Derek Winnert

Lady of Burlesque *** (1943, Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O’Shea, J Edward Bromberg, Iris Adrian, Gloria Dickson) – Classic Movie Review 7,498

Striptease queen Gypsy Rose Lee tried her hand at writing with the 1941 burlesque mystery novel The G-String Murders, filmed as the 1943 musical comedy-mystery movie Lady of Burlesque, starring Barbara Stanwyck as stripper Dixie […]

Aug, 26 · in Reviews

Young Törless [Der Junge Törless] **** (1966, Mathieu Carrière, Marian Seidowsky, Bernd Tischer, Barbara Steele) – Classic Movie Review 7497

Writer-director Volker Schlöndorff’s powerful and relevant 1966 Young Törless [Der Junge Törless] is notable as this important German film-maker’s first feature. It is his forceful, assured, well-acted version of the classic Robert Musil parable novel […]

Aug, 25 · in Reviews

The Young Mr Pitt *** (1942, Robert Donat, Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert, John Mills) – Classic Movie Review 7496

A well-cast Robert Donat gives a strong and fervent performance as the British premier William Pitt the Younger, who was only 24 when he became first minister in 1783 as England’s youngest Prime Minister. It […]

Aug, 25

Young Mr Lincoln **** (1939, Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan) – Classic Movie Review 7495

Director John Ford’s 1939 black and white historical drama Young Mr Lincoln stars the young Henry Fonda, who gives a good account of himself in one of his most famous roles as baby Abe Lincoln. It […]

Aug, 25

Belle Starr *** (1941, Randolph Scott, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews) – Classic Movie Review 7494

Director Irving Cummings’s entertaining 1941 Western Belle Starr casts Gene Tierney as the most wanted woman gunslinger in the wild West in this 20th Century Fox studio Western, set at the end of the Civil […]

Aug, 25

Belle of the Yukon *** (1945, Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore, Bob Burns) – Classic Movie Review 7493

Producer-director William A Seiter’s 1945 RKO movie Belle of the Yukon pairs manly Randolph Scott with burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee (aka Rose Louise Hovick), whose autobiography was the basis of the all time great […]

Aug, 25

Night After Night *** (1932, George Raft, Constance Cummings, Wynne Gibson, Mae West, Alison Skipworth) – Classic Movie Review 7492

Director Archie Mayo’s delicious, flavoursome 1932 Prohibition-era drama about prizefighters, bar rooms and gangsters is an enjoyable romp notable for marking the acting début of one of Hollywood’s greatest stars. Despite George Raft’s commanding performance […]

Aug, 25

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