Derek Winnert

Along Came Jones ** (1945, Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest, Dan Duryea) – Classic Movie Review 7687

‘IT’S THE WEST AT ITS BEST! WITH ROOTIN’…TOOTIN’…SHOOTIN’ COOPER!’ Director Stuart Heisler’s 1945 romantic comedy Western Along Came Jones stars Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest and Dan Duryea. Along came Cooper as upright but […]

Oct, 21 · in Reviews

Return to Paradise ** (1953, Gary Cooper, Barry Jones, Roberta Haynes) – Classic Movie Review 7686

Director Mark Robson’s 1953 Return to Paradise stars Gary Cooper as Mr Morgan, a drifter sailor who lives in romantic bliss on the remote Pacific island of Matareva with island native Maeva (Roberta Haynes) in […]

Oct, 21 · in Reviews

The Tunnel of Love *** (1958, Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young, Gia Scala) – Classic Movie Review 7685

Director Gene Kelly’s 1958 comedy The Tunnel of Love stars Doris Day and Richard Widmark as Isolde and Augie Poole, who are having more than their fair share of problems trying to adopt a child, […]

Oct, 21

Tea for Two *** (1950, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, Eve Arden, Billy DeWolfe, S Z Sakall) – Classic Movie Review 7684

‘Everybody’s goin’ Gay with – Doris Day and Gordon MacRae.’ No, really? Director David Butler’s diverting 1950 Technicolor musical Tea for Two, a distant cousin to the Twenties show No, No, Nanette from which it […]

Oct, 20

Lullaby of Broadway *** (1951, Doris Day, Gene Nelson, Billy De Wolfe, S Z Sakall, Florence Bates, Gladys George) – Classic Movie Review 7683

Director David Butler’s 1951 Technicolor musical Lullaby of Broadway is one of the films that established Doris Day as the top US female star in 1952. It is a modest achievement – a formulaic, though […]

Oct, 20

A Private War *** (2018, Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Stanley Tucci, Tom Hollander, Greg Wise) – Movie Review

Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary film-maker Matthew Heineman’s first feature film as director, A Private War (2018), is an honourable toast to old-style newspaper journalism, which is fast disappearing along with books, and its backbone, the old-style reporters who […]

Oct, 20

April in Paris ** (1952, Doris Day, Ray Bolger, Claude Dauphin) – Classic Movie Review 7682

The 1952 film April in Paris is a cheery musical comedy romance vehicle for Doris Day and Ray Bolger. Doris saves the day with her singing and acting, and Bolger’s dancing is a treat. Director […]

Oct, 20

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