Derek Winnert

Birds Do It * (1966, Soupy Sales, Tab Hunter, Arthur O’Connell, Edward Andrews, Doris Dowling, Beverly Adams) – Classic Movie Review 8337

Director Andrew Marton’s 1966 film Birds Do It is a silly, mostly mirthless comedy with Soupy Sales starring as Melvin Byrd, a nuclear plant’s caretaker ionised in error so he can fly across Florida and […]

Apr, 06 · in Reviews

Birds Come to Die in Peru [Les Oiseaux Vont Mourire au Peru] [Birds in Peru] (1968, Jean Seberg, Maurice Ronet, Pierre Brasseur, Danielle Darrieux) – Classic Movie Review 8336

Writer-director Romain Gary’s 1968 drama Birds Come to Die in Peru [Les Oiseaux Vont Mourire au Peru] [Birds in Peru] stars Jean Seberg as depressed nutty nymphomaniac Adriana, married to a much older, rich husband […]

Apr, 06 · in Reviews

Eight on the Lam [Eight on the Run] ** (1967, Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Jonathan Winters, Shirley Eaton, Jill St John) – Classic Movie Review 8335

Veteran director George Marshall’s 1966 comedy Eight on the Lam [Eight on the Run] stars Bob Hope as a widowed bank clerk who goes on the lam (run) with his seven kids (including his real-life […]

Apr, 05

Dry Rot *** (1956, Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix, Sidney James, Peggy Mount, Michael Shepley, Heather Sears, Joan Sims) – Classic Movie Review 8334

Director Maurice Elvey’s 1956 British black and white comedy movie Dry Rot gallops along at a fair whip and stays the course, but, alas, fails to get to the winning post first, being a bit […]

Apr, 05

Sailor Beware! [Panic in the Parlor] **** (1956, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton, Ronald Lewis, Esma Cannon, Cyril Smith, Gordon Jackson, Thora Hird) – Classic Movie Review 8333

Director Gordon Parry’s 1956 British black and white romantic comedy Sailor Beware! [Panic in the Parlor] is the film that turned the redoubtable Peggy Mount into a popular screen star at 40 as Mrs Emma […]

Apr, 04

Journey Back to Oz *** (1972, voices of Liza Minnelli, Mickey Rooney, Milton Berle, Margaret Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 8332

Director Hal Sutherland’s 1972 full-length musical cartoon adventure Journey Back to Oz is exactly what the title says, with Liza Minnelli voicing her mother Judy Garland’s best-known role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, […]

Apr, 04

Joseph Andrews ** (1977, Ann-Margret, Peter Firth, Michael Hordern, Beryl Reid, Jim Dale, Peter Bull, John Gielgud, Hugh Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 8331

Director Tony Richardson re-enters Tom Jones country (the scene of his 1963 movie triumph) for this romping and rollicking farcical tale of a lusty servant Joseph Andrews (Peter Firth) in the 18th century. Ann-Margret stars […]

Apr, 03

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