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Khartoum *** (1966, Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 8535

‘They say the Nile still runs red from the Battle of Khartoum!’ ‘Khartoum — where the Nile divides, the great Cinerama adventure begins!’ Director Basil Dearden’s 1966 adventure Khartoum is an intriguing, thoughtful and well-acted […]

Jun, 02

This Is the Army *** (1943, George Murphy, Joan Leslie, Ronald Reagan, George Tobias, Alan Hale, Irving Berlin) – Classic Movie Review 7091

Director Michael Curtiz’s 1943 movie This Is the Army provides military musical mayhem aplenty in this extravagant Technicolor wartime revue by Irving Berlin which, at the time of its release during World War Two, made […]

May, 24

Housewife * (1934, George Brent, Bette Davis, Ann Dvorak, John Halliday) – Classic Movie Review 6900

Director Alfred E Green’s shaky, corny and unconvincing 1934 melodrama of romantic rivalry stars Bette Davis as blonde bombshell advertising copywriter Patricia Berkeley, who tries to vamp her co-worker and old lover William ‘Bill’ Reynolds […]

Apr, 08

Remember Last Night? **** (1936, Edward Arnold, Robert Young, Constance Cummings, Sally Eilers, Robert Armstrong, Reginald Denny) – Classic Movie Review 4515

The morning after the night before, down-to-earth sleuth Danny Harrison (Edward Arnold) investigates a murder at a party involving hard-drinking upper-class twits, all of whom were so pie-eyed that they can’t remember last night at all, […]

Oct, 23

Elstree Calling *** (1930, Hitchcock et al) – Classic Movie Review 1004

Made at the dawn of cinema sound in 1930, this star-studded revue movie, filmed at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, showcases and records for posterity some of the best 30s British musical comedy light entertainment. […]

Mar, 27

O Lucky Man! ***** (1973, Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 474

Malcolm McDowell, who played the hero of If…, stars in Lindsay Anderson’s superb 1973 satirical life allegory about Mick Travis, now involved in the shady work of big business. The 1973 film O Lucky Man! […]

Dec, 05

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