Derek Winnert

Separate Tables *** (1983, Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Claire Bloom, Irene Worth) – Classic Movie Review 5971

Director John Schlesinger’s 1983 Home Box Office TV movie is a particularly well cast, carefully handled and subtly performed remake of the Terence Rattigan twin one-act plays, with a faithful script based on his 1954 […]

Aug, 26 · in Uncategorized

Separate Tables **** (1958, Burt Lancaster, Rita Hayworth, David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Wendy Hiller, Gladys Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 5970

The double Oscar-winning 1958 black-and-white drama film Separate Tables is a Hollywood version of Terence Rattigan’s renowned pair of one-act plays about the dramas of guests at an English south coast resort hotel. Director Delbert […]

Aug, 25 · in Uncategorized

Move Over, Darling *** (1963, Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Thelma Ritter, Chuck Connors, Fred Clark, Don Knotts) – Classic Movie Review 5,969

When Marilyn Monroe died, 20th Century Fox hastily revamped her unfinished movie Something’s Got To Give with a title change to Move Over, Darling (1963) as a vehicle for Doris Day. In 1962 the screwball comedy My […]

Aug, 25

Desperately Seeking Susan **** (1985, Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum, Robert Joy, Laurie Metcalf, Steven Wright) – Classic Movie Review 5968

Director Susan Seidelman’s 1985 hit neo screwball comedy Desperately Seeking Susan is a delicious, offbeat romantic comedy adventure starring Rosanna Arquette as the fed-up housewife Roberta Glass who investigates a puzzling series of personal ads […]

Aug, 25

Legal Eagles *** (1986, Robert Redford. Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence Stamp, Steven Hill) – Classic Movie Review 5967

Producer-director Ivan Reitman’s 1986 romantic comedy thriller provides a nice change of pace for Robert Redford as Tom Logan, a New York prosecuting assistant district attorney embroiled with with his adversary the defence lawyer Laura […]

Aug, 25

Dishonored Lady ** (1947, Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O’Keefe, John Loder) – Classic Movie Review 5966

Director Robert Stevenson’s intriguing 1947 film noir crime melodrama stars Hedy Lamarr as beautiful Madeleine Damien, the mysterious Manhattan magazine fashion lady suspected of larceny and murder, after she becomes a lively party girl at […]

Aug, 24

Letty Lynton **** (1932, Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Nils Asther) – Classic Movie Review 5,965

Joan Crawford’s 1932 scorcher Letty Lynton gets its first legal screening in 90 years. Director Clarence Brown’s 1932 melodrama movie Letty Lynton is an enthralling, little-known early Joan Crawford vehicle that sees our heroine donning […]

Aug, 24

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