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The Matchmaker **** (1958, Shirley Booth, Paul Ford, Anthony Perkins, Shirley MacLaine) – Classic Movie Review 7141

Director Joseph Anthony’s vivacious 1958 romantic comedy drama The Matchmaker is an engaging and amusing film version of the enduring, entertaining 1955 Thornton Wilder stage classic about the 1884 Yonkers scheming middle-aged widow matchmaker Dolly Levi […]

Jun, 09

Dallas ** (1950, Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Raymond Massey, Steve Cochran, Don Murray, Barbara Payton, Antonio Moreno, Leif Erickson, Jerome Cowan, Reed Hadley) – Classic Movie Review 6748

Director Stuart Heisler’s old-fashioned 1950 Western stars Gary Cooper, who seems to be merely coasting in a low-key, internal performance as an old Confederate colonel, Blayde ‘Red’ Hollister. In the story by John Twist, Hollister […]

Feb, 28

Bachelor Mother **** (1939, Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn, E E Clive) – Classic Movie Review 6465

Director Garson Kanin’s beguiling 1939 comedy stars Ginger Rogers as the shopgirl Polly Parrish and David Niven as David Merlin, the son of the department store owner (Charles Coburn). The two are assumed to be […]

Dec, 24

My Favorite Spy *** (1951, Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr) – Classic Movie Review 1278

Director Norman Z McLeod’s 1951 comedy thriller stars Bob Hope in his third and final My Favorite… adventure. It is still very enjoyable thanks to a fizzy screenplay, snappy direction and above all the tirelessly […]

Jun, 01

Murder at the Gallop **** (1963, Margaret Rutherford, Stringer Davis, Robert Morley, Flora Robson, Finlay Currie, Charles Tingwell) – Classic Movie Review 865

Hooray for Margaret Rutherford’s second, exceedingly satisfying big-screen mystery entertainment as Dame Agatha Christie’s sleuth Miss Marple, the 1963 comedy crime thriller Murder at the Gallop. Old Lady Crime snoops to conquer when the rich […]

Mar, 05

Jamaica Inn *** (1939, Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Hara, Marie Ney, Leslie Banks, Robert Newton, Emlyn Williams) – Classic Movie Review 390

Even if you think of the 1939 pirate malarkey adventure Jamaica Inn as a period whodunit, director Alfred Hitchcock is way off his usual territory with such melodramatic costume drama hokum based Daphne du Maurier’s […]

Nov, 10

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