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Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt **** (1940, Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Graham Moffatt, Phyllis Calvert, Moore Marriott) – Classic Movie Review 9290

Director Walter Forde’s 1940 drag comedy Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a fast-moving, high-spirited and funny reworking of the classic Brandon Thomas stage farce Charley’s Aunt to suit the talents of Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Graham […]

Jan, 22

Strictly Ballroom **** (1992, Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter) – Classic Movie Review 9236

The 1992 Australian heart-warmer Strictly Ballroom started life as a play, but director Baz Luhrmann recreates it cinematically, swirling you along and sending you away dancing. Take a bit of David and Goliath, a bit […]

Jan, 07

Pirates ** (1986, Walter Matthau, Cris Campion, Damien Thomas, Richard Pearson, Roy Kinnear, Ferdy Mayne, Charlotte Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 8852

Tess in 1979 was the final film directed by Roman Polanski for seven years until his 1986 swashbuckler pirate movie Pirates. Roman Polanski’s rollicking 1986 pirate romp Pirates boasts a jolly performance by Walter Matthau […]

Aug, 22

Take a Girl Like You * (1970, Hayley Mills, Oliver Reed, Noel Harrison) – Classic Movie Review 8838

Director Jonathan Miller’s 1970 Take a Girl Like You is based on the novel by Kingsley Amis, and stars Hayley Mills, Oliver Reed and Noel Harrison, so there is plenty of guaranteed interest in the […]

Aug, 18

Drôle de Drame [Bizarrre, Bizarre] ***** (1937, Louis Jouvet, Françoise Rosay, Michel Simon, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Louis Barrault) – Classic Movie Review 8515

Director Marcel Carné’s 1937 French pre-war classic Drôle de Drame [Bizarrre, Bizarre] is a marvellously funny and brilliantly inventive black comedy, taken at a breathlessly fast slapstick lick. It is graced with stupendous performances by […]

May, 29

Hotel Paradiso ** (1966, Gina Lollobrigida, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Peggy Mount) – Classic Movie Review 8219

Alec Guinness stars in director Peter Glenville’s 1966 British comedy Hotel Paradiso as mild Benedict Boniface, who wants to have a fling with his lovely neighbour Marcelle Cot (Gina Lollobrigida). She is being neglected by […]

Mar, 09

A Royal Scandal *** (1945, Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Coburn, Anne Baxter, William Eythe, Vincent Price, Mischa Auer, Sig Ruman) – Classic Movie Review 8208

Director Otto Preminger’s lush 1945 black and white costume drama A Royal Scandal [Czarina], with more than a few splashes of humour, stars Tallulah Bankhead as 18th century Russian queen Catherine the Great who shows […]

Mar, 06

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