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Lady with Red Hair *** (1940, Miriam Hopkins, Claude Rains, Richard Ainley) – Classic Movie Review 8062

Miriam Hopkins is the titular redhead in director Curtis Bernhardt’s 1940 drama Lady with Red Hair, a glossy, fictional account of the career and times of actress Mrs Leslie Carter and her guiding hand, the […]

Jan, 26

Rumba ** (1935, George Raft, Carole Lombard, Lynne Overman, Margo, Monroe Owsley, Iris Adrian, Gail Patrick) – Classic Movie Review 7976

In a slightly limping follow-up to their previous year’s dance-themed romantic hit Bolero, George Raft and Carole Lombard re-team as a Cuban New York dancer, Joe Martin, and bored society heiress, Diana Harrison, who romance […]

Jan, 04

No Time for Comedy *** (1940, Rosalind Russell, James Stewart, Genevieve Tobin, Charles Ruggles) – Classic Movie Review 7951

Director William Keighley’s 1940 screwball romantic comedy No Time for Comedy stars James Stewart as comedy playwright Gay Esterbrook who scores a hit with his first Broadway play and then wants to write something heavyweight, […]

Dec, 28

Live, Love and Learn *** (1937, Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Robert Benchley) – Classic Movie Review 6975

Director George Fitzmaurice’s 1937 movie Live, Love and Learn stars Rosalind Russell as a wealthy sophisticate who weds a poor artist (Montgomery). MGM’s vehicle for its two stars is a routine but still often amusing […]

Apr, 28

Mannequin *** (1937, Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis, Ralph Morgan, Mary Philips) – Classic Movie Review 6798

Director Frank Borzage’s 1937 drama Mannequin is the only pairing of Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy, which is a great shame because they are so good together. Crawford is comfortably cast in her tailor-made regular […]

Mar, 13

Lady Be Good *** (1941, Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore, John Carroll, Red Skelton, Virginia O’Brien, Dan Dailey) – Classic Movie Review 6791

The 1941 MGM musical Lady Be Good stars Eleanor Powell, who dances dazzlingly in Busby Berkeley’s spectacular routine ‘Fascinating Rhythm’, and there is Ann Sothern comfort a-plenty too. Director Norman Z McLeod’s 1941 musical film […]

Mar, 12

We Who Are Young ** (1940, Lana Turner, John Shelton, Gene Lockhart, Grant Mitchell, Henry Armetta) – Classic Movie Review 6716

Lana Turner and John Shelton star as young office workers Margy and Bill, who break the rules of the firm that they both work for by secretly marrying, and then get into financial difficulty when […]

Feb, 21

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