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Keep Fit *** (1937, George Formby, Kay Walsh, Guy Middleton) – Classic Movie Review 11,602

Director Anthony Kimmins’s 1937 British comedy musical film Keep Fit stars George Formby, who was at his British box-office peak and certainly is fit to play an incompetent barber’s assistant, George Green, who is confused […]

Sep, 26

The Barber Shop **** (1933, W C Fields, Elise Cavanna, Harry Watson, Dagmar Oakland) – Classic Movie Review 9793

Funny, busy and inventive W C Fields short, with the star on hilarious form as the barber Cornelius O’Hare, with a typically grouchy wife (Elise Cavanna) and an unattainable object of lust (Dagmar Oakland). ‘Are […]

May, 20

Big Brown Eyes **** (1936, Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, Walter Pidgeon) – Classic Movie Review 7184

Co-writer/ director Raoul Walsh’s 1936 Paramount Pictures black and white comedy mystery thriller Big Brown Eyes effectively teams charismatic stars Cary Grant and Joan Bennett. Police detective sergeant Danny Barr (Grant) and his girlfriend, wacky manicurist-reporter […]

Jun, 17

Hands Across the Table **** (1935, Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy) – Classic Movie Review 6757

Director Mitchell Leisen’s delightful hit 1935 romantic comedy stars Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray, who fizzle like firecrackers and the film’s success was a big boost for their careers and that of talented Leisen. The […]

Mar, 02

This Happy Breed **** (1944, Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills, Kay Walsh) Classic Movie Review 1677

Playwright Noel Coward makes a lovely attempt to show how ordinary, salt-of-the-earth English people lived between World War One and World War Two. Director David Lean, who also co-wrote the screenplay with producer Anthony Havelock-Allan and […]

Sep, 14

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