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Lady Windermere’s Fan *** (1925, May McAvoy, Ronald Colman, Irene Rich, Bert Lytell) – Classic Movie Review 6059

May McAvoy stars as Lady Windermere and Ronald Colman stars as Lord Darlington in Ernst Lubitsch’s 1925 silent version of Oscar Wilde’s classic 1892 play Lady Windermere’s Fan, which is happily available now on DVD. A non-speaking Oscar Wilde film […]

Oct, 05

Hollow Triumph [The Scar] *** (1948, Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz) – Classic Movie Review 3317

Director Steve Sekely’s well-done, sterling 1948 film noir Hollow Triumph [The Scar] stars Paul Henreid as medical school dropout John Muller, a thief and murderer desperately trying to escape the vindictive big-time gambler he stole […]

Feb, 03

A Handful of Dust **** (1988, James Wilby, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, Anjelica Huston, Judi Dench, Alec Guinness, Stephen Fry) – Classic Movie Review 2641

Director Charles Sturridge, who directed 11 episodes of the 1981 classic TV mini-series Brideshead Revisited, tackles another of Evelyn Waugh’s novels for the big screen in 1988. This sleek and satisfying film version of Waugh’s 1934 A […]

Jun, 26

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