Derek Winnert

Claudia *** (1943, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Ina Claire, Reginald Gardiner) – Classic Movie Review 12,355

Robert Young recalled: ‘Dorothy McGuire had done the play Claudia on Broadway and the 1943 film version was mostly a photographed play. Ina Claire was wonderful as her mother. It did sensational business.’ Director Edmund […]

Nov, 29 · in Reviews

The Enchanted Cottage **** (1945, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall, Mildred Natwick) – Classic Movie Review 12,354

Its star Robert Young said the 1945 romantic fantasy film The Enchanted Cottage is ‘the best love story that’s ever been written. It was one of those films I hated to see end. It was such […]

Nov, 29 · in Reviews

Weekend **** (2011, Tom Cullen, Chris New) – Classic Movie Review 12,353

Tom Cullen and Chris New star in Andrew Haigh’s impressive 2011 British LGBT romantic drama film Weekend, as two men who enjoy a meaningful brief encounter just before one of them plans to leave the […]

Nov, 28

Mario **** (2018, Max Hubacher, Aaron Altaras, Jessy Moravec, Jürg Plüss) – Classic Movie Review 12,352

The heartbreaking 2018 Swiss romantic drama film Mario stars Max Hubacher as an up-coming football star who falls for ‘super-hot’ new striker Leon (Aaron Altaras). What happens when gay footballers fall in love? A shedload […]

Nov, 28

Whistling in Brooklyn ** (1943, Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Jean Rogers, Rags Ragland, Ray Collins, Henry O’Neill) – Classic Movie Review 12,351

Red Skelton again stars as bumbling radio detective Wally Benton, who is all set to marry his girlfriend Carol Lambert (Ann Rutherford) but he gets understandably slightly sidetracked when he is mistaken for the serial […]

Nov, 27

Whistling in Dixie *** (1942, Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, George Bancroft, Guy Kibbee, Diana Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 12,350

The amusing MGM 1942 comedy mystery thriller sequel Whistling in Dixie brings back the first film’s two stars, funny-man Red Skelton and petite Ann Rutherford. Director S Sylvan Simon’s 1942 comedy mystery thriller sequel Whistling […]

Nov, 27

Whistling in the Dark *** (1941, Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford, Virginia Grey, Eve Arden, Rags Ragland, Lloyd Corrigan) – Classic Movie Review 12,349

The 1941 film Whistling in the Dark is a modest, amusing comedy mystery thriller vehicle for the dizzy comic Red Skelton as Wally Benton, a radio murder mystery show star called The Fox.  Director S […]

Nov, 27

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