Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Maria Montez"

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White Savage *** (1943, Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu, Turhan Bey, Thomas Gomez, Sidney Toler) – Classic Movie Review 3207

The 1943 Technicolor escapist fantasy adventure film White Savage reunites Maria Montez, Jon Hall and Sabu in a campy, colourful exotic tale. It is kind of the Raiders of the Lost Ark of its day. […]

Jan, 01

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves *** (1944, Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Turhan Bey, Kurt Katch, Frank Puglia, Andy Devine) – Classic Movie Review 3205

Universal Pictures studio’s lavish, Technicolor-full exotic wartime fairy tale is daft but pacey and jolly, and very popular in its day thanks to the allure of the Jon Hall-Maria Montez duo. It was meant to […]

Dec, 31

Cobra Woman **** (1944, Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu, Lon Chaney Jnr, Edgar Barrier) – Classic Movie Review 3204

‘TOLLEA! TEMPTRESS OF TERROR’ Director Robert Siodmak’s uber-colourful 1944 South Seas adventure Cobra Woman is revered as a legendary camp classic. Hollywood Babylon book author Kenneth Anger called it his favourite film. Cobra Woman re-teams Maria […]

Dec, 31

Arabian Nights *** (1942, Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Sabu, John Qualen, Leif Erickson, Turhan Bey, Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard) – Classic Movie Review 3203

Director John Rawlins’s 1942 movie is delightful, expertly crafted, fast-moving escapist adventure hokum designed to cheer up World War Two wartime audiences – and it can still cheer today! A treat in Technicolor, it was nominated […]

Dec, 31

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