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With a Song in My Heart **** (1952, Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne, Thelma Ritter, Robert Wagner) – Classic Movie Review 5499

A fabulous line-up of evergreen vintage songs lights up director Walter Lang’s sweet and sentimental 1952 musical biopic film account of the life of Jane Froman, who starts out as an aspiring songstress by landing […]

May, 25 · in Uncategorized

The Snows of Kilimanjaro *** (1952, Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Hildegard Knef) – Classic Movie Review 5494

Director Henry King’s colourful 1952 American Technicolor romantic adventure film The Snows of Kilimanjaro is based on the 1936 short story by Ernest Hemingway, and stars Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward and Ava Gardner. Producer Darryl […]

May, 25 · in Reviews

Call of the Wild **** (1935, Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie, Reginald Owen, Frank Conroy, Sidney Toler) – Classic Movie Review 5497

Producer Darryl F Zanuck at the Twentieth Century studio sidelines much of the incident of Jack London’s famous great outdoors action-adventure novel in favour of Clark Gable romancing Loretta Young. But this robust and lusty […]

May, 25

The Tall Men *** (1955, Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan, Cameron Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 5496

Director Raoul Walsh’s gutsy 1955 Western The Tall Men boasts excellent star power with the on-form cast of Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan and Cameron Mitchell, as well as liberal doses of action, romance […]

May, 25

Soldier of Fortune *** (1955, Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Gene Barry) – Classic Movie Review 5493

Director Edward Dmytryk’s glossy and escapist 1955 adventure film Soldier of Fortune is a solidly carpentered, old-fashioned escapade of Americans involved in intrigue out East. Ernest K Gann adapts his own novel. Director Dmytryk makes atmospheric […]

May, 25

David and Bathsheba ** (1951, Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Raymond Massey, Kieron Moore) – Classic Movie Review 5495

Director Henry King’s 1951 biblical film is the second book of Samuel according to screen-writer Philip Dunne, producer Darryl F Zanuck and the 20th Century Fox studio. It was nominated for five Oscars – Best […]

May, 24

I’ll Cry Tomorrow **** (1955, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert, Jo Van Fleet, Don Taylor, Ray Danton) – Classic Movie Review 5492

I’ll Cry Tomorrow (1955) is Susan Hayward’s fourth Oscar nomination, playing Lillian Roth, the real-life Thirties musical star who turns to the bottle and attempts suicide. Director Daniel Mann’s 1955 movie I’ll Cry Tomorrow provides […]

May, 24

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