Derek Winnert

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 · in Reviews

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 · in Reviews

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

The Four Feathers **** (1929, Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Clive Brook, William Powell) – Classic Movie Review 10,071

The Four Feathers (1929) is Paramount Pictures’s final all-silent movie, though with a synchronised score (by William F Peters) and a few sound effects. This silent film with added synchronised sound but no dialogue is […]

Jul, 22

Trapped *** (1949, Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, John Hoyt) – Classic Movie Review 10,070

Richard Fleischer’s gritty, pacy 1949 film noir crime thriller Trapped stars Lloyd Bridges as a criminal sprung from prison by the FBI to bust a counterfeit gang. Director Richard Fleischer’s gritty, pacy, atmospheric minor 1949 […]

Jul, 21

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