Derek Winnert

Double or Nothing *** (1937, Bing Crosby, Mary Carlisle, Martha Raye, Andy Devine, William Frawley, Benny Baker) – Classic Movie Review 7389

Director Theodore Reed’s 1937 Paramount Pictures black and white comedy musical Double or Nothing re-teams Bing Crosby and Mary Carlisle after College Humor (1933), and also stars Martha Raye, Andy Devine, William Frawley and Benny Baker. […]

Aug, 02 · in Reviews

Doctor Rhythm *** (1938, Bing Crosby, Mary Carlisle, Beatrice Lillie, Andy Devine) – Classic Movie Review 7388

Director Frank Tuttle’s 1938 Paramount Pictures black and white comedy musical Doctor Rhythm re-teams Bing Crosby and Mary Carlisle after College Humor (1933) and Double or Nothing (1937), and also stars Beatrice Lillie, Andy Devine and Laura […]

Aug, 02 · in Reviews

College Humor *** (1933, Bing Crosby, Mary Carlisle, Jack Oakie, Richard Arlen, George Burns, Gracie Allen) – Classic Movie Review 7387

American actress, singer, and dancer Mary Carlisle (born Gwendolyn Witter on 3 February 1914 and died at 104 on 1 August 2018) starred in several Thirties Hollywood films, after being one of 15 young actresses selected as a […]

Aug, 02

Beware Spooks! *** (1939, Joe E Brown, Mary Carlisle, Clarence Kolb) – Classic Movie Review 7386

Director Edward Sedgwick’s pleasant 1939 Columbia Pictures 65-minute black and white comedy Beware Spooks! is a moderately well made, mildly amusing vehicle for Joe E Brown’s knockabout antics as jittery, bumbling cop Roy Gifford, who first […]

Aug, 02

Bonnie Scotland *** (1935, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, June Lang, James Finlayson, Daphne Pollard, William Janney) – Classic Movie Review 7385

Director James Horne’s Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s 1935 Hal Roach Studios comedy Bonnie Scotland is a below-par (for them) lampoon of British Empire adventure epics, redeemed by their performances, some good support turns, some appealing […]

Aug, 01

Naked Alibi *** (1954, Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry) – Classic Movie Review 7,384

Sterling Hayden and Gene Barry are ideal, and so is noir favourite Gloria Grahame as bar singer Marianna, in the toughly cast, enjoyable little 1954 crime thriller Naked Alibi, with a moody film noir atmosphere. […]

Aug, 01

Marine Raiders ** (1944, Pat O’Brien, Robert Ryan, Ruth Hussey) – Classic Movie Review 7383

Director Harold D Schuster’s 1944 RKO Radio Pictures release Marine Raiders is a minor but intriguing wartime action movie plus romantic drama, with the emphasis on the details of Second World War troop training. Pat O’Brien and […]

Aug, 01

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