Derek Winnert

The Magic Flute [Trollflöjten] **** (1975, Ulrik Cold, Josef Köstlinger, Irma Urrila) – Classic Movie Review 10,249

Director Ingmar Bergman’s 1975 Swedish film The Magic Flute [Trollflöjten] is a magical filming of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s great opera, eavesdropping on a performance at Drottningholm’s 18th century court theatre in Stockholm. With Sven Nykvist’s […]

Aug, 31 · in Uncategorized

The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart *** (1970, Don Johnson, Linda Gillen, Michael Greer, Dianne Hull, Victoria Racimo) – Classic Movie Review 10,248

Director Leonard J Horn’s 1970 The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart stars a very young and sweet-looking Don Johnson in his film debut as the 23-year-old home-movie addict Columbia University student dropout Stanley Sweetheart, blowing […]

Aug, 31 · in Reviews

Desperate Characters *** (1971, Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars, Sada Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 10,247

Writer-director Frank D Gilroy’s engrossing 1971 drama Desperate Characters stars Shirley MacLaine in a very remarkable performance as Sophie Bentwood, a depressed, frigid New York housewife living in the East Side suburbs, married to the […]

Aug, 31

The Possession of Joel Delaney *** (1972, Shirley MacLaine, Perry King, David Elliott) – Classic Movie Review 10,246

Director Waris Hussein’s 1971 The Possession of Joel Delaney stars Shirley MacLaine in a hokey but entertaining British-financed chiller, set in New York City, where she plays divorced mother-of-two socialite Norah Benson, pursuing her younger […]

Aug, 31

Postcards from the Edge **** (1990, Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner, Mary Wickes) – Classic Movie Review 10,245

Director Mike Nichols’s 1990 celebrity memoirs movie Postcards from the Edge finds Shirley MacLaine bravely playing an ageing, drinking, domineering Mommie Dearest-type star named Doris Mann and Meryl Streep playing her drug-abusing actress daughter, Suzanne […]

Aug, 31

Pot o’ Gold *** (1941, James Stewart, Paulette Goddard, Horace Heidt, Charles Winninger, Mary Gordon) – Classic Movie Review 10,244

Director George Marshall’s 1941 screwball comedy Pot o’ Gold [The Golden Hour] has the distinction of featuring James Stewart on the mouth-organ and performing ‘When Johnny Toots His Horn’ (written by Hy Heath and Fred Rose), which may […]

Aug, 30

Whipsaw *** (1935, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Harvey Stephens) – Classic Movie Review 10,243

MGM’s entertaining 1935 romantic crime drama Whipsaw stars Myrna Loy as a jewel thief and Spencer Tracy as a government agent hot on her trail. Director Sam Wood’s 1935 romantic crime drama Whipsaw stars Myrna […]

Aug, 30

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