Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Monsieur Vincent *** (1947, Pierre Fresnay, Aimé Clariond, Jean Debucourt, Lise Delamare, Gabrielle Dorziat, Pierre Dux) – Classic Movie Review 11,611

Popular and respected in its day, Maurice Cloche’s sincere and moving award-winning 1947 French film Monsieur Vincent tells episodically the story of Vincent de Paul, the 17th century priest, charity worker, social worker and saint, […]

Sep, 29 · in Reviews

Monsignor * (1982, Christopher Reeve, Geneviève Bujold, Fernando Rey, Jason Miller, Joe Cortese, Adolfo Celi, Robert Prosky, Tomas Milian) – Classic Movie Review 11,610

Director Frank Perry’s 1982 drama Monsignor is based on a novel by Jack-Alain Léger and stars Christopher Reeve as Roman Catholic priest Flaherty, the army chaplain who rises through the ranks of the Vatican, during […]

Sep, 29 · in Reviews

The Monster and the Girl *** (1941, Paul Lukas, Ellen Drew, Joseph Calleia, George Zucco, Robert Paige, Rod Cameron, Phillip Terry) – Classic Movie Review 11,609

Director Stuart Heisler’s 1940 Paramount black-and-white horror film The Monster and the Girl is an interesting mixture of social melodrama and horror, combining the white slavery film and monster movie, with a sharp gear change […]

Sep, 29

At Play in the Fields of the Lord ** (1991, Tom Berenger, Aidan Quinn, Kathy Bates, John Lithgow, Daryl Hannah, Tom Waits) – Classic Movie Review 11,608

Director Hector Babenco’s 1991 epic adventure drama film At Play in the Fields of the Lord is based on the 1965 novel by American author Peter Matthiessen, and has a great cast, but was a […]

Sep, 28

Pixote **** (1980, Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Marília Pêra) – Classic Movie Review 11,607

Director Hector Babenco’s controversial 1980 Brazilian documentary-like drama Pixote is an overwhelmingly powerful and depressing film about a young orphan boy Pixote (Fernando Ramos da Silva) who embarks on a career as a child criminal […]

Sep, 28

Pin Up Girl ** (1944, Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye, Joe E Brown, Eugene Pallette) – Classic Movie Review 11,606

Director Bruce Humberstone’s 1944 20th Century Fox Technicolor musical romantic comedy film Pin Up Girl provides the obvious title for top World War Two wartime pin-up Betty Grable in a modest, lightly amusing musical, in […]

Sep, 28

The Babe Ruth Story (1948, William Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford, William Frawley, Robert Ellis, Sam Levene) – Classic Movie Review 11,605

Director Roy Del Ruth’s 1948 baseball film biography The Babe Ruth Story stars William Bendix as the famed New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth, aka ‘The Sultan of Swat’, Claire Trevor as his wife Claire, Sam Levene […]

Sep, 27

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