Derek Winnert

Monte Carlo **** (1930, Jeanette MacDonald, Jack Buchanan, Claud Allister, Zasu Pitts) – Classic Movie Review 11,156

Producer-director Ernst Lubitsch’s 1930 Paramount Pictures black and white film Monte Carlo is a witty, delightful early talkie musical starring Jeanette MacDonald as Countess Helene Mara, who, though about to wed silly Duke Otto von […]

May, 01 · in Reviews

Monsieur Beaucaire *** (1924, Rudolph Valentino, Bebe Daniels, Lois Wilson, Ian Maclaren, Doris Kenyon) – Classic Movie Review 11,155

‘Never Has Valentino Been Such a Lover, Such a Dancer, Such a Swordsman, Such a Dashing, Handsome, Lovable Hero as You’ll See Him in This Master Photoplay.’ Producer-director Sidney Alcott’s 1924 Paramount Pictures black and […]

May, 01 · in Reviews

Monsieur Beaucaire *** (1946, Bob Hope, Joan Caulfield, Patric Knowles) – Classic Movie Review 11,154

Paramount Pictures’ entertaining 1946 black and white comedy adventure Monsieur Beaucaire stars Bob Hope as the title French court barber involved in politics at the time of King Louis XV.  Director George Marshall’s 1946 Paramount […]

May, 01

The Firefly *** (1937, Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, Warren William) – Classic Movie Review 11,153

Now you don’t get many singing spies: ‘Jeanette MacDonald Is The Luminous Singing Spy!’…  Director Robert Z Leonard’s 1937 black and white MGM musical The Firefly stars Jeanette MacDonald, who takes a rest from her […]

Apr, 30

Marry Me ** (1949, Derek Bond, Susan Shaw, Patrick Holt, Carol Marsh, David Tomlinson) – Classic Movie Review 11,152

Director Terence Fisher’s 1949 British Gainsborough Studios black and white film Marry Me tells four interlocking short stories about love, given a common link by the marriage bureau for unmarried ladies, run by two elderly sisters […]

Apr, 30

Wings of Danger [Dead on Course] ** (1952, Zachary Scott, Robert Beatty, Naomi Chance, Kay Kendall) – Classic Movie Review 11,151

‘COUNTERFEIT CARGO!… a fortune in loot… a fabulous woman… a sinister fugitive!’ Director Terence Fisher’s 1952 British black and white crime film Wings of Danger [Dead on Course] imports Zachary Scott as the visiting American star […]

Apr, 30

Spawn of the Slithis (1978, Alan Blanchard, Judy Motulsky, J C Claire) – Classic Movie Review 11,150

‘Hell hath no fury like Spawn of the Slithis.’ A really ugly, rubbery sea monster is spawned as a result of nuclear pollution and attacks the good people of Venice, California. Writer-director Stephen Traxler’s 1978 […]

Apr, 29

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