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Old Heidelberg **** (1927, Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer, Jean Hersholt) – Classic Movie Review 6883

Director Ernst Lubitsch’s 1927 Viennese fairy tale romantic movie is one of the great silent film classics. It stars Norma Shearer and Ramon Novarro. Lubitsch’s beautifully realised bitter-sweet love story is the tale of Austrian crown […]

Apr, 03

Three Coins in the Fountain *** (1954, Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Maggie McNamara, Rossano Brazzi) – Classic Movie Review 6697

Director Jean Negulesco knows how to make this double Oscar-winning 1954 romantic drama sweet and sentimental, and that is fine, but fortunately Clifton Webb and Dorothy McGuire are also able to inject a bit of […]

Feb, 16

Love on the Run *** (1936, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Reginald Owen) – Classic Movie Review 5781

Producer-director W S Van Dyke II’s 1936 MGM romantic comedy again pairs the irresistible couple of Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in a fast-moving, enjoyable screwball farce, following their hit with Forsaking All Others (1934). Here […]

Jul, 17

The Love Parade ***** (1929, Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Lupino Lane, Lillian Roth) – Classic Movie Review 5768

The Love Parade is celebrated as the film debut of Jeanette MacDonald, the first talkie directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and a huge box-office hit that helped save the fortunes of Paramount Pictures. Director Ernst Lubitsch’s […]

Jul, 16

Beau Brummell *** (1954, Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley) – Classic Movie Review 5415

Director Curtis Bernhardt’s 1954 MGM movie Beau Brummell is a visually captivating and engaging enough remake of the 1924 silent in which John Barrymore cemented his silent superstar status as Beau Brummell. Stewart Granger and […]

May, 07

Bagdad **½ (1949, Maureen O’Hara, Vincent Price, Paul Hubschmid) – Classic Movie Review 5307

Maureen O’Hara, Vincent Price and Paul Christian [Hubschmid] are happily employed – if not exactly well cast – in director Charles Lamont’s carefree 1949 escapist adventure that provides a most exotic, Technicolorful touch of the […]

Apr, 17

Bedtime Story *** (1964, David Niven, Marlon Brando, Shirley Jones) Classic Movie Review 5215

Director Ralph Levy’s original 1964 comedy Bedtime Story with David Niven and Marlon Brando as a pair of upstaging rival French Riviera gigolo conmen is now known better as the basis for its 1988 remake […]

Mar, 29

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