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Devils of Darkness ** (1965, William Sylvester, Hubert Noël, Carole Gray, Tracy Reed) – Classic Movie Review 11,053

‘Called from the Grave…To Follow a Mystic Cult of Evil’ Director Lance Comfort’s 1965 Devils of Darkness [Talisman] from Planet Film Productions is a sometimes lively shoestring shocker about a villainous vampire, Armand du Molière, aka […]

Mar, 28

We Were Dancing ** (1942, Norma Shearer, Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick) – Classic Movie Review 9962

Norma Shearer rejected starring in Mrs Miniver while making director Robert Z Leonard’s 1942 featherweight black and white drawing room comedy We Were Dancing, loosely based on one of Noël Coward’s Tonight at 8.30 short […]

Jun, 26

Rock Around the Clock *** (1956, Bill Haley and the Comets, The Platters, Freddie Bell and His Bellboys, Tony Martinez and His Band) – Classic Movie Review 9862

‘It’s The MOST!!!’ Disc jockey Alan Freed (as himself) discovers Bill Haley and the Comets in a small-town and makes them a hit in New York, in director Fred F Sears’s 1956 black and white […]

Jun, 04

Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne **** (1945, Paul Bernard, María Casares, Elina Labourdette) – Classic Movie Review 9815

Director Robert Bresson’s exquisitely delicate 1945 romantic drama Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne [Ladies of the Park] is a renowned vintage long-time French favourite and stars the splendid María Casares, Elina Labourdette and Paul […]

May, 24

Lady of Burlesque *** (1943, Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O’Shea, J Edward Bromberg, Iris Adrian, Gloria Dickson) – Classic Movie Review 7,498

Striptease queen Gypsy Rose Lee tried her hand at writing with the 1941 burlesque mystery novel The G-String Murders, which was made into the 1943 musical comedy-mystery movie Lady of Burlesque, starring Barbara Stanwyck as […]

Aug, 26

Nightmare Alley **** (1947, Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker, Taylor Holmes, Mike Mazurki, Ian Keith) – Classic Movie Review 6128

Director Edmund Goulding’s haunting 1947 black and white film noir thriller Nightmare Alley is based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham. It stars Tyrone Power as Stanton ‘Stan’ Carlisle, who becomes a carnival barker […]

Oct, 23

Ocean’s Eleven **** (1960, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Angie Dickinson, Patrice Wymore, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, Richard Conte, Cesar Romero, Shirley MacLaine, George Raft, Red Skelton) – Classic Movie Review 149

The original 1960 Ocean’s Eleven is a very relaxed and agreeable comedy-crime caper with style to spare. Admittedly, at 127 minutes, it’s over long, too slackly paced, and the thin, fantasy thriller plot takes a […]

Aug, 10

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