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Thank Your Lucky Stars *** (1943, Eddie Cantor, Dennis Morgan, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart) – Classic Movie Review 10,693

Director David Butler’s 1943 musical Thank Your Lucky Stars is the Warner Bros’ wartime extravaganza where Bette Davis gets to sing ‘They’re Either Too Young or Too Old’ and turns it into a showstopper. There […]

Dec, 21

Little Lord Fauntleroy **** (1921, Mary Pickford, Claude Gillingwater, Joseph J Dowling) – Classic Movie Review 5227

Directors Alfred E Green and Jack Pickford’s 1921 children’s film Little Lord Fauntleroy finds Mary Pickford starring in a double role and the silent film superstar was a big hit playing both little 12-year-old Cedric Errol […]

Apr, 01

Kissin’ Cousins ** (1964, Elvis Presley, Arthur O’Connell, Glenda Farrell, Jack Albertson, Pam Austin, Yvonne Craig, Donald Woods, Tommy Farrell, Beverly Powers, Robert Stone) – Classic Movie Review 4701

Director/ co-writer Gene Nelson’s 1964 dual role musical has as its main attraction in Elvis Presley sharing 10 songs between two Presleys – one blond, the other dark. But, at the end, the two characters share […]

Nov, 25

The Prisoner of Zenda **** (1922, Lewis Stone, Alice Terry, Ramon Novarro, Robert Edeson, Stuart Holmes) – Classic Movie Review 4651

Producer-director Rex Ingram’s 1922 silent movie version of Anthony Hope’s novel and play is lavish and striking. It is still possible to be enthralled by the deservedly once-famous star performances from Lewis Stone in the […]

Nov, 14

A Stolen Life *** (1946, Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, Walter Brennan, Charles Ruggles, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, Bruce Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 2703

Bette Davis impresses in this tale of an unhappy wife who swaps places with her deceased identical sister, drowned in a boat accident, in order to be free of her husband and close to the […]

Jul, 26

Double Impact *** (1991, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Geoffrey Lewis, Alonna Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 2128

Director Sheldon Lettich’s passably impactful 1991 action thriller provides Jean-Claude Van Dammes with twin roles, which proved so popular that he repeated the formula over and over. Van Damme plays twins separated on the death of their parents. […]

Jan, 29

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