Derek Winnert

Street of Chance *** (1942, Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor, Louise Platt, Sheldon Leonard, Frieda Inescort, Jerome Cowan) – Classic Movie Review 11,466

Director Jack Hively’s 1942 Paramount Pictures film noir Street of Chance is based on the 1941 novel The Black Curtain by Cornell Woolrich and stars Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor, Louise Platt, Sheldon Leonard, Frieda Inescort […]

Aug, 09 · in Reviews

The House on 56th Street ** (1933, Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Gene Raymond, John Halliday, Margaret Lindsay) – Classic Movie Review 11,465

Director Robert Florey’s 1933 Warner Bros American pre-Code melodrama film The House on 56th Street stars Kay Francis as Peggy Martin Van Tyle aka Peggy Stone, a wronged woman sent to prison for 20 years […]

Aug, 09 · in Reviews

Street of Chance *** (1930, William Powell, Jean Arthur, Kay Francis, Regis Toomey, Stanley Fields) Classic Movie Review 11,464

Kay Francis frequently co-starred with William Powell, first teaming in Street of Chance (1930) after producer David Selznick fought for the pairing, ending up making seven films together. Director John Cromwell’s 1930 Paramount Pictures American pre-Code […]

Aug, 09

Tillie and Gus **** (1933, W C Fields, Alison Skipworth, Baby LeRoy) – Classic Movie Review 11,463

Director Francis Martin’s 1933 American pre-Code comedy film Tillie and Gus stars W C Fields, Alison Skipworth, Baby LeRoy, Julie Bishop, Phillip Trent, and Clarence Wilson. It is the precious first encounter between spectacular old sourpuss Fields and impressive young […]

Aug, 08

Tillie’s Punctured Romance **** (1914, Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Charles Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 11,462

Tillie’s Punctured Romance (1914) is notable as the first feature-length comedy in all of cinema. Producer-director Mack Sennett threw everything he had into the movies’ first feature-length silent comedy, the 1914 Tillie’s Punctured Romance, in […]

Aug, 08

Tillie’s Punctured Romance **** (1928, W C Fields, Louise Fazenda, Chester Conklin, Mack Swain) – Classic Movie Review 11,461

Director A Edward Sutherland’s 1928 silent circus comedy film Tillie’s Punctured Romance stars W C Fields, Louise Fazenda, Chester Conklin and Mack Swain. Sadly, this film is presumed lost. W C Fields stars as a […]

Aug, 08

Timberjack ** (1955, Sterling Hayden, Vera Ralston, Adolphe Menjou, David Brian) – Classic Movie Review 11,461

Director Joseph Kane’s 1955 American Trucolor Western film Timberjack is a lumbering tale of rivalry and revenge set in the backwoods of Montana in the late 1800s. Tim Chipman (Hayden) proves that he is a […]

Aug, 08

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