Derek Winnert

Claire’s Knee [Le Genou de Claire] ***** (1970, Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand, Laurence de Monaghan) – Classic Movie Review 4260

French New Wave writer-director Eric Rohmer’s superb 1970 comedy of manners is his wittiest, most charming film. Jean-Claude Brialy stars as the 30-something cultural attaché Jerome, betrothed to a diplomat’s daughter, who takes a pre-wedding lakeside vacation at […]

Aug, 28 · in Uncategorized

Kitty Foyle **** (1940, Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig, Gladys Cooper, Ernest Cossart, Eduardo Ciannelli) – Classic Movie Review 4259

Director Sam Wood’s 1940 drama stars Ginger Rogers, who won the Best Actress Oscar when she swapped singing and dancing for some serious acting here. Based on Christopher Morley’s novel, this sweet romantic drama focuses of course […]

Aug, 28 · in Uncategorized

Class of ’44 *** (1973, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant, William Atherton, Sam Bottoms, Deborah Winters) – Classic Movie Review 4253

Gary Grimes stars again in Class of ’44, the welcome 1973 sequel to his breakthrough movie Summer of ’42 (1971), which follows his character Hermie’s progress to college. Director Paul Bogart’s 1973 youth drama Class of […]

Aug, 28

Cahill US Marshal *** (1973, John Wayne, George Kennedy, Gary Grimes, Neville Brand, Clay O’Brien, Marie Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 4254

Gary Grimes’s mere six film credits include the 1973 American Technicolor Western film Cahill US Marshal, where he stars as Danny Cahill alongside John Wayne’s Marshal J D Cahill. American retired actor Gary Grimes’s mere six […]

Aug, 28

The Spikes Gang **** (1974, Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes, Ron Howard, Charles Martin Smith, Arthur Hunnicutt, Noah Beery Jr) – Classic Movie Review 4,255

In one of just six films he made between 1971’s Summer of ’42 and Gus in 1976, Gary Grimes stars with Lee Marvin in the rousing 1974 Western film The Spikes Gang. ‘Three boys wanted […]

Aug, 28

Always *** (1989, Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Brad Johnson, Audrey Hepburn) – Classic Movie Review 4258

Steven Spielberg and Richard Dreyfuss loved director Victor Fleming’s 1944 MGM sentimental wartime Spencer Tracy fantasy film A Guy Named Joe so much that they remade it as Always. Spielberg’s pleasant remake is another sentimental […]

Aug, 28

A Guy Named Joe **** (1944, Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Lionel Barrymore, Ward Bond, Esther Williams, James Gleason) – Classic Movie Review 4257

Director Victor Fleming’s 1944 MGM sentimental wartime fantasy is much beloved of Steven Spielberg and Richard Dreyfuss, who remade it in 1989 as Always. Spencer Tracy stars as Major Pete Sandidge, a fighter pilot who […]

Aug, 28

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