Derek Winnert

Summer Interlude [Sommarlek] [Illicit Interlude] **** (1951, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten, Alf Kjellin) – Classic Movie Review 7354

Co-writer/ director Ingmar Bergman’s early lyrical, delicate and sensuous 1951 black and white film Summer Interlude (Sommarlek) hauntingly recalls the bitter-sweet memories of a prima ballerina’s tender first love affair at the age of 15. Bergman […]

Jul, 27 · in Reviews

Summer Magic *** (1963, Hayley Mills, Dorothy McGuire, Burl Ives, Deborah Walley, Peter Brown) – Classic Movie Review 7353

Director James Neilson’s 1963 teen movie Summer Magic stars Walt Disney’s number one star at the time, Hayley Mills, who in real life grows up to celebrate her 17th birthday (on 18 April 1963) but […]

Jul, 27 · in Reviews

Thirty Day Princess [30-Day Princess] *** (1934, Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant, Edward Arnold) – Classic Movie Review 7352

Director Marion Gering’s contrived but appealing and amusing 1934 Paramount Pictures black and white comedy Thirty Day Princess reunites the stars of 1932’s Madame Butterfly, Sylvia Sidney and Cary Grant. Thirty Day Princess is a gently […]

Jul, 27

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

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

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

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