Derek Winnert

Silk Stockings **** (1957, Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Peter Lorre, Janis Paige) – Classic Movie Review 8565

Director Rouben Mamoulian’s 1957 Silk Stockings is a smart and attractive musical remake of Greta Garbo’s 1939 comedy Ninotchka, this time with Fred Astaire at his effortless best in his last big MGM musical, and […]

Jun, 07 · in Reviews

That’s Dancing! **** (1985, Gene Kelly, Sammy Davis Jr, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Liza Minnelli, Ray Bolger) – Classic Movie Review 8564

Director Jack Haley Jr’s 1985 history of dance documentary compilation feature That’s Dancing! is a kind of sequel to the 1974 That’s Entertainment!, with great clips from the Hollywood dance musicals, mostly MGM’s. Fast forward […]

Jun, 07 · in Reviews

Up in Arms *** (1944, Danny Kaye, Dana Andrews, Dinah Shore) – Classic Movie Review 8563

Director Elliott Nugent’s 1944 Up in Arms is a remake by The Samuel Goldwyn Company of Eddie Cantor’s 1930 hit Whoopee! this time starring Danny Kaye in his cinema feature film début (after four shorts […]

Jun, 07

Whoopee! **** (1930, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta, Paul Gregory, Eleanor Hunt, Jack Rutherford, Spencer Charters, Albert Hackett) – Classic Movie Review 8562

Director Thornton Freeland’s 1930 early Technicolor musical Whoopee! showcases one of Eddie Cantor’s quintessential performances based on his hit Ziegfeld Broadway show as the hypochondriac shy guy Henry Williams, who makes romantic whoopee at a […]

Jun, 07

Down Argentine Way **** (1940, Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, Charlotte Greenwood, J Carrol Naish, Henry Stephenson, Nicholas Brothers) – Classic Movie Review 8561

Director Irving Cummings’s exuberant 1940 Latin American Technicolor musical Down Argentine Way is as light as air and twice as bracing. Above all, it is fun. With the world at war and audiences looking for […]

Jun, 07

Dirty Work **** (1933, Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy, Lucien Littlefield, Sam Adams) – Classic Movie Review 8560

Director Lloyd French’s 1933 two-reeler black and white comedy short film Dirty Work stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as chimney sweeps who experiment with mad scientist Professor Noodle (Lucien Littlefield)’s rejuvenation formula. Stan accidentally […]

Jun, 06

Double Wedding **** (1937, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Florence Rice, John Beal) – Classic Movie Review 8559

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1937 screwball comedy Double Wedding stars the delightful William Powell and Myrna Loy in their seventh teaming, and they are totally at practised ease with the sophisticated slapstick of this very pleasing […]

Jun, 06

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