Derek Winnert

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The Strip *** (1951, Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest, William Demarest, James Craig, Louis Armstrong, Kay Brown, Tommy Rettig, Tom Powers) – Classic Movie Review 11,507)

Mickey Rooney, Louis Armstrong and a film noir musical melodrama – and still it lost money. Director László Kardos’s American crime film noir 1951 The Strip stars Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest, William Demarest, James Craig, […]

Aug, 23

Pete Kelly’s Blues **** (1955, Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O’Brien, Peggy Lee, Andy Devine, Lee Marvin, Ella Fitzgerald, Jayne Mansfield) – Classic Movie Review 7,041

The exceptional 1955 musical crime film Pete Kelly’s Blues stars Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O’Brien, Peggy Lee, Andy Devine, Lee Marvin and Ella Fitzgerald, and features Jayne Mansfield. It is based on Jack Webb’s […]

May, 12

Houseboat *** (1958, Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer, Eduardo Ciannelli, Harry Guardino, Murray Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 4543

Co-writer/ director Melville Shavelson’s popular 1958 romantic comedy Houseboat has the inestimable advantage of teaming wonderful Cary Grant and Sophia Loren, great friends in real life, in their glorious golden days. There were two Oscar […]

Oct, 27

Whiplash ***** (2014, Miles Teller, J K Simmons, Melissa Benoist) – Movie Review

Miles Teller and J K Simmons are extraordinary as promising young drummer Andrew and his jazz band instructor Fletcher locking horns at a New York cutthroat music conservatory. The ambitious boy’s dreams of greatness are mentored by […]

Nov, 13

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