Derek Winnert

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Illicit ** (1931, Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Cortez, Joan Blondell, Charles Butterworth, James Rennie, Natalie Moorhead) – Classic Movie Review 6849

Director Archie Mayo’s 1931 pre-Code romantic drama stars Barbara Stanwyck as Anne Vincent, a young woman with advanced ideas, who walks out on her blueblood husband Dick Ives (James Rennie) when he strays after they have […]

Mar, 24

The Divorcee *** (1930, Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel, Robert Montgomery, Florence Eldridge) – Classic Movie Review 6818

Norma Shearer won the 1930 Best Actress Oscar as Jerry, a married woman who discovers her newspaper-career husband Ted (Chester Morris) is unfaithful and leaves him to enjoy the same infidelity pleasures as he does. […]

Mar, 18

Skylark **** (1941, Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne, Binnie Barnes, Walter Abel) – Classic Movie Review 6813

Director Mark Sandrich’s bubbly 1941 romantic comedy stars on-form players Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland and Brian Aherne, and is a vintage delight. [Spoiler alert] Colbert plays Lydia Kenyon, a fed-up wife married to Tony Kenyon […]

Mar, 17

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

The Bride Walks Out ** (1936, Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Robert Young, Ned Sparks, Helen Broderick) – Classic Movie Review 6761

The 1936 American romantic comedy film The Bride Walks Out is directed by Leigh Jason, and stars Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, and Robert Young. Barbara Stanwyck adds impactful oomph to director Leigh Jason’s gossamer-thin, formulaic RKO Radio Pictures 1936 Depression-era […]

Mar, 04

Primrose Path **** (1940, Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rambeau, Henry Travers, Miles Mander, Queenie Vassar) – Classic Movie Review 6721

The risqué 1940 romantic drama film Primrose Path stars Ginger Rogers as young Ellie May, who meets a man (Joel McCrea) who agrees to marry her but does not know about her unsavoury family background. […]

Feb, 22

Gambling Lady *** (1934, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Pat O’Brien, Claire Dodd, C Aubrey Smith, Robert Barrat, Philip Reed) – Classic Movie Review 6,719

The 1934 romantic thriller film Gambling Lady stars Barbara Stanwyck as Lady Lee, who heads off to the gaming tables, and encounters murder, blackmail and handsome Joel McCrea. Director Archie Mayo’s 1934 romantic drama mystery […]

Feb, 21

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