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Winter Meeting * (1948, Bette Davis, Jim Davis, Janis Paige, John Hoyt, Florence Bates) – Classic Movie Review 2706

Director Bretaigne Windust’s 1948 movie is a ghastly romantic drama vehicle for Bette Davis. After so many brilliant movie and so many brilliant performances, this is the very kind of film that lost her her […]

Jul, 26

The Big Combo **** (1955, Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace) – Classic Movie Review 2,569

Joseph H Lewis’s classic 1955 B-movie film noir thriller The Big Combo is ultra-tough for its day. It pushed a few boundaries and got into censorship problems with its slant on a regulation tale about […]

Jun, 07

When Worlds Collide **** (1951, Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen) – Classic Movie Review 491

Visionary producer George Pal’s and director Rudolph Maté’s quaintly charming 1951 end-of-the-world epic When Worlds Collide won an Oscar for Best Special Effects Our planet is under threat of destruction when a rogue star comes speeding […]

Dec, 09

Cleopatra ***** (1963, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown, George Cole, Hume Cronyn, Martin Landau, Roddy McDowall, Robert Stephens) – Classic Film Review 37

Joseph L Mankiewicz’s 1963 epic film Cleopatra was more famous as a media event than a movie – it’s the moment when Elizabeth Taylor met Richard Burton, creating an unprecedented media storm that helped create […]

Jul, 09

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