Derek Winnert

You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man **** (1939, W C Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy) – Classic Movie Review 11,124

W C Fields stars as seedy circus owner Larson E Whipsnade: ‘Why, some of my best friends are snakes’…  The often extremely funny 1939 black and white madcap screwball comedy You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man […]

Apr, 22 · in Reviews

You Can’t Have Everything **** (1937, Alice Faye, The Ritz Brothers, Don Ameche, Charles Winninger, Gypsy Rose Lee, Tony Martin) – Classic Movie Review 11,123

Director Norman Taurog’s 1937 all-time classic musical You Can’t Have Everything is an infectiously happy, bright and snazzy 20th Century Fox black and white film, in which starving playwright Judith ‘Judy’ Wells (Alice Faye), a […]

Apr, 21 · in Reviews

You and Me **** (1938, Sylvia Sidney, George Raft, Harry Carey Sr, Barton MacLane) – Classic Movie Review 11,122

Director Fritz Lang’s 1938 black and white film noir crime romance You and Me stars Sylvia Sidney and George Raft, along with Harry Carey Sr, Barton MacLane, Warren Hymer, Roscoe Karns, George E Stone and […]

Apr, 21

Worm’s Eye View ** (1951, Ronald Shiner, Garry Marsh, Diana Dors) – Classic Movie Review 11,121

In 1951 things were starting to look up for the 20-year-old former Rank Charm School starlet Diana Dors, whose fee was £250 as the female lead supporting Ronald Shiner in director Jack Raymond’s 1951 comedy […]

Apr, 21

My Wife’s Lodger *** (1952, Dominic Roche, Olive Sloane, Leslie Dwyer, Diana Dors) – Classic Movie Review 11,120

With the Rank Organisation £18 million in debt, the studio closed their Charm School for young actors and made Diana Dors redundant in September 1950. But Dors’s film career started to improve when she was […]

Apr, 20

The Great Game *** (1953, James Hayter, Diana Dors, Thora Hird) – Classic Movie Review 11,119

Director Maurice Elvey’s 1953 British sports comedy-drama black and white film The Great Game stars James Hayter, Diana Dors, Thora Hird, John Laurie and Glyn Houston. The Great Game is a lively British comedy about a […]

Apr, 20

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary *** (1953, Diana Dors, Bonar Colleano, Diana Decker, David Tomlinson, Sid James) – Classic Movie Review 11,118

Director Maurice Elvey’s amusing and spirited 1953 British black and white comedy Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary is based on Vivian Tidmarsh’s 1944 London West End hit play, originally starring Ralph Lynn and running for […]

Apr, 20

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