Derek Winnert

The Purchase Price ** (1932, Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Lyle Talbot) – Classic Movie Review 6723

‘She took another woman’s place on her wedding night..!’ Well, that does sound interesting, doesn’t it? Director William A Wellman 1932 pre-Code American drama is adapted from the novel The Mud Lark by Arthur Stringer, with a screenplay by Robert Lord, and stars Barbara […]

Feb, 22 · in Reviews

Woman Wanted *** (1935, Maureen O’Sullivan, Joel McCrea, Lewis Stone, Louis Calhern, Edgar Kennedy, Adrienne Ames) – Classic Movie Review 6,722

The 1935 thriller film Woman Wanted is a mild but fun crime melodrama with good performances from a capable cast and enough extra twists and bright spots to keep it ticking over pleasantly. Maureen O’Sullivan […]

Feb, 22 · in Reviews

Primrose Path **** (1940, Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rambeau, Henry Travers, Miles Mander, Queenie Vassar) – Classic Movie Review 6721

The risqué 1940 romantic drama film Primrose Path stars Ginger Rogers as young Ellie May, who meets a man (Joel McCrea) who agrees to marry her but does not know about her unsavoury family background. […]

Feb, 22

Chance at Heaven *** (1933, Joel McCrea, Ginger Rogers, Marian Nixon, Andy Devine, Lucien Littlefield) – Classic Movie Review 6720

The entertaining 1933 American Pre-Code romantic drama film Chance at Heaven stars Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea in enjoyable performances.  Director William A Seiter’s far-fetched but thoroughly entertaining 1933 American Pre-Code romantic drama Chance at […]

Feb, 22

Mr Ricco *** (1975, Dean Martin, Eugene Roche, Thalmus Rasulala, Denise Nicholas, Cindy Williams, Geraldine Brooks, Frank Puglia) – Classic Movie Review 6720

Paul Bogart’s 1975 MGM crime thriller Mr Ricco sees the ever likeable Dean Martin in his final star role as Mr Joe Ricco, a criminal attorney in San Francisco up to his neck in cases.  […]

Feb, 21

Gambling Lady *** (1934, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Pat O’Brien, Claire Dodd, C Aubrey Smith, Robert Barrat, Philip Reed) – Classic Movie Review 6,719

The 1934 romantic thriller film Gambling Lady stars Barbara Stanwyck as Lady Lee, who heads off to the gaming tables, and encounters murder, blackmail and handsome Joel McCrea. Director Archie Mayo’s 1934 romantic drama mystery […]

Feb, 21

Who’s Got the Action? * (1962, Dean Martin, Lana Turner, Eddie Albert, Walter Matthau, Paul Ford, John McGiver, Jack Albertson, Ned Glass) – Classic Movie Review 6718

Director Daniel Mann’s 1962 comedy stars Dean Martin as Steve Flood, a lawyer who is all too often to be found at the race track, and Lana Turner as his wife Melanie, resorting to devious […]

Feb, 21

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