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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

Arabian Nights *** (1942, Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Sabu, John Qualen, Leif Erickson, Turhan Bey, Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard) – Classic Movie Review 3203

Director John Rawlins’s 1942 movie is delightful, expertly crafted, fast-moving escapist adventure hokum designed to cheer up World War Two wartime audiences – and it can still cheer today! A treat in Technicolor, it was nominated […]

Dec, 31

Jungle Book *** (1942, Sabu, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen, Rosemary DeCamp, Patricia O’Rourke) – Classic Movie Review 2406

Directed by Zoltán Korda, producer Alexander Korda’s 1942 version of Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli stories suffers from hesitant handling and is uncertainly pitched between a fantasy adventure and a wildlife showcase. And it’s disappointing that Laurence Stalling’s […]

Apr, 18

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance **** (1962, James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles) – Classic Movie Review 2347

‘Together for the first time – James Stewart and John Wayne – in the masterpiece of four-time Academy Award winner John Ford.’ Well that’s the advertising. The reality is that, though director John Ford’s 1962 Western […]

Apr, 03

Nothing Sacred ***** (1937, Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly) – Classic Movie Review 1,951

The delightful 1937 screwball comedy film Nothing Sacred stars Carole Lombard as the supposedly sick Hazel Flagg of Warsaw, Vermont, and Fredric March as a sleazy New York reporter creating sob stories out of her […]

Dec, 13

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