Derek Winnert

The Wagons Roll at Night *** (1941, Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney, Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie, Sig Ruman, Cliff Clark) – Classic Movie Review 5526

In 1941 Warner Bros recycle yet another of their old scripts – this time Kid Galahad (1937) stripped of its boxing theme – as a vehicle for their tough-guy star Humphrey Bogart, who is hardly […]

May, 31 · in Reviews

The Silver Fleet *** (1943, Ralph Richardson, Googie Withers, Esmond Knight) – Classic Movie Review 5525

The 1943 British wartime propaganda drama film The Silver Fleet comes from distinguished producers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, who worked behind the scenes but handed over the writing and directing chores to Vernon Sewell […]

May, 31 · in Reviews

The Spoilers **½ (1955, Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler, Rory Calhoun, Barbara Britton) – Classic Movie Review 5524

The two clashing 1899 Alaska adventurers fight for gold and a gal for the fifth time in director Jesse Hibbs’s routine and lesser but still enjoyable 1955 film version of the novel by Rex Beach. […]

May, 30

The Spoilers *** (1930, Gary Cooper, William Boyd, Betty Compson, Kay Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 5523

‘ The he-man hero who takes what he wants – gold or women!’ Director Edwin Carewe’s rousing 1930 Western is the third version (there are five) – and first talkie – of the 1906 Rex […]

May, 30

Golden Earrings *** (1947, Ray Milland, Marlene Dietrich, Murvyn Vye, Reinhold Schünzel) – Classic Movie Review 5522

Director Mitchell Leisen’s 1947 wartime romantic musical adventure Golden Earrings is a fun folly, written on an off day by Abraham Polonsky, Frank Butler and Helen Deutsch, and based on the novel by Yolanda Foldes. […]

May, 29

Pittsburgh *** (1942, Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne) – Classic Movie Review 5,521

The 1942 drama film Pittsburgh does the good deed of reuniting the star trio of the same year’s The Spoilers – Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott and John Wayne. Director Lewis Seiler’s 1942 black and white […]

May, 29

The Spoilers **** (1942, Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Margaret Lindsay, Harry Carey Sr) – Classic Movie Review 5520

Director Ray Enright’s stirring 1942 Western is the rousing fourth version of the much filmed 1906 Rex Beach Alaska gold rush saga (there are five movies). It is adapted for the screen by Lawrence Hazard and […]

May, 29

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