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Bordertown **** (1935, Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette, Robert Barrat, Henry O’Neill) – Classic Movie Review 6855

Director Archie Mayo’s entertaining 1935 Bordertown tale of trouble and strife in a Mexican border town is an impressive crime drama movie, co-scripted by producer Robert Lord, who adapts Carroll Graham’s novel, which was reworked as […]

Mar, 25 · in Reviews

Paradise, Hawaiian Style * (1966, Elvis Presley, Suzanna Leigh, James Shigeta, Irene Tsu, Donna Butterworth, Marianna Hill) – Classic Movie Review 6854

Elvis Presley stars as Rick Richards, a civil helicopter pilot who plans to start a charter flying service in Hawaii and plays the field romantically, and Suzanna Leigh co-stars forlornly as his main love interest, […]

Mar, 25 · in Uncategorized

Paris Blues *** (1961, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier, Louis Armstrong, Diahann Carroll, Serge Reggiani, Barbara Laage) – Classic Movie Review 6853

Director Martin Ritt’s interesting, underrated 1961 movie stars Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier as Ram Bowen and Eddie Cook, American ex-pat jazz players in Paris who cuddle up to two American tourists, Lillian and Connie […]

Mar, 25

Parachute Jumper *** (1933, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Bette Davis, Leo Carrillo, Claire Dodd, Frank McHugh) – Classic Movie Review 6,852

The better than routine 1933 Warner Bros aviation-themed adventure film Parachute Jumper is given pizzazz by the charismatic combination of Douglas Fairbanks Jr as the parachute jumper, Leo Carrillo as a mobster and Bette Davis […]

Mar, 25

Ex-Lady *** (1933, Bette Davis, Gene Raymond, Frank McHugh) – Classic Movie Review 6851

Warner Bros revamp their 1931 hit Illicit as a pre-Motion Picture Production Code vehicle for the young and vibrant Bette Davis, who grabs hold of her first starring role by the scruff of its neck […]

Mar, 25

Unsane ** (2018, Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Amy Irving, Polly McKie, Juno Temple, Sarah Stiles, Matt Damon) – Movie Review

Stockport-born Claire Foy stars as Boston woman Sawyer Valentini, who has relocated 400 miles away to get away from mom (Amy Irving) and start a new job, but is apparently falling to pieces. Maybe she has […]

Mar, 24

The Traveling Executioner [The Travelling Executioner] ** (1970, Stacy Keach, Marianna Hill, Bud Cort) – Classic Movie Review 6850

Producer-director Jack Smight’s 1970 thriller stars Stacy Keach, who brings a little distinction to this weird, macabre entertainment about ex-carny Jonas Candide (Keach), an operator of a portable electric chair in 1918. Marianna Hill co-stars […]

Mar, 24

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