Derek Winnert

Blossom Time [April Blossoms] *** (1934, Richard Tauber, Jane Baxter, Carl Esmond, Athene Seyler,Paul Graetz) – Classic Movie Review 8125

Famous singing star Richard Tauber adds his special lustre to director Paul L Stein’s fairly well polished 1934 British romantic musical Blossom Time [April Blossoms], set in old Vienna, where the composer Franz Schubert (Tauber) […]

Feb, 13 · in Reviews

Satan Never Sleeps * (1962, Clifton Webb, William Holden, France Nuyen, Athene Seyler) – Classic Movie Review 8124

Satan Never Sleeps…but you may. Director Leo McCarey bows out on a real low spot in 1962 with this gobsmackingly boring tale about two priests (Clifton Webb as Father Bovard, William Holden as Father O’Banion) […]

Feb, 13 · in Reviews

The Franchise Affair **** (1951, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Ann Stephens, Anthony Nicholls, Marjorie Fielding) – Classic Movie Review 8123

Director Lawrence Huntington’s satisfying 1951 British black and white mystery crime thriller The Franchise Affair is a plush, well-bred version of Josephine Tey’s tricksy, brilliant bestselling novel. The Franchise Affair stars Michael Denison as English […]

Feb, 12

Make Mine Mink **** (1960, Terry-Thomas, Athene Seyler, Hattie Jacques, Elspeth Duxbury, Billie Whitelaw, Jack Hedley, Raymond Huntley, Irene Handl, Kenneth Williams) – Classic Movie Review 8122

Director Robert Asher’s 1960 movie Make Mine Mink is a delightfully zany and quirky British farcical comedy, with Terry-Thomas on top form as an aging retired officer, Major Rayne, who links up with three old […]

Feb, 12

Home at Seven [Murder on Monday] *** (1952, Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins, Meriel Forbes) – Classic Movie Review 8121

Director Ralph Richardson’s 1952 Home at Seven [retitled Murder on Monday in the US] is a fairly compelling amnesia mystery with a theft and a murder occurring during the 24 hours a bank clerk, David […]

Feb, 12

The Holly and the Ivy *** (1952, Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton, Denholm Elliott, John Gregson, Hugh Williams, Maureen Delaney, Margaret Halstan) – Classic Movie Review 8,120

The 1952 British drama film The Holly and the Ivy stars Ralph Richardson and Celia Johnson, who give warm performances as a Norfolk rector and his daughter struggling to keep their family in good spirits […]

Feb, 12

Nurse on Wheels *** (1963, Juliet Mills, Ronald Lewis, Joan Sims, Noel Purcell, Esma Cannon, Athene Seyler) – Classic Movie Review 8119

Director Gerald Thomas’s 1963 black and white comedy Nurse on Wheels stars Juliet Mills as a young nurse called Joanna Jones, who gets on her bike and cycles around a rural England community full of […]

Feb, 12

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