Derek Winnert

The Frightened Man **** (1952, Dermot Walsh, Charles Victor, Barbara Murray) – Classic Movie Review 12,309

John Gilling’s exciting and exceptional 1952 British second feature crime thriller film The Frightened Man stars Dermot Walsh, Charles Victor and Barbara Murray.  Writer/ director John Gilling’s exciting and exceptional 1952 British black and white crime […]

Sep, 17 · in Reviews

Callaway Went Thataway *** (1951, Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, Howard Keel) – Classic Movie Review 12,309

Writer/ producer/ director team Melvin Frank and Norman Panama’s genial 1951 spoof Western film Callaway Went Thataway [The Star Said No] stars Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, and Howard Keel. Callaway Went Thataway is a gentle, […]

Sep, 17 · in Reviews

The Jayhawkers! ** (1959, Fess Parker, Jeff Chandler, Nicole Maurey, Henry Silva) – Classic Movie Review 12,308

‘These Were the Wild-Riding Vikings of the Great Plains! Against the background of a turbulent era when Civil War was a flaming cloud on history’s horizon… A TREMENDOUS MOTION PICTURE!’ Co-writer/ director Melvin Frank’s manly […]

Sep, 16

From This Day Forward *** (1946, Joan Fontaine, Mark Stevens, Rosemary DeCamp) – Classic Movie Review 12,307

Joan Fontaine stars in 1946 drama film From This Day Forward, a work of the postwar left wing. The film might be optimistic but soon director John Berry and screenwriter Hugo Butler were Hollywood blacklist […]

Sep, 16

La vérité sur Bébé Donge [The Truth of Our Marriage] **** (1952, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin, Jacques Castelot) = Classic Movie Review 12,306

Director Henri Decoin’s bleak, dark, doomy and rather gloomy 1952 French romantic melodrama film La vérité sur Bébé Donge [The Truth of Our Marriage] stars Danielle Darrieux and Jean Gabin, and is based on the […]

Sep, 15

Middle of the Night **** (1959, Kim Novak, Fredric March) – Classic Movie Review 12,305

Delbert Mann’s once mildly controversial 1959 romantic drama film Middle of the Night is written Paddy Chayefsky, based on his TV and Broadway plays, and stars Kim Novak and Fredric March in a May-December romance. Director […]

Sep, 12

Jeanne Eagels ** (1957, Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Agnes Moorehead, Virginia Grey) – Classic Movie Review 12,304

The 1957 biographical film Jeanne Eagels is loosely based on the life of the 1920s actress, and stars Kim Novak in the title role. Jeanne Eagels’ family sued for defamation, objecting to the way she […]

Sep, 12

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