Derek Winnert

I Want You ** (1951, Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire, Farley Granger, Peggy Dow) – Classic Movie Review 8784

Director Mark Robson’s 1951 drama I Want You is producer Samuel Goldwyn’s attempt to update themes from The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) in order to examine the way the Korean War affects an […]

Aug, 01 · in Reviews

Our Town **** (1940, Frank Craven, William Holden, Martha Scott, Thomas Mitchell, Fay Bainter, Guy Kibbee, Beulah Bondi) – Classic Movie Review 8785

Director Sam Wood’s 1940 nostalgic romantic drama Our Town is a smashing vintage movie. Thornton Wilder’s 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play (now a recognized classic of American theatre) about a pre-World War One New Hampshire […]

Aug, 01 · in Reviews

Our Very Own ** (1950, Ann Blyth, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Jane Wyatt, Ann Dvorak, Donald Cook, Natalie Wood) – Classic Movie Review 8,783

The good-hearted, sentimental 1950 drama film Our Very Own is lovingly crafted but largely wastes the talents of Ann Blyth, Farley Granger and a 12-year-old Natalie Wood. Director David Miller’s good-hearted, sentimental American drama film 1950 […]

Aug, 01

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes **** (1945, Edward G Robinson, Margaret O’Brien, James Craig, Frances Gifford, Agnes Moorehead) – Classic Movie Review 8782

Emanuel Goldenberg was born in Bucharest, Romania, arrived in the United States at the age of 10, and  moved with his family into New York’s Lower East Side, took up acting and changed his name […]

Jul, 31

Our Wife **** (1931, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Babe London, Ben Turpin) – Classic Movie Review 8781

‘Mr Hardy was making big preparations to get married – Mr Laurel was taking a bath too.‘ Director James W Horne’s 1931 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy comedy Our Wife is a consistently funny and […]

Jul, 31

The Other **** (1972, Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, Chris Udvarnoky, Martin Udvarnoky) – Classic Movie Review 8780

The Other (1972) is a very fine, carefully handled mystery horror movie from director Robert Mulligan. Chris Udvarnoky and Martin Udvarnoky play 12-year-old twin brothers (good Niles Perry, bad Holland Perry) living on a  farm […]

Jul, 31

By Love Possessed *** (1961, Lana Turner, Jason Robards Jr, Efrem Zimbalist Jr) – Classic Movie Review 8779

‘ALL OF THEM WERE BY LOVE POSSESSED! The bold best-seller that sent a fever through America now fires the screen!’ Westerns and action movie director John Sturges was an odd choice for this lurid 1961 […]

Jul, 31

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