Derek Winnert

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 · in Reviews

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 · in Reviews

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

Week-End in Havana ***½ (1941, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, John Payne, Cesar Romero) – Classic Movie Review 9,933

20th Century Fox’s 1941 film Week-End in Havana is a highly engaging Forties wartime musical, with Alice Faye and Carmen Miranda on top singing form. It is 81 minutes of Technicolor escapist bliss. Director Walter […]

Jun, 19

Wells Fargo *** (1937, Joel McCrea, Bob Burns, Frances Dee, Lloyd Nolan, Henry O’Neill, Ralph Morgan, Johnny Mack Brown, Porter Hall) – Classic Movie Review 9932

Director Frank Lloyd’s 1937 Paramount Pictures historical Western film Wells Fargo stars Joel McCrea, who scores in his first Western in an era that suffered with a dearth of big-budget Westerns. He plays Ramsay MacKay, […]

Jun, 19

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