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The Missionary *** (1982, Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, Michael Hordern, Denholm Elliott, Graham Crowden, Phoebe Nicholls, Roland Culver, David Suchet) – Classic Movie Review 10,017

Director Richard Loncraine’s 1982 film The Missionary stars, and is written and produced by, Michael Palin, and finds room for a treasure trove of Brit performers. Palin’s The Missionary is a fairly funny comedy, in […]

Jul, 08

Arthur 2: On the Rocks ** (1988, Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud) – Classic Movie Review 9391

Director Bud Yorkin films an inferior sequel to the 1981 hit Arthur in the 1988 comedy Arthur 2: On the Rocks, with all three stars from the original returning, but not the original writer-director Steve […]

Feb, 15

The Jade Mask ** (1945, Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Edwin Luke) – Classic Movie Review 9056

Director Phil Rosen’s 1945 thriller The Jade Mask again stars Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan, who this time investigates a married pair of killers (Frank Reicher, Edith Evanson) who try to prove their corpses are […]

Nov, 04

Dirty Work **** (1933, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Lucien Littlefield, Sam Adams) – Classic Movie Review 8,560

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are on fine, exuberant form as chimney sweeps who experiment with a rejuvenation formula, in the 1933 comedy short film Dirty Work. Director Lloyd French’s 1933 two-reeler black and white […]

Jun, 06

The Happiest Millionaire *** (1967, Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, Greer Garson, John Davidson, Gladys Cooper, Lesley Ann Warren, Geraldine Page, Hermione Baddeley) – Classic Movie Review 8532

Director Norman Tokar’s 1967 The Happiest Millionaire is the last live-action film supervised personally as producer by Walt Disney (uncredited), though Bill Anderson is credited producer. It is a large-scale musical, with a modern-day Romeo […]

Jun, 01

Nothing But Trouble *** (1944, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mary Boland, Henry O’Neill, Philip Merivale, David Leland) – Classic Movie Review 8511

Directors Sam Taylor and Bert Glazer’s 1944 comedy Nothing but Trouble is a rickety, late-period, slightly below-par outing from Laurel and Hardy – with an unusually daft plot about bad guy Prince Saul (Philip Merivale)’s […]

May, 29

Fancy Pants *** (1950, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabot) – Classic Movie Review 8244

Director George Marshall’s 1950 comedy Fancy Pants is a funny musical re-interpretation of the 1935 Ruggles of Red Gap, with the delicious, ideally paired two stars Bob Hope and Lucille Ball having bags of fun […]

Mar, 14

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