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The Iron Mask ***** (1929, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Marguerite De La Motte, Dorothy Revier, Nigel De Brulier, Leon Barry, Stanley J Stanford, Gino Conrado, Belle Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 2322

Producer-writer-star Douglas Fairbanks Sr’s 1929 sequel to his 1921 triumph The Three Musketeers reunites him with several members of the original cast. This marvellous Alexandre Dumas père swashbuckler is virtually the final fling of the […]

Mar, 28

The Man in the Iron Mask **** (1977, Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Louis Jourdan) – Classic Movie Review 2320

The dashing Richard Chamberlain swashes a fine buckle in director Mike Newell’s rousing 1977 British TV movie remake of the Alexandre Dumas père classic. It was released in cinemas in a number of countries, including Denmark, Hungary, East Germany […]

Mar, 28

The Three Musketeers ** (1935, Walter Abel, Paul Lukas, Moroni Olson, Onslow Stevens, Nigel de Brulier) – Classic Movie Review 2306

Co-writer/director Rowland V Lee’s flat, unexciting 1935 American movie version of the Alexandre Dumas adventure classic tale is the first sound remake of the 1921 Douglas Fairbanks Sr silent movie masterpiece. The direction is unimaginative, […]

Mar, 23

Easy Virtue *** (1928, Isabel Jeans, Franklin Dyall, Eric Bransby Williams, Robin Irvine, Ian Hunter) – Classic Movie Review 2287

‘Virtue is its own reward’ they say — but ‘easy virtue’ is society’s reward for a slandered reputation. Director Alfred Hitchcock’s 1928 romantic film is a rather unsatisfactory silent movie of Noël Coward’s interesting 1924 […]

Mar, 20

Beauty and the Beast ***** (1991, voices of Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Angela Lansbury, Jerry Orbach, Richard White) – Classic Movie Review 2216

Directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise’s 1991 animated feature is a milestone as the Walt Disney studio’s 30th cartoon and happily it proves among the best of its kind. It is an exhilarating movie, an outstanding, […]

Feb, 27

Taken ***** (2008, Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen) – Classic Movie Review 2,199

Liam Neeson is great as retired CIA agent Bryan Mills, who travels to France and uses his old skills to save his kidnapped estranged daughter, in the stupendous 2008 action thriller Taken. Liam Neeson is great as retired CIA […]

Feb, 22

Father Christmas **** (1991, voice of Mel Smith) – Classic Movie Review 1971

Mel Smith provides the titular voice of Santa in the British 1991 seasonal animation film joy Father Christmas, based on the Raymond Briggs stories. The late Mel Smith provides the voice of the titular Father […]

Dec, 17

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