry Davenport. The Catholic National Legion of Decency declared this […]

Jul, 02

Three Cornered Moon **** (1933, Claudette Colbert, Richard Arlen, Mary Boland, Wallace Ford) – Classic Movie Review 11,361

Three Cornered Moon (1933): ‘There are five kinds of saps on the Remplegar family tree and every branch grows a nut! Just One Big Sappy Family AS NUTTY AS A FRUIT CAKE!’ Director Elliott Nugent’s […]

Jul, 02

Three Came Home *** (1950, Claudette Colbert, Patric Knowles, Sessue Hayakawa, Florence Desmond) – Classic Movie Review 11,360

Claudette Colbert abandons makeup and diets for the real-life internment camp drama Three Came Home (1950). Real-life abused writer Agnes Newton Keith’s autobiographical account of her internment by the Japanese in World War Two and […]

Jul, 01

Three Blind Mice *** (1938, Loretta Young, Joel McCrea, David Niven, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Weaver, Pauline Moore, Binnie Barnes, Jane Darwell) – Classic Movie Review 11,359

Three Blind Mice (1938): ‘THREE LITTLE LOVEIES so eager to meet Life….Love…and a Man With A Million Dollars!’ Director William A Seiter’s 1938 20th Century Fox American black and white film Three Blind Mice is a […]

Jul, 01

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell **** (1939, Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda) – Classic Movie Review 11,355

All four Young sisters appear in The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) but it is Don Ameche’s show. Director Irving Cummings’s 1939 20th Century Fox black and white drama The Story of Alexander Graham […]

Jun, 29

Fools of Fortune ** (1990, Iain Glen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Julie Christie, Sean T McClory) – Classic Movie Review 11,354

Julie Christie is seen at her best in the 1990 film Fools of Fortune. Director Pat O’Connor’s 1990 British drama Fools of Fortune is written by Michael Hirst, based on the novel by William Trevor. […]

Jun, 29

Poil de Carotte **** (1932, Harry Baur, Robert Lynen, Christiane Dor, Catherine Fonteney, Louis Gauthier) Classic Movie Review 11,353

The 1930s French child star Robert Lynen was discovered for films by Julien Duvivier and during World War Two became a French Resistance hero. Excellent black and white photography, brilliant performances and an outstanding script […]

Jun, 28

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