Derek Winnert

From Soup to Nuts *** (1928, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Tiny Sandford) – Classic Movie Review 7412

‘Mrs Culpepper is an idol to the snobs – and a pain in the neck to everyone else.’ Director Edgar Kennedy’s and producer Hal Roach’s 1928 short comedy film From Soup to Nuts is an inventive, […]

Aug, 07 · in Reviews

Comrade X *** (1940, Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr, Oscar Homolka, Felix Bressart, Eve Arden, Sig Ruman) – Classic Movie Review 7411

Hedy Lamarr stars as a beautiful Communist Moscow train driver, who is romanced by American reporter Clark Gable in Soviet Moscow, in MGM’s 1940 film Comrade X. This is much pleasure, as well as quite […]

Aug, 07 · in Reviews

Come Live with Me *** (1941, James Stewart, Hedy Lamarr, Ian Hunter) – Classic Movie Review 7,410

MGM’s appealing 1941 romantic comedy film Come Live with Me stars Hedy Lamarr as a Viennese refugee who marries a struggling, hungry American author (James Stewart) to get US citizenship and live in America. Producer-director […]

Aug, 07

The Finishing Touch *** (1928, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Dorothy Coburn) – Classic Movie Review 7409

‘The story of two boys who went to school for nine years – and finished in the first reader.’ Director Clyde A Bruckman’s and producer Hal Roach’s 1928 black and white 20-minute two-reeler short comedy silent […]

Aug, 06

Blotto *** (1930, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin) – Classic Movie Review 7408

Director James Parrott’s 1930 three-reeler short film Blotto tells a quintessential Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy yarn in which, despite the ever-present vigilance of Mrs Laurel (Anita Garvin), they escape from Stan’s wife to a […]

Aug, 06

Another Fine Mess *** (1930, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Thelma Todd, Charles Gerrard, Eddie Dunn, Harry Bernard) – Classic Movie Review 7407

‘Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy have many ups and downs. – Mr Hardy takes charge of the upping and Mr Laurel does most of the downing.’ The title Another Fine Mess gives away director James […]

Aug, 05

Night Owls ** (1930, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Edgar Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 7406

Director James Parrott’s 1930 comedy short film Night Owls is the first film to use Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s celebrated theme tune, ‘The Ku-Ku Song’, written by Marvin Hatley. Edgar Kennedy plays a bungling local […]

Aug, 05

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