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Lady of the Camelias [La storia vera della signora dalle camelie] *** (1981, Isabelle Huppert, Gian Maria Volontè, Bruno Ganz) – Classic Movie Review 8821

Director Mauro Bolognini’s Italian, French and German 1981 co-production Lady of the Camelias [La storia vera della signora dalle camelie] [La Dame aux Camélias] stars the formidable European art movie trio of Isabelle Huppert (in […]

Aug, 12

Doctor Dolittle *** (1967, Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley, Richard Attenborough) – Classic Movie Review 8751

Rex Harrison’s Doctor Dolittle talked to the animals while the cinemas remained half empty and the 20th Century Fox studio nearly went bust. Director Richard Fleischer’s 1967 Doctor Dolittle is an extravagantly produced, beautiful looking […]

Jul, 23

Mandingo *** (1975, James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Richard Ward, Brenda Sykes, Ken Norton) – Classic Movie Review 8588

James Mason is surprisingly cast and equally surprisingly successful as Warren Maxwell, a rotten, racist Southern plantation owner, in director Richard Fleischer’s steamy and provocative 1840s-set Louisiana melodrama Mandingo from 1975. Maxwell arranges a marriage […]

Jun, 13

Queimada [Burn!] **** (1969, Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Renato Salvatori) – Classic Movie Review 7962

Director Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1968 Queimada [Burn!] [Battle of the Antilles] is part epic adventure-drama, part critical account of British colonialism. Pontecorvo’s sequel to his 1965 The Battle of Algiers tells the story of the British […]

Dec, 31

Reap the Wild Wind **** (1942, Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, John Wayne, Raymond Massey, Robert Preston) – Classic Movie Review 6609

Producer-director Cecil B DeMille’s swashbuckling 1942 sea-faring high-adventure movie Reap the Wild Wind is a wildly extravagant, enormously entertaining and a hugely enjoyable experience. The film won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (for Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, William L Pereira […]

Jan, 27

Corridors of Blood *** (1958, Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Betta St John, Finlay Currie, Francis Matthews, Adrienne Corri, Francis de Wolff) – Classic Movie Review 2,898

The nifty 1958 British gothic horror thriller film Corridors of Blood stars great horror icons Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee, along with Betta St John, Finlay Currie and Francis Matthews.  Director Robert Day’s nifty 1958 […]

Sep, 11

Camille ***** (1936, Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Daniell) – Classic Movie Review 1985

  Director George Cukor’s 1937 vintage tragic romance movie stars Greta Garbo, perfectly cast and at her most luminous finest. After two famous classic silent movie versions in 1921 and 1927, finally there is a talkie […]

Dec, 20

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