Derek Winnert

Murder by Contract **** (1958, Vince Edwards, Phillip Pine, Herschel Bernardi) – Classic Movie Review 7,607

The outstanding 1958 B-movie film noir crime thriller Murder by Contract stars Vince Edwards, cast against type as an existentialist hit man. Martin Scorsese praised its ‘economy of style’ and named it ‘the film that […]

Sep, 21 · in Reviews

They Won’t Forget **** (1937, Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Edward Norris, Otto Kruger, Lana Turner, Clinton Rosemond) – Classic Movie Review 7606

Claude Rains stars in the 1937 film noir mystery drama They Won’t Forget as a racist prosecuting attorney, who manipulates the press and Southern prejudice to gain election as governor after a teenager (Lana Turner, […]

Sep, 21 · in Reviews

We’re Not Married! *** (1952, Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen, Victor Moore, Paul Douglas, Eve Arden, Marilyn Monroe, David Wayne, Louis Calhern, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Mitzi Gaynor, Eddie Bracken) – Classic Movie Review 7605

Director Edmund Goulding’s 1952 We’re Not Married! is an entertaining and enjoyable film made up of separate stories about five wedded couples from Gina Kaus and Jay Dratler’s well assorted stories, varying from funny to touching, with […]

Sep, 20

Ladies of the Chorus *** (1948, Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe, Rand Brooks) – Classic Movie Review 7604

Director Phil Karlson’s 1948 cheap and cheerful, quickly made musical Ladies of the Chorus offers a must-see chance to see Marilyn Monroe’s first leading role, which is the main attraction of this thin theatre drama […]

Sep, 20

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! *** (1948, June Haver, Lon McCallister, Walter Brennan, Natalie Wood, Anne Revere, Tom Tully, Marilyn Monroe) – Classic Movie Review 7603

The 1948 Technicolor romantic comedy drama Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!, written and directed by F Hugh Herbert, stars June Haver, Lon McCallister and Walter Brennan, but it is known, if at all, for Marilyn Monroe’s earliest speaking role, a one-line bit […]

Sep, 20

Dangerous Years ** (1947, Billy Halop, Scotty Beckett, Richard Gaines, Ann E Todd, Marilyn Monroe) – Classic Movie Review 7602

Director Arthur Pierson’s modest 1947 youth-oriented B-movie crime drama Dangerous Years stars Billy Halop, Scotty Beckett, Richard Gaines and Ann E Todd, but, though far from negligible, it is really only remembered because Marilyn Monroe makes her first on screen […]

Sep, 20

As Young as You Feel *** (1951, Monty Woolley, Thelma Ritter, David Wayne, Constance Bennett, Jean Peters, Marilyn Monroe) – Classic Movie Review 7601

Director Harmon Jones’s 1951 comedy As Young as You Feel stars Monty Woolley in excellent role for him (although it was intended for Clifton Webb) as an old employee John Hodges, who is angered at […]

Sep, 20

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