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Wives and Lovers *** (1963, Janet Leigh, Van Johnson, Shelley Winters, Martha Hyer) – Classic Movie Review 12,163
Good stars Janet Leigh, Van Johnson and Shelley Winters enliven the offbeat Sixties sex comedy Wives and Lovers (1963). Director John Rich’s 1963 Hal Wallis Productions/ Paramount Pictures black and white comedy film Wives and […]
Trottie True [The Gay Lady] *** (1949, Jean Kent, James Donald, Hugh Sinclair, Bill Owen, Andrew Crawford) – Classic Movie Review 9217
‘Don’t Miss This Miss… from her WINK to her MINK… this lady was GAY!’ Director Brian Desmond Hurst’s sentimental, entertaining and campy 1949 Edwardian era rags to riches musical romantic comedy Trottie True [The Gay […]
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders ** (1965, Kim Novak, Richard Johnson, George Sanders, Lilli Palmer, Angela Lansbury, Leo McKern, Daniel Massey, Vittorio De Sica) – Classic Movie Review 9170
Floundering Flanders ‘I had been tricked once by that Cheat called love, but the Game was over.’ Paramount clearly wanted to turn Daniel Defoe’s 1722 novel into a cash-in on the success of 1963’s Tom Jones […]
Boudu Sauvé des Eaux [Boudu Saved from Drowning] ***** (1932, Michel Simon, Charles Grandval, Marcelle Hainia, Sévérine Lerczinska) – Classic Movie Review 8627
Writer-director Jean Renoir’s famed 1932 French classic Boudu Sauvé des Eaux [Boudu Saved from Drowning] tells a story about the grubby tramp (Michel Simon) who has lost his dog and didn’t want to be saved […]
The Match King *** (1932, Warren William, Lili Damita, Glenda Farrell, Juliette Compton, Harold Huber, Claire Dodd, John Wray) – Classic Movie Review 3566
Based on the true tale of the real career of Ivar Kreuger and a novelised version of his life by Einar Thorvaldson, directors Howard Bretherton and William Keighley’s little-known, antique 1932 drama is old-style film-making, […]
Kipps [The Remarkable Mr Kipps] ***½ (1941, Michael Redgrave, Phyllis Calvert, Diana Wynyard) – Classic Movie Review 1836
Director Carol Reed’s 1941 vintage film Kipps [The Remarkable Mr Kipps] stars an ideally cast Michael Redgrave, who does wonders with the role of H G Wells’s draper’s assistant and apprentice Mr Arthur Kipps. He […]
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