Derek Winnert

The Secret Garden *** (1949, Margaret O’Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester) – Classic Movie Review 9259

Director Fred M Wilcox’s 1949 The Secret Garden stars Margaret O’Brien as little orphan Mary Lennox, who lives with grouchy uncle Archibald Craven (Herbert Marshall) and makes everything in the garden come up roses. She […]

Jan, 14 · in Reviews

The Stripper ** (1963, Joanne Woodward, Richard Beymer, Claire Trevor, Carol Lynley, Robert Webber) – Classic Movie Review 9258

Director Franklin J Schaffner’s 1963 romantic drama The Stripper [Woman of Summer] stars the always-admirable Joanne Woodward, who builds up an ungrateful role as Lila Green, a washed-up showgirl/ struggling actress who is dumped by […]

Jan, 13 · in Reviews

Something to Sing About ** (1937, James Cagney, Evelyn Daw, William Frawley, Mona Barrie, Gene Lockhart) – Classic Movie Review 9257

Director Victor Schertzinger’s 1937 Something to Sing About stars James Cagney in a small-studio musical about an American East Coast dancing bandleader, Terry Rooney (Cagney), trying his luck at the movies. But, when a Hollywood […]

Jan, 13

Waco ** (1966, Howard Keel, Jane Russell, Brian Donlevy, Wendell Corey, John Smith, Terry Moore) – Classic Movie Review 9256

‘Ain’t much wind to speak of, so the stink can’t be blowing in from the stables!’ – Waco Director R G Springsteen’s 1966 Western film Waco stars Howard Keel as tough gunfighter cowboy Waco, who […]

Jan, 13

Saint Joan *** (1957, Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark, Richard Todd, Anton Walbrook, Felix Aylmer, John Gielgud) – Classic Movie Review 9255

Producer-director Otto Preminger’s 1957 biographical drama Saint Joan stars Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark, Richard Todd, Anton Walbrook, Felix Aylmer and John Gielgud. Despite this strong cast, it was always going to be a tricky task […]

Jan, 12

The World of Suzie Wong ** (1960, William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Syms) – Classic Movie Review 9254

Director Richard Quine’s 1960 romantic drama The World of Suzie Wong stars Nancy Kwan as the alluring Hong Kong prostitute Suzie Wong, who is hired as a model by émigré American businessman turned artist Robert […]

Jan, 12

Seberg ** (2019, Kristen Stewart, Jack O’Connell, Anthony Mackie, Colm Meaney, Yvan Attal, Margaret Qualley, Gabriel Sky) – Movie Review

Director Benedict Andrews’s biopic Seberg (2019) is in the quite interesting category, supported with a good performance by Kristen Stewart as Sixties American star Jean Seberg, who leaves her home, husband and child (Gabriel Sky) […]

Jan, 11

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