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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Paramount Pictures‘ irresistible 1934 musical comedy drama Belle of the Nineties is a highspot for the 41-year-old Mae West in her fourth film. Director Leo McCarey’s irresistible 1934 musical comedy drama Belle of the Nineties is […]
Ah, yes, ‘Terror Beyond Belief’. Dario Argento’s 1982 horror mystery thriller movie (giallo) Tenebre [Tenebrae] delivers the goods in spadefuls in this marvellously scary triumph of style over nasty and often silly content. Ah, yes, […]
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