Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "fairy tale"

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Cinderella ***** (1950, voices of Ilene Woods, James MacDonald, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, William Phipps, June Foray) – Classic Movie Review 2220

Directors Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske and Clyde Geronimi’s charming, enchanting 1950 Disney animated version of the beloved fairy story is expertly drawn with well fleshed out adult characters and amusing animals, including, especially, the wicked […]

Feb, 27

Hans Christian Andersen *** (1952, Danny Kaye, Zizi Jeanmaire, Farley Granger) – Classic Movie Review 1535

The opening credits of this fanciful 1952 Samuel Goldwyn-produced vehicle for Danny Kaye say it all: ‘Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story […]

Aug, 10

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ***** (1937, Walt Disney) – Classic Movie Review 1412

‘Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?’ – the jealous wicked Queen. Supervising director David Hand’s 1937 animation Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a trailblazer as the first […]

Jul, 10

Shrek ***** (voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz) – Classic Movie Review 435

Once upon a time, there was an ornery green ogre named Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers), who lives in a swamp. His nice quiet life is invaded first by a motor-mouth donkey (Eddie Murphy), then […]

Nov, 22

La Belle et la Bête [Beauty and the Beast] ***** (1946, Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély, Marcel André, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair) – Classic Movie Review 345

‘Children believe what we tell them. They have complete faith in us. They believe that a rose plucked from a garden can plunge a family into conflict. They believe that the hands of a human […]

Nov, 01

Edward Scissorhands ***** (1990, Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest) – Classic Movie Review 102

A sadly frail Vincent Price puts in his final film appearance as an old inventor, living in a hilltop castle, who creates a creature for a son. As usual in the movies, the experiment doesn’t […]

Jul, 28

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