Derek Winnert

Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills *** (1989, Jacqueline Bisset, Ray Sharkey, Mary Woronov) – Classic Movie Review 9939

Jacqueline Bisset heads writer-director Paul Bartel’s 1989 sex comedy Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills as Clare Lipkin, a soap star trying to make a comeback after the death of her husband. Meanwhile, […]

Jun, 20 · in Reviews

Scenes from a Mall *** (1991, Bette Midler, Woody Allen, Bill Irwin) – Classic Movie Review 9938

Bette Midler and Woody Allen star in producer-director Paul Mazursky’s 1991 comedy Scenes from a Mall as busy Beverly Hills marrieds Deborah and Nick, who fall out of and in love again at the local […]

Jun, 20 · in Reviews

Hear My Song **** (1991, Ned Beatty, Adrian Dunbar, Shirley Anne Field, Tara Fitzgerald, William Hootkins, Harold Berens, David McCallum, James Nesbitt, Brian Flanagan) – Classic Movie Review 9937

First-time director and co-writer Peter Chelsom’s 1991 Hear My Song stars Ned Beatty as infamous Irish singer Josef Locke, who is hiding in Ireland from the law, Jim Abbott (David McCallum), who want him for […]

Jun, 20

The Gang’s All Here **** (1943, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Phil Baker, Benny Goodman) – Classic Movie Review 9,936

Busby Berkeley’s first Technicolor musical film The Gang’s All Here (1943) is a deliriously extravagant concoction with sexy star Alice Faye and gloriously camp Carmen Miranda. It was banned in Brazil! And the huge bananas […]

Jun, 19

Head Over Heels ***½ (1937, Jessie Matthews, Louis Borel, Robert Flemyng) – Classic Movie Review 9935

Director Sonnie Hale’s 1937 Head Over Heels [Head Over Heels in Love] stars Jessie Matthews as Paris singer Jeanne, who is torn between solid, dependable wireless engineer Pierre (Robert Flemyng) and no-good man-about-town Marcel (Louis […]

Jun, 19

Gangway **** (1937, Jessie Matthews, Barry MacKay, Nat Pendleton) – Classic Movie Review 9934

Director Sonnie Hale’s 1937 film Gangway is a cheerful and cheering Thirties British black and white musical set on a ship bound for New York, where English reporter Pat Wayne (Jessie Matthews) is mistaken for […]

Jun, 19

Sailing Along ***½ (1938, Jessie Matthews, Barry MacKay, Jack Whiting, Roland Young) – Classic Movie Review 9933

Director Sonnie Hale’s 1938 British romantic musical comedy Sailing Along is a sweet showcase for his wife Jessie Matthews. It is the third and last of their films together as director and star, following Head […]

Jun, 19

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