Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Underworld ***** (1927, Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent, George Bancroft) – Classic Movie Review 12,099

Director Josef von Sternberg’s influential 1927 American silent crime thriller film Underworld [Paying the Penalty] is an impressively fast and furious tale of mobsters during Prohibition. It is one of the earliest gangster movies, and […]

May, 06 · in Reviews

The Dressmaker **** (1988, Joan Plowright, Billie Whitelaw, Jane Horrocks, Tim Ransom, Pete Postlethwaite) – Classic Movie Review 12,098

Stand by for acting fireworks! Director Jim O’Brien’s 1988 British drama film The Dressmaker is set in England during the Second World War, and stars Joan Plowright, Billie Whitelaw, Jane Horrocks, Tim Ransom, and Pete […]

May, 05 · in Reviews

The Woman One Longs For [Die Frau, nach der man sich sehnt] *** (1929, Marlene Dietrich, Fritz Kortner, Frida Richard, Oskar Sima, Uno Henning) – Classic Movie Review 12,097

Director Curtis Bernhardt’s visually dynamic and emotionally dark 1929 German silent melodrama film The Woman One Longs For [Die Frau, nach der man sich sehnt] stars Marlene Dietrich, Fritz Kortner, Frida Richard, Oskar Sima, and […]

May, 04

Bernardine ** (1957, Pat Boone, Terry Moore, Janet Gaynor, Dean Jagger, Dick Sargent, James Drury) – Classic Movie Review 12,096

Director Henry Levin’s 1957 Bernardine stars Pat Boone in his film début in this dim and distant teen comedy about the pains and passions of young lovers, especially Sanford Wilson (Dick Sargent)’s for telephone gal […]

May, 03

King of the Khyber Rifles *** (1953, Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael Rennie) – Classic Movie Review 12,095

The attractive and popular 1953 adventure film King of the Khyber Rifles stars Tyrone Power and Terry Moore. It was one of the first shot in Technicolor and CinemaScope. Director Henry King’s attractive and popular […]

May, 02

Shack Out on 101 *** (1955, Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Lee Marvin, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 12,094

Lee Marvin stars in the 1955 film noir Shack Out on 101 as Slob, a lecherous short-order cook. But, don’t worry, he is also a spy using his diner as a base to smuggle nuclear […]

May, 02

Pinky **** (1949, Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters) – Classic Movie Review 12,093

Director Elia Kazan’s 1949 American drama film Pinky stars Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, and Ethel Waters. It is based on the 1946 novel Quality by Cid Ricketts Sumner. It was produced by Darryl F Zanuck […]

May, 01

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