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Oh… Rosalinda!! *** (1955, Michael Redgrave, Anthony Quayle, Anton Walbrook, Dennis Price, Mel Ferrer, Ludmilla Tchérina) – Classic Movie Review 5,505

The 1955 British Technicolor film Oh… Rosalinda!! is an ambitious and imaginative if slightly fumbled and clumsy box-office flop musical from writer-producer-directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Their game plan is to update Johann Strauss’s operetta […]

May, 26

Sign of the Pagan *** (1954, Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance, Rita Gam, Ludmilla Tchérina) – Classic Movie Review 3494

Director Douglas Sirk’s 1954 historical adventure epic stars Jack Palance, who cuts a memorable figure as Atilla the Hun, parading in breastplate armour and trying to obliterate Rome. But meanwhile Jeff Chandler is splendidly miscast […]

Mar, 23

The Tales of Hoffmann ***** (1951, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Robert Rounseville, Ludmilla Tchérina, Ann Ayars) – Classic Movie Review 1761

Writer/producer/director team Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger set about in 1951 to try to repeat the success of their all-time great dance film The Red Shoes (1948) and cast Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Leonide Massine, Ludmilla Tcherina […]

Oct, 11

The Red Shoes ***** (1948, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Leonide Massine, Ludmilla Tcherina, Frederick Ashton) – Classic Movie Review 337

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s double Oscar-winning 1948 masterwork film The Red Shoes maintains its reputation as the best and most beloved of all dance movies. The 22-year-0ld Moira Shearer is a marvel.  Writer-producer-directors Michael […]

Oct, 28

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