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The Man Who Changed His Name ** (1934, Lyn Harding, Betty Stockfeld, Leslie Perrins) – Classic Movie Review 10,832

Director Henry Edwards’s 1934 quota quickie crime drama The Man Who Changed His Name stars Lyn Harding as wealthy, respectable husband Selby Clive, who poses as a notorious escaped Canadian fugitive from justice who murdered […]

Jan, 26

The Man Who Cheated Himself *** (1950, Lee J Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall, Lisa Howard, Harlan Warde) – Classic Movie Review 10,831

The 1950 black and white film noir crime thriller The Man Who Cheated Himself stars Lee J Cobb as a decent veteran San Francisco police detective who is corrupted by his homicidal rich socialite girlfriend […]

Jan, 26

The Story of Louis Pasteur **** (1936, Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise) – Classic Movie Review 10,830

Director William Dieterle’s 1936 historical drama The Story of Louis Pasteur won three Oscars: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Paul Muni), Best Original Story (Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney) and Best Screenplay (Pierre Collings, Sheridan […]

Jan, 25

Stars and Stripes Forever [Marching Along] *** (1952, Clifton Webb, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, Ruth Hussey, Finlay Currie, Roy Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 10,816

Robert Wagner’s studio 20th Century Fox started to give him better roles in 1952. He plays the romantic male lead in Stars and Stripes Forever [Marching Along] (1952), a Technicolor biopic about the composer John […]

Jan, 21

The Silver Whip ** (1953, Dale Robertson, Rory Calhoun, Robert Wagner) – Classic Movie Review 10,815

‘All its stinging slashing fury explodes like the crack of 1000 six guns… A GREAT SAGA OF THE SILVER WEST MAKES ITS MIGHTY MARK ON THE SCREEN!’ Robert Wagner co-stars as cocky young drifter Jess Harker […]

Jan, 21

Ordet [The Word] **** (1955, Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye) – Classic Movie Review 10,814

Writer-director Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1955 black and white classic Danish drama Ordet [The Word] is based on a play by Kaj Munk, a Danish Lutheran priest, first performed in 1932. It follows the lives of […]

Jan, 21

Stopover Tokyo *** (1957, Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O’Brien) – Classic Movie Review 10,812

After two box-office disappointments, it seemed that Robert Wagner was unable to make the transition to top-level star. This appeared confirmed when he was the lead in Stopover Tokyo (1957), a CinemaScope and DeLuxe colour […]

Jan, 20

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