Derek Winnert

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Dancing in the Dark *** (1949, William Powell, Mark Stevens, Betsy Drake, Adolphe Menjou) – Classic Movie Review 9826

Director Irving Reis’s often vivacious, always appealing 1949 Technicolor musical comedy Dancing in the Dark is enlivened by William Powell’s polished performance as Emery Slade, a former silent star employed by studio boss Melville Crossman […]

May, 26 · in Reviews

Dancing Co-Ed ** (1939, Lana Turner, Richard Carlson, Artie Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 9825

Precocious Lana Turner, then MGM’s new teenage sensation, aged 18 and making the most of her first starring role, dances and studies her way to success as Patty Marlow, the ambitious dancing co-ed of the […]

May, 26 · in Reviews

Dancing at the Blue Iguana *** (2000, Daryl Hannah, Jennifer Tilly, Sandra Oh, Elia Koteas) – Classic Movie Review 9824

Director Michael Radford’s 2002 Dancing at the Blue Iguana is a brave and intriguing improvised drama exploring the everyday dilemmas faced by women working at a seedy strip-club, from adoption to pregnancy to seeking stardom. […]

May, 26

Dancing at Lughnasa ***½ (1998, Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke, Sophie Thompson, Brid Brennan, Rhys Ifans) – Classic Movie Review 9823

Director Pat O’Connor’s 1998 romantic comedy drama Dancing at Lughnasa tells the ripe tale of prim schoolmarm Kate Mundy (Meryl Streep) and her four unmarried sisters (Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke, Sophie Thompson, Brid Brennan) in […]

May, 26

Dancin’ Thru the Dark ***½ (1990, Claire Hackett, Ben Murphy, Con O’Neill, Peter Beckett ) – Classic Movie Review 9822

Director Mike Ockrent’s good-natured, warm-hearted 1990 British comedy Dancin’ Thru the Dark stars Claire Hackett as Linda, who is out on a wild hen-night with her hen friends while her fiancé Dave (Conrad Nelson) is […]

May, 26

Are You Being Served? ** (1977, John Inman, Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton, Trevor Bannister, Wendy Richard) – Classic Movie Review 9821

Director Bob Kellett’s relatively harmless 1977 British comedy Are You Being Served? is the big-screen spinoff from the much-loved long-running BBC TV series as the staff of the London Grace Brothers department store flies off […]

May, 26

Le diable probablement [The Devil, Probably] **** (1977, Antoine Monnier, Tina Irissari, Henri de Maublanc) – Classic Movie Review 9820

Antoine Monnier stars as alienated, tormented soul Charles, who is living his life walking under a cloud and decides that suicide is the only option, in writer-director Robert Bresson’s typically distinguished and profound, gloomy and […]

May, 25

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