Derek Winnert

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Flipper *** (1963, Chuck Connors, Luke Halpin, Kathleen Maguire, Connie Scott) – Classic Movie Review 10,577

Director James B Clark’s 1963 children’s movie Flipper is the Florida adventure that started the highly popular 1960s TV show (1964–1967) about a 12-year-old fishing boy called Sandy Ricks (played by the 15-year-old Luke Halpin) […]

Nov, 22

Tonka ** (1958, Sal Mineo, Philip Carey, Jerome Courtland) – Classic Movie Review 9857

Italian American Sal Mineo is odd, awkward casting but gets a useful role in Walt Disney Productions’s junior 1958 Western adventure film Tonka [A Horse Named Comanche] about a young Sioux Indian boy called White […]

Jun, 03

Francis [Francis the Talking Mule] ** (1950, Donald O’Connor, Patricia Medina, Zasu Pitts) – Classic Movie Review 9388

Tony (Anthony) Curtis is still struggling to make his mark in the movies, playing Captain Jones, in the first Francis the Talking Mule film… Donald O’Connor stars as truthful bumbling World War Two soldier Lieutenant […]

Feb, 15

Dumbo ** (2019, Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Alan Arkin) – Movie Review

What a dull and uninspired film director Tim Burton’s part-live-action, part-CGI remake of the magical 1941 Disney cartoon Dumbo is! The rusty gears crank up, but it never takes flight. To be fair, Burton was […]

Apr, 09

Dumbo **** (1941, voices of Sterling Holloway, Edward Brophy, James Baskett) – Classic Movie Review 1253

Walt Disney’s simple, charming, beautifully animated 1941 cartoon Dumbo, made in hand-painted images and filmed in gorgeous Technicolor, tells the magical tale of a flying baby elephant with big ears, who learns to fly using […]

May, 26

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