Derek Winnert

Crime and Punishment *** (1935, Harry Baur, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Ozeray) – Classic Movie Review 10,222

Director Pierre Chenal’s 1935 black and white crime drama Crime and Punishment [Crime et Châtiment] is the simultaneously filmed French version of the Fyodor Dostoevsky classic novel, while Josef Von Sternberg was making his Hollywood […]

Aug, 25 · in Reviews

Crime and Punishment *** (1935, Edward Arnold, Peter Lorre, Marian Marsh) – Classic Movie Review 10,221

Josef Von Sternberg brings his customary eye for moody atmosphere to the 1935 crime drama Crime and Punishment, his film of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 1866 novel, and he is abetted by electrifying performances from Peter Lorre, […]

Aug, 25 · in Reviews

Creator *** (1985, Peter O’Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano, Virginia Madsen) – Classic Movie Review 10,220

Director Ivan Passer’s 1985 film Creator is a surprisingly affecting sci-fi romantic comedy, with Peter O’Toole ideally cast as Dr Harry Wolper, a dotty biologist who still loves his wife 30 years after she died […]

Aug, 25

Harlow ** (1965, Carol Lynley, Efrem Zimbalist Jr, Ginger Rogers, Barry Sullivan, Hurd Hatfield, Jack Kruschen) – Classic Movie Review 10,219

The 1965 Hollywood biopic Harlow stars Carol Lynley and is a fast and fairly feisty biopic of the platinum blonde bombshell star Jean Harlow. Director Alex Segal’s 1965 Hollywood biopic Harlow stars Carol Lynley and […]

Aug, 24

Harlow ** (1965, Carroll Baker, Red Buttons, Raf Vallone, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, Martin Balsam, Mike Connors, Leslie Nielsen) – Classic Movie Review 10,218

Carroll Baker stars as the platinum blonde bombshell star Jean Harlow in the plush, campy and kitsch 1965 Hollywood biopic Harlow. Director Gordon Douglas’s 1965 Thirties Hollywood biopic Harlow stars Carroll Baker, who is lively […]

Aug, 24

The Great Caruso *** (1951, Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten) – Classic Movie Review 10,217

MGM’s 1951 Technicolor musical drama The Great Caruso stars Mario Lanza in a quasi-biopic that depicts the life of the great Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) in typically distorted Hollywood fashion. Director Richard Thorpe’s […]

Aug, 24

Silver Dream Racer * (1980, David Essex, Beau Bridges, Cristina Raines) – Classic Movie Review 10,216

Director David Wickes’s 1980 British sport action drama Silver Dream Racer stars David Essex and re-tells the oft-told and unconvincing tale of a garage mechanic called Nick Freeman (Essex) aiming to realise his dream by […]

Aug, 23

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