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Sadie McKee ***½ (1934, Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Gene Raymond, Edward Arnold, Esther Ralston, Helen Ware) – Classic Movie Review 4951

MGM’s 1934 romantic film Sadie McKee stars Joan Crawford, who dominates this sleek and glossy soap opera, improbably cast as a luckless young lady. Bette Davis said: ‘She’s slept with every male star at MGM […]

Jan, 27

Advise & Consent ***** (1962, Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Lew Ayres, Walter Pidgeon, Paul Ford, Peter Lawford, Edward Andrews, Burgess Meredith, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone) – Classic Movie Review 3392

Producer-director Otto Preminger’s superb 1962 political thriller boasts  a wonderful array of old Sixties star character actors doing their unique and eccentric things. Despite all the valiant efforts of Henry Fonda as Robert Leffingwell, Walter Pidgeon […]

Feb, 20

Dark Waters *** (1944, Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone, Thomas Mitchell, Fay Bainter, John Qualen, Elisha Cook Jr, Rex Ingram) – Classic Movie Review 3235

Director André de Toth’s atmospheric and engrossing 1944 Gothic film noir thriller stars Merle Oberon as troubled orphan Leslie Calvin, who visits her strange Louisiana relatives after she survives a traumatic World War Two ship […]

Jan, 05

Dangerous **** (1935, Bette Davis, Franchot Tone, Margaret Lindsay) – Classic Movie Review 2697

Director Alfred E Green’s 1935 drama Dangerous stars Bette Davis at her early finest. Her florid, highly mannered, but still effective acting secured the 27-year-old rising star her first Best Actress Oscar for this portrayal here. She […]

Jul, 14

Five Graves to Cairo **** (1943, Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Erich von Stroheim) – Classic Movie Review 2663

Director Billy Wilder’s dynamic 1943 World War Two wartime suspense thriller is set in June 1942 in the North African desert where a small, isolated Saharan hotel inn named the Empress of Britain is owned by […]

Jul, 04

Mutiny on the Bounty ***** (1935, Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Movita Castaneda) – Classic Movie Review 2350

‘This is mutiny, Mr Christian. Clear the decks of this rabble!’ MGM’s 1935 classic sea-faring adventure film Mutiny on the Bounty triumphed by winning the Oscar for Best Film and was a huge box office […]

Apr, 03

Phantom Lady ****½ (1944, Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Thomas Gomez, Aurora Miranda) – Classic Movie Review 2257

Director Robert Siodmak’s 1944 movie is a thrilling mystery drama from the ace crime writer Cornell Woolrich. Alan Curtis plays Scott Henderson, an unhappily married man convicted of murdering his selfish wife when he’s been enjoying a one-night […]

Mar, 12

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