Derek Winnert

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Wabash Avenue *** (1950, Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Phil Harris) – Classic Movie Review 13,635

The 1950 American musical film Wabash Avenue starring Betty Grable is a remake of her 1943 hit Coney Island. 20th Century Fox were in a jam and had to come up with something fast. Director Henry Koster’s 1950 American Technicolor […]

Jul, 19

Meet Me after the Show ** (1951, Betty Grable, Macdonald Carey, Rory Calhoun, Eddie Albert, Fred Clark, Lois Andrews, Irene Ryan) – Classic Movie Review 13,634

The 1951 20th Century Fox Technicolor film Meet Me after the Show is another Betty Grable hit musical with a showbiz background. Co-writer./ director Richard Sale’s 1951 20th Century Fox Technicolor musical film Meet Me after the Show is […]

Jul, 19

The Show of Shows *** (1929, John Barrymore, Richard Barthelmess, Noah Beery Sr, Loretta Young, Dolores Costello, Myrna Loy, Chester Conklin, Douglas Fairbanks Jr) – Classic Movie Review 13,633

Warner Bros’ 1929 American all-talking sound pre-Code musical revue film The Show of Shows is directed by John G Adolfi, shot almost entirely in Technicolor, and features most of the studio’s stars. Warner Bros’ fifth colour film, the 1929 all-talking Vitaphone production The Show […]

Jul, 18

An American Romance *** (1944, Brian Donlevy, Ann Richards, John Qualen, Walter Abel) – Classic Movie Review 13,632

King Vidor’s 1944 epic Technicolor drama film An American Romance stars Brian Donlevy and Ann Richards. Louis B Mayer, whose studio spent a fortune on it, called it ‘the greatest picture MGM ever made’, then […]

Jul, 17

Someone at the Door ** (1936, Billy Milton, Aileen Marson, Noah  Beery Sr, Edward Chapman, Hermione Gingold, John Irwin) – Classic Movie Review 13,631

Billy Milton stars in the 1936 British comedy thriller Someone at the Door as a dodgy journalist who plots to kick-start his career by inventing the fake murder of his sister Sally (Aileen Marson). Director […]

Jul, 17

Ginger in the Morning ** (1974, Sissy Spacek, Monte Markham, Mark Miller, Susan Oliver, Slim Pickens) – Classic Movie Review 13,630

The 1974 American romance film Ginger in the Morning stars Sissy Spacek as a hippyish young hitchhiker picked up on the road by a newly divorced middle-aged executive (Monte Markham). Director Gordon Wiles’s 1974 American romance film […]

Jul, 15

Word Is Out **** (1977, documentary) – Classic Movie Review 13,629

The serious-minded, pioneering late-70s gay documentary film Word Is Out was highly important and influential, and is still a vital, valuable document of the time. ‘It’s really scary standing in isolation from everybody else and […]

Jul, 15

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