Derek Winnert

It [Stephen King’s It] *** (1990, Tim Curry, John Ritter, Richard Thomas, Annette O’Toole, Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Olivia Hussey, Richard Masur, Tim Reid) – Classic Movie Review 5228

Director Tommy Lee Wallace’s eerie and effective 1990 two-part TV mini-series fantasy horror thriller stars Tim Curry, John Ritter, Richard Thomas and Annette O’Toole, who give excellent performances in this adaptation of Stephen King’s best-selling […]

Apr, 01 · in Reviews

Little Lord Fauntleroy **** (1921, Mary Pickford, Claude Gillingwater, Joseph J Dowling) – Classic Movie Review 5227

Directors Alfred E Green and Jack Pickford’s 1921 children’s film Little Lord Fauntleroy finds Mary Pickford starring in a double role and the silent film superstar was a big hit playing both little 12-year-old Cedric Errol […]

Apr, 01 · in Reviews

Little Lord Fauntleroy **** (1936, Freddie Bartholomew, C Aubrey Smith, Mickey Rooney, Dolores Costello, Jessie Ralph, Guy Kibbee) – Classic Movie Review 5226

Producer David O Selznick and director John Cromwell’s lovingly crafted 1936 children’s film finds the perfect star in Freddie Bartholomew as little Cedric (‘Ceddie’), aka Little Lord Fauntleroy. It follows a once famous 1921 silent […]

Apr, 01

All I Desire **** (1953, Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger, Maureen O’Sullivan, Richard Long, Lori Nelson) – Classic Movie Review 5,225

‘Now He Knew Her as Other Men Had!’ The superior, touching 1953 soap opera film All I Desire is directed at full emotional throttle by Douglas Sirk and is stirringly acted, especially by the admirable […]

Mar, 31

There’s Always Tomorrow **** (1956, Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 5224

Director Douglas Sirk stars Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Joan Bennett in his rich and rather splendid 1956 remake of a melodrama previously filmed in 1934 with Frank Morgan and Binnie Barnes. Toy manufacturer Clifford […]

Mar, 31

The Moonlighter ** (1953, Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Ward Bond, William Ching, John Dierkes, Morris Ankrum, Jack Elam) – Classic Movie Review 5223

Director Roy Rowland’s surprisingly limp, sluggish and over-familiar 1953 Western reunites Double Indemnity stars Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray for this Niven Busch story about a cattle rustler villain, Wes Anderson (MacMurray), intent on changing […]

Mar, 31

Babes in Toyland ** (1961, Roy Bolger, Tommy Sands, Annette Funicello, Tommy Kirk, Ed Wynn, Kevin Corcoran, Ann Jillian, Gene Sheldon, Henry Calvin) – Classic Movie Review 5222

Director Jack Donohue’s 1961 Walt Disney Productions family fantasy comedy movie is quite cute, sweet and pleasant enough, and has its moments. But, certainly by comparison, it is a largely ineffectual remake of the 1934 Stan Laurel and Laurel Hardy […]

Mar, 31

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