Derek Winnert

And the Ship Sails On [E La Nave Va] *** (1983, Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Peter Cellier, Janet Suzman) – Classic Movie Review 7375

A luxury liner sails from Naples in 1914 with a boatload of friends and colleagues aboard to scatter the ashes of a great soprano, Edmea Tetua (Janet Suzman), in co-writer/ director Federico Fellini’s stylised 1983 theatrical […]

Jul, 30 · in Uncategorized

Wings of the Hawk *** (1953, Van Heflin, Julie Adams, Abbe Lane, George Dolenz) – Classic Movie Review 7374

Director Budd Boetticher’s 1953 Wings of the Hawk is a good-quality standard Western from Universal Pictures, with the usual heroics set against a convincingly etched South American backdrop, with solid dialogue and strong bursts of action. […]

Jul, 30 · in Reviews

Unaccustomed As We Are *** (1929, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Mae Busch, Thelma Todd) – Classic Movie Review 7373

Directors Lewis R Foster and Hal Roach’s 1929 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy 20-minute comedy short Unaccustomed As We Are is a fine talkie debut for the boys, though it was made both in sound and silent […]

Jul, 29

Block-Heads **** (1938, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Patricia Ellis, Minna Gombell, Billy Gilbert, James Finlayson) – Classic Movie Review 7372

Director John G Blystone’s 1938 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy comedy Block-Heads was planned as the boys’ final feature film, and it was their swan-song with their producer Hal Roach at Hal Roach Studios and […]

Jul, 29

Big Business ***** (1929, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Tiny Sandford) – Classic Movie Review 7371

‘The story of a man who turned the other cheek and got punched in the nose.’ Director James W Horne’s 1929 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy 20-minute comedy short Big Business is a hilariously funny, […]

Jul, 29

We Faw Down [We Slip Up] ** (1928, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Vivien Oakland, Bess Flowers) – Classic Movie Review 7370

‘This story is based on the assumption that, somewhere in the world, there are husbands who do not tell their wives everything.’ Ah, ha! Director Leo McCarey’s 1928 We Faw Down [We Slip Up] is […]

Jul, 29

Twice Two ** (1933, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Baldwin Cooke) – Classic Movie Review 7369

Director James Parrott’s 1933 20-minute short Twice Two finds Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy playing both themselves and, creepily but hilariously, each other’s wives. It is a year since Stan married Ollie’s sister and Ollie […]

Jul, 29

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