Derek Winnert

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The Old Dark House ****½ (1932, Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Gloria Stuart) – Classic Movie Review 1036

Ernest Thesiger: ‘My sister was on the point of arranging these flowers’ (chucks them in the fire). James Whale’s brilliant, renowned and honoured 1932 old dark comedy chiller film The Old Dark House is adapted […]

Apr, 01

Scrooge [A Christmas Carol] ***** (1951, Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, George Cole, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley) – Classic Movie Review 552

‘I believe the world is becoming a very hard and cruel place.’ – Scrooge. Director Brian Desmond Hurst’s 1951 seasonal delight Scrooge [A Christmas Carol] is the simply best movie version of the Charles Dickens classic […]

Dec, 20

The Bride of Frankenstein ***** (1935, Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Una O’Connor, Valerie Hobson, Gavin Gordon, Dwight Frye, Douglas Walton, E E Clive) – Classic Movie Review 32

Director James Whale’s 1935 sequel to his 1931 Frankenstein arguably turned out to be even better than the original, and confidently stakes its claim to being THE classic horror film of all time. Ernest Thesiger etches […]

Jul, 08

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