Derek Winnert

Too Many Girls *** (1940, Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson, Ann Miller, Desi Arnaz, Eddie Bracken, Van Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 9529

George Abbott’s 1940 RKO musical comedy Too Many Girls is the movie where Lucille Ball first met Desi Arnaz on the set  – and he said ‘I love Lucy’. Gorgeous gals and gaiety are promised. […]

Mar, 19 · in Reviews

Too Many Husbands **** (1940, Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray, Melvyn Douglas) – Classic Movie Review 9528

Director Wesley Ruggles’s attractive 1940 black and white screwball romantic comedy Too Many Husbands [My Two Husbands] stars Jean Arthur, Melvyn Douglas and Fred MacMurray. Columbia Pictures assembles a special cast to raise lots of […]

Mar, 19 · in Reviews

La Jetée ***** (1962, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich, Jacques Ledoux, voice of Jean Négroni) – Classic Movie Review 9527

Writer-director Chris Marker’s brilliantly teasing and challenging 1962 28-minute French black and white science fiction featurette La Jetée (The Jetty) is constructed almost entirely from still photographs and tells the story of a man and […]

Mar, 19

Raffles **** (1930, Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, David Torrence, Bramwell Fletcher, Alison Skipworth) – Classic Movie Review 9,526

Ronald Colman’s suave charisma is perfect for E W Hornung’s cricketer and amateur cracksman A J Raffles in the crisp, fast moving and very entertaining 1930 first talkie version of the perennially popular crime mystery […]

Mar, 18

Raffles **** (1939, David Niven, Olivia de Havilland, Dame May Whitty, Douglas Walton, Dudley Digges) – Classic Movie Review 9,525

David Niven’s debonair charm is just right for E W Hornung’s celebrated England Test cricketer and amateur cracksman A J Raffles, in the tasty and likeable 1939 crime mystery movie Raffles. David Niven’s debonair charm […]

Mar, 18

The Racers * (1955, Kirk Douglas, Bella Darvi, Gilbert Roland) – Classic Movie Review 9524

Director Henry Hathaway’s 1955 sporting drama The Racers [Such Men Are Dangerous] stars Kirk Douglas as Gino Borgesa, who dashes around the picturesque roads of Europe in his quest to win the Monaco Grand Prix, […]

Mar, 18

Racing with the Moon **** (1984, Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern, Nicolas Cage) – Classic Movie Review 9523

Director Richard Benjamin’s 1984 Racing with the Moon is an attractive, affectionate, poignant World War Two coming of age tale of two young men about to go to off war in 1943 California as they await […]

Mar, 18

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