Derek Winnert

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Blood and Sand **** (1941, Tyrone Power, Rita Hayworth, Linda Darnell, Nazimova, J Carrol Naish, John Carradine, Anthony Quinn, Laird Cregar) – Classic Movie Review 2997

Director Rouben Mamoulian remakes the famous 1922 Rudolph Valentino silent classic in this fascinating and colourful if less extravagant 1941 version of the Vicente Blasco Ibáñez novel about a poor illiterate peasant boy Juan Gallardo […]

Oct, 19

The Lodger **** (1944, Laird Cregar, Merle Oberon, George Sanders, Cedric Hardwicke, Sara Allgood) – Classic Movie Review 2639

Director John Brahm’s thrilling 1944 American Victorian melodrama horror film The Lodger provides a wonderful role for Laird Cregar, who is superb as Mr Slade, the mysterious stranger who finds lodgings in London’s Whitechapel district […]

Jun, 25

Hangover Square **** (1945, Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Glenn Langan, Faye Marlowe, Alan Napier) – Classic Movie Review 2638

Director John Brahm’s lusty classic 1945 horror thriller stars Laird Cregar as classical composer-pianist George Harvey Bone, who goes crazy when he hears sharp noises, suffers from periods of amnesia and goes on a murder […]

Jun, 25

This Gun for Hire ***** (1942, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston) – Classic Movie Review 1,011

The 1942 film noir thriller This Gun for Hire transforms Graham Greene’s novel into a showcase for the sparkling new star team of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake (just 20), propelling them into superstardom. ‘You […]

Mar, 29

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