Derek Winnert

The Thin Man ***** (1934, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan) – Classic Movie Review 2262

Director W S Van Dyke’s sparkling 1934 comedy thriller The Thin Man is a bright, bubbly and witty version of the much darker-toned Dashiell Hammett classic detective novel renowned for its brilliantly told masterly mystery […]

Mar, 14 · in Reviews

Manhattan Melodrama **** (1934, Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Jimmy Butler, Mickey Rooney, Leo Carrillo, Isabel Jewell) – Classic Movie Review 2,261

MGM’s famed 1934 crime film Manhattan Melodrama is the definitive version of an oft-told tale about two ghetto orphan kids (Jimmy Butler, Mickey Rooney) maturing into adult buddies (William Powell and Clark Gable) on opposite […]

Mar, 13 · in Reviews

No Man of Her Own *** (1932, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Paul Ellis, J Farrell MacDonald, Dorothy Mackaill) – Classic Movie Review 2260

Director Wesley Ruggles’s 1932 comedy-drama romance No Man of Her Own is unique as the only film to star Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, who married in 1939. Gable stars as Babe Stewart, a high-stakes poker player […]

Mar, 13

Mrs Winterbourne *** (1996, Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake, Brendan Fraser) – Classic Movie Review 2259

Director Richard Benjamin’s 1996 comedy is a wayward and unwieldly but nevertheless still appealing fairy tale. It is a much-changed version of a Cornell Woolrich/William Irish novel (‘I Married a Dead Man’) and Barbara Stanwyck’s 1950 […]

Mar, 13

No Man of Her Own **** (1950, Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Phyllis Thaxter, Jane Cowl, Lyle Bettger) – Classic Movie Review 2258

Director Mitchell Leisen’s 1950 movie is an engrossing, complex and powerfully acted mix of film noir thriller and romantic melodrama based on a splendidly far-fetched crime novel called I Married a Dead Man by Cornell […]

Mar, 13

Phantom Lady ****½ (1944, Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Thomas Gomez, Aurora Miranda) – Classic Movie Review 2257

Director Robert Siodmak’s 1944 movie is a thrilling mystery drama from the ace crime writer Cornell Woolrich. Alan Curtis plays Scott Henderson, an unhappily married man convicted of murdering his selfish wife when he’s been enjoying a one-night […]

Mar, 12

The Two Mrs Carrolls *** (1947, Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith, Nigel Bruce) – Classic Movie Review 2,256

The 1947 American mystery film noir The Two Mrs Carrolls is based on the 1935 play by Martin Vale and stars Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith and Nigel Bruce. Director Peter Godfrey’s 1947 American […]

Mar, 12

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