Derek Winnert

The Moon-Spinners *** (1964, Hayley Mills, Peter McEnery, Eli Wallach, Joan Greenwood, John le Mesurier, Pola Negri, Irene Papas) – Classic Movie Review 7351

Director James Neilson’s 1964 British adventure The Moon-Spinners is the Walt Disney film where child star Hayley Mills is finally allowed to grow up and get her man. Alas it does not really add any […]

Jul, 26 · in Reviews

The Woman Accused *** (1933, Nancy Carroll, Cary Grant, John Halliday, Irving Pichel, Louis Calhern, Jack LaRue) – Classic Movie Review 7350

Director Paul Sloane’s 1933 drama The Woman Accused is a Thirties high-concept movie: a version of a Liberty Magazine’s idea to get 10 renowned authors to write a chapter of a serial without consulting each […]

Jul, 26 · in Uncategorized

Wings in the Dark *** (1935, Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Roscoe Karns, Hobart Cavanaugh, Dean Jagger) – Classic Movie Review 7349

Director James Flood’s 1935 Paramount Pictures black and white movie Wings in the Dark stars Myra Loy as Sheila Mason, a sky-writing aerobatic barnstormer who falls for safety-conscious airman and aerial innovator Ken Gordon (Cary […]

Jul, 26

Kiss and Make-Up *** (1934, Cary Grant, Helen Mack, Genevieve Tobin, Edward Everett Horton) – Classic Movie Review 7348

Director Harlan Thompson’s minor 1934 Paramount Pictures black and white comedy stars Cary Grant as Dr Maurice Lamar, a Paris beautician (!) who marries divorcée customer Eve Caron (Genevieve Tobin). But all about Eve is that […]

Jul, 26

Madame Bovary **** (1949, Jennifer Jones, Van Heflin, James Mason, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin) – Classic Movie Review 7347

MGM take a dip into French literature and both survive! Director Vincente Minnelli’s lavish and well-played 1949 American production finds James Mason cast as the 19th-century writer Gustave Flaubert, who is on trial for corruption […]

Jul, 26

Madame Bovary *** (1937, Pola Negri, Aribert Wäscher, Ferdinand Marian) – Classic Movie Review 7346

Director Gerhard Lamprecht’s 1937 German version of Gustave Flaubert’s 1857 novel of Madame Bovary is heavy handed but intriguing, involving and well crafted. The iconic Polish silent movie star Pola Negri (1897–1987) makes an attractive […]

Jul, 26

Madame Bovary **** (1934, Valentine Tessier, Pierre Renoir, Fernand Fabre, Daniel Lecourtois) – Classic Movie Review 7345

[Spoiler alert] Jean Renoir’s captivating and compelling 1934 film version of Gustave Flaubert’s classic literature novel story of how Emma Bovary (Valentine Tessier) is stifled after she marries boring Normandy doctor Charles Bovary (Pierre Renoir, […]

Jul, 26

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