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Le Silence Est d’Or [Man About Town] *** (1947, Maurice Chevalier, François Périer, Marcelle Derrien) – Classic Movie Review 10,236

Set around the turn of the last century (it is 1910), writer/ producer/ director René Clair’s mildly charming 1947 Le Silence Est d’Or [Silence Is Golden] [Man About Town] is his first movie back home […]

Aug, 28

The Heart of the Matter *** (1953, Trevor Howard, Elizabeth Allan, Maria Schell) – Classic Movie Review 10,196

The 1953 British drama The Heart of the Matter is an interesting film of one of Graham Greene’s best novels. Trevor Howard is effective as the unhappily married British security policeman who has a guilty […]

Aug, 19

And Now Tomorrow ** (1944, Alan Ladd, Loretta Young, Susan Hayward, Barry Sullivan) – Classic Movie Review 10,137

‘LADD’S BACK! In a Sensational Drama By the Author of All This, And Heaven Too!’ Director Irving Pichel’s 1944 And Now Tomorrow stars Alan Ladd, Loretta Young, Susan Hayward and Barry Sullivan. Rachel Field’s toshy […]

Aug, 06

Lady Caroline Lamb ** (1972, Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, Richard Chamberlain) – Classic Movie Review 9969

Distinguished screenwriter Robert Bolt (Lawrence of Arabia, Ryan’s Daughter) got his chance to direct his wife Sarah Miles in this British 1972 historical romance Lady Caroline Lamb about Lady Caroline Lamb’s brief affair with Lord […]

Jun, 28

Miranda * (2002, Christina Ricci, John Simm, Kyle MacLachlan, John Hurt) – Classic Movie Review 9368

Christina Ricci stars as young con woman Miranda, who walks into the life of British northern librarian Frank (John Simm) and true love blooms. But then Ricci’s partner Christian (John Hurt) and victim Nailor (Kyle MacLachlan) […]

Feb, 11

By Love Possessed *** (1961, Lana Turner, Jason Robards Jr, Efrem Zimbalist Jr) – Classic Movie Review 8779

‘ALL OF THEM WERE BY LOVE POSSESSED! The bold best-seller that sent a fever through America now fires the screen!’ Westerns and action movie director John Sturges was an odd choice for this lurid 1961 […]

Jul, 31

The House Across the Bay *** (1940, George Raft, Joan Bennett, Lloyd Nolan) – Classic Movie Review 8215

Director Archie Mayo’s 1940 black and white thriller The House Across the Bay stars George Raft as club boss Steve Larwitt, who is sent to jail for 10 years in Alcatraz for income tax evasion […]

Mar, 08

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