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Show People **** (1928, Marion Davies, William Haines, Dell Henderson) – Classic Movie Review 9704

Hollywood’s favourite subject – Hollywood – spurs this deservedly famous, still amusing silent comedy story of the rise and rise of Peggy Pepper (wonderful Marion Davies) from green Georgia girl, to slapstick stooge to dramatic […]

May, 02

Butterflies Are Free *** (1972, Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, Eileen Heckart) – Classic Movie Review 9374

The 1972 romantic comedy drama film Butterflies Are Free is a stage bound but enjoyable four-hankie tearjerker about a young actress (Goldie Hawn) falling for an unsighted San Francisco lad (Edward Albert). Director Milton Katselas’s […]

Feb, 12

Marriage Story ***** (2019, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Julia Greer, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta) – Movie Review

Writer-director Noah Baumbach’s semi-autobiographical Marriage Story (2019) should be called Divorce Story. It is the portrait of a marriage breaking up, broken up, and a once-loving couple trying to pick up the pieces. Adam Driver, […]

Feb, 08

Lady with Red Hair *** (1940, Miriam Hopkins, Claude Rains, Richard Ainley) – Classic Movie Review 8062

Miriam Hopkins is the titular redhead in director Curtis Bernhardt’s 1940 drama Lady with Red Hair, a glossy, fictional account of the career and times of actress Mrs Leslie Carter and her guiding hand, the […]

Jan, 26

Nell Gwyn *** (1934, Anna Neagle, Cedric Hardwicke, Jeanne De Casalis) – Classic Movie Review 8034

Director Herbert Wilcox’s 1934 rollicking 1660s-set costume romp Nell Gwyn stars Anna Neagle as brazen common English orange-vendor and actress Nell Gynn, who competes with the snooty aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth (Jeanne De Casalis) for the […]

Jan, 20
Meet the People *** (1944, Lucille Ball, Dick Powell, Virginia O’Brien) – Classic Movie Review 7,891

Meet the People *** (1944, Lucille Ball, Dick Powell, Virginia O’Brien) – Classic Movie Review 7,891

  The 1944 romantic musical comedy film Meet the People stars Lucille Ball as a theatre actress who proves she is not a stuck-up star by taking on the war work of staging a musical […]

Dec, 07

Play It As It Lays ** (1972, Tuesday Weld, Anthony Perkins, Tammy Grimes, Adam Roarke) – Classic Movie Review 7,795

Frank Perry’s 1972 interesting and sincere but depressing drama film Play It As It Lays is based on Joan Didion’s novel, and stars Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld and Tammy Grimes. Director Frank Perry’s 1972 interesting […]

Nov, 16

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