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It’s a Gift ***** (1934, W C Fields, Baby LeRoy, Kathleen Howard, Jean Rouverol) – Classic Movie Review 7396

The 1934 comedy film It’s a Gift is not so much a movie as an excuse for a series of hilarious vaudeville knockabout gags, with W C Fields on his finest form as henpecked New […]

Aug, 04 · in Reviews

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break [What a Man] ***** (1941, W C Fields, Gloria Jean, Leon Errol, Franklin Pangborn, Margaret Dumont ) – Classic Movie Review 7395

Director Edward F Cline’s 1941 comedy Never Give a Sucker an Even Break finds the great W C Fields on superb form as ‘The Great Man’ in this story (written by him as Otis Criblecoblis) […]

Aug, 03 · in Reviews

If I Had My Way ** (1940, Bing Crosby, Gloria Jean, Charles Winninger) – Classic Movie Review 7394

Director/ story writer David Butler’s tuneful 1940 musical If I Had My Way tells a weary, laborious yarn, with handling to match, although all the stars Bing Crosby, Charles Winninger, Gloria Jean and El Brendel […]

Aug, 03

Here Come the Waves *** (1944, Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton, Sonny Tufts, Ann Doran) – Classic Movie Review 7393

Director Mark Sandrich’s rather feebly written 1944 wartime patriotic musical Here Come the Waves is rescued by exuberant stars Bing Crosby and Betty Hutton and by one great new song –  Harold Arlen (music) and […]

Aug, 03

Waikiki Wedding *** (1937, Bing Crosby, Shirley Ross, Bob Burns, Martha Raye) – Classic Movie Review 7392

Director Frank Tuttle’s pleasant, carefree 1937 musical comedy romance Waikiki Wedding stars a fresh-faced Bing Crosby, who croons the grass skirts off Hawaiian maidens, in this entirely jovial and genial Paramount Pictures musical, best remembered, […]

Aug, 03

East Side of Heaven *** (1939, Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell, Mischa Auer) – Classic Movie Review 7391

Director David Butler’s nice but only middling 1939 Universal Pictures black and white musical comedy with songs East Side of Heaven stars Bing Crosby as a crooning cabbie called Denny Martin, who is surrogate dad to […]

Aug, 03

If I Had a Million **** (1932, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, W C Fields, George Raft, Jack Oakie) – Classic Movie Review 7,390

The 1932 comedy film If I Had a Million has a simple, well executed idea: a dying eccentric millionaire decides to give a million dollars to eight people picked at random from the phone book to […]

Aug, 02

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