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The Return of Chandu *** (1934, Bela Lugosi, Maria Alba, Lucien Prival) – Classic Movie Review 9136

Chandu the Magician returns from the hit 1932 Chandu the Magician in The Return of Chandu (1934) and he is played by a different actor – the very same man who played his madman foe […]

Dec, 07

Chandu the Magician *** (1932, Edmund Lowe, Irene Ware, Bela Lugosi) – Classic Movie Review 9135

Directors Marcel Varnel and William Cameron Menzies’s 1932 radio broadcast sci-fi mystery fantasy thriller Chandu the Magician features a battle royal between Chandu the Magician (Edmund Lowe) and Roxor (Bela Lugosi), a world-dominating madman with […]

Dec, 07

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood * (1976, Madeline Kahn, Art Carney, Bruce Dern, Phil Silvers, Teri Garr, Ron Leibman) – Classic Movie Review 9115

Michael Winner’s 1976 comedy Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood stars the adorable comedienne Madeline Kahn as struggling Twenties actress Estie Del Ruth and Bruce Dern as director Grayson Potchuk, who adopt a […]

Dec, 01

The Savage Eye *** (1960, Barbara Baxley, Gary Merrill, Herschel Bernardi) – Classic Movie Review 9101

Writers/ producers/ directors Ben Maddow, Sidney Meyers and Joseph Strick’s odd but engaging 1959 docu-drama The Savage Eye stars Barbara Baxley, who is believable as Judith McGuire, a disillusioned woman trying to see if there […]

Nov, 26

My Life as a Dog [Mitt liv som hund] **** (1985, Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Lidén) – Classic Movie Review 9100

‘It could have been worse. I’ve actually been lucky. If you compare… My Life as a Dog’ Set in the Fifties, director Lasse Hallström’s magical bitter-sweet 1985 film My Life as a Dog [Mitt liv […]

Nov, 26

Heidi *** (1937, Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher, Helen Westley) – Classic Movie Review 9099

‘Shirley’s a Little Swiss Miss in the Loveliest Story of Her Career!’ Director Allan Dwan’s 1937 children’s film Heidi is based on the much loved book by Johanna Spyri and stars an ideally cast Shirley […]

Nov, 26

Tumbleweed *** (1953, Audie Murphy, Lori Nelson, Chill Wills) – Classic Movie Review 9098

Director Nathan Juran’s enjoyable, good little 1953 Western movie Tumbleweed stars Audie Murphy as Jim Harvey, who is taken on as the protector of a wagon train going to California when he leaves while it […]

Nov, 25

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