Derek Winnert

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The Seventh Cross *** (1944, Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Agnes Moorehead, Felix Bressart, George Macready, George Zucco, Steven Geray) – Classic Movie Review 9994

  Director Fred Zinnemann’s 1944 The Seventh Cross in an engrossing, intelligent, studio-bound escape adventure, with the excellent actors fleshing out intriguing characters. Spencer Tracy is at his best as George Heisler, one of seven […]

Jul, 03

Trapeze *** (1956, Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida, Katy Jurado, Thomas Gomez, Sidney James) – Classic Movie Review 5709

The alluring stars Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida, the exciting trapeze stunts and the tasty circus atmosphere are the main attractions in the 1956 film Trapeze. ‘It happens there in mid-air…in all its […]

Jul, 04

Thousands Cheer *** (1943, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly, John Boles, Mary Astor, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland) – Classic Movie Review 3621

And thousands did cheer at director George Sidney’s hugely entertaining, incredibly lavish 1943 MGM comedy musical, now a period piece as a Second World War morale-booster for American troops and their families. It was advertised as ’30 […]

Apr, 26

Idiot’s Delight ***** (1939, Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Edward Arnold, Burgess Meredith, Charles Coburn, Fritz Feld, Joseph Schildkraut) – Classic Movie Review 3541

Director Clarence Brown’s 1939 show Idiot’s Delight is a delight all right. This MGM version of the Robert E Sherwood hit play is an all-time great movie hit too thanks to Clark Gable’s nonchalant turn […]

Apr, 08

The Flame and the Arrow ***** (1950, Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Robert Douglas, Robin Hughes, Norman Lloyd, Nick Cravat) – Classic Movie Review 3472

Italy’s tempestuous history is profitably explored in director Jacques Tourneur’s thrilling 1950 adventure The Flame and the Arrow. It stars an amazingly athletic Burt Lancaster, who leaps from one derring-do moment to another in Warner […]

Mar, 13

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