Derek Winnert

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Young Mr Lincoln **** (1939, Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan) – Classic Movie Review 7495

Director John Ford’s 1939 black and white historical drama Young Mr Lincoln stars the young Henry Fonda, who gives a good account of himself in one of his most famous roles as baby Abe Lincoln. It […]

Aug, 25

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang ***** (1933, Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Preston Foster, Allen Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 7441

Director Mervyn LeRoy’s justly famous, hard-hitting 1933 Warner Bros’ crusading drama I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang stars Paul Muni as James Allen, an innocent man turned criminal who goes on the run […]

Aug, 13

Big Business ***** (1929, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Tiny Sandford) – Classic Movie Review 7371

‘The story of a man who turned the other cheek and got punched in the nose.’ Director James W Horne’s 1929 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy 20-minute comedy short Big Business is a hilariously funny, […]

Jul, 29

Enter the Dragon *** (1973, Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 7337

‘The first American produced martial arts spectacular!’ Director Robert Clouse’s 1973 classic martial arts action thriller Enter the Dragon finds Hollywood taking over the kung fu film and sanitising it into a glossy, escapist thriller […]

Jul, 24

Knute Rockne All American **** (1940, Pat O’Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, Donald Crisp) – Classic Movie Review 7304

Director Lloyd Bacon’s 1940 sports drama Knute Rockne All American (also known as Knockout: A Modern Hero) is an enjoyable, if hokey biography of America’s legendary Notre Dame football coach Knute ‘Rock’ Rockne (played by […]

Jul, 17

The Black Pirate **** (1926, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Billie Dove, Tempe Pigott, Donald Crisp) – Classic Movie Review 7278

‘THE MOST ROMANTIC ROLE DOUG EVER HAD! A Picture of Extreme Beauty, Full of Action, Thrills and Love’.  In director Albert Parker’s 1926 vintage Douglas Fairbanks Sr silent movie The Black Pirate, the co-writer/ producer […]

Jul, 11

Salomé **** (1922, Alla Nazimova, Nigel De Brulier, Mitchell Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 7126

Director Charles Bryant’s extravagant black and white 1922 art nouveau silent movie version of Oscar Wilde’s play cost more than $350,000 to make and is outrageously designed by Natacha Rambova, who was clearly influenced by […]

Jun, 06

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