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The Man Who Finally Died ** (1963, Stanley Baker, Peter Cushing, Mai Zetterling, Nigel Green, Alfred Burke, Eric Portman, Georgina Ward) – Classic Movie Review 10,834

The very Welsh Stanley Baker stars as Joe Newman, who goes back to his German roots to search in Bavaria for information about what became of his father in the Second World War and is […]

Jan, 26

Something for Everyone [Black Flowers for the Bride] **** (1970, Angela Lansbury, Michael York, Anthony Higgins) – Classic Movie Review 8834

Director Harold Prince’s 1970 Something for Everyone [Black Flowers for the Bride] is an insidiously entertaining, mischievous black comedy with Michael York perfectly cast as Konrad Ludwig, the charming, handsome young trickster who cons his […]

Aug, 15

Lola Montès **** (1955, Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook) – Classic Movie Review 6190

Director Max Ophüls creates one of his most poignant works in this 1955 film fantasia on the life of the celebrated Irish dancer, courtesan and femme fatale Lola Montès (1821–1861). As Lola, Martine Carol provides […]

Nov, 05

The Mortal Storm ***** (1940, Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Robert Young, Robert Stack) – Classic Movie Review 2701

Director Frank Borzage’s strong, sensitive and significant 1940 drama finds the MGM studio in full patriotic mode, doing its bit for the free world by trying to stir up the wartime American public against the […]

Jul, 16

Ludwig **** (1972, Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano, Helmut Griem, Gert Frobe, John Moulder-Brown) – Classic Movie Review 2234

Luchino Visconti’s masterly 1972 romantic historical film Ludwig is a gorgeous, extravagant, stirring toast to the mad 19th-century Bavarian king Ludwig II and to the handsome and magnetic star Helmut Berger. Co-writer/director Luchino Visconti’s masterly […]

Mar, 04

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