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Design for Scandal *** (1941, Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold) – Classic Movie Review 10,640

Can you imagine Rosalind Russell as a judge or a sculptor? Well, here in director Norman Taurog’s airily funny 1941 MGM black and white comedy Design for Scandal, she plays both, paired as Cornelia Porter […]

Dec, 08

Stranger on Horseback *** (1955, Joel McCrea, Miroslava, Kevin McCarthy, John McIntire, John Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 10,616

Director Jacques Tourneur’s very fine 1955 American Anscocolor Western film Stranger on Horseback stars Joel McCrea, Miroslava, Kevin McCarthy, John McIntire and John Carradine. The well-honed screenplay by Herb Meadow and Don Martin is based […]

Dec, 02

Crime and Punishment *** (1935, Harry Baur, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Ozeray) – Classic Movie Review 10,222

Director Pierre Chenal’s 1935 black and white crime drama Crime and Punishment [Crime et Châtiment] is the simultaneously filmed French version of the Fyodor Dostoevsky classic novel, while Josef Von Sternberg was making his Hollywood […]

Aug, 25

Judge Priest **** (1934, Will Rogers, Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Henry B Walthall, David Landau) – Classic Movie Review 10,126

John Ford’s warm and engaging comedy drama 1934 film Judge Priest stars Will Rogers as 1890s widowed small-town Kentucky Judge Priest. Director John Ford’s 1934 film Judge Priest stars Will Rogers as 1890s widowed small-town […]

Aug, 03

Deep Waters ** (1948, Dana Andrews, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Dean Stockwell, Anne Revere) – Classic Movie Review 9984

Director Henry King’s minor but appealing 1948 drama Deep Waters is based on the novel Spoonhandle by Ruth Moore, and stars Dean Stockwell, Jean Peters, Dana Andrews and Cesar Romero. It was Oscar nominated for […]

Jul, 01

Lady by Choice *** (1934, Carole Lombard, May Robson, Roger Pryor, Walter Connolly) – Classic Movie Review 9927

Incomparable 1930s players Carole Lombard and May Robson delight in director David Burton’s bubbly 1934 vintage comedy Lady by Choice about a fame-hungry fan-dancer, Alabam Lee (Lombard), who takes in a mean, drunken, down-at-heel old […]

Jun, 18

Cass Timberlane ** (1947, Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Zachary Scott, Tom Drake, Mary Astor) – Classic Movie Review 9079

Director George Sidney’s 1947 romantic drama Cass Timberlane stars Lana Turner as poor girl Virginia Marshland, who marries older rich judge Cass Timberlane (Spencer Tracy), loses her baby, and then starts fancying the shifty attorney […]

Nov, 19

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