Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Silver Blaze [Murder at the Baskervilles] *** (1937, Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Lyn Harding, John Turnbull, Minnie Rayner) – Classic Movie Review 4480

The 1937 British black-and-white double-murder mystery thriller film Silver Blaze stars the near-ideal Arthur Wontner in his fifth and final portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. Director Thomas Bentley’s 1937 British black-and-white double-murder mystery thriller film Silver […]

Oct, 16 · in Reviews

The Sign of Four *** (1932, Arthur Wontner, Ian Hunter, Isla Bevan, Graham Soutten, Miles Malleson, Herbert Lomas) – Classic Movie Review 4479

Director Graham Cutts’s 1932 British mystery thriller again stars Arthur Wontner as a stirring Sherlock Holmes and Ian Hunter (replacing Ian Fleming) as a serviceable Dr Watson in a remake of a 1923 British silent […]

Oct, 16 · in Reviews

The Sleeping Cardinal [Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour] *** (1931, Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Norman McKinnel, Philip Hewland, Minnie Rayner, Leslie Perrins) – Classic Movie Review 4478

Director Leslie S Hiscott’s suspenseful 1931 British mystery thriller stars Arthur Wontner in the first of his five performances as Sherlock Holmes in a new screen story that finds the great detective on the trail of […]

Oct, 16

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes *** (1935, Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Lyn Harding, Roy Emerton, Leslie Perrins, Charles Mortimer, Michael Shepley) – Classic Movie Review 4477

Director Leslie S Hiscott’s 1935 entertaining British mystery thriller stars the excellent Arthur Wontner, who is back for his fourth of his five ideal performances as Sherlock Holmes in this tale which is a satisfying […]

Oct, 16

Triumph of the Will [Triumph des Willens] ***** (1935, Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Martin Bormann, Joseph Goebbels, Rudolf Hess, Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich) – Classic Movie Review 4476

‘Heil! Heil! Heil!’ Producer-writer-director Leni Riefenstahl’s legendary infamous 1935 Nazi film of the Third Reich’s 1934 Nazi Party Rally in Nuremberg, Germany, Triumph of the Will [Triumph des Willens], is astonishing as documentary and frightening […]

Oct, 16

Man of Iron [Czlowiek z Zelaza ] ***** (1981, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Irene Byrska, Boguslaw Linda) – Classic Movie Review 4473

Polish director Andrzej Wajda’s 1981 sequel to Man of Marble (1978) is a highly impressive award-winner as the recipient of the Palme d’Or and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. The […]

Oct, 15

Gentleman’s Agreement **** (1947, Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm, Anne Revere, Dean Stockwell, Jane Wyatt, June Havoc, Albert Dekker) – Classic Movie Review 4472

Director Elia Kazan’s first film concerned with personal and social issues was his 1947 triple Oscar-winning film dealing with anti-Semitism in America. It won the Best Picture and Best Director awards and was as successful as […]

Oct, 15

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