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Woman Times Seven ** (1967, Shirley MacLaine, Alan Arkin, Rossano Brazzi, Michael Caine, Vittorio Gassman, Peter Sellers, Elspeth March) – Classic Movie Review 10,278

Shirley MacLaine tries her hand at playing seven roles in seven flimsy, sporadically entertaining sketches, tales of adultery, blandly directed by the prestigious Vittorio De Sica. Billed as a witty examination of female behaviour, Woman […]

Sep, 08

Encore *** (1951, Nigel Patrick, Roland Culver, Kay Walsh, Glynis Johns, Terence Morgan, Noel Purcell, Ronald Squire) – Classic Movie Review 10,077

The 1951 comedy drama Encore is the third and final portmanteau-compendium-anthology movie of W Somerset Maugham stories which by and large keeps up the standard of Quartet (1948) and Trio (1950). It was again a […]

Jul, 23

Trio *** (1950, James Hayter, Michael Hordern, Anne Crawford, Nigel Patrick, Jean Simmons, Michael Rennie, Kathleen Harrison, Felix Aylmer) – Classic Movie Review 10,076

Directors Ken Annakin and Harold French’s 1950 drama Trio is the second W Somerset Maugham anthology film (after Quartet, a hit in 1948), with three well cast, amusing and satisfyingly enjoyable yarns. The three short […]

Jul, 23

Three Cases of Murder *** (1955, Alan Badel, Orson Welles, John Gregson, Elizabeth Sellars) – Classic Movie Review 10,047

Alan Badel and Orson Welles star in the 1955 British compendium crime drama movie Three Cases of Murder. The 1955 British compendium crime drama movie Three Cases of Murder offers three creepy yarns, three directors […]

Jul, 17

The Seven Deadly Sins [Les Sept Péchés Capitaux] * (1961) – Classic Movie Review 9874

In this 1961 black and white French remake of a classic 1952 portmanteau movie The Seven Deadly Sins [Les Sept Péchés Capitaux], an extraordinary gathering of prestigious French film-makers come together to contribute to this […]

Jun, 07

Quartet **** (1948, Dirk Bogarde, Honor Blackman, Susan Shaw, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Jack Watling, Mai Zetterling, Nora Swinburne, Cecil Parker, George Cole) – Classic Movie Review 3180

In this 1948 British black and white compendium movie, Quartet, esteemed author W Somerset Maugham plays host and himself introduces each of four entertaining, superbly cast short films of his own stories, with four different […]

Dec, 22

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