Derek Winnert

Anna and the King of Siam *** (1946, Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell) – Classic Movie Review 10,677

Director John Cromwell’s 1946 double Oscar-winning drama Anna and the King of Siam is the original non-musical version of the real-life tale of young English Victorian governess Anna Owens [Leonowens], who goes to Bangkok in […]

Dec, 17 · in Reviews

Micki + Maude *** (1984, Dudley Moore, Amy Irving, Ann Reinking, Richard Mulligan, George Gaynes, Wallace Shawn) – Classic Movie Review 10,676

Dudley Moore reunites with his 10 director Blake Edwards for this variable but mostly amiable 1984 romantic comedy Micki + Maude about a Lothario TV host, reporter Rob Salinger (Moore), caught between his pregnant wife […]

Dec, 17 · in Reviews

Movie Movie **** (1978, George C Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons, Eli Wallach, Michael Kidd, Barbara Harris, Harry Hamlin, Barry Bostwick, Ann Reinking, Art Carney) – Classic Movie Review 10,675

Two 1930s film genres – boxing dramas and backstage musicals – are recreated with a mixture of affection, daft puns and delightful digs at Hollywood in director Stanley Donen’s delicious 1978 comedy Movie Movie. It […]

Dec, 17

All That Money Can Buy [The Devil and Daniel Webster] **** (1941, Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell) – Classic Movie Review 10,674

‘A GREAT MOTION PICTURE DARES TO BE DIFFERENT! ‘ Director William Dieterle’s 1941 fantasy comedy drama All That Money Can Buy [The Devil and Daniel Webster] is a magical version of the Faust story relocated […]

Dec, 17

Eagle Squadron ** (1942, Robert Stack, Diana Barrymore, Jon Hall, Eddie Albert, John Loder, Nigel Bruce, Leif Erickson) – Classic Movie Review 10,673

Sparks fly when Americans enter Britain’s Royal Air Force in director Arthur Lubin’s simplistic and dramatically unrealistic 1942 World War Two airborne action war film Eagle Squadron, which blends fictional and real-life events and fails […]

Dec, 16

A Yank in the RAF ** (1941, Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, John Sutton) – Classic Movie Review 10,672

Director Henry King’s 1941 American black-and-white action adventure drama romantic musical war film A Yank in the RAF stars Tyrone Power, Betty Grable and John Sutton. It was sold as a light-hearted look at war rather […]

Dec, 16

International Squadron ** (1941, Ronald Reagan, Olympe Bradna, James Stephenson) – Classic Movie Review 10,671

Director Lewis Seiler and Lothar Mendes’s 1941 American war film International Squadron finds Warner Bros recycling another old script and Ronald Reagan taking on James Cagney’s old role from the 1936 Ceiling Zero (based on Frank ‘Spig’ Wead’s play) […]

Dec, 15

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