Derek Winnert

Silver Blaze [Murder at the Baskervilles] *** (1937, Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Lyn Harding, John Turnbull, Minnie Rayner) – Classic Movie Review 4,480

The likeable and entertaining 1937 British double-murder mystery thriller film Silver Blaze stars the ideal Arthur Wontner in his fifth and final portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. The 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 4,479

The Sign of Four (1932) is the engaging third film in the 1931–1937 British crime series starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, on the case of a lady in peril, a one-legged escaped killer, two […]

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 4,478

The 1931 British mystery film The Sleeping Cardinal is the first in the 1931–37 crime series starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. A young London attaché is blackmailed by Professor Moriarty into transporting counterfeit money to Paris. Director Leslie […]

Oct, 16

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes *** (1935, Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Lyn Harding, Roy Emerton, Leslie Perrins, Jane Carr, Charles Mortimer, Michael Shepley) – Classic Movie Review 4,477

Arthur Wontner stars for the fourth time as Sherlock Holmes, confronting evil nemesis Professor Moriarty (Lyn Harding) in the enjoyable 1935 British mystery film The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes, based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1915 novel The Valley of Fear. Director […]

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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