Derek Winnert

The Prisoner of Zenda *½ (1979, Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick, Lionel Jeffries, Elke Sommer, Gregory Sierra, Stuart Wilson, Jeremy Kemp, Catherine Schell) – Classic Movie Review 4653

Director Richard Quine mistakenly remakes Anthony Hope’s Ruritanian classic as a zany slapstick comedy with the tamest of results. Peter Sellers, however, puts a lot of energy into his two major roles of lisping rightful […]

Nov, 14 · in Uncategorized

The Prisoner of Zenda ***½ (1952, Stewart Granger, James Mason, Deborah Kerr, Robert Coote, Robert Douglas, Jane Greer, Louis Calhern, Francis Pierlot, Lewis Stone) – Classic Movie Review 4652

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1952 version is virtually a shot-by-shot remake of the 1937 The Prisoner of Zenda, with the same shooting script, dialogue and film score. In most cases, settings and camera angles are the same too. […]

Nov, 14 · in Uncategorized

The Prisoner of Zenda **** (1922, Lewis Stone, Alice Terry, Ramon Novarro, Robert Edeson, Stuart Holmes) – Classic Movie Review 4651

Producer-director Rex Ingram’s 1922 silent movie version of Anthony Hope’s novel and play is lavish and striking. It is still possible to be enthralled by the deservedly once-famous star performances from Lewis Stone in the […]

Nov, 14

The Prisoner of Zenda ***** (1937, Ronald Colman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Madeleine Carroll, David Niven, Raymond Massey, Mary Astor, C Aubrey Smith) – Classic Movie Review 4,650

Ronald Colman stars in the rousing 1937 swashbuckler movie The Prisoner of Zenda – the first sound version and definitive film of Anthony Hope’s classic novel.  Director John Cromwell’s most satisfying and extremely rousing 1937 […]

Nov, 13

The Son of Monte Cristo ***½ (1940, Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, George Sanders) – Classic Movie Review 4649

Director Rowland V Lee’s 1940 adventure is a lavish, pacy and entertaining swashbuckler, reuniting the two stars of the previous year’s The Man in the Iron Mask (1939), Louis Hayward and Joan Bennett. Louis Hayward stars as the […]

Nov, 13

Courage of Lassie *** (1946, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Tom Drake, Selena Royle, George Cleveland, Harry Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 4648

Director Fred M Wilcox’s 1946 children’s adventure is the unrelated third of seven MGM films featuring its canine star called Lassie, following Lassie Come Home (1943) and Son of Lassie (1945). Confusing a whole generation of kids, […]

Nov, 13

Son of Lassie *** (1945, Peter Lawford, Donald Crisp, June Lockhart, Nigel Bruce, William Severn, Leon Ames, Fay Helm, Nils Asther, Donald Curtis) – Classic Movie Review 4,647  

June Lockhart (June 25, 1925 – October 23, 2025) plays the key role of the adult Priscilla in MGM’s 1945 American Technicolor film Son of Lassie. Director S Sylvan Simon’s sentimental but pleasing 1945 children’s American […]

Nov, 13

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