Derek Winnert

Portnoy’s Complaint * (1972, Richard Benjamin, Karen Black, Lee Grant) – Classic Movie Review 10,142

Philip Roth’s scandalous book about a neurotic Jewish boy’s troubles with his mother and sex is turned into the none-too-funny, mostly unmoving 1972 film Portnoy’s Complaint by esteemed writer Ernest Lehman in his directorial début. […]

Aug, 07 · in Reviews

Pope Joan [The Devil’s Imposter] *** (1972, Liv Ullmann, Trevor Howard, Lesley-Anne Down, Franco Nero, Olivia de Havilland, Maximilian Schell, André Morell, Nigel Havers, Keir Dullea) – Classic Movie Review 10,141

Aug, 07 · in Reviews

Ever Since Eve * (1937, Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery, Frank McHugh, Patsy Kelly, Allen Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 10,140

In 1937, the 40-year-old Marion Davies filmed her last movie, director Lloyd Bacon’s screwball romantic comedy Ever Since Eve, in which she plays an attractive young woman fed up having to quit job after job […]

Aug, 06

Polly of the Circus * (1932, Marion Davies, Clark Gable, C Aubrey Smith) – Classic Movie Review 10,139

MGM’s 1932 romantic comedy drama film Polly of the Circus pairs Marion Davies with Clark Gable as a young priest in one of his few real turkeys. Director Alfred Santell’s 1932 MGM romantic comedy drama […]

Aug, 06

Cain and Mabel ** (1936, Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Allen Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 10,138

Marion Davies called for her previous co-star Clark Gable to support her again on the 1936 musical comedy film Cain and Mabel, and money was no object  – they literally raised the roof. Clark Gable […]

Aug, 06

And Now Tomorrow ** (1944, Alan Ladd, Loretta Young, Susan Hayward, Barry Sullivan) – Classic Movie Review 10,137

‘LADD’S BACK! In a Sensational Drama By the Author of All This, And Heaven Too!’ Director Irving Pichel’s 1944 And Now Tomorrow stars Alan Ladd, Loretta Young, Susan Hayward and Barry Sullivan. Rachel Field’s toshy […]

Aug, 06

The Devil’s Brigade ** (1968, William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards, Andrew Prine, Claude Akins) – Classic Movie Review 10,136

Director Andrew V McLaglen’s 1968 The Devil’s Brigade is an ordinary and overlong but acceptable World War Two wartime action drama in the wake of The Dirty Dozen, though based on real life as recounted […]

Aug, 05

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