Derek Winnert

Ghosts on the Loose ** (1943, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Bela Lugosi, Ava Gardner) – Classic Movie Review 5666

‘The EAST SIDE KIDS vs. the Man of a THOUSAND HORRORS!’ Director William Beaudine’s modest 1943 East Side Kids comedy suspense thriller teams Bela Lugosi together with the boys for a second (and last) time. […]

Jun, 25 · in Reviews

Spooks Run Wild *** (1941, Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall) – Classic Movie Review 5665

Director Phil Rosen’s spoofy 1941 horror comedy film stars a spooky Bela Lugosi as Nardo, the  owner of a creepy old mansion, who brings chills to the spines of the East Side Kids – Muggs […]

Jun, 25 · in Reviews

Bowery at Midnight ** (1942, Bela Lugosi, John Archer, Wanda McKay) – Classic Movie Review 5664

Bela Lugosi stars as a professor of criminology who runs a soup kitchen mission during the daytime and stalks the streets at dark, killing folks and stashing the corpses in his cellar. Professor Brenner (aka Karl […]

Jun, 25

The Hypnotic Eye ** (1960, Jacques Bergerac, Merry Anders, Marcia Henderson, Allison Hayes, Lawrence Lipton) – Classic Movie Review 5663

Director George Blair’s nasty but intriguing 1960 horror movie is a slice of bizarre cinematic sleaze. Jacques Bergerac plays the popular stage hypnotist The Great Desmond who delights in hypnotising beautiful young women into mutilating […]

Jun, 25

The Great Garrick **** (1937, Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, Edward Everett Horton, Lionel Atwill, Melville Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 5662

Director James Whale’s polished 1937 comedy is a joyful celebration of the theatre and actors, and brings on the stylish and amusing high jinks among the acting fraternity as the Paris Comédie Française players try […]

Jun, 25

The Gorilla ** (1939, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, Al Ritz, Anita Louise, Patsy Kelly, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Joseph Calleia , Edward Norris, Wally Vernon) – Classic Movie Review 5661

Despite all his fame and popularity, or because of it, Bela Lugosi often received star billing at Universal Pictures for what amounted to a supporting part, or dismissively loaned out to other studios. 20th Century […]

Jun, 25

Bedtime for Bonzo *** (1951, Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Peggy) – Classic Movie Review 5660

Director Frederick de Cordova’s 1951 farcical comedy Bedtime for Bonzo has a lot to answer for as the film that convinced its star Ronald Reagan to go into politics. For here is the infamous daft […]

Jun, 24

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