Derek Winnert

The Moon Is Down *** (1943, Cedric Hardwicke, Henry Travers, Lee J Cobb, Dorris Bowden, Margaret Wycherly) – Classic Movie Review 11,332

‘John Steinbeck’s story of your kind of courage…that freedom-loving spirit…which cannot be conquered by treachery or ruled by terror! Told in today’s greatest drama…brought unforgettably to the screen’. Director Irving Pichel’s 1943 The Moon Is […]

Jun, 22 · in Reviews

Kaos ***** (1984, Margarita Lozano, Orazio Torrisi, Carlo Cartier) – Classic Movie Review 11,331

The amazing 1984 Italian art work drama film Kaos is ‘A Canvas of People, Politics, Passion and Pirandello from Italy’s Taviani brothers’. Italy’s Taviani brothers conjure up an astonishing, visually astounding film drawn from Luigi […]

Jun, 21 · in Reviews

The Birthday Present *** (1957, Tony Britton, Sylvia Syms, Jack Watling, Geoffrey Keen) – Classic Movie Review 11,330

Director Pat Jackson’s 1957 drama The Birthday Present stars Tony Britton as British toy salesman Simon Scott who finds his life, career and marriage heading disastrously downwards after he is convicted for six months of […]

Jun, 21

The Man from the Diners’ Club ** (1963, Danny Kaye, Cara Williams, Martha Hyer, Telly Savalas) – Classic Movie Review 11,329

‘You’ll be hanging from the laffters at the funniest picture since money went out of style!’: The Man from the Diners’ Club (1963).  Director Frank Tashlin’s 1963 black and white comedy The Man from the […]

Jun, 21

Birth of the Blues *** (1941, Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Brian Donlevy) – Classic Movie Review 11,328

‘Strike up the band, here comes happiness, in a merry medley of romance and rhythm’: Birth of the Blues (1941). Director Victor Schertzinger’s 1941 Paramount Pictures musical hit Birth of the Blues stars Bing Crosby, […]

Jun, 20

The Great Man Votes **** (1939, John Barrymore, Peter Holden, Virginia Weidler) – Classic Movie Review 11,327

Director Garson Kanin’s 1938 comedy The Great Man Votes stars John Barrymore as widower Gregory Vance, by day a hard-drinking former Harvard professor and at dark a night watchman, battling to keep and support his children, […]

Jun, 20

Kansas City Bomber ** (1972, Raquel Welch, Kevin McCarthy, Helena Kallianiotes, Jodie Foster) – Classic Movie Review 11,326

Raquel Welch gets her skates on for the 1972 sports drama film Kansas City Bomber. Welch recalled: ‘I had to learn to skate again. The film was fun.’  Raquel Welch stars in the 1972 sport […]

Jun, 20

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