Derek Winnert

Galileo *** (1975, Topol, Edward Fox, Tom Conti, Colin Blakely, John Gielgud, Margaret Leighton, Patrick Magee, John McEnery) – Classic Movie Review 10,078

Topol is an unexpected choice as the 17th-century Italian scientist Galileo Galilei, but, in an intense, dignified star turn, he earns his inclusion in Joseph Losey’s 1975 historical biographical drama film Galileo.  Thanks to the […]

Jul, 23 · in Reviews

Encore *** (1951, Nigel Patrick, Roland Culver, Kay Walsh, Glynis Johns, Terence Morgan, Noel Purcell, Ronald Squire) – Classic Movie Review 10,077

The 1951 comedy drama Encore is the third and final portmanteau-compendium-anthology movie of W Somerset Maugham stories which by and large keeps up the standard of Quartet (1948) and Trio (1950). It was again a […]

Jul, 23 · in Reviews

Trio *** (1950, James Hayter, Michael Hordern, Anne Crawford, Nigel Patrick, Jean Simmons, Michael Rennie, Kathleen Harrison, Felix Aylmer) – Classic Movie Review 10,076

Directors Ken Annakin and Harold French’s 1950 drama Trio is the second W Somerset Maugham anthology film (after Quartet, a hit in 1948), with three well cast, amusing and satisfyingly enjoyable yarns. The three short […]

Jul, 23

Flight Angels ** (1940, Virginia Bruce, Dennis Morgan, Wayne Morris, Ralph Bellamy Jane Wyman) – Classic Movie Review 10,075

Director Lewis Seiler’s 1940 Flight Angels offers good nostalgia for wartime flying, pre-war in America’s case, and these are the brisk, cheery stewardesses (Jane Wyman, Virginia Bruce) and capable, brave pilots (Dennis Morgan, Wayne Morris) […]

Jul, 22

Gambling on the High Seas ** (1940, Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Gilbert Roland) – Classic Movie Review 10,074

Director George Amy’s 1940 Warner Bros black and white crime drama Gambling on the High Seas is a short and snappy though not very sharp semi-thriller remaking the 1935 Bette Davis-George Brent vehicle Special Agent. […]

Jul, 22

4 Clowns [Four Clowns] **** (1970, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Buster Keaton) – Classic Movie Review 10,073

Writer-producer-director Robert Youngson’s 1970 97-minute cinema feature 4 Clowns [Four Clowns] is a tremendous silent-film comedy compilation with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy both together and in their days alone, Charley Chase on fine form […]

Jul, 22

The Four Feathers *** (1978, Beau Bridges, Robert Powell, Simon Ward, Richard Johnson, Jane Seymour, Harry Andrews) Classic Movie Review 10,072

Director Don Sharp’s 1978 The Four Feathers is a reasonably enjoyable TV movie remake of the much-filmed A E W Mason tale about the British officer accused of cowardice who becomes a war hero in […]

Jul, 22

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