Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Blue, White and Perfect *** (1941, Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Helene Reynolds, George Reeves, Steve Geray, Curt Bois, Marie Blake, Mae Marsh, Frank Orth) – Classic Movie Review 12,152

The tough-nosed 1941 noir crime film Blue, White and Perfect stars Lloyd Nolan as private eye Michael Shayne, who chases secrets agents who are flogging diamonds to the Nazis. The 1941 noir film Blue, White […]

May, 31 · in Reviews

The Man Who Wouldn’t Die *** (1942, Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Henry Wilcoxon, Helene Reynolds, Richard Derr, Paul Harvey, Olin Howland, Billy Bevan) – Classic Movie Review 12,151

‘An Empty Grave… A Cunning, Gunning Ghost… And Michael Shayne!’ Director Herbert I Leeds’s eerie and atmospheric 1942 noir mystery thriller film The Man Who Wouldn’t Die again stars Lloyd Nolan, who is excellent in […]

May, 31 · in Reviews

Adam and Evelyne ** (1949, Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons) – Classic Movie Review 12,150

Producer-director Harold French’s 1949 British romantic drama Adam and Evelyne stars the then romantically involved and about-to-be married couple Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons in her first adult role after becoming a star in Great […]

May, 30

The Bond *** (1918, Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Albert Austin, Sydney Chaplin) – Classic Movie Review 12,149

Charlie Chaplin’s 1918 short film The Bond is a piece of history. It illustrates various bonds like friendship and marriage, but especially The Liberty Bond to K O the Kaiser, which Chaplin does literally.  Though […]

May, 30

Pay Day *** (1922, Charlie Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin) – Classic Movie Review 12,148

Pay Day (1922) is Charles Chaplin’s final two-reel short film, running just 21 minutes. Chaplin writes, directs and stars in the film, made by First National Pictures. Chaplin plays a bricklayer house construction labourer, a […]

May, 30

A Life at Stake ***½ (1955, Angela Lansbury, Keith Landes, Douglass Dumbrille, Claudia Barrett, Jane Darwell, Gavin Gordon) – Classic Movie Review 12,147

‘A Cheat At Heart From Her Painted Toes To Her Plunging Neckline!’ Angela Lansbury! Really? The 1955 American black and white film noir A Life at Stake is directed by the actor Paul Guilfoyle, and […]

May, 30

A Life in the Balance ***½ (1955, Ricardo Montalban, Anne Bancroft, Lee Marvin, José Perez, Rodolfo Acosta) – Classic Movie Review 12,146

Lee Marvin stars as a religious-fanatic serial killer terrorizing young women in Mexico City, where the police are chasing the wrong man and his son’s life is in the balance. Director Harry Horner’s intriguing, involving cheap-cost […]

May, 30

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