Derek Winnert

The Patsy ** (1964, Jerry Lewis, Everett Sloane, Peter Lorre, John Carradine, Phil Harris) – Classic Movie Review 5950

Jerry Lewis stars in the 1964 comedy The Patsy as a silly clodhopping bellboy called Stanley Belt, who is recruited to step into the shoes of a famous comic, who has died in an air […]

Aug, 21 · in Reviews

The Bellboy *** (1960, Jerry Lewis, Alex Gerry, Bob Clayton) – Classic Movie Review 5949

Writer-producer-director Jerry Lewis’s 1960 comedy The Bellboy also sees him starring as mute bungling bellboy Stanley, who is up to his madcap, pratfall tricks at a famous posh Florida hotel – the Fontainebleau in Miami […]

Aug, 21 · in Reviews

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps ** (2000, Eddie Murphy, Janet Jackson, Larry Miller) – Classic Movie Review 5948

Thanks to more brilliant cinema trickery, Eddie Murphy is back as the overweight chemistry professor Sherman Klump and every member of the portly family in a hit-and-miss sequel to the original 1996 The Nutty Professor comedy remake. Diretor […]

Aug, 21

The Nutty Professor *** (1963, Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens, Del Moore, Kathleen Freeman, Howard Morris) – Classic Movie Review 5947

After the break with his former comedy partner Dean Martin, Lewis started writing, directing and producing his own work, leading to a popular series of now iconic films such as 1963’s The Nutty Professor, the one […]

Aug, 21

Nothing But the Night ** (1973, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Diana Dors, Georgia Brown, Keith Barron) – Classic Movie Review 5946

The grand team of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing head director Peter Sasdy’s reasonably spooky 1973 British chiller, set in an orphanage where the trustees are being bumped off by children possessed by murderous creatures. […]

Aug, 20

Nothing But the Best **** (1964, Alan Bates, Denholm Elliott, Harry Andrews, Millicent Martin) – Classic Movie Review 5945

Director Clive Donner’s amusing and deliciously cynical 1964 satirical dark comedy runs along the lines of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, though it is based on the short story The Best of […]

Aug, 20

Bachelor of Hearts ** (1958, Hardy Kruger, Sylvia Syms, Ronald Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 5944

Director Wolf Rilla’s 1958 British movie stars young German actor Hardy Kruger, whom the Rank Organisation was promoting to turn into an international star, despite the continuing postwar anti-German feeling in Britain and elsewhere. Kruger […]

Aug, 20

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