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Rhapsody ** (1954, Elizabeth Taylor, Vittorio Gassman, John Ericson, Louis Calhern) – Classic Movie Review 6415

Elizabeth Taylor stars as Louise Durant, a gorgeous rich young woman romantically involved with both a violinist, Paul Bronte (Vittorio Gassman), and a pianist, James Guest (John Ericson) in Zurich. The question is, which one will end […]

Dec, 16 · in Reviews

Inherit the Wind **** (1960, Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Florence Eldridge) – Classic Movie Review 6414

Producer-director Stanley Kramer’s classy 1960 courtroom drama, based on a famous real-life case of 1925, finds Spencer Tracy and Fredric March on splendid form as rival lawyers arguing over Darwinian theory, with solid support from […]

Dec, 16 · in Reviews

Last Flag Flying **** (2017, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Steve Carell) – Movie Review

Director Richard Linklater’s poignant 2017 drama, based on the novel by Darryl Ponicsan, is absolutely first rate. There are three marvellous performances, a great script, some tremendous bitter-sweet moments, and a wonderful tear-jerking ending. Bryan […]

Dec, 16

The Left Handed Gun ***½ (1958, Paul Newman, Lita Milan, Hurd Hatfield, James Congdon, James Best, John Dehner, John Dierkes) – Classic Movie Review 6413

Gore Vidal’s 1955 American TV play The Death of Billy the Kid starred Paul Newman, and he re-creates his role as Henry McCarty (23 November 1859 – 14 July 1881), who called himself William H […]

Dec, 15

The Last Time I Saw Paris **½ (1954, Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Roger Moore, Donna Reed, Eva Gabor) – Classic Movie Review 6412

F Scott Fitzgerald’s 1931 semi-autobiographical short story of Americans in Paris, Babylon Revisited, makes a loose starting point basis for an interesting though shaky 1954 movie under Richard Brooks’s direction. Its setting is shifted from […]

Dec, 15

The Last Supper *** (1995, Cameron Diaz, Courtney B Vance, Charles Durning, Ron Perlman, Annabeth Gish, Bill Paxton) – Classic Movie Review 6411

Director Stacy Title’s edgy and awkward 1995 political black comedy thriller stars Cameron Diaz, Courtney B Vance, Charles Durning, Ron Perlman, Annabeth Gish and Bill Paxton. The screenplay is by Dan Rosen, in which a […]

Dec, 15

The Return of the Soldier ***½ (1982, Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson, Ann-Margret, Ian Holm, Frank Finlay, Jeremy Kemp) – Classic Movie Review 6410

Director Alan Bridges makes a smooth and satisfying 1982 British film from Rebecca West’s romantic drama novel, first published in 1918. It reunites the stars of Far from the Madding Crowd in an affecting, old-style […]

Dec, 15

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