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Trouble Along the Way *** (1953, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Charles Coburn) – Classic Movie Review 9222

After four bit parts in films, James Dean has a fifth and final unbilled role as a Football Spectator in Michael Curtiz’s sentimental 1953 tear-jerking family drama film Trouble Along the Way. Director Michael Curtiz’s […]

Jan, 04

Indianapolis Speedway *** (1939, Ann Sheridan, Pat O’Brien, John Payne) – Classic Movie Review 8913

Director Lloyd Bacon’s 1939 Warner Bros drama Indianapolis Speedway [Devil on Wheels] stars Pat O’Brien as Joe Greer, who wants his young brother Eddie (John Payne) to get on with his studies at college. Lee […]

Sep, 17

Johnny Trouble *** (1957, Ethel Barrymore, Cecil Kellaway, Stuart Whitman, Carolyn Jones, Edd Byrnes) – Classic Movie Review 8328

Director John H Auer’s 1957 Warner Bros black and white romantic drama Johnny Trouble stars lovely old Ethel Barrymore (aged 77) as Katherine Chandler, who desperately searches for her lost errant grandson, Johnny Chandler, nicknamed […]

Apr, 02

The Muppets Take Manhattan **** (1984, voices of Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz) – Classic Movie Review 8174

Director Frank Oz’s 1984 The Muppets Take Manhattan is the third Muppet movie following The Muppet Movie (1979) and The Great Muppet Caper (1981). Jeff Moss was Oscar nominated for Best Music, Original Song Score. […]

Feb, 27

The Girl He Left Behind ***(1956, Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood, Jessie Royce Landis, Jim Backus, Henry Jones, Murray Hamilton, Alan King, James Garner, David Janssen) – Classic Movie Review 8131

Director David Butler’s 1956 The Girl He Left Behind is an over-familiar but pleasant and mildly amusing Fifties services comedy drama, with Tab Hunter as college student Andy Shaeffer, a military draftee knocked into shape […]

Feb, 14

Brown of Harvard *** (1926, William Haines, Ralph Bushman, Mary Brian, Jack Pickford) – Classic Movie Review 7640

Director Jack Conway’s 1926 MGM silent drama Brown of Harvard stars William Haines, Jack Pickford and Mary Brian and is based on the hit 1906 Broadway play by Rida Johnson Young, who also co-wrote the popular music for the play with Melvin Ellis. Haines does well […]

Oct, 06

5 Against the House **** (1955, Guy Madison, Kim Novak, Brian Keith, Alvy Moore, Kerwin Mathews, William Conrad) – Classic Movie Review 7612

Director Phil Karlson’s commendable 1955 black and white film noir crime thriller 5 Against the House is especially suspenseful and inventively written. It is notable as an early example of a filmed heist and depiction […]

Sep, 21

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