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The Hour before the Dawn * (1944, Franchot Tone, Veronica Lake, John Sutton, Binnie Barnes) – Classic Movie Review 13,537

The 1944 war drama film The Hour before the Dawn stars Franchot Tone as a British conscientious objector and Veronica Lake as young Austrian woman he marries, who turns out to be a German agent. Director […]

May, 26

The Magnificent Fraud * (1939, Akim Tamiroff, Lloyd Nolan, Mary Boland, Patricia Morison, George Zucco) – Classic Movie Review 13,535

The 1939 film The Magnificent Fraud stars Akim Tamiroff as an actor hired by a con man (Lloyd Nolan) to impersonate the assassinated president of a Latin American country. Director Robert Florey’s 1939 Paramount Pictures […]

May, 25

Those People Next Door ** (1953, Jack Warner, Charles Victor, Marjorie Rhodes, Gladys Henson, Garry Marsh, Jimmy James, Anthony Newley) – Classic Movie Review 13,534

The class-conscious 1953 film Those People Next Door is a story of Brits raising their family in the shadow of the Blitz, and stars Jack Warner, Charles Victor and Marjorie Rhodes Director John Harlow’s 1953 class-conscious British black […]

May, 25

The Great Profile *** (1940, John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Gregory Ratoff, John Payne, Anne Baxter, Lionel Atwill, Edward Brophy) – Classic Movie Review 13,533

The 1940 comedy film The Great Profile stars hard-drinking John Barrymore, who gamely sends himself up as a drunken actor whose follies endanger the show he is in. Director Walter Lang’s 1940 American black and white […]

May, 25

Never Love a Stranger ** (1958, John Drew Barrymore, Steve McQueen, Robert Bray, Lita Milan, R G Armstrong) – Classic Movie Review 13,531

‘RAW and VIOLENT’ The 1958 black and white crime thriller film Never Love a Stranger is based on the 1948 bestseller by Harold Robbins, and stars John Drew Barrymore, Lita Milan, Robert Bray, and Steve […]

May, 24

Passage Home ** (1955, Peter Finch, Anthony Steel, Diane Cilento) – Classic Movie Review 13,530

‘A DESIRABLE WOMAN… more hazardous than the raging sea!’ The 1955 British drama film Passage Home is based on a novel by Richard Armstrong, and stars Peter Finch, Anthony Steel and Diane Cilento. Director Roy […]

May, 23

Noah’s Ark **** (1928, Dolores Costello, George O’Brien, Noah Berry Sr, Louise Fazenda, Guinn ‘Big Boy’ Williams) – Classic Movie Review 13,529

Warner Bros’ vastly expensive, pioneering 1928 dawn of sound American part-talkie epic disaster film Noah’s Ark stars Dolores Costello and George O’Brien. Tragically, the filming was a real-life disaster. Director Michael Curtiz’s vastly expensive, pioneering 1928 dawn of […]

May, 23

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