Derek Winnert

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Waters of Time **** (1951, documentary) – Classic Movie Review 9444

Basil Wright and Bill Launder’s 1951 black and white documentary short Waters of Time is a highly proficient and splendidly visual 1951 Festival of Britain celebration of waters of the Thames under the control of […]

Feb, 29

Family Portrait *** (1950, voice of Michael Goodliffe) – Classic Movie Review 9152

Director Humphrey Jennings’s esoteric 1950 short film Family Portrait is a wistful, rather attractive and appealing documentary celebration of Britain’s past, with warmly nostalgic scenes of the nation’s home, town, farm, scientific, political and social life, […]

Dec, 13

The Magic Box **** (1951, Robert Donat, Margaret Johnston, Laurence Olivier, Maria Schell, Renée Asherson, Robert Beatty, Richard Attenborough) – Classic Movie Review 5139

Robert Donat stars as William Friese-Greene, the overlooked British cinema trailblazer, who races against world competitors to invent moving pictures in director John Boulting’s magical British 1951 all-star celebration for the Festival of Britain. Written […]

Mar, 11

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