Derek Winnert

The Story of Louis Pasteur **** (1936, Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise) – Classic Movie Review 10,830

Director William Dieterle’s 1936 historical drama The Story of Louis Pasteur won three Oscars: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Paul Muni), Best Original Story (Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney) and Best Screenplay (Pierre Collings, Sheridan […]

Jan, 25 · in Uncategorized

I Was a Spy *** (1933, Madeleine Carroll, Herbert Marshall, Conrad Veidt, Edmund Gwenn) – Classic Movie Review 10,829

‘TO ANSWER THE LURE OF HER LIPS WAS FATAL!’ Director Victor Saville’s 1933 I Was a Spy stars Madeleine Carroll as Marthe Cnockaert, a real-life World War One nurse who in German-occupied Belgium in 1914 […]

Jan, 25 · in Reviews

Lancer Spy *** (1937, Dolores del Rio, George Sanders, Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Sig Ruman) – Classic Movie Review 10,828

‘The most extraordinary venture a man ever faced… the most suspenseful story ever filmed – because it is REAL!’ Director Gregory Ratoff’s 1937 Lancer Spy is a sharp and entertaining World War One spy thriller, […]

Jan, 25

The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan **** (1953, Robert Morley, Maurice Evans, Peter Finch, Eileen Herlie, Dinah Sheridan, Isabel Dean) – Classic Movie Review 10,827

Director Sidney Gilliat’s 1953 The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan [The Great Gilbert and Sullivan] is very jolly musical biopic entertainment, low on story, high on lovely operetta excerpts, charmingly sung and staged, attractively played […]

Jan, 25

Land Raiders ** (1970, Telly Savalas, George Maharis, Arlene Dahl, Janet Landgard) – Classic Movie Review 10,826

‘To Hell With The Gringos! They rob our land! Violate our women! Take our lives! NOW IT’S OUR TURN TO TASTE BLOOD!’ Director Nathan H Juran’s tolerable, typically blood-thirsty 1970 American spaghetti Western Technicolor film […]

Jan, 25

April Love ** (1957, Pat Boone, Shirley Jones, Dolores Michaels, Arthur O’Connell, Jeanette Nolan) – Classic Movie Review 10,825

Director Henry Levin’s handsome-looking, pleasant 1957 musical April Love is a simple, sweet Fifties homespun entertainment for the star Pat Boone’s young fans of all those years ago. If they are still around this might […]

Jan, 24

Alphabet City *** (1984, Vincent Spano, Michael Winslow, Kate Vernon, Jami Gertz, Zohra Lampert) – Classic Movie Review 10,824

‘At 19, they gave him the streets. Tonight, they’re going to take them back.’ Director Amos Poe’s interesting, tough-toned 1984 crime thriller Alphabet City stars Vincent Spano, then a rising star player apparently going places, […]

Jan, 24

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